intending to be islamophobic. donald trump moves closer to the republican presidential nomination with a big primary win in south carolina. it's his fourth consecutive victory. and oppenheimer is the big winner at the screen actors guild awards— it nets the top prize of best cast, as well as best actor for cillian murphy. hello, i'm lauren taylor. rishi sunak has warned that the uk must not fall into "polarised camps", after the suspension of the former conservative deputy chairman, lee anderson. mr anderson was suspended from the party on saturday because he refused to apologise for saying "islamists" had "got control" of mayor of london sadiq khan. on sunday morning, deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to be drawn on whether mr anderson's

comments were islamophobic. our political correspondent georgia roberts explained the situation the conservatives were facing following mr anderson's comments. the conservative party continuing to face pressure over those comments lee anderson made, that both opponents and senior figures within the party described as islamophobic. speaking to laura kuenssberg this morning, the deputy prime minister oliver dowden refused to say he thought the comments were islamophobic made by lee anderson or that they intended to be. let's listen. well, that's why the prime minister took action. he gave lee anderson the opportunity to apologise, he didn't take that opportunity. words matter. he didn't choose his words correctly and, having failed to apologise, the prime minister took action and removed the whip. i think that was the appropriate course of action to take. do you agree, though, that the remarks were | islamophobic, anti—muslim? i don't believe that lee anderson said those remarks intending to be islamophobic. oliver dowden also said lee anderson would have kept hisjob if he had

followed party orders to apologise. the prime minister rishi sunak has so far not commented specifically on lee anderson's comments. he has put out some words this morning talking about the dangers of a divisive politics and the polarisation and extremism seen he says recently amid concern about the nature of some pro—palestinian protests across the country as the conflict in gaza goes on and after a week of fractious scenes in westminster in the commons. those scenes were something the shadow international development secretary lisa nandy was asked about, and about the fact that the speaker, lindsay hoyle, unusually gave labour a vote on their amendment to an snp debate on the gaza conflict and there were accusations labour pressured the speaker to allow this

unusual break with convention in orderfor him to head off a labour party rebellion. let's listen now to what lisa nandy said about those concerns. can you guarantee to our viewers this morning that no one - from the labour party was involved in a conversation or passing - a message to the speaker suggesting that hisjob might be on the line - unless he did what labour wanted? yes, i believe that i can. i have had numerous conversations as you can imagine with my colleagues, with keir starmer, with the chief whip, with david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, over the last few weeks and months, since the 7th of october unfolded. frankly, the idea that you would threaten the speaker of the house of commons is for the birds. now, it was the snp who proposed the gaza conflict as a topic of debate that saw the chaotic scenes we saw, that saw them walking out in protest at the speaker's decision,

as well as some conservative mps. next week, they hope to bring the issue to the fore again in parliament given what happened this week. the speaker had said they could have another debate on this. we will see negotiations on how that pans out this week but certainly there will be a lot of hope that we don't see a repeat of the scenes we saw, that saw plenty of mps saying parliament had not been shown in its best light. the muslim council of britain says it welcomes the withdrawal of the conservative party whip from mr anderson, but that it is concerned the action was only taken because he refused to apologise, rather than because of the nature of his remarks. the secretary general of the council, zara mohammed, has called for an investigation into what she calls "the structural islamophobia" within the party. writing to the conservative party chair, she said

the scottish national party says it will push for another commons debate on gaza following last week's chaotic vote. there was uproar in the commons when speaker sir lindsay hoyle allowed mps to vote on a labour amendment to the snp�*s ceasefire motion. it meant the snp motion was not voted on, causing the party to call for sir lindsay to quit. donald trump has easily beaten nikki haley in the south carolina republican presidential primary — despite it being her home state. the 20—point margin was mr trump's fourth consecutive win. will vernon reports. # i'm proud to be an american #. another victory, another landslide. donald trump didn't even mention his republican rival tonight. he's already got his sights set on the presidential election in november. we're going to be up here on november 5th and we're going to look atjoe biden and we're going to look him right in the eye.

