this is bbc news. 66 mp5 — call on the house of commons speaker to quit — after yesterdays�* voting chaos — over a ceasefire in gaza. never let extremists intimidate us into changing the way in which parliament works. parliament is an important place for us to have these debates and just because some people may want to stifle that with intimidation or aggressive behaviour, we should not bend to that. aid agencies say — hunger and disease are spreading in gaza — we have rare access, to the first uk—air—drop of food and fuel into the strip. they are about to open the door. it will fly out. land in northern gaza. this is one of the few remaining ways to get help to the people of gaza.

mother of russian opposition leader alexei navalny says that she has seen his body six days after he died in an arctic prison. hundreds of post office employees wrongly convicted — in the uk's biggest miscarriage ofjustice — are due to have their names cleared under new legislation. we will speak to one of them. scientists say they have finally worked out the mystery behind whale song. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. to westminster — where 66 mps say — they have no confidence in the speaker — sir lindsay hoyle — after yesterday's debate, on a call for a ceasefire in gaza — descended into farce. departing from accepted practice by not choosing which —— choosing which

to vote on. the scottish national party calling for his resignation. prime minister rishi sunak has been speaking about what happened yesterday in parliament. what happened in parliament last night was concerned because the usual ways in which parliament works were changed. my understanding is the speaker has apologised for what happened and is reflecting on that. the important point here is that we should never let extremists intimidate us into changing the way in which parliament works. parliament is an important place for us to have these debates and just because some people may want to stifle that with intimidation or aggressive behaviour, we should not bend to that and to change how parliament works. that's a very slippery slope. it is not the right way to go. when snp told radio for sainted sir

lindsay hoyle will have to go by the weekend saying his position is untenable. earlier today, the snp's westminster leader, stephen flynn, who's called for the commons speaker to go, explained how he'd reached that conclusion. it was a dire situation, and that the collective punishment as the actions of the israeli government into a procedural politically motivated decision made by the house of commons following discussions that he had with sir keir starmer, the snp proposal was not able to be voted upon on the very day, we only get three days allocated a year to vote in the speaker took that opportunity away from us and did so following discussions with sir keir starmer that poses a huge number of questions. it questions his impartiality as the chair, that we all rely upon on a daily basis and he can no longer continue in the role. �* , ., ., he can no longer continue in the role. �*, ., ., ., role. let's hear from the labour leader, role. let's hear from the labour leader. sir— role. let's hear from the labour leader, sir keir— role. let's hear from the labour leader, sir keir starmer - role. let's hear from the labour leader, sir keir starmer setting i role. let's hear from the labour i leader, sir keir starmer setting he did the right think making sure the

debate was broad and make sure it happened. i did not threaten the speaker in any way whatsoever. the speaker did the right thing in way whatsoever. the speaker did the ri . ht thin u, . ~ way whatsoever. the speaker did the riaht thin ., ~ , debate was broad, the tragedy is the snp walked off the pitch because they wanted to defy the labour party and they— they wanted to defy the labour party and they couldn't. and the government walked off the beach because — government walked off the beach because i— government walked off the beach because i thought it was going to lose a _ because i thought it was going to lose a vote. so we had one party that was — lose a vote. so we had one party that was simply seeking to divide and all— that was simply seeking to divide and all important issue, the government has lost control of its own and _ government has lost control of its own and peas and could not control the vote _ live now to westminster and our political correspondent hannah miller. this one is so fluid. the number of mps climbing, the snp, he suspects by the weekend, the speaker will be gone. how much danger is the speaker in? last gone. how much danger is the speaker in? �* . , gone. how much danger is the speaker in? �* ., , . ., gone. how much danger is the speaker in? �* ., , _, ., gone. how much danger is the speaker in? ., ~ ~, in? at last count we have 65 mps conservatives _ in? at last count we have 65 mps conservatives and _ in? at last count we have 65 mps conservatives and members - in? at last count we have 65 mps conservatives and members of. in? at last count we have 65 mpsl conservatives and members of the scottish national party you have backed this nonbinding, an early day

