there is a balancing come for us so there is a balancing act. , , ., , ., ., come for us so there is a balancing act. , y., , ., ., ., act. right, but if you plan to for no reason _ act. right, but if you plan to for no reason attack _ act. right, but if you plan to for no reason attack your _ act. right, but if you plan to for no reason attack your weaker i no reason attack your weaker neighbour and take no reason attack your weaker neighbourand take their no reason attack your weaker neighbour and take their territory, that might — neighbour and take their territory, that might be an appropriate threshold for countries to feel threatened.— threatened. vladislav, if the western nations _ threatened. vladislav, if the western nations were - threatened. vladislav, if the western nations were to - threatened. vladislav, if the western nations were to do | threatened. vladislav, if the - western nations were to do that and take the hundreds of billions and just sees it, start to use it and give it to ukraine, could that be a game changer that might change the resilience of the russian economy? it can be because russia never use these funds. the reserve fund, they were not using in the west economy. the surplus of the russian foreign trade went up to an all—time high and actually it was $252 billion more than a surplus in 2021. so actually russia got most of this

money back so it is a trade surplus. but i would say if the western countries succeed in taking all this money and to put it into ukraine and the restoration for ukrainian fighting it would be a very good sign as the previous speaker said. we must leave it there. thank you very much, vladislav and karen. that's all from us tonight. victoria's here on monday. until then, have a good weekend. goodnight. breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news.

today, claims that they have given her an ultimatum — either agree to a funeral away from public view, or the opposition leader will be buried in the penal colony where he died. initially, his mother was given three hours to decide. she refused to negotiate and demanded his body. a wreath from president putin, but not for alexei navalny — the kremlin leader marking defender of the fatherland day. he's made no comment on the death of his most vociferous critic. but reaction from america to the war in ukraine and alexei navalny�*s death. i'm announcing 500 new sanctions in response... applause

..in response to putin's brutal war of conquest, in response to alexei navalny�*s death, because make no mistake, putin is responsible for alexei's death. tonight, back in moscow, just opposite the old kgb building — now the fsb — the floral tributes keep coming. it's just a trickle now, but muscovites have still been coming out to play tribute to alexei navalny, although most of the flowers that have been laid here over the last week have been removed. it's if the authorities want to play down the scale of public mourning for the late opposition leader. people here see that as a sign of weakness from the authorities and believe those in power are still frightened of alexei navalny. "they're scared," natalya says. "they feared him when he was alive, and they fear him now he's dead.

"they fear his memory." but flowers for alexei navalny are a sign that some russians will keep his memory alive. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's dig a little deeper now at those sanctions the us is imposing following mr navalny�*s death. nearly 100 firms and individuals will face restrictions on exports. and like wejust mentioned — russia's main payment system, mir, is targeted in the measures. additionally, companies involved in powering russia's war effort, its energy production, and its co—operation with iran on drone technology will also be hit. the penalties go beyond russia's borders, as people in china, the united arab emirates, vietnam and liechtenstein have also been sanctioned. they're accused of being connected to businesses that send materials to russia's military. the question now being asked throughout the day is simple — will they work?

a short while ago, i posed that question to daniel fried, a retired us diplomat who served as the coordinator for sanctions policy under president barack 0bama and ambassador to poland. i wish it had been sharper in some places. i really wish that we had made progress on going after the russian sovereign assets that we in the g7 locks down two years ago. that's $300 billion of perfectly good money that we should be using to help ukraine. not much progress. that's not the americans fault. i think the holdup is in europe. but i would like to see progress there. i would like to see progress there. i would also like to see progress going after the invaders networks. we know a lot of goods now get into russia through third countries. there was some of that in today's package. i wish there had been more. so, it's a good package, but to answer your larger question, does it work? the good news is, yeah, it is

having an effect. it's hitting the russian economy. the bad news is, it's not going to hit it fast enough to save ukraine unless we provide, the americans provide them the ammunition and boat them the money. daniel fried there. talks are under way in paris in the latest effort to reach a deal on a ceasefire in gaza. israel's top intelligence official is reportedly meeting with the us, egypt and qatar — key negotiators in the war. this week, the political leader of hamas also met with egyptian mediators in cairo. israel says it will invade the densely—crowded gazan city of rafah unless a deal is reached for a truce. israel has already decimated parts of the city with air strikes, but a ground invasion is against the cries of the international community. israel's allies, including the us, have spoken out against an invasion of rafah, where an estimated 1.4

