about life in gaza — beginning with a man who lost more than 100 relatives in a single strike. she knew she would die. and she asked me to forgive her for anything bad she might have ever done to me. i told her there was no need to say that. and that was the last call between us. what's next for suspended tory mp lee anderson after the sadiq khan islamist claims? he says he won't "rule out" joining reform uk. police in australia searching for two men believed to have been murdered by a police officer find two bodies. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war, where president biden has said he hopes a ceasefire in gaza could

start by the beginning of next week. reuters news agency says hamas has received a draught proposal from gaza truce talks in paris which includes a 40—day pause in all military operations and the exchange of palestinian prisoners for israeli hostages at a ratio of ten to one. as negotiations between hamas and israel continue, president biden has said israel has agreed in principle not to engage in military activities in gaza during the muslim holy month of ramadan. here's the us president speaking late on monday. reporter: can you give us a sense of when you think that ceasefire will start? well, i hope by the beginning of the weekend. i mean, end of the weekend. my national security adviser tells me that we're close. we're close. not done yet. and my hope is by next monday we'll have a ceasefire. in the hours after that statement, president biden also appeared on late night with seth meyers on nbc, where he said israel has agreed in principle not to engage in military activities in the gaza strip during the muslim

holy month of ramadan. mr biden said such a commitment would allow the hostages being held by hamas to be released. as we said, negotiations for a temporary ceasefire continue. according to reuters news agency, the talks will try to reach a ceasefire agreement that can be implemented before the start of ramadan on the 10th of march. the draft framework would include a a0 day pause in all military operations. and reports suggest 400 palestinian prisoners serving sentences for terror—related crimes could be exchanged for a0 female and elderly israeli hostages. however, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has vowed to go ahead with an assault on gaza's southernmost city, rafah, regardless of any agreement. let's speak to hisham mhanna from the international committee of the red cross, who's in rafah. he can tell us more about the

desperately needed aid situation. thank you forjoining us, what is neededin thank you forjoining us, what is needed in terms of age? goad thank you forjoining us, what is needed in terms of age? good morning and thank you — needed in terms of age? good morning and thank you for _ needed in terms of age? good morning and thank you for having _ needed in terms of age? good morning and thank you for having me. _ needed in terms of age? good morning and thank you for having me. what is l and thank you for having me. what is required urgently, as soon as it can possibly be allowed, is all types of aid including medical supplies, food items, clean water, fuel to run the hospitals and its facilities and most importantly the safety and security for the population. humanitarian teams will work on transferring this age across the gaza strip for the hundreds of thousands desperately waiting for it —— transferring this aid. flan thousands desperately waiting for it -- transferring this aid.— -- transferring this aid. can you describe the _ -- transferring this aid. can you describe the logistical _ -- transferring this aid. can you describe the logistical operation involved? israel says it is not restricting the amount of aid and is allowing aid in. what is the reality

on the ground and how does it work? the trickle of humanitarian aid allowed to enter gaza is insufficient with the humanitarian needs everywhere in the gaza strip. you can imagine massive aspects of the roads and infrastructure are damaged, lots has not been assessed yet. in addition, mechanisms are required to make a population movement successful from one area to another. it is urgent now that they must ensure the safety and security of the humanitarian teams on the ground, regardless of the conflict. these teams are striving to reach those in need and deliver the aid required, with the limited quantities available. it has been difficult to move around considering

the intensity of the population, they are living everywhere, on the streets, the sidewalks, you can see makeshift tents everywhere and sometimes these roads are impassable for our teams. sometimes these roads are impassable for ourteams. so sometimes these roads are impassable for our teams. so logistically speaking it must be facilitated by the authorities rather than the organisations and humanitarian teams themselves. , . ~ ., ., ., themselves. hisham mhanna from the international — themselves. hisham mhanna from the international committee _ themselves. hisham mhanna from the international committee of _ themselves. hisham mhanna from the international committee of the - themselves. hisham mhanna from the international committee of the red . international committee of the red cross in rafah, thank you. throughout the day on bbc news we will be looking at life in gaza. a part of that we've been sent this audio diary from gaza resident abed. he explains the many challenges faced by ordinary people each day.

