live from london. this is bbc news the united states once again vetoes a un resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. rivals of the imprisoned former pakistani prime minister imran khan agree to form a coalition government. his supporters call them �*thieves�*. two men are charged with murder after last week's shooting at a super bowl victory parade in kansas city. and the beatles are getting a fab four films made about them — a biopic for each member. hello and welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. 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. there's been widespread condemnation of the us decision to block algeria's resolution as fighting continues in gaza. it was backed by 13 of the 15 members of the un security council — with the uk abstaining. in response to the veto, china's un ambassador said the claim the motion would interfere with ongoing diplomatic negotiations was "totally untenable". our correspondent, neda tawfik, in new york 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 the security council draft resolution since october seven. what we heard from council members was a fear of a looming 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. 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. the united states see there are key elements on the table. nevertheless, the rest of the council did not 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 they are suffering has been intolerable and unbearable, as councilmembers stated. united

states has forward an alternative draft resolution of some of the toughest language it has used yet for the first time it makes mention of the word ceasefire calls for is temporary ceasefire as soon as practicable. that proposal also mentions the united states is against any operation into rafah, that that would harm more civilians, they could forcibly displace palestinians into neighbouring countries such as egypt and that it would be a threat to international peace and security. but some councilmembers question the united states �*s motive in bringing this alternative draft. russia said it was a bad faith attempt to distract from their veto. faith attempt to distract from theirveto. china faith attempt to distract from their veto. china said the us position is untenable. all of this signalling that if the us draft does get to a vote even if it does have the support of at least two members, what is needed to pass, it could be

blocked by russia and china who say they want to see an immediate ceasefire. in the uk, mps at westminster will vote today on a call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, tabled by the scottish national party. the uk government wants an "immediate humanitarian pause" for the first time since the hamas attack on israel in october, the labour part is calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". let's speak to dr simon frankel pratt from the university of melbourne. from your point of view, if we start with what happened at the un security council to begin with, the us veto. your perspective on that and the impact that that has? it is not very surprising _ impact that that has? it is not very surprising that _ impact that that has? it is not very surprising that they - very surprising that they vetoed this draft resolution. the us has consistently opposed any attempt to call for a

categorical or permanent ceasefire for israeli operations and in general has extended diplomatic cover for military action consistent throughout. the us position i think is reflecting a broader agreement between the us and israel about the possibility of continuing renewed military action. the possibility is a coercive and important instrument to pressure, to keep hamas incentivised to release hostages. we may actually ask just how much netanyahu and his coalition partners want to prosecute this. at the us is certainly in favour of it. so what is surprising that the us is willing to admit vance an alternative resolution that calls for some sort of ceasefire at all. that is a little unprecedented. so diplomacy _ little unprecedented. so diplomacy at this point, your

thoughts on how effective that will be given the latest news and also what is going on in the uk parliament et cetera, all adding to the pressure on netanyahu. all adding to the pressure on netanyahm— netanyahu. diplomacy has consistently _ netanyahu. diplomacy has consistently been - netanyahu. diplomacy has consistently been an - netanyahu. diplomacy has - consistently been an important part of this dreadful war. even if it has not always been is visible. the fact that the us is willing to advance an alternative resolution that calls for a ceasefire and the uk which is also consistently been a close ally and supporter of israel, the fact that the uk is also willing to ask for some kind of pause and military activity, even a temporary one, i think this is the public expression of ongoing and more intense private diplomatic attention! —— action to get israel to pull back and do not carry on with any sort of intense military action in rafah which contains well over

