the speaker of the house of commons over his handling of the gaza ceasefire vote, calling it very concerning. i apologise and i apologise to the house. under growing pressure, sir lindsay hoyle apologises for a second time as more than 60 mps call for him to resign. a huge fire is engulfing two blocks of flats in the spanish city of valencia tonight — it's feared people could still be trapped inside. the mother of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny is finally allowed to see his body, almost a week after he died — but says she's being blackmailed. uncertainty for thousands over access to ivf, after a court in a us state rules that frozen embryos and fertilised eggs could legally be classed as children. and in an hour's time — history could be made with the first privately—owned spacecraft to land on the moon.

on newsnight at10:30... dozens of mps call for lindsay hoyle to resign, as sir keir starmer denies threatening the speaker. are concerns over mps' safety shaping the political agenda? we'll ask labour and the conservative mps. good evening. the prime minister has criticised the commons speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, over the way he handled a vote on a ceasefire in gaza last night. but rishi sunak stopped short of saying he should resign. more than 60 mps have now called for sir lindsay to go — after he changed parliamentary convention in a way that ended up helping labour. the move sparked chaos in the commons as dozens of snp and conservative mps walked out. the speaker today apologised again, saying he had made a mistake. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman reports. this is another example of our politicians getting involved in bun fights.

it stopped being about gaza and it became about them. it just takes you away from the real issue. l shocking. geopolitics descending into petty politics. nobody involved thinks yesterday was parliament's finest hour. but a day on and there is still furious disagreement over who's to blame. the government blames sir keir starmer. i would ask all honourable members not to do this house a further disservice by suggesting that the shameful events that took place yesterday were anything other than party politics on behalf... right back at you, sir keir blamed the government plus the scottish national party for walking out when they didn't get their way. i can categorically tell you that i did not threaten the speaker in any way whatsoever. i simply urged him to ensure that we

had the broadest possible debate. the snp walked off the pitch because they wanted to divide the labour party and they couldn't. the government walked off the pitch because it thought it was going to lose a vote. stephen flynn. for the snp, this is primarily on the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle. it descended into a farce - because of a decision you made, and that you alone made. sir lindsay tried to win back the snp support in a meeting this morning. he failed. as i have expressed to you privately prior to proceedings here today, - we do not on these benches therefore believe that you can continue - in your role as speaker. just feel the emotion in the speaker's response to that. i regret it, i apologise to the snp. i never, ever want to go through a situation where i pick up a phone to find a friend of whatever side has been murdered

by a terrorist. threats to mp5, especially since october the 7th, have weighed heavily on the speaker. that's the core of his defence of his extraordinary decision. last week dozens of pro—palestinian protesters turned up outside the home of conservative mp tobias ellwood. thankfully the police were able to provide a necessary barricade with their own vehicles, but ultimately it was deeply distressing to learn about that. but also for my village, that had never seen anything like this before. the prime minister is worried for what sir lindsay's decision says about our society. 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 might want to stifle that _ with intimidation or aggressive i behaviour, we should not bend to that and change - how parliament works.

that's a very slippery slope, it's not the right way to go. i mps disagree about whether lindsay hoyle was right to use safety to justify his actions yesterday. but they agree that there's a problem here and that it's getting worse. sir lindsay hoyle's position as speaker of the house of commons feels extremely precarious here in westminster tonight. 67 mp5, almost all of them conservatives and members of the scottish national party, have signed a non—binding motion which signals that they don't have any confidence in him to continue in the chair. there is no formal mechanism for removing him at this stage but that means that more than one in ten mps have said that they want a new speaker. as speaker of the house of commons lives or dies by his reputation as a fair referee. one in ten of those he referees have said they don't think he does that any more.