in gaza, it is hurt, pain, starvation, everything bad. there is no means of life in gaza, particularly in the north of gaza. people there are starving, have been starving since last week. they don't have any food, they don't have any water. i can see children with some spelt flour over the ground and other people trying to mix flour with sand so they can make as much bread as possible. i can see also in the north of gaza, people can't really afford or even have one can of food. so malnutrition, food and water shortages are at their extremest, maximum level in the north of gaza. we have reported many numbers killed there, and they have been dying because of the malnutrition and the food and water shortages, so it is incredibly dire there in the north of gaza. there are at least 700,000 people there who are starving at the moment, who fast most of the day without even

getting a sip of water. so it is really, really dire. for the southern territory of the gaza strip, particularly central gaza and rafah, all of these places have been under intensive bombardment over the last two weeks with israeli raids killing hundreds of palestinians and wounded many others too. family homes continue to be attacked, unprecedented attacks on civilian cars, people arejust unprecedented attacks on civilian cars, people are just hoping that in the holy month there will not be war, they hope that this will end, they are waiting for negotiations to happen, they hope this will happen. they hope to be at their homes before ramadan but it is really dire and there is a high sense of despair at the moment. much more about gaza on online — take a look at our live page, it's at bbc.co.uk/news,

or you can go via the bbc app. let's get the latest from jerusalem with our middle east correspondence yolande knell. president biden sounded optimistic? lats yolande knell. president biden sounded optimistic?— sounded optimistic? lots of reflection — sounded optimistic? lots of reflection on _ sounded optimistic? lots of reflection on those - sounded optimistic? lots of. reflection on those comments, sounded optimistic? lots of - reflection on those comments, the most optimistic yet about the possibility of a new pause in the fighting in exchange for israeli hostage release. we know these negotiations have been going on very intensively, particularly in the past week in paris, involving the israelis, the us, qatari and egyptian mediators. the hope was for a deal in place by the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan which is expected on the 10th of march. the noises we get on the grounds are much less positive at the moment.

the israeli media quoting unnamed israeli officials who say there is still a very big gap between the two sides and hamas coming out and saying to the palestinian —— to our palestinian produce about it once a complete end to the aggression encounter. seniorfigures in hamas say this is not about getting a hostage release deal, for them it is an end to the war. what writers are saying this morning, quoting an unnamed official close to the talks, at the moment this is really a involving, the framework deal on the table, a a0 day pause in the fighting and under this deal being proposed there would be ten palestinian prisoners from israeli jails released in exchange for each israeli hostage released. there would be a big increase in the desperately needed aid going into gaza, up to 500 lorry loads per day, as well as repair is allowed to

hospitals and bakeries, things like that. �* ., hospitals and bakeries, things like that. �* . ., that. ben'amin netanyahu has said the that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation _ that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation in _ that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation in rafah _ that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation in rafah we - that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation in rafah we have - the operation in rafah we have spoken about form weeks now, much anticipated, will still go ahead. how will that work in the framework of the ceasefire deal?— of the ceasefire deal? certainly mr netan ahu of the ceasefire deal? certainly mr netanyahu acknowledged - of the ceasefire deal? certainly mr netanyahu acknowledged that - of the ceasefire deal? certainly mr netanyahu acknowledged that if i of the ceasefire deal? certainly mr. netanyahu acknowledged that if there was a new ceasefire deal put in place that those plans would have to be put on hold. he says he has received plans from the israeli military about how it would go ahead with such an operation, those plans have not been released and i have been voices of concern, is high up as the un secretary—general saying this could be the nail in the coffin of age operations in gaza if they rafah operation went ahead as things stand, because you have something like 1.5 million people displaced in the gaza strip who are quoted down, concentrated around rafah in the very south of the gaza strip, and it

is extremely difficult to get aid to those who so desperately needed. yolande knell, thank you very much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. new research has found that cancer survival rates in the uk are lagging as much as fifteen years behind other major countries. the study, published in the lancet medicaljournal, shows that patients in the uk are given treatment less often than those in comparable countries. the nhs said more people than ever were being diagnosed earlier. the ministry of defence has suspended changes to the allocation of military housing after a backlash by some officers. under the plans, subsidised housing would have been allocated according to the size of someone's family, rather than their rank. the defence minister said the u—turn came after listening to feedback. the government is considering a new tax on vaping in next week's budget. the treasury believes it could raise half a billion pounds a year.