motion, in parliament saying they have no confidence in him. but, he still has a reserve of goodwill towards him. there are no labour or liberal democrat mps who are questioning his position, lots of conservatives are saying that they still have confidence in him. at the moment, 65, it is a significant amount of people and of course, you have the fact that the third largest party in westminster, now, snp, saying they have no confidence in them now. that is a huge blow to his authority. but i do not think he is in and any imminent danger yet. the onusis in and any imminent danger yet. the onus is on him to decide what he will do next. he did offer the snp the chance to bring forward what is called in s024 emergency debate which might happen next week, it may not be enough to placate them because there will be a vote or the house will consider potentially their motion on an immediate since they are in gaza, but it would not quite have the same effect as their

opposition to bait was supposed to have yesterday. so it is very fluid, as you say. —— opposition debate. but he is feeling the heat, that's for sure. . , but he is feeling the heat, that's for sure. ., for sure. critics will say party olitics for sure. critics will say party politics yesterday _ for sure. critics will say party politics yesterday totally - for sure. critics will say party - politics yesterday totally eclipsed the main humanitarian issue going on on the ground in gaza and that is extended today, what is the thought about that that what is actually focusing minds of british mps and theissue focusing minds of british mps and the issue itself?— the issue itself? exactly, there is one thing that — the issue itself? exactly, there is one thing that pretty _ the issue itself? exactly, there is one thing that pretty much - the issue itself? exactly, there is one thing that pretty much every| the issue itself? exactly, there is . one thing that pretty much every mp speaks to agrees on is that yesterday was not a very good look whatsoever for parliament. they were debating a very, very serious issue ones millions of people care about and there were hundreds of people outside the houses of parliament calling for a cease—fire, they were queuing up, trying to lobby their individual constituency mps to back that cease—fire. so a very, very serious matter. and there was a

sense that maybe this was an opportunity for the uk parliament to speak with one voice on the issue, in the end, it did to send it to serious questions about parliamentary process, but there were elements of party politics as well. the conservative and the snp accusing the labour party of putting undue pressure on the speaker, that is something they strongly denied, for the snp, they would deny this, but other saying, this is about them playing games and tried to expose potential division within the labour party. forthe potential division within the labour party. for the conservatives, why did they pull out of that vote at the last minute, had they not done so, there he would have probably been a vote on the labour amendment and the snp motion and finally a vote on the government amendment which would have likely passed. i am sure that is part of the speaker's thinking when he decided to allow a vote on all three different positions at the start of the day. so as i say, for voters looking on at this, the behaviour of that elected politicians, not a good look

whatsoever. but the focus in the conversation around westminster state is on the speaker.— conversation around westminster state is on the speaker. thank you very much — state is on the speaker. thank you very much for— state is on the speaker. thank you very much for the _ state is on the speaker. thank you very much for the latest _ state is on the speaker. thank you very much for the latest from - very much for the latest from westminster there. go to the latest in gaza itself. aid has been airdropped into gaza with four tonnes of supplies were floated down to a hospital with packages with parachute. the world food programme 24 hours ago told us of the horrendous situation on the ground in northern gaza and having to suspend their humanitarian efforts. let's get more for one of our correspondence who was on one of the slights. it is a flight not for the faint—hearted. 17,000 feet, directly above gaza. the royaljordanian air force get their oxygen ready before the cargo doors open. their payload is vital aid, desperately needed in the drop zone below, northern gaza. some last—minute adjustments to the parachutes and gps trackers, which will deliver it to a tiny, clear patch of land. supplies for a jordanian— run hospital. that is the field hospital there. the aid will be dropped there.

very precise. they have done this mission a dozen times. but for the first time, it is british aid that is being launched into the strip. inside these pallets, fuel, medical supplies and ration packs, all paid for by the uk. a last two tonnes of british aid, on its way, airdropped in to northern gaza. the area below me has been called a wasteland. there are still 300,000 palestinians remaining there. the un says that the situation is too dangerous on the ground, and that it can no longer offer help. it is a small drop in the chasm of gaza's need.

