from the parliamentary party after refusing to apologise for comments about london mayor sadiq khan. mr anderson said the mayor was controlled by islamists and had "given the capital away to his mates." israeli media reports that the outline of a deal for a temporary ceasefire in gaza — and the return of hostages — has been agreed during talks in paris. the discussions involved delegates from israel, the us, egypt and qatar. the outline is expected to go to the war cabinet within hours. president zelensky issues a rallying cry to the people of ukraine, on the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. despite recent setbacks on the battlefield, he insists that ukraine will win the war, and that it must end with what he calls a "just peace".

i want to take you back to keefe, in ukraine, the capital, where people are out on the streets. you can see lots of people with ukrainian flags. they are there, of course, marking the second anniversary of russia's full scale invasion. there you can see thousands of people are out, gathered around that stage. as i said, many, many ukrainian flags, you will remember, in the early days of the war. lots people wearing the ukrainian flag colours of blue and yellow. there you can see them out in force in keith to mark the second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion earlier. earlier president zelensky issued that rallying cry to all ukrainians. he said we met hostile landing with fire, but two years later we welcome our friends and partners here, talking about the western leaders who have been in kyiv. we went on to say we have

become 730 days closer to victory. he told ukrainians to keep fighting, you are sure to win. to quote him, he said you can burn the plane but you cannot destroy our dream, the dream with which each one of us has been falling asleep and waking up four at 730 days. none of us will allow our ukraine to end, he said. next to the word ukraine, the word independent will always stand. there you can see the thousands of people who have come out onto the streets of the ukrainian capital, kyiv, following those comments from the ukrainian president. as i said, western leaders including the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, and the prime ministers of italy, canada and belgium, have all been in kyiv today to show their solidarity. the italian prime minster, giorgia meloni sit described their airfield

as moscow and ukraine's pride. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau said he what a prison was sure they could try and make quick work of the airport, that stand here today you could see he was wrong. a number of western leaders in kyiv, but you can see from these pictures in the centre of kyiv that thousands of ordinary ukrainians had come out onto the streets, many carrying this ukrainian colours of blue and yellow to mark that second anniversary of russia's full—scale invasion. there you can see the pictures in the centre of kyiv, marking the second anniversary of russia's invasion stop we will go back to that in a little while. ijust stop we will go back to that in a little while. i just want to bring you a line of breaking news out of

russia, and this is from alexey in a valley, you will remember, the opposition leader who was found dead in a prison —— alexei navalny. it was said his mother has been given his body. there are talks over whether the authorities would hand over alexei navalny�*s body to his mother, which she had been asking for since his death. we are now hearing on the afp news agency that a spokesperson for alexei navalny says that his body has now been given to his mother. we'll give you more on that as we get it here on bbc news. we will now return to that second anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. a top ukrainian security official has warned that president putin could try to resolve the conflict before november's us presidential election,

by seizing more territory and destabilising the country. in a bbc interview in kyiv, 0leksiy danilov, the national security and defence council secretary, emphasised that russian forces were now taking advantage of the delayed delivery of military aid by ukraine's allies. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kyiv. the russians are coming from five directions now. where is the main pressures on the battlefield? top security official 0leksiy danilov points to the pressure all along the front line in eastern ukraine. this town, avdiivka, just fell. ukraine is warning if its allies don't step up their military support, more land could be lost. it's two years since russia's full scale invasion of ukraine. how would you describe the situation on the battlefield now? translation: the situation is difficult, complicated. - unfortunately, we are somewhat hostage to the speed with which our partners help us.

and this is reflected directly on the front line. but we are sure of our victory. a 61 billion security package is still blocked in the us congress. in december, you said you were extremely confident it would arrive. are you now worried? the 60 billion us aid we are counting on will come to us sooner or later. but there is a question over whether everything will be done on time. if you don't do something on time, then keep it in mind that it will cost you a lot later. for us, the delay in the assistance is a problem. we are grateful to the american people for their help. but autocratic countries get a huge victory over democracy in this way because they do not need negotiations. they do not need the parliament

or the people agreeing. they are making decisions very quickly on their own. if you don't get american aid, the security package, will you lose the war? no. no, we cannot lose. we have no right to lose. we will fight. remember the first month and the half of the war when aid was almost nonexistent? because at the time few people understood that we had the ability to hold off the onslaught of this. president zelensky has warned that if you don't get the american aid, you'll lose the war. it is very dangerous to make such statements for our society, for our country.