1 million internally displaced palestinians and a humanitarian catastrophe. at}! palestinians and a humanitarian catastmphe-_ catastrophe. of course, the clock is ticking. _ catastrophe. of course, the clock is ticking. earlier - catastrophe. of course, the clock is ticking. earlier this | clock is ticking. earlier this week we heard hamas being given a deadline of march ten to release all hostages in order to, well, they basically say we are moving into rafah on that date. your thoughts on that and the pressure on all sides as we had towards that date? i would be surprised — had towards that date? i would be surprised although - had towards that date? i would be surprised although not - be surprised although not totally gobsmacked if israel was preparing to move in on march ten. whatever operation has planted in rafah could be extremely complicated given how many bystanders are around and i think the hope here is that hamas will drop its demand for a permanent ceasefire as a condition of hostage release

and will be willing to accept israel's proposal for a staged release of prisoners and hostages and a temporary ceasefire. as i mentioned we could ask questions over whether netanyahu actually whether neta nyahu actually wants whether netanyahu actually wants to play ball at all but thatis wants to play ball at all but that is certainly the position of a unity government. members of a unity government. members of the opposition party that joined in their position has always consistently been that hostage release is a high priority. in hostage release is a high riori . ., priority. in the meantime, caettin priority. in the meantime, getting humanitarian - priority. in the meantime, getting humanitarian aid l priority. in the meantime, | getting humanitarian aid in priority. in the meantime, - getting humanitarian aid in and out of gaza and distribution of the eight is proving to be difficult. the world food programme says it had to pause life—saving food deliveries to northern gaza because it is just complete chaos and violence during distribution is going to be extremely difficult.—

going to be extremely difficult. ., ., , ., difficult. northern gaza is, to a lane difficult. northern gaza is, to a large degree. _ difficult. northern gaza is, to a large degree, obliterated . difficult. northern gaza is, to l a large degree, obliterated and there are pockets of palestinian civilians who remained there in dire need of aid. but the israeli army still has positions there and the idf is not necessarily sure, perhaps in the fog of war and perhaps in the fog of war and perhaps due to poor discipline or poor communication, not necessarily sure if a convoy contains hamas fighters, still intact battalions in the south or whether it contains aid workers. of course, the icj has ordered israel to facilitate humanitarian convoys to the maximum degree possible and even israel's close allies and partners will be pressuring israel to make that happen and pointing out in private and increasingly in public that humanitarian aid is obligatory. it is not an option.— it is not an option. thank you forjoining — it is not an option. thank you forjoining us— it is not an option. thank you forjoining us live _

it is not an option. thank you forjoining us live from - it is not an option. thank you forjoining us live from the i forjoining us live from the university of melbourne. a test firing of a trident missile from a royal navy submarine has failed for the second time in a row. the ministry of defence has insisted that the system used to carry britain's nuclear warheads remains "safe, secure and effective." our correspondent, louisa pilbeam joins me now from the newsroom. louisa, what more can you tell us? louisa, can you hear us? ok. obviously she cannot hear us which is difficult so perhaps we will return... . which is difficult so perhaps we will return. . ._ which is difficult so perhaps we will return... . this is an embarrassing _ we will return... . this is an embarrassing and _ we will return... . this is an. embarrassing and concerning incident for the british government and for the royal navy because we are talking about the british capability in terms of nuclear weapons. what is meant to be a most powerful

weapon and our last line of defence. what happens? basically, during a test last month the h m s vanguard launched a test missile and instead of launching it into the middle of the atlantic where it was meant to go it dropjust beside the where it was meant to go it drop just beside the hms vanguard. incredibly dangerous, potentially but this was a test. on that submarine was the uk defence secretary, grant schatz and the head of the royal navy. this is the second time in a row that a test has failed. the other being in 2016, eight years ago now. these are rare tests and they are incredibly expensive because these missiles cost around £17 million. i have spoken with the ministry of defence this morning and they have said that they admit that an anomaly, as they called it, occurred in this test but they

are confident in the system saying that that anomaly was event specific, basically saying that this would not have happened if it were not a test and this happened in real life. they say that this anomaly occurred, however we are confident in their words that that anomaly was to do with this event. they are, the uk's trident�*s submarines are submarines based around the world in private locations. nobody knows where they are and they are sent to launch if somebody were to attack the uk, they would then be launching their nuclear weapons back. that is what they are meant to do. no further details have been made public about what went wrong about this because they are saying it is to do a security and cannot tell us any more. the commons will see prime ministers questions today so no doubt at lunchtime today