million palestinians — many displaced from elsewhere in gaza — are sheltering. on friday, the us also criticised israel's reported plan to expand settlements in the west bank. in a return to us policy that was scrapped under the trump administration, us secretary of state antony blinken said israel's settlements in the west bank violate international law. we have seen the reports, and i have to say, we're disappointed in the announcement. it's been long—standing us policy, under republican and democratic administrations alike, that new settlements arcana productive to reaching an enduring peace. there also inconsistent with international law. 0uradministration also inconsistent with international law. 0ur administration contains a firm opposition to settlement expansion. for more on the significance of how the us views israeli settlements in the west bank, here's our state department correspondent tom bateman. it's not new, because since 1978, since a legal opinion by the state department, the us has regarded jewish settlements in the occupied

west bank as inconsistent with international law. what changed was under the trump administration. so, in 2019, the then secretary of state pompeo declared that policy effectively was no longer in force, the us did not regard the building of settlements, israeli settlements, in the west bank as a breach of international law. ever since president biden came to power, the administration has been asked repeatedly about this issue, does it regard settlements as inconsistent with international law? it is always kind of fudge that answer is never really said whether it is overturning the trump position. what we got today was a very clear line from anthony lincoln when he was asked the question by a reporter was to be said the us regards settlements in the occupied west bank as inconsistent with international —— antony blinken. so, returns the original us position and therefore reversing the president trump era pronouncement.

here in the us, local and national leaders in the republican party are scrambling to contain the backlash from a controversial alabama supreme court ruling that embryos should be considered children and that individuals can be held liable for their destruction. on friday, alabama's attorney general declared he will not prosecute in vitro fertilisation providers or families. his guarantee comes after at least three providers in the state have halted the fertility procedure out of concern that mishandling the fertilised eggs could lead to civil or even criminal lawsuits. and the current frontrunner for the gop presidential nomination — donald trump — emphasised his support for the treatments. i strongly support the availability of nf for couples who are trying to have a precious little, beautiful baby. i support it.— baby. i support it. cheering and today — baby. i support it. cheering and today i _ baby. i support it. cheering and today i am _ baby. i support it. cheering and today i am calling - baby. i support it. cheering and today i am calling on - baby. | support it. cheering| and today i am calling on the alabama legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution, to preserve the availability of nf in alabama, and i'm sure they're going to do that.

mr trump made those comments as he was campaigning in south carolina on friday, ahead of saturday's gop primary. his final opponent for the party's nomination — nikki haley — is also campaigning in the state and has promised to remain in the race despite trump's signficant lead. according to a recent poll, trump has 65% of support and haley is at 35%. south carolina is the former governor's home state, but trump is expected to win in the palmetto state by one of the biggest margins ever seen in a republican primary. joining us now from south carolina is helena humphrey. helena, this contest to be the republican nominee would appear to be over in many ways, but yet south carolina, as we have said, is the home state of nikki haley. what is she hoping to achieve by staying in the race at this point? figs she hoping to achieve by staying in the race at this point?— the race at this point? as you say, i think it is — the race at this point? as you say, i think it is very _ the race at this point? as you say, i think it is very unlikely _ i think it is very unlikely that this is going to be a heroes return for nikki haley, to her home state

right now, and going into this race, she has been trying to temper expectations. she has been saying that this is about catching up with donald trump and it's also about coming out to earn peoples votes here and to provide them essentially with an alternative to donald trump so that this race instead is not a foregone conclusion, but it will be very hard to see exactly how she will do that, coming off the back of three consecutive losses to donald trump in these states. here, i've been speaking to voters at this rally in south caroline for donald trump throughout the course of the day. a rock star reception, essentially, for him, taking to the stage. 0ne essentially, for him, taking to the stage. one woman i was speaking to said she gets goose bumps to even be the same room as him and when he took to the stage, a lot those well—worn refrains we have heard before with regards to saying the 2020 election was stolen, also saying that if he was not to prevail in the 2024 election, that would be due to election meddling. that being