he's destroying our country and we're going to say, "joe, you're fired. get out. "get out, joe. you're fired." this is yet another resounding win for donald trump, who is steam—rolling towards victory in this primary contest. here in south carolina, mr trump was looking to bolster his position as the undisputed, unassailable front runner in this race, and that's exactly what he's done. y'all are a rowdy bunch. despite trailing trump by a wide margin, nikki haley was defiant, vowing to continue her campaign. there are huge numbers of voters in our republican primaries who were saying they want an alternative. i said earlier this week that no matter what happens in south carolina, i would continue to run for president. i'm a woman of my word. i think that she's a great proponent for women and women's rights, - and i think that it's really important for our- generation to support her.

she'll bring normalcy to america and to the world. defeat here will be a personal setback for mrs haley. she was born in south carolina and served two terms as state governor. the two most disliked i politicians in america? trump and biden. i have a different style and approach. on the campaign trail, she has portrayed herself as the younger, more stable alternative to both donald trump and joe biden. in nine days' time, over a dozen states will hold their primaries, but with his huge lead in the polls, donald trump's supporters say this race is effectively over. will vernon, bbc news, columbia, south carolina. director of the centre on us politics at university college london, dr thomas gift, explained why he doesn't see a clear route to the nomination for nikki haley. donald trump has been framing

himself from the very outset as the inevitable nominee for the republicans and he has been true to his word, essentially. these are thrashings, these are resounding victories for donald trump. really, at this point, nikki haley's only hope would be some type of spring surprise where donald trump's legal challenges catch up to him, either accusations surrounding the 14th amendment, which has gone to the supreme court, or his, you know, insurrection charge, or one of these 91 criminal indictments that he is facing. you know, she is hoping that this catches up to him but i don't see it happening. she has pointed to the fact she thinks the polls suggest she would do better against biden than trump would but she does not seem to be polling particularly well with republicans. how could she get more support from them rather than the independents who seem to support her? that has really been nikki haley's entire campaign, that she is the most electable candidate. if you look at the polls, to be fair, she does beatjoe biden

by about ten percentage points in a one—on—one matchup which is better than donald trump is polling but you can't win a republican primary by appealing to moderates. you have to appeal to the right wing. she is just simply not doing that. from the very beginning, she has been in a catch—22 which is that you can't go after donald trump too hard, otherwise you alienate the republican electorate but at the same time, you can't go... you know, keep the gloves on and not differentiate yourself. so she is basically in an impossible situation and right now, i think her campaign is basically running on empty. i mean, ijust don't see her going forward. 21 people have been arrested in anti—government protests in the israeli city of tel aviv. demonstrators were demanding the release of the hostages and the resignation of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. officers used water cannon to break up the demonstration. israel's main opposition leader has criticised the police

for their suppression of the protests, calling it dangerous and anti—democratic. qatar will this week host mediated talks between hamas and israel, aimed at finalising a truce agreement. that's according to reuters news agency, quoting egyptian security sources. the report says representatives will then travel to cairo to discuss the timing and execution of any deal — including the release of hostages. on saturday, israeli media reported that talks in paris had reached the �*outline of an agreement�* for a pause in the fighting and the release by hamas of the remaining hostages. the un says the growing number of israeli air strikes in rafah is making aid operations there more difficult. it's paused aid deliveries to northern gaza . but the israeli army chief of staff said on a visit to gaza that there should be no let—up in the fighting, so presure could be so pressure could be maintained on hamas. john lyndon is the executive director at the alliance for middle east peace. he gave me his analysis

of the talks in paris. it looks like we have an agreement on the terms of a six—week pause in fighting, the return of 35 to a0 hostages, prioritisation for women, children, the sick and the elderly, and the release of 200 to 300, i've heard, palestinian prisoners held in israeli captivity, many of them called security prisoners, have blood on their hands essentially. those broad terms had not been fully agreed on the previous round, and the hope is now israel has dispatched a delegation to qatar to talk about those details, we may be moving towards an agreement if we can get both hamas and the israeli government to sign off on the details. in the meantime, israel is saying it's pressing forward with plans on an assault on rafah even though it is facing pressure from the us and other allies not to do so. is it part of maintaining pressure on hamas? how do you view it? i hope it's part of a negotiating tactic, pressure on hamas to agree to the deal and we see with this six—week pause if it is secured, an off ramp diplomatically to get