but this aid sent into the night sky at least managed to get through. it landed right on target. quentin somerville, bbc news, above the gaza strip. let's turn to a story that has been developing over the last hour and a half. the eu's criminal law enforcement and justice agencies say they have dismantled one of the most prolific migrant smuggling networks operating in the channel. europol say they have arrested people in germany including five high value targets like ring leaders. 0ur brussels correspondent nick beake gave more details on these raids. being hailed as a major success of the law enforcement agency of the european union. arrests were made in germany, 19 people contained and i think it is interesting, some of the facts and figures and details we are getting from europol and other agencies today. the people who are arrested were involved in the very essence of this business because

they were to do with the actual boats used two cross from france into the united kingdom and they are talking about some 12 buds being discovered, 175 life vests, 81 flotation devices specifically for children so these, the tools of the tree, a miserable trait that we know is something that is making the criminal gangs so much money —— 24 boats. criminal gangs so much money -- 24 boats. , ., ., ., , boats. tell us more about what they actually discovered. _ boats. tell us more about what they actually discovered. they _ boats. tell us more about what they actually discovered. they meet - boats. tell us more about what theyl actually discovered. they meet these arrests, but they actually got hold of a lot of boats, life jackets and all of the kit. bill of a lot of boats, life “ackets and all of the kith of a lot of boats, life “ackets and all of the nth all of the kit. all of that sort of essential equipment _ all of the kit. all of that sort of essential equipment for - all of the kit. all of that sort of essential equipment for the . all of the kit. all of that sort of. essential equipment for the gangs and we are told it was a kurdish gang, predominantly, europol saying that the people involved were at high level targets, other words, coordinating this operation, they were not foot soldiers. we are told they were instrumental figures

were not foot soldiers. we are told they were instrumentalfigures in all of this. it is thought that they bought, stored, inflatable boats in germany and from there they would go up germany and from there they would go up to the french coast and attempt to cross towards the united kingdom would be made. interesting what europol is saying, this is a global network. some of the pieces of the boats and engines and whatnot would come from china originally, find their way to turkey and that would be the entry point from turkey into the european union. so i think this illustrates once again how this is a global trade. illustrates once again how this is a globaltrade. if illustrates once again how this is a global trade. if networks working in different ways and at the same time as you are saying but at the start, this is now leading to a pan—european response. we have the united crime agency, the nca involved as well as belgian prosecutors, the french designated police units who have been working on this, also a law enforcement in germany. because they see this as a crime which really transcends borders. so we have seen this step up borders. so we have seen this step up in cooperation over the past year

or so. up in cooperation over the past year orso. birth up in cooperation over the past year or so. birth mention sing, up in cooperation over the past year orso. birth mention sing, back up in cooperation over the past year or so. birth mention sing, back in october last year, there was a significant trial and sentencing of a man who spent time in the uk who worked as a barber in london for a time sentenced to 11 years in a belgian court. —— worth mentioning backin belgian court. —— worth mentioning back in october. so all the time there was a coordinated effort, but we know the law enforcement agencies have to undertake because they are up have to undertake because they are up against a huge challenge of some 30,000 people last year made the journey from france to the uk. that was down by a third on the previous year, but still that figure nearly 30,000 figure speaks for itself. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. the decision to build and considerate here has a set a lot of people. the decision to build an incinerator

here has upset a lot of people. local residents have protested about the plan, saying it will cause pollution in a built—up area, and a total of five local councils across cambridgeshire and norfolk opposed them too. despite this, the government has approved plans for the incinerator to be built on the industrial estate. the company behind the plans says the facility, which would be one of the biggest in europe, would burn up to 625,000 tonnes of non—recyclable household, commercial and industrial waste each year. this could generate more than 50 million watts of electricity and up to 30 million watts of steam heat. this project will help a government that's under pressure to provide energy security and reduce landfill. but it once again highlights that there is often a conflict between national needs and the impact on local communities. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's return to the news developing out of fresh and the last hour, the mother of the late opposition leader