henry zeffman with the latest from westminster, thank you. palestinians sheltering in rafah in southern gaza have reported some of the worst bombardments yet by israeli forces, with homes and a mosque flattened in the past 2a hours. in the north of gaza, the un says 300,000 palestinians are still there and at growing risk of famine. for the first time britain has airdropped aid, including fuel, medical equipment and food rations into gaza city. the royaljordanian air force hercules left amman injordan and travelled to the north of gaza city, making the air drop near the tal al—hawa hospital. our senior correspondent quentin sommerville was on board. they call themselves "guts airline". this royaljordanian air force flight is not for the faint—hearted. they get their oxygen ready, 17,000 feet directly above gaza, before the cargo doors open. the target is a jordanian—run field hospital in gaza city. that's the field hospital there.

the aid will be dropped there. very precise. they've done this mission a dozen times. but for the first time it's british aid that's being launched into the strip. inside these pallets — fuel, medical supplies and ration packs, all paid for by the uk. the last two tonnes of british aid on its way, airdropped into northern gaza. the area below me has been turned into a wasteland. there are still 300,000 palestinians remaining there. the un says the situation is too dangerous on the ground though and they they can no longer offer help. but this aid, sent into the night sky, at least managed to get through. it landed right on target. one, two, three.

an entirely different flight, this time in egypt, not far from gaza's southern border, on another mercy mission. yeah, perfect. today, our birthday. it is. really, today is our birthday. this family were trapped in gaza for months. they're heading now to abu dhabi on this special flight organised by the united arab emirates. the plane has become an air ambulance, taking sick and injured palestinian children, like this 13—year—old, for medical treatment. translation: my dream is to be able to walk on my legs again, _ get back to how i was, play football with my friends, and for the war to end so i can go back to my country. at the back of the plane is 36—year—old amira and her 14—year—old daughter, dana. translation: we were civilians

living safely in our home, - enjoying a good life, day by day, but war came and destroyed everything. i lost my son, my brother, my dad and my mum. life is extremely hard. it's been a long journey, but here in abu dhabi they are now out of harm's way. but while the war rages in gaza, they'll have little respite, knowing that those left behind are still far from safe. quentin sommerville, bbc news, abu dhabi. a huge fire in the spanish city of valencia has completely engulfed two blocks of flats tonight, leaving people trapped on balconies. firefighters have managed to rescue some from the iii—storey building — which was built about 15 years ago — but they are still battling to put the fire out. a field hospital has been set up nearby. the number of casualties is not known. from madrid, guy hedgecoe reports. sirens. firefighters in valencia were first alerted at around 5.30 in the afternoon after a blaze broke

out on one of the building's lower floors. it quickly spread, with eyewitnesses saying it engulfed the entire iii—storey building in a matter of minutes. firefighters made some dramatic rescues — in this case two people were brought down from a balcony. applause others waited on balconies for firefighters to arrive. translation: i told my daughter and mother-in-law — translation: i told my daughter and mother-in-law to _ translation: i told my daughter and mother-in-law to leave. _ translation: i told my daughter and mother-in-law to leave. other - translation: i told my daughter and mother-in-law to leave. other people j mother—in—law to leave. other people stayed inside. the residential block, which is situated in the campanar neighbourhood of valencia, contains around 140 flats. strong winds fanned the flames and the fire also spread to an adjoining building. more than 20 crews have been fighting the blaze, with some

military personnel mobilised. there are fears for those who may have been trapped inside the building. a makeshift hospital was set up nearby to take on people who had been injured. several firefighters were among the first to be treated. translation: 13 people injured of translation: 13 people in'ured of which six fl translation: 13 people in'ured of which six are firefighters, _ translation: 13 people injured of which six are firefighters, showing | which six are firefighters, showing the intensity of the work they are doing _ with confusion surrounding the scene, local authorities set up a helpline for those worried about loved ones. the people of valencia are wondering how such a devastating blaze could have started, and spread so fast. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, spain. the mother of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has finally been allowed to see his body almost a week after he died. the 47—year—old was being held in a remote penal colony in siberia. his death certificate says

he died of natural causes. navalny�*s mother has accused the russian authorities of trying to blackmail her into a secret burial with no mourners. our security correspondent frank gardner reports. alexei navalny — president putin's fiercest critic, dead for nearly a week. only now has his mother has been given access to her son's body. she's been forced to sign a certificate saying he died of natural causes. translation: according to the law they should have given me - alexei's body immediately. but they didn't. instead they blackmailed me, they put conditions where, when and how alexei should be buried. this is illegal. they received orders either from the kremlin or from the central office of the investigative committee. navalny died in highly suspicious circumstances in this grim arctic penal colony known as polar wolf. he was only a7. his family and supporters believe he was murdered on orders from the kremlin,