an unfounded claim. he also spoke about the economy and speaking to supporters and voters here, top of mind for them, one woman telling me that over the course of the past four years, that over the course of the past fouryears, due that over the course of the past four years, due to inflation, she feels she has gone from middle—class to poor, feeding herfamily has become difficult. other people expressing concerns over border security and then touching on ivf in alabama, donald trump saying there has to be a way for people to have access to this fertility treatment, again, to rapturous applause here for so we know this is a lightning rod issue for the republican party right now. for nikki haley as well for some talking about what she wants to achieve here, it is difficult for her to have a way forward. just taking a look at the numbers, she is doing well with the donations, but at the end of the day, as we know, it's all about votes here and that is going to be an uphill battle. qm. votes here and that is going to be an uphill battle.— an uphill battle. 0k, we will wait to see what _ an uphill battle. 0k, we will wait

to see what happens. _ an uphill battle. 0k, we will wait to see what happens. helena - to see what happens. helena humphrey, in south carolina, thank you for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some top stories in the uk. officials in plymouth in south west england have removed a world war ii bomb for disposal. the unexploded device was found in a garden on tuesday, sparking four days of disruption. thousand of people were forced to evacuate. the 500—kilogram — or more than 1,000—pound — device has since been taken out to sea to be detonated. police in london have confirmed that the body that was found in the river thames this week is indeed that of the chemical attack suspect abdul shokoor ezedi. officers had been looking for ezedi after a woman an two girls were attacked in clapham in late january. the 35—year—old was last spotted on cctv cameras, leaning over london's chelsea bridge. police say his family has been informed. the young woman who left the uk as a teenager nine years ago to travel to syria and join the islamic state group has lost

an appeal against a decision to revoke her uk citizenship. the court of appeal ruling means shamima begum must remain in syria. the government stripped her citizenship on national security grounds in 2019. you're live with bbc news. let's return now to the situation in gaza, and overnight on thursday, the head of the un body responsible for palestinian refugees, unrwa, warned that gaza "has reached a breaking point". unicef says 90% of children under the age of two and 95% of pregnant and breast—feeding women face severe food poverty. two thirds of the population eat only once a day. world central kitchen is becoming a key resource for gazans as unrwa's operations dwindle following a suspension of funds from several countries pending an investigation that a small number of employees had links to hamas. since the conflict began, its teams served more than 30 million meals in gaza by establishing a flagship relief kitchen in rafah and more

than 60 community kitchens. nearly 400 palestinians work in these kitchens, making over 170,000 hot meals every day. currently, world central kitchen accounts for 62% of all non—governmental aid that's come into gaza. i've been speaking to its founder and chief feeding officer, chefjose andres. jose, thanks for being with us again on bbc news. we saw earlier this week the world food programme saying it was having to pull out of northern gaza because of the security situation there. how are your operations in that region? obviously, the world food programme, the different human organisations, are saying our security is —— what they are saying is true. it is very difficult for the humanitarian organisations, not only the un ones but organisations like world central kitchen. it used to be delivering

the food and safely to the different warehouses, the different kitchens, to the different schools, hospitals, the temporary refugee camps, because the temporary refugee camps, because the need is so huge support example, when we are trying to go to the north, you will have roadblocks in the middle of the streets, where hundreds if not thousands of people will try to get the food that we are trying to deliver to places that they are even more need. the situation is as bad as everybody is describing, especially anything that is north of khan younis, gaza city, all these areas are in desperate need of food and water and medical aid right now. need of food and water and medical aid right nova— need of food and water and medical aid right now. have you managed to net an of aid right now. have you managed to get any of your— aid right now. have you managed to get any of your supplies _ aid right now. have you managed to get any of your supplies into - get any of your supplies into northern gaza recently? i saw you been doing air drops, for example? well, yes. world central kitchen, at the moment, we have 61 kitchens, we

have five warehouses, we have been able to put inside over 1100 trucks, but still this is only a drop of water in an ocean of need. sometimes, once in a while, we are able to reach some locations in the north, different hospitals, like ford simple thejordanian hospital and others, but sometimes we are not able to be doing this with consistency. again, because the situation we, we are in the middle of a war zone, that is why everybody�*s asking for a cease—fire. sometimes bombing show up right and left, sometimes roadblocks, etc, but again the entire community needs to be supported, especially aid to the north. like the edge of your mentioning, this was only a little mission, in partnership with the jordanian air force and the dutch air force, to deliver food to these jordanian hospital, food and

medicines. obviously, ithink jordanian hospital, food and medicines. obviously, i think it's a great idea that we go and do a massive air drop in the northern part of gaza, so hundreds of thousands of people can receive food, not in an a week, not in a month but today. we need to be creative, including why not arriving to the beaches of the northern part of gaza to try to bring in food until we are able to use more than one entry point into gaza that right now is not enough? if we can have three, four points of entry into gaza, all of the sudden, everything comes easier, especially if we achieve a cease—fire, where the hostages are released, where the piece goes back to the place it should be, where people have time for negotiations, and more important, where civilians stopped dying, where hospitals start getting the aid they need and where civilians can have her access to

