welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines: alabama's largest hospital pauses ivf procedures after the state's supreme court ruled embryos are children. the palestinians killed as israeli special forces rescued two hostages 10 days ago. we have a special report. the wars in the middle east and ukraine at the top of the agenda at a meeting of 620 foreign ministers in brazil. and we meet the 8—year—old who's become the youngest chess player ever to beat a grandmaster. voice-over: live from our studio in — voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, this is| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

hello and welcome to the programme. alabama's mater hospital has paused ivf procedures after the supreme court ruled the frozen embryos could be legally considered children. hospital authorities say they phil burrows relying on but are concerned there could be prosecution. the court board last week any human life from the moment of conception was sacred. alabama, like many southern states, outlaws all abortions without exception. 0ur reporter in los angeles. we our reporter in los angeles. we are five 0ur reporter in los angeles. - are five days after the ruling by the alabama supreme court, classifying embryos as children. the largest hospital in the state of alabama, university of alabama hospital, has said that it is putting ivf procedures on hold for the time being while it evaluates the potential implications of this

ruling by the alabama supreme court last week. there is concern that doctors and patients could be the subject of criminal or civil proceedings in the light of this decision by the justices or indeed find themselves susceptible to large fires. reaction to this has been swift. the national infertility association hearing states has said it is heartbroken in a statement by the decision of the university hospital in alabama and it also in the statement goes on to say that this new legal framework in statement goes on to say that this new legalframework in its view could make it impossible, and state in the state of alabama for ivf treatment to be offered. 50 alabama for ivf treatment to be offered. ., ~ ., ., alabama for ivf treatment to be offered. ., ~ ., , offered. so far alabama is the first actor _ offered. so far alabama is the first actor passed _ offered. so far alabama is the first actor passed such - offered. so far alabama is the first actor passed such a - first actor passed such a ruling. could other state look to do the same?—

to do the same? that is a possibility _ to do the same? that is a possibility and _ to do the same? that is a possibility and there - to do the same? that is a possibility and there are l possibility and there are concerns amongst some here that this sort of thing could raise the cost of ivf treatment because it could put up malpractice insurance costs. it could prompt doctors, fertility doctors, to seek employment in other states and all in all make ivf treatment a lot more difficult and more expensive to obtain. alabama is one of about two dozen states which either have banned abortions or have put strict limitations on women's ability to receive an abortion, and this ruling is thought could open the door potentially to tougher abortion restrictions, including penalties, it is thought, for women who obtain the procedure.

currently the law only penalises those who administer abortions. its, penalises those who administer abortions. �* �* �* penalises those who administer abortions. �* “ ,, abortions. a bbc special report now. last week israeli special forces rescued two of the hostages kidnapped on 7 october by hamas. they were being held in southern 6aza in the city of rafah. there was huge relief for the families of 60—year—old fernando simon marman and 70—year—old louis har. but the military raid to free them reportedly left more than 70 people dead and dozens wounded. the bbc�*s special correspondent, fergal keane, has been hearing the stories of civilians and medics caught up in a night of fear. his piece contains distressing details. they were rescued from here. the two israeli hostages that were kidnapped by hamas in the massacre of 7 october are now home. this is the story of the price paid

by the civilians of rafah on the night of 12 february. the rescue began around 1:45am. by the time the hostages were safe, more than 70 people were reported killed, a high number civilians. in this house, a doctor from medecins sans frontieres lay across her children to protect them. she has asked to remain anonymous. voice messages to colleagues afterwards convey her horror. in our home, we found pieces of human flesh. we found a whole lower limb belonging to a human, that we don't know who he is. when i saw the pieces of the flesh on the floor, i cried. some of the wounded were brought to an international field clinic. drjaved ali from pakistan has

worked here for the last two months. it was very close to the hospital. the windows and the doors were rattling. it was extremely scary. all in all, we saw more than 20 patients. a lot of women and children were trying to come and seek refuge in the hospital. it is in the stories of individualfamilies that the impact of the raid is most painfully expressed. nawara al—najjar is a mum of six, and pregnant with a seventh child. she woke after being injured by an explosion. nawara remembers happy days with abed—alrahman,

32 years old when he was killed. here, some of the couple's children in hospital on the night their dad died. 12—year—old samaya, treated for minor physical wounds but traumatised. and 13—year—old malak, who lost her eye in the raid.

israel accuses hamas of using civilians as human shields. in a statement to the bbc, the idf said it was committed to mitigating civilian harm. military lawyers advise so strikes complied with international law. commanders analyse, take into account expected military advantage and the likely collateral harm to civilians. the war goes on. civilians like abed al—rahman keep being killed. in the voice message of the msf doctor, a sense of the despair felt here.