possibly with a novichok nerve agent. russia denies it. his mother has already spent days up in the arctic, trying to get access to her son's body. the delays and official statements are adding to suspicions of a cover—up. it appears the kremlin does not want navalny�*s body to leave russia forforensic testing. his mother is under pressure to agree to a secret funeral. translation: i'm recording this video because they - started threatening me. looking me in the eye, the investor says if i don't agree to a secret funeral, they will do something with my son's body. the investigator openly told me, time is not working for you. corpses decompose. i don't want special conditions, ijust want everything to be done according to the law. i demand receiving my son's body immediately. the kremlin is calling western reaction to navalny�*s death hysterical. but he was considered by many the best hope

for a better future for russia. his enemies clearly wanted him gone. frank gardner, bbc news. president biden has met the wife and daughter of alexei navalny in san francisco and expressed his "heartfelt condolences" for their loss. mr biden told yulia and dasha navalnaya that he admired navalny�*s "extraordinary courage" and his fight against corruption. he also said the united states will announce new sanctions against russia tomorrow, in response to navalny�*s death, russian repression and its war in ukraine. on saturday it will be two years since president putin ordered his troops to invade ukraine. both sides have sustained terrible losses — russia has lost around more around 110,000 people according to the latest bbc estimates. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports on the many changes russia has gone through since the war in ukraine began.

they are two years that have changed russia and set the country on a darker path. two years of war and heavy casualties, mobilisation and mutiny, and repression — alexei navalny, dead in prison. but the president is looking confident. vladimir putin senses the tide may be turning in his favour. but what is his goal? he wants the world to live on his own terms. i don't think that he wants some kind of a takeover of poland or the baltic states or western europe. he needs ukraine, but this is not enough for him. what is enough for him? this world must accept his rules, must accept his vision of the world. how things have changed.

there was a time when russia and the west were talking about cooperation, partnership. the putin i met with did good business. —— the putin i met with did good business with, established the nato—russia council with, is very, very different from this almost megalomaniac at the present moment. so the man who stood beside me in may of 2002, right beside me, and said, "ukraine is a sovereign, independent nation state, which will make its own decisions about security," is now the man who says that it is not a nation state, and it has got to be wiped off the face of the earth. vladimir putin once said to me at a press conference that russia was squeaky clean. nothing's changed. the kremlin continues to claim that none of what's happening today is russia's fault, that it was the west that started this war. but two years ago, it wasn't

the west that invaded ukraine. that was russia. and how does the russian public see things? this is the town of sonic nagorski, sunny hills near moscow. the last two years of russia's history. it's all here in the park. the invasion of ukraine. these russian soldiers were killed there. they're portrayed as heroes. graffiti for the varna paramilitary group. and flowers. just a few in memory of alexei navalny. for the residents of sunny hills, in two years, life has changed "our factories are making things now that we used to buy abroad, and that's good," lydia says. but i'm sad for the young men, for everyone who've been killed. marina praises russian soldiers in ukraine, and admits she lives

in fear her own son may be called up to fight. we need peace, she says, so that we don't have to fear what tomorrow will bring. and these two years have changed the war memorial on the town square. there's a whole new section, dozens of names of local men killed in what the kremlin still calls a special operation, not a war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in just over an hour's time a privately—owned spacecraft is set to make history as it lands on the surface of the moon. if all goes to plan, the odysseus will become the first commercial craft to make the landing. it will also be the first american landing for more than 50 years. here's our science editor, rebecca morelle. on radio: im-1, odysseus lunar lander separation confirmed. - it's a spacecraft that could make