the hostages back and the prisoners released and the fighting paused and to find another dynamic that can expand that cessation of hostility and to diplomatically work on some of the underlying issues. as most international observers, most governments closest to israel have said, an operation in rafah right now, 1.5 million people displaced, terrible humanitarian conditions, it is very hard to understand something like that could not be a catastrophe. how much is a factor with benjamin netanyahu's plans would benjamin netanyahu's plans for a post—conflict scenario in gaza be? is it something they will take into account? is it being kept separate? i think it's beginning to leak a little bit more in, we saw the release of very broad principles, i guess, from prime minister netanyahu of the day after the post—war settlement, which is very much inconsistent with what the international community has been saying and what palestinians have been demanding.

i think some of this has now been integrated into a wider negotiation, i think the international community led by the us has been very clear on some principles that run directly in contrast to what prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said about the security presence, no real role for the palestinian authority, although they are not mentioned by name and his broad contours that were released this week. i hope again if we have that pause, if we have humanitarian aid enter, if we have diplomatic space opening up, the substantive conversation over what has to happen after this, to make it the last israel—gaza war, that becomes a priority and you can show palestinians that there is a non—violent diplomatic path towards self—determination, for israelis, a path toward security, and that will be engineered by diplomatic engagement by both parties, underwritten by the international community who need to engage, the arab countries have stepped up, the europeans, the united kingdom united states, and a role for a single society, we have two very traumatised populations after the explosion of violence, i would encourage

international governments, diplomats who are looking at these broad issues, issues of governance, to also think about an ambitious strategy for engaging the hearts and minds of israelis and palestinians and to build from the bottom up some of the routes that any successful diplomatic process is going to require. thank you very much indeed. ukraine has criticised its western supporters for failing to live up to the commitments they have made about weapons deliveries. the defence minister, rustam umerov, said the promised assistance has been slow to reach them. there have been reports of shortages of ammunition and other materiel, and of russian invaders advancing on parts of the long frontline. the situation�*s been worsened by the latest package of us military assistance being stuck in the house of representatives because of republican opposition. commitment doesn't constitute delivery. 50% of commitments are not

delivered on time. so which means that in the mathematics of war, we look to the enemy, their economy is almost 2 trillion, they use up to 15% official and unofficial budget for the war which constitutes over 150 billion us dollars. so, annually, it's officially. so basically, whatever commitment that doesn't come on time, we'll lose people, we'll lose territory. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. hello there. the first major trophy of the english football season will be won today. it's chelsea against liverpool, in the league cup final at wembley. the blues after their first domestic trophy in six years — and liverpool are making their 14th appearance in the competition's final. they're familiar final opponents too. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at wembley for us.

jurgen klopp would love this to be the first of potentially four trophies for him this season on his last season as well with liverpool. but they have injury worries to contend with. but they have in'ury worries to contend with._ but they have in'ury worries to contend with. ~ ,,., , .,, i. contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out — contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the _ contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the wembley - contend with. absolutely, i hope you can make out the wembley arch - contend with. absolutely, i hope you i can make out the wembley arch behind me against the grey cloud. it is the overcast afternoon in north london, could be raining by kick—off. that is one of the uncertainties. one of the things that you alluded to that mix its final intriguing, we do not know how badly liverpool will be affected by injuries. we know, of course, there are injured players, alexander—arnold, but those last two in particular, nunez and sala, can they play a role in this final of they play a role in this final of the bench? jurgen klopp would not have imagined that the stage of the season that he would be delving so deeply into liverpool's resources with the youth players, the names we saw in the squad for liverpool's