but the memory of their father will endure for all of their lives. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. while the current conflict has led to some renewed calls for a two—state solution, the israeli parliament voted to back prime minister benjamin netanyahu's declaration opposing the unilateral creation of a palestinian state. his likud party says 99 out of 120 members voted to support the declaration, passed earlier this week by the israeli cabinet. it comes amid growing international pressure to revive efforts to reach a two state solution to the decades—long conflict. meanwhile, in another vote — this time in the uk — there have been chaotic scenes in the house of commons, where mps were preparing to vote on whether to call for a ceasefire in gaza. the measure was brought forward by the scottish national party. but a row erupted when the commons speaker,

sir lindsay hoyle — in a break with convention — allowed amendments from both the government and labour. labour's amendment went through to loud shouts of "aye", without a formal vote, after the government said it would not take part in protest. 0n the ground, the humanitarian situation remains desperate and it's particularly acute in northern 6aza, which has received little aid in recent weeks. aid agencies say hunger and disease are spreading, with children particularly at risk. on tuesday, a uk funded consignment of medicines, fuel and food was airdropped by thejordanian air force to the area, close to the tal al—hawa hospital. 0ur correspondent, quentin sommerville, was on the flight. the men are just setting up here, thejordanian air force crew.

we're getting close to the drop zone over northern 6aza. speaks indistinctly the first time we are using the airdrop to get help to gaza, and the reason we're using that is there's much no other way to get it the area. northern 6aza was the most densely populated part of gaza. it is now a wasteland. most of the people have been forced out, there's a heavy military presence, there's still about 300,000 palestinians are in desperate need. the un says there's too much violence, can no longer get a properly into that part of the gaza strip. the parachute on top with a 6ps locator. about to open the doors, it will fall out, land into 6aza, this is the most efficient means to get help into 6aza. it's been a busy day already at the latest 620 meeting

in rio dejaneiro, brazil. brazil's foreign minister has criticised the paralysis of the un security council on the wars in gaza and ukraine. mauro vieira said the inaction resulted in the loss of innocent lives. meanwhile, uk foreign secretary lord cameron said that the uk, france, canada, and germany all used their speeches to raise the death of alexei navalny in front of the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. 0ur south america correspondent, ione wells, is at the conference and sent this report. well, there was certainly a tense atmosphere at the 620 summit in rio today, and that's partly because of some of the differences of opinion in the room when it comes to russia's actions in ukraine. now, present at the meeting today was russian. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov. i'm told that directly in that room, many of the other foreign ministers used the opportunity to call out russia both for the war in ukraine, but also for the death of the russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, in prison. these included the uk,

canada, france, germany, australia, among others. and i'm told that lord cameron, the british foreign secretary, used the opportunity to ask other nations in the room whether there was anything more important to them than sovereignty and the ability to not be invaded by another nation. he said that he hoped that this was a message that was particularly important to be heard by some of russia's allies who were also present in the room, including the hosts, brazil. now, in response, sergei lavrov, i'm told, effectively continued to deny allegations of murder against alexei navalny, dismissing that as a fabrication. but certainly a tense finish, i think, to the day that was meant to be an opportunity for these 620 nations to try and find consensus about how to tackle ongoing international tensions. around the world and across the uk,

this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. king charles has revealed he has been reduced to tears by the messages of support since he was diagnosed with cancer. he was speaking to the prime minister in his first face—to—face audience since his diagnosis was made public. it is the first time the public has seen the monarch on his return to real duties. here's royal correspondent daniela relph. today was the first chance to see him up close and it works in his diagnosis. earlier he attended a meeting of the privy council, a meeting where he formally approves various bits of government business. if we put all of that information into the next, the audience and privy council meeting, it suggests making is coping well with his cancer treatment. the kin: has with his cancer treatment. the king has stopped public engagement as he receives treatment but he is still performing duties in his capacity as head of state which including meeting with the prime minister. you are life

with bbc news. the foreign secretary lord cameron insists the uk's nuclear deterrent is effective, emerging that it has foreign alarmed trident missile failed the second time in a row. jonathan beale has this story. these comments at her any aggressor. it is now the uk's second test fire fell. this test took place injanuary but only now have details been released. the missile was launched from britain's hms

vanguard of the coast of florida. supposed to fly about 3700 miles and learned harmlessly the office staff. instead, the unarmed test myself at the water close to the launch site. what we know about the missile itself? its us manufacturer says it has a range of more than four to half thousand miles can carry multiple nuclear warheads, each of which can be directed towards different targets. therapy 191 successful test launches, most carried out by the us, just a dozen by the uk. the last two of those uk tests. of course, when the launch is of course, when the launch is announced in advance and the defence secretary is on board, it does not look good. of course it is not good for the morale of the crew which now goes on patrol and morale across the submarine service to