president zelensky, as a president of our country, is naturally very worried about this because he is responsible for all ukraine. such a difficult and complicated fate. we would very much like the issues related to assistance to be resolved as soon as possible. he is concerned. that's why he emphasised that. if there is much less american military aid and economic aid, can europe and britain, your own resources, make up the difference? we will withstand it. but we very much want the democratic community to be united. because i emphasise again, this is about values. if there is a country which thinks values are secondary today, then they have to understand that the world will become completely different after such decisions and autocratic countries will capture the territory of the world more and more. but president zelensky has said it's extremely difficult and that russia is exploiting the delay in this critical aid.

time is against you. we are indeed in a difficult state. it is a period of time when elections in many democratic countries begin, which affect the issue of aid to our country. of course, the russians take advantage of this time. now they are getting help from the authoritarian north korea. they are getting help from iran because they do not have their own ability to defeat our country. ukrainian, russian forces recently took adiivka. they are now pressing in at least five directions against your forces. it's being said that the ratio is now 7 toi in terms of russian personnel and weaponry. are you outnumbered and outgunned on the front lines?

we ask our partners in the west and the european union to help us with weapons so that you do not have to fight with russia yourselves. russia's task is not only to enslave our country, not only to destroy our nation. russia's task is to break up the european union. as long as the european union exists in its current form, there is a threat to russia and they know it. it is much easier to them to negotiate separately with the germans, with the french, separately with each country. this is putin's goal. european countries, they're worried about the possibility that president trump could return to office. president trump, who is known to have an affinity with president putin, has said he would end the ukraine war in days. are you also worried about this possibility?

concerning the election of the president of the united states, this is the business of the americans. they have the right to elect such a president as they deem necessary. the problem is that no one knows how trump will behave. this is the situation. but i want to emphasise something very important. we think that putin will try to resolve the our issue before the election of the next us president. he will not risk leaving the issue of our territory for later given who will be the next president. we are certain that he will try to use this period to try to resolve our issue. so we emphasise that the help of the entire democratic world is extremely important to us right now. so how are you going to resolve what seems to be one of your biggest problems of all? your soldiers are exhausted and you don't have enough of them. the main problem is not related to our soldiers, despite the fact

that they are really exhausted. they will continue to fight. they will protect our land. the main problem today is weapons, weapons and weapons one more time. if putin achieves victory in our territory, keep in mind, nato�*s countries will have to go to war. and this will definitely happen if important decisions are not made now. there's been calls that you should mobilise another half million soldiers. president zelensky is not sure that is possible politically. what do you think? 500,000 people needed by our armed forces is not a one—time thing, but must happen over a period of time. we do not set ourselves the task that 500,000 should go to armed forces at once because it's not possible and not necessary even from a physical point of view. there must be people involved in mobilisation every day.

it's easier to maintain morale when you're winning and when your troops are fresh. but now you're starting to lose territory and people are tired. it's only human that people are feeling it now. this is an accepted truth. but i want to remind you about the second world war. did britain have a hard time when the luftwaffe attacked your cities, when they were destroying london? of course it was difficult for you, but you believed in victory. london understood that it must win the war. so do we. yes, it is difficult for us, but we will definitely win. this week, even a former british army chief has said now is the time. time to sit down and talk. you'll have to at some point, so better to do it now rather than later. what do you say to that?

this is not an easy question. we have a lot of families who lost their relatives in this war. injanuary, my nephew died in this war. how can we sit down at the negotiation table with people who come to destroy and kill us? tell me, please, who sat down at the negotiation table with hitler? he was just destroyed. destroyed militarily. you can't sit down at the negotiation table with terrorists. can we talk to them? sure. but it will not be with putin. and is it possible to solve the problem with putin not necessarily in a military way? yes, it is possible. but for this action has to be taken by the whole global community. you don't seem to be a very worried national security adviser. you don't have a right to be scared. once you get scared, you have lost. this is a very important thing. when the west gets scared of russia, it's absolutely inappropriate. we have never been scared of them because we are different. we knew who they were.