the prime minister will face questions on this.— the prime minister will face questions on this. thank you and lad questions on this. thank you and glad we _ questions on this. thank you and glad we could _ questions on this. thank you and glad we could connect i questions on this. thank you i and glad we could connect with you there in the end. let's get some of the day's other news now. american prosecutors say a longtime fbi informant charged with lying about corruption allegations involving president biden has russian intelligence contacts. alexander smirnov is accused of claiming bribes were paid tojoe biden and his son. an american youtuber who gave harsh parenting advice to millions of followers has been jailed for child abuse. ruby franke had already admitted starving and torturing her six children. she's been given a prison term of up to 60 years by a court in utah. her former business partner, jodi hildebrandt, received the same sentence. the former president of honduras, juan orlando hernandez, has appeared in court in new york at the start of his trial on drug—smuggling charges. mr hernandez is accused of being the key player

in a group which trafficked about 500 tons of cocaine into the us. he denies wrongdoing. the british billionaire jim ratcliffe has completed a deal to buy part of manchester united football club. he has acquired a nearly 28% stake in the premier league side. the tycoon�*s investment is worth about $1.6 billion, allowing his company to take control of football operations at old trafford. supporters of pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, have described their political rivals as thieves for agreeing to form a government. after long negotiations, asif ali zardari, from the centre left pakistan people's party and shehbaz sharif from the centre right, pakistan muslim league party have reached a deal to set up a coalition. independent candidates loyal to mr khan — who's currently in jail — won the most seats in this month's elections, but failed to secure a majority. they say the vote was rigged.

the deal between the two parties means shehbaz sharif is likely to be prime minister for a second time. farhat javed from bbc urdu has more. these two parties have a long history of building cases against each other, corruption cases that they have been calling politically motivated but in the last few years we have seen there have been sitting together for example. these two parties of these were to measured parties to oust a former minister imran khan from his office in 2022. then for the next two years they successfully ruled the country and now once again there is this alliance. running the government will not be easy for pakistan because the last two years there has been a political turmoil and there is economic instability, pakistan's economy has been on the verge of default and there is a rising internal security situation, there have been terrorist attacks across the country and his other challenges that any coalition

that forms the government in pakistan will face and is not easy to tackle. and you can read more of farhat�*s analysis on this story online. head to our website, bbc.com/news or the bbc news app, 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. police say they believe they've found the body of the man suspected of carrying out a corrosive chemical attack

on a woman and two young children in south london last month. the body was spotted in the river thames near tower bridge — about five miles from where abdul ezedi was last seen, on chelsea bridge. the body hasn't been formally identified but his family has been informed. hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes in the keyham area of plymouth after a suspected unexploded second world war bomb was found in a garden. police say a 200—metre cordon could be in place for three days, while bomb disposal experts try to make the device safe. you're live with bbc news. in the us 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 this hasjust come this has just come from the prosecutor in jackson this has just come from the prosecutor injackson county in missouri who has announced that two men, charged with second—degree murder, dominic miller and lindel mays also charged with armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. remember it was nearly one week ago now that news began to break of a shooting at the super bowl the parade in kansas city as the kansas city make chiefs just about finished their open top bus parade. there was a shoot out next to a busy part of the parade there. what happened was police now say 22 people were injured and one woman killed in that. around a dozen of those injured were children under the age of

16, the oldest was eight years old. so now that significant development with two people charged with second—degree murder, there are another two juveniles who have also been charged with gun related offences. they have not been identified. as to what happens next, well, the charges will be prosecuted from this point 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 nhs in england will begin to introduce �*martha's rule' from april — giving access to rapid critical care reviews if a patient�*s condition worsens in hospital. the scheme is named after 13—year old martha mills, who died from sepsis when doctors failed to respond to her parents' concerns. our health correspondent,

sophie hutchinson, reports. it was in 2021 at king's couege it was in 2021 at king's college hospital in london that martha's parents went through the agony of watching their daughter deteriorate while they are concerns were ignored by staff. she had fallen off her bike and injured her pancreas and developed sepsis but never received the life—saving treatment she needed. her mother has fought hard for this initiative and says it will save lives.— initiative and says it will save lives. since martha's death i have _ save lives. since martha's death i have said - save lives. since martha's death i have said two - save lives. since martha's i death i have said two people who have gone into hospital that if you are worried, if you think something is going wrong you should scream the ward down because that is what i didn't do and i will regret that for the rest of my days. but the very existence of martha's rules as you do not need to scream the world down. you just need to call this number. it