have this kind of scrutiny. malfunctions like this one in the 1980s, early days of trident, are relatively rare. but in 2016 another uk test missile also veered off course. the mod still insists the system is safe, secure and effective stop the defence secretary, who was on board the submarine, watching these kinds of drills before the missile prematurely plummeted, called it an anomaly. he insisted the weapon worked, as did the foreign secretary night. clare mclaughlin up and out of secretary that's been made but i'm clear that our independent nuclear deterrent is effective. this change policy. labour is also committed to trident but for the public it might raise doubts. and britain's mysteries will also take note. in australia post new building will require

lawmakers to consider the impacts climate change on young people has been heard by a senate committee in canberra. was put forward by claimant activist angelique sharma. she has taken on australia's prime minister in a class action previously and shejoins minister in a class action previously and she joins me from parliament house, a short while after speaking at a senate hearing. thanks for joining me. albert understand more about the duty of care climate bill and what change it. . ., ., it. thanks for having me. the du of it. thanks for having me. the duty of care _ it. thanks for having me. the duty of care climate - it. thanks for having me. the duty of care climate bill - it. thanks for having me. the duty of care climate bill will l duty of care climate bill will ensure parliamentarians when making decisions to approve fossilfuel making decisions to approve fossil fuel projects are required to fossilfuel projects are required to consider the fossil fuel projects are required to consider the health and well being of young people as a paramount consideration. there are required to assess the outcome of the decisions and consider all available evidence to decide whether or not the outcome of the decisions will tangibly be a threat to health and well being of young people. if so, they are empowered to not allow decisions to go ahead. the im act decisions to go ahead. the impact of _ decisions to go ahead. the impact of the _

decisions to go ahead. the impact of the decision is quite significant. impact of the decision is quite significant-— impact of the decision is quite significant. how much support have ou significant. how much support have you had _ significant. how much support have you had your— significant. how much support have you had your work? - significant. how much support. have you had your work? we've had significant support. we are super hearty support we've received from the public and politicians. we are running a public petition for the duty of care bill that's received 11,000 signatures so far. select committee, as you mentioned, is conducting a public submissions process into the at its received 400 submissions from the public whereas normally bills of this nature normally receive 20—30. it's an incredible amount of support. additionally, since last year we be conducting lobbying around parliament, meeting with politicians to ask for their support. meeting with politicians to ask fortheirsupport. so meeting with politicians to ask for their support. so far meeting with politicians to ask fortheirsupport. so farwe for their support. so far we have fortheirsupport. so farwe have had 28 politicians publicly support the duty of care and to of our government mps, the level of support we've received is phenomenal and we look forward to building on

that. ,,, ., ~ ., look forward to building on that. .,~ ., ., that. speaking of moving forward. _ that. speaking of moving forward, what _ that. speaking of moving forward, what you - that. speaking of moving forward, what you make | that. speaking of moving i forward, what you make of australia's efforts so far on sustainability and climate change. sustainability and climate chance. ~ ., ., change. moving on the right direction? — change. moving on the right direction? absolutely, - change. moving on the right direction? absolutely, the l change. moving on the right i direction? absolutely, the last few years within suite of measures designed to tackle the problem of climate change and acknowledged that climate change is a very, very large threat to the electorate as a whole particularly young people. we set australia's and dc increase, the climate change act, and policies that speak to the urgency of the matter. but unfortunately we have not seen is a specifically designed policy to address the impacts of climate change on young people in particular. myself and my team see this as a crucial policy gap that must be plugged because ultimately 50 years down the track we are the ones he will be making decisions for the world, we will be living out our lives in a well shaped by the impacts and decisions made today. because of that we hope for

measures that speak specifically to our health and well being to ensure that we can thrive in a world as generations before us. we wish all the best. _ generations before us. we wish all the best. thank _ generations before us. we wish all the best. thank you - generations before us. we wish all the best. thank you for - all the best. thank you for your time and speaking with me. anjali sharma, claimant activist. an 8—year—old from here in singapore has become the youngest chess player ever to beat a grandmaster. ashwath kaushik beat poland's jacek stopa in switzerland on sunday. he beat the world record set just a month earlier by leonid ivanovic from serbia who is aged eight years and 11 months. ashwath is 8.5 old, but both are the first players under nine to reach this achievment. he and his motherjointly listed here and here's what they said about the match and its leader. —— the lead up. it felt exciting and it felt like amazing and i'm really proud of my game and how i played. and how i found good moves and... it's very cool, and i understand you picked up chess, well you are still very

young, but when you were four, is that right? i picked up chess when i was four, on chess kids app. it's an app where you can play with other people online and you get learning experience. so rohini, it's very interesting to hear he learned from an app, as many kids do these days. this is something you encouraged? i think we are in the app age, so it sort of started out very innocently, we were just looking for something constructive to keep him occupied, and you know, i think in today's age, avoiding screen time is impossible so we thought, how can we make it a little more productive screen time? and we introduced him to the app and he really enjoyed it, so then we soon progressed from there to playing on the board, and within a few months he was out a sent's so that's when we said we need to get him a coach because we can't keep up with this.