alexei navalny says she is finally seeing his body 60s after officials said he had died in an arctic prison. reports from the team of alexei navalny said she was told by the authorities that he died of natural causes, she has said that she released a video saying she is under pressure not to have his funeral in secret. translation: , ., ., translation: they wanted done secretly without _ translation: they wanted done secretly without a _ translation: they wanted done secretly without a memorial - translation: they wanted done i secretly without a memorial service. they want to take me to the edge of a cemetery with a fresh grade and say, here lies your son. i do not agree with that.— say, here lies your son. i do not atree with that. ., ., , ., agree with that. that was the mother of alexei navalny. _ agree with that. that was the mother of alexei navalny. let's _ agree with that. that was the mother of alexei navalny. let's speak - agree with that. that was the mother of alexei navalny. let's speak to -

they are refusing to release alexei navalny�*s body to her, demanding that he be buried secretly, at the outskirts of the cemetery, as she put it, and alexei navalny positive mother is refusing to agree to that. she says that she wants to give her son a proper burial, which could be attended by his supporters, and she also claimed that she had been threatened — that is echoed by investigators — and blackmailed by them — that is another word she used. the difference of opinion between her and the authorities in russia is over whether alexei navalny can be buried in public, and of course the russian authorities

are keen to avoid a scenario where his funeral can become a focal point for his supporters or when his grave could act as a galvanising point for the russian opposition, and in a separate but related developments, the spokeswoman for alexei navalny, she said that the late opposition leader's mother had been shown the results of an official autopsy which says that her son had died of natural causes.— says that her son had died of natural causes. and she also said that the authority _ natural causes. and she also said that the authority had _ natural causes. and she also said that the authority had told - natural causes. and she also said that the authority had told her i natural causes. and she also said l that the authority had told her that time was not on her side, in terms of having to make any of these decisions, certainly around the funeral. �* , , , funeral. and she interpreted this as a threat or part _ funeral. and she interpreted this as a threat or part of _ funeral. and she interpreted this as a threat or part of what _ funeral. and she interpreted this as a threat or part of what she - a threat or part of what she described as a black male campaign

waged by the authorities —— blackmailing campaign. she said they were threatening to do something with her son's body, that's a quote. in other words, it appears that they threatened not to release his body at all to her, or any time soon, to avoid a public funeral, and this is something that she is refusing to accept. she reiterated her call for the russian authorities to release her body immediately, and in fact this is what russian law says the relatives of the opposition leader, they need to be given his body soon. thanks for that update. thank you. just let me turn to pictures that have come into the bbc of the russian president vladimir putin inspecting a new military plane.

mr putin joined the crew for a flight in a modernised strategic bomber that has just been accepted into the russian air force. the russian president — who we can see on the right of our screens — is in the nuclear—capable air—craft which he later went on to describe as "reliable". hundreds of people wrongly convicted in the post office scandal are set to have their names cleared after the government set out plans for new legislation. the government expects the new law will come into effect by the end ofjuly. earlier, our business correspondent theo leggett gave me this update. —— let's speak to janet skinner, a former sub—postmaster who got her own conviction overturned in 2021. janet, welcome here to the programme. your snapshot reaction to the development of this legislation now about to be laid out? snapshot? i don't understand _ now about to be laid out? snapshot? i don't understand why _ now about to be laid out? snapshot? i don't understand why it _ now about to be laid out? snapshot? i don't understand why it is going - i don't understand why it is going to take tojuly and to actually deal with the issue. if they have already