will be an escalation process in england that will allow patients, families and nhs staff to call for a rapid review from an independent critical care team 2a hours a day if they want an urgent second opinion. nhs england said at least 100 hospitals, two—thirds of those with critical care units can now apply forfunding for critical care units can now apply for funding for awareness schemes which may include printing posters and information leaflets. questions remain about whether the initiative will be standardised across hospitals and if it will continue to be called martha's rule. you may be aware that it has 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. visa live pictures are receiving now from the pulljob

border where a march is expected to start and later they will head to new delhi and they will head to new delhi and they are pressing for their demands for a minimum price for their produce and for loan waivers as well. this much is expected to head off fairly soonin expected to head off fairly soon in the direction of new delhi. the reasons forfarmers taking action in various countries are different to each country but the frustration is the same. meghan owen brings us pictures from the protests. we're only a few weeks into 2024, and yet we've seen farmers from all over the world turn out to protest — from quiet fields to busy city streets. and the scenes have been pretty dramatic. we've seen fires outside the eu headquarters in brussels, main routes into paris blocked... ..tear gas fired at protesters in india, and even cows brought to the pope's prayers at the vatican.

most of this yea r�*s protests have been concentrated in europe and india. obviously the farmers in each country do have their reasons for protesting. but the complaints are wide—ranging — from carbon—cutting targets, fuel prices, inflation, bureaucracy, and ukrainian grain imports. so let's hear from some of those farmers themselves. translation: we're constantly hit with restrictions _ regarding ecology — restrictions that we have to meet. translation: our lands - are gone, our rights are gone. they do not give us the rights, even when we demand them. translation: the issue i face is excessive bureaucracy. - i have to fill in - forms all the time. and there are more protests to come. here, we see indian farmers bringing in cranes and diggers ahead of another march to the capital. spanish farmers are also protesting on wednesday. all in the hope that, in such a fast—moving world, they won't be left behind.

something that we keep a close eye on in business. a treat for the beatles fans — because this year marks 60 years since the band's first single �*love me do' was released in the us — kicking off the worldwide phenomenon known as beatlemania. and now the group are being honoured with their own biopics — all four of them. the oscar—winning director, sir sam mendes, who made recent blockbusters such as skyfall and 1917 will be making four separate films about the bands meteoric rise from the perspective of each member. but fans of the fab four will have to wait as the films are not scheduled for release until 2027. brent lang is executive editor at variety magazine. he says the project is risky. if you make one film and it fails then you have three more films that you need to release. that is why studios tend to not get too far ahead of themselves when they come to some kind of franchise and the budget is going to be pretty expensive, just in terms of licensing the music alone. so it is pretty

risky. even last summer, the mission impossible film, mission impossible film, mission impossible film, mission impossible that disappointed at the box office but there is still a part two that must be released that has quickly been rechristened something else. so it could be a huge hit, a musical biopic about a musical legend do quite well at the box office recently, case in point the recently, case in point the recent bob marley film and movies like bohemian rhapsody, the eltonjohn biopic and there are more on the horizon. one about amy winehouse and what about amy winehouse and what about michaeljackson. so it could bejust about michaeljackson. so it could be just the about michaeljackson. so it could bejust the right about michaeljackson. so it could be just the right sort of film to meet the moment. but definitely a risky one.- definitely a risky one. there ou definitely a risky one. there you have — definitely a risky one. there you have it- _ brett lang with his take on those movies that are to come. we have the latest business stories here next. hsbc, your�*s biggest bank has just released

its latest earnings news with strong profits but not as good as expected and we will have analysis in a moment. 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 airfrom 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 southeast 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 and 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. stay with the cooler conditions into the weekend. there will be some dry and bright weather. there'll be a few showers scattered around too. take care.

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