currently, vaping products are subject to vat — but unlike tobacco, they are not subject to a separate levy. last month, ministers announced plans to ban disposable vapes, alongside restrictions on flavours and how they can be packaged. you're live with bbc news. the row over comments made by the mp lee anderson about the london mayor sadiq khan, which led to him being suspended from the conservative party, seems to be growing after mr anderson said that while his words might have been clumsy, he would not apologise. he claimed that islamists had �*got control�* over mr khan — something which mr khan said was untrue, and offensive. the prime minister rishi sunak said the comments were wrong — but stopped short of accepting they were islamophobic. last night, on his programme on the gb news channel, mr anderson said that while his words may have been clumsy, �*when you think you are right you should never apologise because to do so would be a sign of weakness.�*

let's go live to westminster, and our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. henry, we were talking this time yesterday following rishi sunak�*s response to those comments. then he hoped his words would draw a line under bass but that does not seem to have happened?— have happened? certainly not, and if rishi sunak hope _ have happened? certainly not, and if rishi sunak hope that _ have happened? certainly not, and if rishi sunak hope that calling - have happened? certainly not, and if rishi sunak hope that calling lee - rishi sunak hope that calling lee anderson's comments wrong might prompt contrition from a man who until relatively recently was deputy chairman of the conservative party, he did not get that at all. lee anderson was completely unrepentant on his gb news interview last night. he briefly acknowledged that in his words his words might have been clumsy, but said as long as he had breath he would not apologise because he thought he was right. it is worth noting that in the process of defending himself, lee anderson tried to slightly reformulate the argument he had made last week. on friday the comments i got him into

such hot water and prompted his suspension was the claim by sadiq khan, britain has �*s most prominent muslim politician was, in lee anderson put �*s plain, controlled by its limits. yesterday lee anderson was defending a somewhat different argument. he was talking about policing in london in recent months at a pro—palestinian protests and sadiq khan's role in overseeing the metropolitan police. that is a slightly different argument but that is the political terrain on which it seems lee anderson now wants to fight. he seems lee anderson now wants to fiuht. , , ., ., fight. he refuses to rule out “oininr fight. he refuses to rule out joining reform _ fight. he refuses to rule out joining reform uk, - fight. he refuses to rule out joining reform uk, before l fight. he refuses to rule out. joining reform uk, before he fight. he refuses to rule out - joining reform uk, before he was in the conservatives he was in the labour party. how much of an issue would it be for the prime minister if hejoined reform? it would it be for the prime minister if he joined reform?— if he joined reform? it would certainly be _ if he joined reform? it would certainly be an _ if he joined reform? it would certainly be an issue, - if he joined reform? it would j certainly be an issue, reform if he joined reform? it would - certainly be an issue, reform uk is a new party but it is essentially a successor party and shows a lot of personnel with what was once at ukip

and then the brexit party. they all cause significant damage to the conservative party by pealing votes away from them at elections. in a couple of by—elections a couple of weeks ago reform did the best it has ever done, it's got 13% of the vote in wellingborough in northamptonshire. if they got their first member of parliament, the fear particularly on the right of the party is a twin turbo—charged porch for them among a certain segment of the electorate frustrated with rishi sunak. ., ~' , ., , the electorate frustrated with rishi sunak. ., , , ., , , ., sunak. thank you, henry zeffman, in westminster- — the former post office chairman henry staunton will appear before mps later to answer questions about compensation for victims of the horizon it scandal. it will be the first time mr staunton has spoken publicly since claiming he was told to delay payouts to sub—postmasters who were wrongly prosecuted — sparking a bitter row with the business secretary kemi badenoch. our business correspondent emma simpson reports: henry staunton was sacked as post office chairman just over a year into the job.