last victory in the league against luton. because that to one side for a second. what we definitely have with this emotional surge of energy behind jurgen klopp in his farewell season, a sense that there is a need that he has to say goodbye to liverpool with one trophy in particular at least. well, this is liverpool's first chance, who knows? it could be their best chance. amongst the fans outside wembley here today, many liverpool supporters have special scars with jurgen klopp's beaming face embroidered into the fabric. close to their hearts. if embroidered into the fabric. close to their hearts.— to their hearts. if we look at chelsea, — to their hearts. if we look at chelsea, this _ to their hearts. if we look at chelsea, this trophy - to their hearts. if we look at chelsea, this trophy could i to their hearts. if we look at i chelsea, this trophy could put to their hearts. if we look at - chelsea, this trophy could put the gloss on what has been a dismal season for them in the league. yes. season for them in the league. yes, i don't think— season for them in the league. yes, i don't think we _ season for them in the league. yes, i don't think we spent _ season for them in the league. 133 i don't think we spenti billion i don't think we spent i billion pounds to be tenth in the premier league. in recent weeks, we have seen a revival, perhaps the new chelsea identity emerging, certainly with the energy in midfield. they are trying to re—establish

themselves amongst your�*s elite. nothing says progress quite like a trophy. in this sense, the final for chelsea means perhaps more than all those finals they almost take for granted over the last 20 years. liverpool versus chelsea in a cup final, i know you seen that movie before. but this one feels different because of that different sense of significance, it has for both teams here this afternoon.— significance, it has for both teams here this afternoon. thank you very much, joe outside _ here this afternoon. thank you very much, joe outside wembley - here this afternoon. thank you very much, joe outside wembley far - here this afternoon. thank you very much, joe outside wembley far as. much, joe outside wembley far as they are. to cricket, and india have turned the tables, and are now the ones in the ascendancy in the 4th test with england, as they chase a win in ranchi, and with it an overall series victory. they started the day trailing by 134, but dhrquurel�*s 90 helped them to a total of 307 all out, cutting england's lead. england's second innings was a disaster — with india's bowlers doing the damage. ravichandran ashwin with ben duckett and ollie pope removed. joe root was unable to match his heriocs from the first innings. the collapse saw england slump to 145 all out. 5 wickets in all for ashwin.

it's very much india's game for the taking. here's the scorecard, not great reading for england. only two players making it beyond 20 runs. that in part due to a brilliant performance by india's bowlers. ravichandran ashwin with 5 wickets, kuldeep yadav with 4. india need 152 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining, with openers rohit sharma and yashasvi jaiswal at the crease. you can get more on the bbc sport website. we'll be back with more later on. we will see you then. the uk and us have launched another round ofjoint missile strikes against houthi targets in yemen — in response to further attacks on cargo ships in the red sea. the defence secretary, grant shapps, says the uk has a duty to protect lives — but the houthis have vowed continued defiance — warning its attacks on shipping will continue until israel ends its assault on gaza. simonjones reports.

take off for what the uk and us are calling the latest necessary and proportionate strikes against houthi targets in yemen. four raf typhoon fighter jets were involved using precision—guided bombs at two sites to take out drones said to be used by the houthis for reconnaissance and attack missions against shipping. the us hit a further six locations. in the capital of yemen, sanaa, smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky. in a joint statement, london and washington said... a week ago, this british—owned ship, the rubymar, was struck by houthi missiles, forcing the crew

to abandon ship. and this us—owned cargo vessel, the sea champion, delivering humanitarian aid to yemen, came under attack. the houthis, who control large swathes of yemen, have been targeting vessels they say are linked to israel and the west in response to the war between israel and hamas. yemen has a key strategic position in the middle east, especially when it comes to global shipping. the red sea route typically looks like this. it's one of the busiest in the world, transporting 15% of traded goods, largely from east to west. but because of the houthi attacks, many major shipping firms have diverted around southern africa. it takes ten days longer and hugely increases costs. a houthi military spokesperson said what he called the escalation by the uk and us would be confronted with more military operations against hostile

targets in the red sea. but the uk is warning it won't hesitate to take further action if it's needed. the defence secretary, grant shapps, said, "it is our duty to protect lives at sea and preserve freedom of navigation." but, so far, the threat from the houthis has not been neutralised, with 45 ships targeted since november. simon jones, bbc news. the family of russian opposition leader alexei navalny say they do not yet know whether the russian authorities will attempt to interfere in their funeral arrangements. his body has been handed over to his mother, according to a spokesperson for the family. mr navalny died suddenly in prison last week. his mother had previously said the official death certificate presented to her claimed her son had died of natural causes. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. alexei navalny�*s mother had spent a week trying to persuade the authorities to release her son's body so that she can lay him to rest.