got something on the table, they are already well aware of what needs to be done. in already well aware of what needs to be done. , ., i. already well aware of what needs to be done. , ., , be done. in terms of your case, 'ust remind people �* be done. in terms of your case, 'ust remind people watching * be done. in terms of your case, 'ust remind people watching what h be done. in terms of your case, just - remind people watching what happened to you. i remind people watching what happened to ou. ., , , ., remind people watching what happened to ou. to you. i was sent to prison in 2007. i to you. i was sent to prison in 2007- i was — to you. i was sent to prison in 2007. i was released - to you. i was sent to prison in 2007. i was released on - to you. i was sent to prison in 2007. i was released on goodj 2007. i was released on good behaviour in april of 2007, and it took me until 2021 to have my conviction overturned, and the process that the majority of us have had to go through was submitted an application to the c crc in 2015, which was then sent, sent us a letter in 2020 saying it had been sent to the court of appeal, and we went from the court of appeal, which took us a year, to have a conviction overturned. took us a year, to have a conviction overturned-— overturned. how important is that with this legislation _

overturned. how important is that with this legislation in _ overturned. how important is that with this legislation in mind, - with this legislation in mind, because you have just given us an indication, because this is arcs over such a huge amount of time, hasn't it? yes it has it you will have families that don't want to come forward and hopefully this will put some faith back into the justice system. i think we all lost faith in the justice system, but then, i think the documentation and evidence has been withheld from them anyway. haste been withheld from them anyway. have ou had an been withheld from them anyway. have you had any compensation or are you still about to go through that whole process? i still about to go through that whole rocess? ., , ., ., process? i am still going through that process _ process? i am still going through that process. i— process? i am still going through that process. i think _ process? i am still going through that process. i think the - process? i am still going through - that process. i think the government make it sound like everybody is getting paid out as soon as possible, but that is clearly not the case. i think they need to speak to a few more people to actually understand what is going on in person. understand what is going on in erson. �* , ., .,

person. and terms of that, compensating, _ person. and terms of that, compensating, both - person. and terms of that, compensating, both being| person. and terms of that, - compensating, both being accused person. and terms of that, _ compensating, both being accused of something you had not done, then being sent to prison, then the years trying to clear your name, how do you begin to go about putting a value figure on that? you you begin to go about putting a value figure on that? you cannot put a finer on value figure on that? you cannot put a finger on that. _ value figure on that? you cannot put a finger on that. it _ value figure on that? you cannot put a finger on that. it is _ value figure on that? you cannot put a finger on that. it is impossible. - a finger on that. it is impossible. you havejust a finger on that. it is impossible. you have just got to hope for the best —— put a finger on it. and my representation is doing the best but again their hands get tied and the requirements of what the post office and the government and hsf require. a final question, because you saw that row that started the week about the government being accused of dragging theirfeet and going the government being accused of dragging their feet and going slow, i do not want to return to that, but some campaigners, having listened to that, actually wanted in this legislation, for lawmakers to actually write in a deadline for when compensation had to be paid by. would you like to see that written

into this legislation that will become in front of parliament? i think it is impossible to do that, personally. i think each individual case is different. to say that everything will be paid out and finished with four compensation reasons by august of 2024, i think thatis reasons by august of 2024, i think that is a bit ambitious. janet skinner, thank _ that is a bit ambitious. janet skinner, thank you - that is a bit ambitious. janet skinner, thank you for - that is a bit ambitious. janet | skinner, thank you forjoining that is a bit ambitious. janet skinner, thank you forjoining us here on the programme, thank you for your time. here on the programme, thank you for yourtime. 0ne more story to squeeze in. scientists have worked out how some of the largest wales in the ocean produce their hunting and complex songs. scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. humpbacks and other whales have evolved a specialised "voice box" that enables them to sing underwater. lets take a listen. the discovery, published in the journal nature, has also revealed why the noise we make in the ocean is so disruptive for these ocean giants. whale song is restricted to a narrow frequency that overlaps