so you quickly outpaced your parents and grandparents. what about chess is what you like so much? it's fun. you can play lots of different moves, you can sacrifice pieces and there are many kinds of chess, you can play positionally or tactically and sacrifice pieces, so it's really fun to play. so you really like the strategy and the detail of that comes with chess? 0k. and what's next for you then? what are your goals to achieve, you've onlyjust started your chess career. my goals are first to become a master which i am close to like 20 points away, then become a video master and then become international master to grandmaster. and then later after the year i become a super 6m and become world champion, the world champion is my aim. you've certainly thought this through. rohini,

tell us a little bit about how you are supporting his ambitions to take chess further? there's a fair amount of commitment involved from all of us — my husband does a lot in terms of co—ordinating with his various coaches, and helping him with some of his preparation on a daily basis and in the lead up to tournaments. i'm usually the one who accompanies him for tournaments, so i think my role is more just making sure that he follows the right schedule, that he keeps his spirits up, he rebounds quickly from any losses. he celebrates his wins but then moves on and continues to focus on the next match. and his younger brother is like his biggest fan, so he's always cheering him on from the back in silence. it is your brother any good at chess, too? he's learning chess, he is four and a half and turning five. he is trying to teach him now, so he can come along for tournaments as well.

remember the names. a pioneering satellite — first launched in 1995 — has now landed in the pacific ocean. the ers—2 — known as the grandfather satellite — was one of two that were launched by the european space agency to help scientists monitor the earth's activity. as it re—entered the earth's atmosphere most of the device burnt off, with any fragments that survived falling into the ocean. a couple who won a £61 million share of a euromillions jackpot have said at first they mistakenly thought they had only won £2.60. richard and debbie nuttall scooped the prize last month and found out while on holiday in fuerteventura, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. when you dream about winning the lottery, you think, i will do this and i will do that and i'll be supercar and when you actually do win the lottery, you are in such the numbers are so huge. we will have nicer things and we will do nicer things, but we will still be the same people. we will have

our friends and family around us, they will help to keep us. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello there. it looks like it's going to be very wet for the next 24 hours, particularly across england and wales. and that could exacerbate already existing flooding problems there. by the end of the week, as well, it'll be pulling colder air behind the low pressure. on thursday, things will be turning colder for all areas and any showers will have wintry elements to them across northern and western hills for friday and into the weekend. now, this deepening area of low pressure will move across the country, particularly england and wales, during the course of thursday — a squeeze in the isobars indicating gales for a time. and then you'll see the blue colours invading the whole of the uk behind the system, so it turns colder for all. but through the morning, there could be some issues with standing water, localised flooding as this rain could be heavy, squally, as it spreads across the midlands, southern and eastern england. maybe some rumbles of thunder on it, strong and gusty winds with that, too. but even as we move out of

the morning into the afternoon, we could see another round of heavy rain spreading across central, southern and eastern england. it'll take its time to clear. elsewhere, it's a bright day — sunshine, blustery showers, particularly across northern ireland and western scotland. and there will be some snow falling over the hills, even down to moderate levels across scotland through the course of the day. a blustery day for all areas, very windy with gales across the southeast. by the end of the day, that cold air will be pretty much across the whole of the uk. so we're looking at 4—8 celsius the high. so we've gone out of those double figure values that we've had over the past couple of weeks. it has been very mild indeed. now, as we head through thursday night, it looks like it'll stay cold. there'll be further blustery showers, wintry on the hills in the north and the west, and a touch of frost in places, particularly where skies are clear. so much colder night to come and a colder start to friday. we hold on to westerly winds, a few troughs enhancing the shower activity across northern and western areas, so plenty of showers rattling into scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales.

a few getting in towards the east, but a lot of sunshine here. a blustery day to come for all. there'll be further snow on the hills in northern and western areas. top temperatures, again, ranging from around 7—9 degrees for most. it looks like we keep hold of a ridge of high pressure through the course of saturday and sunday. low pressure just skirts past the south—west, so a bit of a question mark on that. but i think, generally, saturday and sunday, quite a bit of dry weather around some sunshine, a few showers — which will be wintry — over hills. nights will be cold with a touch of frost and mist and fog.

the ceo of nvidia says artificial intelligence is at a tipping point as the revenues surged. and turbulent times for boeing. the boss of its seven pages that make 737 programme leaves the country. we look at what lies ahead for the plane maker. hello and welcome to asia business report. nvidia hasjust asia business report. nvidia has just reported its asia business report. nvidia hasjust reported its highly anticipated earnings for the final quarter of last year. the numbers did not disappoint with revenue surging 265%. our north american business correspondent is the latest from new york. nvidia is the leading chipmaker

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