and when we talk about the spirit, core, and strength, we talk about the ukrainians because we love freedom. i want to take you to the pictures earlier, we have had it confirmed that this is prague, not kyiv. protesters in prague have set up... for what they are calling noise for ukraine, which will feature czech and russian musicians. there are 300,000 or so ukrainians living in the czech republic, and they have

marched to prague's old town square where there is a mass event with thousands of people. the president is going to address them, they are also expecting a video appearance by president zelensky. a little later, there is going to be a concert organised by the gift for putin initiative, which raises funds to buy tanks, rocket launchers and helicopters for ukraine. that is the scene in prague where lots people are on the streets. we can also take you to rome in italy, where again, people are out on the streets. there are the blue and yellow flags of the ukrainian flag there in full show, people both with flags and draping themselves in the ukrainian flag as people around the ukrainian flag as people around the world mark the fact that it is the world mark the fact that it is the second anniversary today of russia's full—scale invasion of

ukraine. a reminder that the bbc news website and app also has a special live page up and running where they will have the latest buzz from kyiv and those events taking place around the world. a reminder of our breaking news out of russia in the last couple of minutes, the body of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, who you'll remember died suddenly and unexpectedly in prison last week, has been handed over to his mother. that is according to a spokesperson for alexei navalny. that spokesperson went on to say that she did not know if the authorities would allow a funeral to be held to quote her in the way the family wants and deserves. there has been over the last week this too and fro whereby it alexei navalny�*s mother had asked the russian authorities to hand the body of her

son over to her, they had not done that. we are now hearing that the body of the opposition leader, who died suddenly in a prison on the 16th of february, has now been handed over to his mother. a spokesperson for alexei navalny does say that she doesn't have the authorities would allow a funeral to be held. that the latest on alexei navalny. a reminder of our other breaking news in the last hour, the former deputy conservative party chairman, the anderson, has been suspended from the party. that of course after the comments that he made about the mayor of london, sadiq khan. he had refused to apologise for suggesting that islamists had gain control of the mayor of london, sadiq khan. he

made those comments during a discussion on gb news about pro—palestinian marches. he said the mayor had given away the capital city to his mates, but he has now been suspended by the parliamentary party for refusing to apologise about those comments. the mayor had called the remarks islamophobic. he said the deafening silence of the prime minister and his cabinet amounted to condoning racism, we now have the news that lee anderson has been suspended from the parliamentary conservative party. that basically means that he will not sit as a conservative mp in the house of commons. he can still sit as an mp, but it has to be as an independent. of course, he was as i said the former deputy chairman of the conservative party. well known for some controversial views of the last couple of years, but as i say,

he refused to apologise about those comments that he made about the mayor of london, sadiq khan, in which he suggested the mayor was controlled by islamists and had, in his words, given the capital city away to his mates. we will have more on that a little later. junior doctors in england have begun another round of strikes — their latest action in a long—running dispute over pay. it's a time of significant pressure on the health service — and routine operations and check—ups are expected to be disrupted badly. 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. nigel is living with a heart condition, but also terminal bowel cancer. the tablets are helping his heart, but fortnightly doses of chemotherapy for the cancer are what's keeping him alive. when i met him this week, nigel wasn't sure if the strike would mean his next session would go ahead. why hasn't the government helped resolve this? i thoroughly support what the junior doctors are doing,

but i don't want them to be on strike. you know, i think that they've got a very good case for getting more money for the work that they do, but at the same time, i'm not convinced by health service workers being on strike, that's going to have such a negative impact on all of the patients. this is the 10th strike byjunior doctors in england, but they've also been on strike in wales this past week, and in northern ireland they voted in support of strike action next month. only in scotland have junior doctors accepted a 12.4% pay rise for this year. chanting: what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! the industrial action in england has been going on for nearly a year now, but striking doctors like ray say they're determined to carry on. i'm not going to stop striking until i feel that doctors are getting an offer that they deserve, to feel fairly valued, and the government needs to understand that. so either we could end this dispute with the government having a little bit of decorum and dignity, or his majesty's government will get to the understanding that they need

to, kicking and screaming. i want for this to be resolved. i've come to these negotiations with nothing but good intentions and a genuine desire to find a reasonable solution forjunior doctors, but also, importantly, for patients and the public and the taxpayer. so i still want to try and achieve that, but i can only do that if the junior doctors committee plays their part. nhs bosses have warned of more serious disruption to services over the next five days, particularly planned operations in clinics. but for patients like nigel, the uncertainty caused by this latest row and strike action continues. there will be many who will be asking why, nearly one year on, this dispute has not yet been resolved. dominic hughes, bbc news. reform uk has set out a raft of tax—cutting measures at a rally in doncaster. formerly known as the brexit party

and set up by nigel farage, reform's new leader outlined plans to raise the threshold for the higher 40p income tax rate to £70,000. the party said it would also hike the stamp duty threshold, abolish inheritance tax for estates worth less than £2 million and slash corporation tax. reform uk leader, richard tice, gave a speech at the launch of his party's draught manifesto. isaid to i said to everybody, you cannot grow an economy with the burdens that we currently face. with record high taxes, record high wasteful government spending, daft nanny state regulations from the eu that drive us all bonkers, mass immigration, low skilled immigration thatis immigration, low skilled immigration that is depressing british wages. and then, of course, ourfavourite,