with the noise produced by ships. earlier, we spoke to our science correspondent victoria gill to learn more about the study�*s findings. a fascinating study. and it's a really interesting method. the scientists i've spoken to about this particular experiment just say these researchers have been so creative because, actually, these are incredibly difficult animals to study. these are baleen whales, the animals that sift huge mouthfuls of food through these these sieves of baleen in their mouths and grow to massive sizes. you know, some of the biggest animals that have ever lived on earth are these baleen whales, and they've managed to study three of them by finding dead, stranded whales — so a minke whale and a humpback whale — and they've dissected and studied their vocal apparatus. so they removed their voice boxes. and what they did in their laboratory was test them by pumping air through those voice boxes and showing that vibrations in that tissue, much like the vocal folds in our throats, does actually produce these sounds. but it's very special, this baleen whale vocal apparatus. instead of these vocal folds that we have to breathe

in and pass air across, they can actually recycle air. they have this special sap in their throat that they can close off and pump it back into their lungs and then back out across this vocal tissue so that they can hold their breath and sing underwater. so it's an amazing kind of physical insight into how these incredible, complex songs are produced, all while holding their breath and not inhaling any water. 0ur science correspondent with that fascinating study. viewers around the world willjoin focus in africa in a moment or two, viewers in the uk will get the latest on the story about the speaker from westminster. he will speak to labour and also a story we have been running about the prevalence of drug driving. we will speak to a couple who lost their son, james. we will also talk about the lack of epilepsy medicine, a

shortage. all of that coming up in a moment or two, do not go away. hello there. well, during the day today, we've seen much colder weather move in from the west. we've swapped the mild south—westerly winds that we've seen over recent weeks, really, and swapped them with much colder north—westerly winds. hence the drop in temperatures. it's even been cold enough to see some snow return to the scottish mountains. that's not something we've seen very much of over recent weeks. the drop in temperatures, then, has been widespread and really sharp. yesterday, you might remember, rhyl was the warmest place in the country at 15 degrees. this afternoon's temperature has been hovering more around 7 celsius, really. the radar picture still picks up a band of rain clearing its way eastwards and we've got plenty of showers working into western areas of the uk, with those north—westerly winds feeding the showers in. so, during this evening and overnight, showers will continue to come and go across western areas.

cold enough for some snow up over the scottish mountains — above 400 metres elevation, for the most part. the winds keep the frost at bay for many areas, but where we do see the winds fall that bit lighter, particularly in parts of scotland, well, there will be some areas of frost. aberdeen getting down to —4. so a cold start to the day on friday, certainly a lot colder a morning that we've been used to for a good while now. plenty of sunshine for eastern scotland, central and eastern england, eastern wales and eastern counties of northern ireland to start the day. showers get going in the west quickly and the showers become widespread through the course of the day, some of them with a bit of hail and thunder mixed in, and cold enough for some snow up over the scottish mountains — again, mostly above 400 metres elevation. for the weekend, well, there's probably a drier picture overall, fewer showers around. still a risk of some showers, though, probably the greatest risk across southern counties of england. a few morning mist patches, quite a widespread frost, and then through the afternoon, in the sunshine, we're looking at temperatures of around 8 or 9 degrees celsius, which is quite close to average for the time of year. showers return to northern ireland during the second half of the weekend.

some of those could be quite heavy. maybe a few showers for northern scotland, but otherwise a lot of dry weather. this low pressure gets quite close to southern—most counties of england, so it could turn wet and windy towards the far south coast. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine around and temperatures of around 8 or 9 again. now, beyond that, monday looks like being a dry day. a ridge of high pressure moves in, but then we see rain returning from tuesday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: more than 60 mps call on the house of commons speaker to quit after yesterday's voting chaos over a ceasefire in gaza. we'll a ceasefire in gaza. get the latest with labour's nick we'll get the latest with labour's nick thomas—symonds. police warn about drivers under the influence of illegal drugs. we hear live from a family who lost their son. charities warn of epilepsy drug shortage — we speak to the epilepsy society. and can smart gum and shields make rugby matches safer? they are being used in the men's six nations for the first time. all of the storm is coming up in a moment or two. first, though, all of the storm is coming up in a moment ortwo. first, though, let's head to the bbc sport centre. gavin

is there. good evening