but this boardroom veteran didn't go quietly — making a series of explosive claims in a newspaper interview. the next day, the business secretary hit back, accusing him of making wild and baseless allegations. i would hope that most people reading the interview in yesterday's sunday times would see it for what it was — a blatant attempt to seek revenge, following dismissal. this has been a real war of words. a first—class row with claims and counterclaims last week, including how and why mr staunton — a city bigwig — was fired. the business and trade select committee have been looking into why so many subpostmasters are still waiting for their full and final compensation. and they've added him to the long list of witnesses today. including several victims. tony downey�*s one of them — he ended up bankrupt after trying to keep his lake district post office afloat — spending

his own savings to make up for the shortfalls. this should have been ours, our business. yesterday, he told breakfast he's only received a fraction of what he's owed. for me, at the moment, it's giving me back what they took from me. 0bviously, there's the money. i put 36,000 — almost 36,000 — into my post office. but then i lost my business, i lost my home, i lost my health. so when you say compensation, i mean, that's something additional to what they took. that's how i see it. it was the itv drama that lit the fuse, putting the scandal back on the agenda. and post office ltd is stealing my livelihood, my shop, my... my...myjob, my home, my life savings, my good name. alan bates, the hero who took on the post office and won. he recently got his final offer of compensation, but it was only about a sixth of what he had requested, and is

also answering questions today. yesterday, the government announced plans to try and speed up compensation — including offering higher interim payments for some of those waiting for their claims to be fully assessed, or those challenging their offers. but for many victims, the wait has gone on long enough. emma simpson, bbc news. we'll have coverage of the former chairman of the post office being questioned by mps here on bbc news — do stay with us for that. on monday we saw violent clashes in brussels as farmers' groups from across the eu gathered to protest against agricultural policy. the demonstrations are continuing today, with polish farmers expected to gather in warsaw. it follows their protests that began two weeks ago. on monday farmers blocked a border crossing between poland and germany to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad — such as the cheap grain

from ukraine flooding the market. let's speak to our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton. what are we expecting today? iam in i am in central warsaw at the moment. the protest is due to start in a few minutes, it will be a march, all the tractors, they will walk to the prime minister's office, to the parliament, to demand that poland is a market to all ukrainian agricultural products and also that poland withdraws from the eu proposals to reduce the level of greenhouse gases and chemicals which farmers can use. both of which, they say, seriously undermine their ability to make a living here in warsaw. the protest is about to start in about a0 minutes, there are literally thousands of farmers behind me, lots of them blowing their horns, firecrackers being let

off, there is a police officer behind me with a fire extinguisher, they are putting out those fires. it is a noisy protest, one the government its listening to because the government says the farmers have had their demands adjusted and they are trying to have a three—way polish government, european union and ukraine discussions to try to introduce regulations which will stop this inflow of agriculture from ukraine, which is cheaper than the polish products and undermining the local market and sending prices down. polish farmers are unable to sell their products on the market. the stockpiles are going up and up. for now, thanks very much, adam.

i want to bring you some developing news from australia. detectives searching for two men believed murdered by a serving police officer say they have found two bodies. police allege that jesse baird and partner luke davies were shot over a week ago in a sydney home. in an update last hour, authorities said they had found remains on a remote property roughly two hours south west of sydney. the suspect — police officer beau lamar—condon — was charged late last week after handing himself in, but had not been cooperating in the hunt for the bodies. a short time ago, new south wales police gave a press briefing with this update. whilst this news may bring some solace to the baird and davies families, this will be heartbreaking for them and our sympathies are with them. we sadly as a society have these types of incidents, domestic violence, occur in our world, and we have to deal with them, and it has hurt us, because it was one of our own officers who was involved in this.