history as the first ever commercial lander to reach the lunar surface — marking a return to the moon for the united states. the mission is being run by a company called intuitive machines, but nasa is hitching a ride on the lander, paying to carry six scientific instruments. it's a different way of operating for the us space agency. it's a legitimate question. why go back to the moon? we were there. well, we go back in a different way with commercial and international partners. we're having these landers almost become scouts for our human missions to land on the moon. it's been more than 50 years since the united states landed on the moon. the last time was in 1972, and this is where apollo 17 set down. before that, there were five other apollo missions that made it down

to the lunar surface, and they were all around the moon's equator. but now the united states is heading down to the south pole, and this is the landing site of the new intuitive machines mission. it's the furthest south a spacecraft has ever been, and it's paving the way for nasa's artemis astronauts who will be exploring this same polar region in a few years' time. so why go here? the area is covered in deep craters, some permanently in shadow, and scientists think frozen water could be inside. if we can actually take advantage of that ice on the surface of the moon, that's less materials we have to bring with us. we can use that ice to convert it to water, drinkable drinking water. we can extract oxygen and hydrogen for fuel and for breathing for the astronauts, so it really helps us in human exploration. the biggest challenge is still to come. historically, only about half of all spacecraft have safely made it down. but if this succeeds, a new era of lunar exploration will have begun. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

three major healthcare facilities in the us state of alabama have paused ivf procedures after its top court ruled that frozen embryos could be legally considered children. there are concerns they could be prosecuted. president biden has called the court ruling outrageous and unacceptable. this nomia iqbal has the story. for veronica, fertility treatment is the only way to have children. she has one son and wants to expand herfamily, but her life has now been upended. i understand the idea of attaching emotion to the embryos. they signify potential, they signify, you know, the dream of a child. but you can't cuddle an embryo, you can't breast—feed an embryo. the alabama supreme court's decision was issued in wrongful death cases brought by three couples.

in 2020 they had frozen embryos destroyed in an accident at a fertility clinic. the court used an already established law here to decide that unborn children are children, even outside the womb. but the court's chiefjustice went further in invoking the bible in hisjudgment, saying, "human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy god who views the destruction of his image as an affront to himself." the ruling did not ban ivf, but experts say the decision has created confusion over how to use and store embryos. one of the state's biggest fertility clinics has paused procedures. it's awful. i have had to call patients — i called several patients yesterday to have to tell them we were not able to thaw their embryo and transfer it. and these are patients that are ready, their bodies are ready. they are ready to go. alabama is a deeply conservative state with very strict anti— abortion laws.

there are those who oppose abortion and describe themselves as pro—life — they welcome the ruling. but there are those who are conflicted. i think the pro—life community in general would support ivf,| and i've known and worked with many people who have done ivf _ and had children, and it. worked very well for them, and at the same time _ they would think abortion was wrong. but this issue is so - different from abortion. but pro—choice groups fear this is similar and other states who have strict antiabortion laws may follow alabama, marking a new chapter in america's bitter battle over reproductive rights. nomia iqbal, bbc news, alabama. a court in spain has sentenced the former barcelona and brazilfootballer dani alves to four and a half years in prison for rape. took the ao—year—old is one of the game's most decorated players, with 43 senior titles. he had denied sexually assaulting a woman in barcelona two years ago.

the scout association could be investigated by police over whether it tried to pervert the course ofjustice after a teenager was killed on a hike. 16—year—old ben leonard was among a group visiting north wales in 2018 when he fell from cliffs. an inquestjury found a leader and his assistant responsible for unlawful killing, adding that neglect by the scout association contributed. a by—election is taking place in greater manchester this time next week and it is already proving fractious. the seat in rochdale was held by labour before the death of its mp. but the candidate due to stand for labour was suspended from the party following allegations of anti—semitic comments he made about the october 7th attack on israel. that suspension has opened up the race for the seat. our political editor chris mason reports from rochdale. just north of manchester, a town with a bleak history — the serial sexual exploitation of children. deprivation, poverty,

and reality for many here too. and now a bizarre by—election. this is rochdale. and this man's hat is in the room, in the ring. one of two former labour mps in this contest, george galloway. i will enter the chamber of the house of commons like a tornado and i will shake the walls for gaza. a a substantial chunk of the population here are muslim, i will enter the chamber of the house of commons like a tornado and i will shake the walls for gaza. a substantial chunk of the population here are muslim, many of whom are particularly concerned at what is happening in gaza. what do you say to those critics, you know they are there, who say, george galloway, he turns up at by—elections and stirs things up in towns that he has just arrived in? no, ifeel that myjob is to give people a voice that don't have a voice.