food and water every single day. find food and water every single day. and jose, i food and water every single day. and jose. i want — food and water every single day. and jose, i want to ask you about rafah, because you have kitchen set up there. there are still air strikes and we hear from the there. there are still air strikes and we hearfrom the idf there. there are still air strikes and we hear from the idf that israel is resolute in his plan for a ground operation in rafah in the coming weeks. what is your operation like there and can you continue to operate there? we there and can you continue to operate there?— there and can you continue to operate there? we continue to o erate operate there? we continue to operate there. _ operate there? we continue to operate there. when _ operate there? we continue to operate there. when i - operate there? we continue to operate there. when i was - operate there? we continue to i operate there. when i was there, operate there? we continue to - operate there. when i was there, in december, sometimes you will see a bombing here and there, and obviously we are worried for everybody in rafah. let's hope... today we saw president biden doing a tweet and very much sang that one thing is to be fighting hamas and another thing is to be fighting the more than 2.1 million palestinians in gaza, so i do believe that everybody will agree with this — civilians cannot be suffering the consequences of a terrorist group. so far, more needs to be done to

protect every single life of every single billion, even some people will argue israel had the right to defend themselves, but one thing is clear. food is water is a universal right. no children, no woman, no elderly should be looking for food one more day. right now, the situation, especially in the northern part of gaza, even in the south, is desperate. people are going hungry and the international community, we need to be doing more to make sure every single policy and is fed today. in to make sure every single policy and is fed today-— is fed today. in addition to the dire situation _ is fed today. in addition to the dire situation in _ is fed today. in addition to the dire situation in gaza, - is fed today. in addition to the dire situation in gaza, world l dire situation in gaza, world central kitchen operates in many other countries as well, we are marking the second anniversary of the russian invasion in ukraine, where you have been since day one. could you give us just a brief update on what your operation is like there now? you are still feeding people in ukraine. 5. feeding people in ukraine. s obviously we

feeding people in ukraine. 5 obviously we are in egypt, where we have the support operation from cairo into gaza, we were in israel for many, many weeks, helping all the people that suffered the huge terrorist attack. we were there with many for organisations supporting the people in israel that suffered that attack. we are also in lebanon, in the southern part. we have been in the southern part. we have been in armenia, helping other refugees with all the issues we are facing there. we were injordan, because jordan is becoming a very important humanitarian partner, and they are taking the lead in helping gaza hopefully go to a more peaceful situation, and obviously ukraine is very close to my heart, world central kitchen, we were in the border in poland within hours of these russian attacks. myself, i was able to arrive there less than 48 hours later, and since then, world central kitchen has been cooking in ukraine every single day for more than two years. we have done more

than two years. we have done more than 250 million meals in ukraine alone, but this is very clear — the people of ukraine, they must receive the support of every person and every country around the world. they are not only fighting for their freedom, for their democracy, but in a way, they are fighting for freedom for everybody. what putin public rushis for everybody. what putin public rush is doing in ukraine at this point is obviously not something anybody can allow. people are suffering, world central kitchen is doing what we do best, we will reach 1.5 million meals a day, buying and activating restaurants and people inside ukraine and right now we are doing up to 100,000 meals a day, mainly in the front lines, especially where russia attacks civilian buildings, hospitals, schools, with missiles in the middle of the night and we make sure the world central kitchen is there, next to the people, making sure that we are able to be bringing them food, water and sometimes the farmers, where we are able to come also bring

the seeds. the spring season is about to arrive. it's very important we keep supporting the people of ukraine with things they need the most. world central kitchen, the last three years, we are helping with this to make sure that tens of thousands of families have the seeds so they can keep producing they can keep harvesting, to make sure that when the winter arrives, they have enough food to feed themselves, especially in the areas near the front line. especially in the areas near the front line-— especially in the areas near the front line. g .,, , , ., front line. 0k, jose, we wish you all the best _ front line. 0k, jose, we wish you all the best with _ front line. 0k, jose, we wish you all the best with your _ front line. 0k, jose, we wish you all the best with your efforts - front line. 0k, jose, we wish you all the best with your efforts to l all the best with your efforts to feed so many people in need. jose andres, chef and founder of world central kitchen, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news.- forjoining us on bbc news. thank ou. let's turn to some other important news from around the world. a jury in the us state of new york has found the national rifle association liable for financial mismanagement. the jury found that the nra's long—time leader, wayne lapierre — seen here — took millions of dollars from the organisation and spent it on lavish gifts and private flights. lapierre resigned as ceo