she's finally succeeded. in a post on social media, a spokesperson for the late opposition leader announced that mr navalny�*s body had been handed over to his mother, and this regarding the funeral, "we do not know if the authorities will interfere to carry it out as the family wants and as alexei deserves." alexei navalny was vladimir putin's most vocal critic and he became russia's most famous prisoner. in this penal colony beyond the arctic circle, he was serving a 19—year prison sentence on charges widely seen as politically motivated. this is where he died. in a video message, his widow, yulia, had accused president putin of killing her husband and of holding his body hostage. the kremlin has previously described claims that it was

behind mr navalny�*s death "obnoxious and unacceptable". at moscow's main cathedral, people queued to pay their respects to alexei navalny. for in the orthodox faith, the ninth day after death is a significant moment. outside, there were police checks, officers demanding id from some of those who'd come here. and across town, more flowers. there are no details yet of when or where mr navalny will be laid to rest. the last thing the authorities will want is for his funeral to become a very public display of support for the man who had challenged the kremlin. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. oppenheimer was the big winner at the screen actors guild awards in los angeles — a ceremony that's seen as a good predictor for the oscars.

cillian murphy and robert downey junior took home best actor and best supporting actor — and the film won best cast in a motion picture. there were also prizes for the holdovers star da'vine joy randolph for best supporting actress, and lily gladstone for best actress in killers of the flower moon. in the television category — the bear took out the comedy series awards and barbra streisand accepted her sag lifetime achievement award. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it was a cold and locally foggy start for many this morning. temperatures fell in parts

of aberdeenshire as low as minus eight degrees, but there was a widespread frost for many, the exception down towards the south—west. i'll come on to that injust a moment. but we had some glorious sunshine. despite that chilly start, a lovely morning across frinton—on—sea in essex. by contrast, into the south—west, more cloud, stronger winds and some rain arriving with this area of low pressure. just fringing with parts of south wales, as well. as we go through the morning and into the afternoon, that rain is going to continue to slowly drift its way eastwards, maybe bringing more cloud into the london area during the afternoon, but it should stay dry. further north of that, sunny spells will continue and any showers will be very isolated indeed, perhaps most frequent to the far north—west of scotland, with highs of six to ten degrees. that rain will continue to move its way across channel coasts overnight. the heaviest of the rain south of the m4 corridor. it will take its time to ease away from the kent coast by dawn on monday morning. that cloud and rain will prevent temperatures from falling too far, so a frost—free start for much

of england and wales. we'll have clearer skies further north and west, so here a light frost is likely. but the difference with monday, once that rain has cleared away from the extreme south—east, is the wind direction — a brisk north—easterly, particularly across central and southern england. we could see gusts of winds up to 30mph to 40mph in places and that will make it feel noticeably fresher. a lot of dry weather and, again, some sunshine coming through, with highs of seven to ten degrees. as we move out of monday into tuesday we're going to see some wet and windy weather pushing in to scotland. that will drift its way across scotland, northern ireland into northern england and wales by the end of the afternoon. ahead of it we are likely to see quite a lot of cloud developing, as well. by tuesday, brighter with a few scattered showers out to the far north—west. that front will clear slowly but surely as we move out of tuesday. it will not bring that much in the way of rain to the south—east

and this brief ridge of high pressure will build before more fronts wait in the wings. it is going to be a changeable week ahead, really. at times we will have some brighter weather, followed by rain and then the brighter weather returns.

this is bbc news, the headlines. senior conservatives are drawn into an argument over islamophobia —

after the conservative mp, lee anderson, said "islamists" had "got control" of the mayor of london. the deputy prime minister refuses to say whether the comments are islamophobic. donald trump is one step closer to the republican presidential nomination, easily beating rival nikki haley in the south carolina primary. the former president won his opponent's home state with a 20—point margin — making it his fourth consecutive victory. israel's main opposition leader criticises police for suppressing anti—government protests. demonstrators had been demanding the release of hostages held by hamas and called for the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as well as, early elections. oppenheimer is the big winner at the screen actors guild awards. it takes the top prize of best cast, as well as best actor for cillian murphy. now on bbc news, click.