our good old friend net zero. you cannot grow an economy with these burdens, and just a mere four weeks later i was proven right as he slipped into recession. the whole economy into recession. soon act, just a few days ago, the thinking man, he said the plan is working, to which i say, some plan! i quite like the old days in the 1980s in the 19905, the old days in the 1980s in the 1990s, you will remember. we grew at 2.5% to 3.5% every year. we got worried if it was below 2%. if it is below i%, it was a moral recession. soon act and jeremy hunt, they are excited to stop 0.25% here, 0.5% there, for god's sake, it is pathetic. it is not growing in economy, that is a disaster. but don't worry stop sir keir starmer

i have to give paul credit here. this was his idea. starmageddon! it's true. the risk of starmageddon in a constituency near you in 202a. he does not have a clue to grow the economy, not a scooby doo. not only is the economy now in recession, but because of mass immigration per head, we have been in recession for seven quarters, the longest period since the 1970s. that is what everybody is feeling poorer. we all sense it, it is an absolute disgrace will stop we came out of the brexit

party, and brexit are such a great opportunity. like anything in life, if you do a job, for heaven sake do it properly, or don't bother. that is why in this role election year, this document, this contract, all the others, they use the phrase a manifesto. we are tired of that. that stands for broken promises. this is a contract, a contract review with everybody. —— a contract with you, with everybody. time review with everybody. -- a contract with you, with everybody.— with you, with everybody. time for a look at the — with you, with everybody. time for a look at the weather. _ hello there. it was a cold and frosty start up and down the country this morning. there were some mist and fog patches around, too, but through the day we'll see plenty of dry and sunny weather, particularly towards eastern areas, more cloud further south and west and there'll be a few showers as well. these, again, wintry in nature

certainly over the high ground. now, most of the showers fade away this evening. skies clear, light winds, it's going to turn cold and frosty pretty much right across the uk. we'll see some dense mist and fog patches developing, particularly across northern england, the midlands and eastern england, where they will be stubborn to clear through the morning period. now, part two of the weekend, we've got to contend with this area of low pressure, which will be skirting towards the southwest, the uk and then spreading towards france as you move through the day. so its southern britain which will see wet and windy weather for a time because of this low pressure system. and we'll be on the colder side of the low as you can see, the blue colours there indicated on the air mass chart. so another cold frosty start, stubborn mist and fog patches which could take their time to clear across the midlands in towards eastern england. a few wintry showers across northern scotland. 0therwise plenty of sunshine across the northern quarter of the country, but it turns wet and windy. south wales, southwest england, particularly the channel islands, that rain moving along the south coast through the day. bit of uncertainty to the northern extent of the rain. it looks like it'll be, i think the m4 corridor southwards, which has seen most

of the impacts from that. stays wet, windy across southern britain as we head through sunday night. again, gales, perhaps an exposure towards the far south west. a few wintry showers across northern scotland into northeast england, otherwise mostly dry with clear skies. another cold night to come here, a little less cold in the south because of the cloud, the wind and the rain. into monday, that area of low pressure continues to push in towards france. a ridge of high pressure builds into northern and western areas, so the best of the dry and dry to where they will tend to be across northern areas, just one or two showers across the far northeast, but it stays windy across the south, particularly the southeast corner as that low pressure pulls away and takes the rain with it. so blustery and raw feel across the southeast where the winds will be lighter further north. those temperatures in single figures for most factor in that wind those temperatures in single figures for most — factor in that wind in the south and east will feel more like one or two degrees there. and then as we move deeper through the new week, atlantic low pressure systems return. they'll bring wetter and windier weather, but also milder south westerlies. it will turn less cold both

by day and by night. live from london, this is bbc news. conservative mp lee anderson is suspended from the party

for claiming the london mayor is controlled by "islamists". these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic, racist and anti—muslim. alexei navalny�*s family says his body has been handed to his mother, over a week after the russian opposition leader died in an arctic prison. israeli media says negotiators have returned from talks in paris with an outline of a ceasefire deal to be put to the war cabinet today. 0n the second anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky insists his country will win, but urgently needs more weapons. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with breaking news from here in the uk and the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson, has been suspended from the parliamentary conservative party for refusing

to apologise for his comments about the mayor