last month before the trial. the prime minister of hungary has given the green light to sweden's nato membership. viktor orban addressed this issue during a meeting with his swedish counterpart in budapest. mr orban's support ends a months—long standoff over the expansion of the military alliance. it also follows a decision by sweden to provide hungary with four swedish—made fighter jets. police in spain have recovered nine bodies from two burnt—out apartment blocks in valencia and say they're still looking for one more missing person that may be among the rubble. police are investigating what caused the blaze, though experts believe flammable cladding may have helped the fire spread rapidly, meaning residents were trapped inside their apartments. and before we go, a female golf pro who posted a video on social media capturing the moment a male golfer critiqued her technique has been viewed more than ten million times. georgia ball said the reaction to the clip she uploaded to tiktok has been crazy.

excuse me. what you're doing there, you shouldn't be doing. you should be... i was there just focusing purely on my goals of filming and working on my swing, so, you know, although it was an awkward conversation at the time, it's good that i can just kind of look back at it and laugh at it. i've been playing golf for 20 years. what you need to do is follow through a lot quicker than what you're doing there right now. i wouldn't be put off by this, because golf is such a beautiful game, everyone's able to help each other, so certainly don't be put off. and that's the most read story on website currently. that's it for the moment. thank you for watching. i'm caitriona perry. i'll be back shortly. stay with us here on bbc news. take care now, bye—bye. hello there.

friday was a day of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy with some hail mixed in. and with colder air moving in across the country, we saw a bit of snow return to the top of the cumbrian fells. this is the top of helvellyn, snow—covered there in cumbria. now, so far this february, it has been a bit of a wash—out across england and wales. cardiff and coventry have had well over double the average rainfall so far this month. parts of east anglia, houghton hall in norfolk, have had three times the average rainfall, and there is more to come as well. now, on the satellite picture, all of this white speckled cloud you can see to the north and west of the uk is shower cloud, and there are loads of those. so we are looking at more showers working in. and over the next few hours, by and large the showers are most likely to be across northern and western scotland, a few for the north and west of northern ireland, one or two for wales and the south—west of england. but otherwise, particularly across inland areas, we'll have clear spells to take us into saturday morning and a cold start to the day,

with some frost or maybe one or two icy stretches. should be a fine if somewhat chilly start to the day, then, on saturday, but it is another day where we'll see showers pop up. some of those across northern scotland, some of the heaviest ones probably across southern areas of england and southern and western wales, with a real threat of seeing some hail and a bit of thunder mixed in. still, where the sunshine comes out, temperatures of around 8—10 degrees to be expected. that's about average at this time of the year. for sunday, there'll be further showers across northern scotland, but an area of low pressure looks set to run in across northern france. now, this could bring a spell of rain and windier weather to southern counties of england and southern wales, or it could be that the rain just holds a bit further south out in the english channel. so that's the big zone of uncertainty, really, as we head through sunday, but still the bulk of the uk having a fair amount of sunshine and temperatures still about 8—10. now, if we do see that rain in the south, could still be affecting east anglia and south—east england into monday, with quite breezy weather conditions. but further north, for northern ireland and scotland, good parts of northern england

and wales will be underneath the influence of this ridge of high pressure, and so the weather should be drier with more in the way of sunshine. after a cold and locally frosty start to the day, our temperatures not really changing that much day—to—day, highs of again around 8—10 degrees or so. then deeper into the new working week, it stays unsettled, temperatures often near double figures, but there will be rain at times.

spoilers at the baftas. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up. and the winner is not the bbc news app which revealed winners of the bafta film awards before they were announced on television and the news programme on bbc scotland, criticised for its low audience ratings gets axed. the annual award season is upon us when showbiz aficionados can enjoy or deride the choices made by the judges, the stars, acceptance speeches or the outfits they wear on the red carpet. the oscars around the corner and last sunday saw britain's own film awards. the baftas preview pieces and reports afterwards were shown on bbc news, and bbc one showed

a two hour edited version of the ceremony full of many moments like this.