and i think you will find people have responded in large numbers to our message. another man wielding leaflets and persuasion, simon danczuk — he was the mp here until 2017. labour suspended him after a row about his personal conduct. you were caught up in that row about lewd texts to a 17—year—old girl. why would rochdale want you back? well, the reality is that it is lots of tabloid nonsense. people see through that. the truth of it, the crux of it, was true though, wasn't it? you apologised for it. let's be clear about it. it's tabloid nonsense. everyone has moved on from it. galloway is a chancer and i am the best candidate to beat him. so it's a two—horse race. i am putting rochdale first and he is putting gaza first. the next twist here... this says rather a lot, doesn't it? a by—election is imminent, and at labour ho, the shutters are down. if you want a strong voice for - rochdale and a change for britain... the thing is, it'll say "labour" next to azhar ali on the ballot paper, but the party have disowned him over

allegedly anti—semitic remarks for which he has apologised. he wouldn't give us an interview. and the green party has disowned their candidate too. next, the conservatives. we have a great local candidate. i think he was mr rochdale a few years ago. he does a lot of voluntary work in the area, a landscape gardener. i'm not sure that any of the other candidates are as local as our candidate. the thing is mr rochdale is not actually in rochdale, is he? he's actually on holiday at the moment. what does that say about the conservative campaign? all her team are around, knocking on doors, getting our message out there, delivering leaflets, talkin about issues amongst local people and that does not stop. the liberal democrats used to win here. they held the seat from 2005—2010. the local area needs a lot of work, needs a lot of change and we're the only major party in this that has skin in the game that actually wants to get the changes people need. one chapjust said to me, "this is clown town — welcome to the circus."

there is a real sense from folk here that this constituency — rochdale and the surrounding communities — is crying out for leadership, crying out to be cared for, and yet, particularly from the biggest political parties, it simply isn't getting that. a messy contest unlike any other. people here will choose their next mp a week today. chris mason, bbc news in rochdale. and there are 11 candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. they will appear on the ballot paper in a week's time. now, a high street in somerset which was branded the most dangerous in the uk because of its cycle lane is finally being fixed. the problem was a rather baffling one. an unintentional optical illusion created by this cycle lane — which caused dozens of people to fall over. danjohnson has the story. careful, now. watch your step. the mean streets of keynsham can be tricky, and this deceptive cycle

lane's claimed many victims. i've seen three people fall. so this is serious? it is serious, yeah. and i fell over opposite coffee one. and i fell over opposite the chip shop. ceryn�*s come a cropper before. if i'm too near the edge of the curb, wallop. when you're looking at it as you're walking down, it looks level. this is the danger zone. people walk along here and don't notice the difference and they slip there — they don't see the small drop. and we go from the cycle lane to the buffer area that is smooth. and then down again? and that's what gets people? there are quite a large number of people that won't come down the high street because they're afraid. so there was a little old lady, i think she was in her 90s, i she tripped overjustl here and she knocked

her teeth out, yeah. so we had to put her teeth in some milk and we made sure _ she was all right before the ambulance came i and took her away. the council already painted it red to try to make it stand out more but that doesn't seem to have made much difference. now they're going to replace this continuous white line with a broken line instead, and on the road itself they're going to paint yellow lines. even at night time — it needs to be something that maybe, you know, is a glow—in—the—dark, or something. one big step! mind yourstep. so for now, everyone's treading carefully here. danjohnson, bbc news, keynsham. time for a look at the weather — here's louise lear. bite i don't know if you notice but it got colder, colder enough in highland scotland for some snow and we could see several snow showers over the next couple of days. the cold air is set to continue. not too extreme but we haven't seen cold nights for quite some time so tomorrow morning take note, temperatures low single figures so it will be chilly start. lots of