let's speak to the bbc�*s simon atkinson, who is in sydney. welcome. this has been a huge story there, give us the background, first of all. it there, give us the background, first of all. . , there, give us the background, first of all. ., , ., , , of all. it really has. outside the house this _ of all. it really has. outside the house this evening _ of all. it really has. outside the house this evening here - of all. it really has. outside the house this evening here in - of all. it really has. outside the i house this evening here in sydney which is where it is alleged the two men were murdered, were shot with a police issued firearm, that is what police issued firearm, that is what police have said so far, and the alleged killer, as you say, was a serving police officer. police have been quite clear from almost the outset that they had grave fears for the two men. the news today that their bodies had been found has brought a lot of sadness to the community in sydney. it was not really a huge surprise. it was quite clear they felt that the men had

been killed. the discovery of the bodies, it brings a markerfor the next stage of the investigation. at the start of the story you mentioned that the accused had not been assisting police in finding the bodies. we understand from officers that what actually triggered the bodies being discovered today was a change of position from him. we understand he took some legal advice and then gave guidance to the officers on where they would find the two men. so please have acknowledged they did support from him and this is how they found then after two days of searching. they travelled around 20 minutes from the original search site and very quickly located the remains, who they say they are very confident belong to jesse they say they are very confident belong tojesse baird and luke davies. belong to jesse baird and luke davies. , ., ., davies. tell us more about the victims. davies. tell us more about the victim we — davies. tell us more about the victims. we know _ davies. tell us more about the

victims. we know jesse - davies. tell us more about the victims. we know jesse baird l davies. tell us more about the | victims. we knowjesse baird is davies. tell us more about the i victims. we know jesse baird is a former television _ victims. we know jesse baird is a former television presenter - victims. we know jesse baird is a former television presenter with | victims. we know jesse baird is a i former television presenter with one of the networks here in australia. his partner was cabin crew at qantas, the australian airline. i don't know if you can see the flowers behind me but looking at some of the tributes that have been written on the cards with those powers it is clear that lots and lots of people, in whose lives they were important. some fond words, the sentiment, we will miss you. speaking to people who have come and laid flowers today, the sadness as you can imagine, as i suggested, not a huge surprise but sadness and also perhaps, i have been told, a sensor to please those bodies have now been recovered after a week, a very, very long week for their friends and family. long week for their friends and famil . ,, ., ~ ~ long week for their friends and famil _ ,, ., �* 4' y family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank ou family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank you for— family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank you for updating _ family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank you for updating us - family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank you for updating us on - family. simon atkinson in sydney, thank you for updating us on this i thank you for updating us on this

story. finally this half hour i wanted to show you one of the most watched videos on the bbc news website — it's of an unusual sight in the river thames. take a look. a pod of dolphins were spotted in the famous river near northfleet, kent. volunteers from the royal national life boat institution saw the two adults and calf on sunday. one of the crew said it was "incredible to witness". it really is quite the sight in real life. lucky for those who saw it. stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back in a couple of minutes, thanks for watching. hello again. some of us started the day with some beautiful sunrises, rather like this one. but the hazy skies will be replaced by thicker cloud, as we've got rain moving south courtesy of two weather fronts.

now, they'll continue to do that through the day. we have this nose of high pressure. and as they bump into that, the rain in there is going to turn patchier and become more fragmented. look at the isobars across the north of the country. here, we'll get gales across the far north of scotland, blustery for scotland, northern ireland and, at times, northern england. so, the cloud will continue to build as the weather fronts push south. behind them, for scotland and northern ireland, we're looking brighter skies. but some showers, which could be and thundery, with some hail, wintry in the hills, the white circles represent the average wind speeds. and our temperatures, six to about 10 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, here is our weather front. and it continues to take its cloud, spots of rain and drizzle, away with it. behind it, we'll see some mist and fog patches forming across parts of central and southern england, the south—east, yorkshire, lincolnshire, for example. and then a new weather front comes into the west, introducing some thicker cloud, rain and strengthening winds. where we've got the clear skies is where we're

likely to see some frost. so, tomorrow, he has our weather front in the west. it's going to be pushing steadily eastward through the day. it's a warm front. note the milder air coming in behind it, and then, later, we'll see a cold front coming in and eventually cold air following. so, they'll be some frost to start the day on wednesday. some patchy mist and fog. the weather front in the west producing the rain, pushing steadily eastward through the course of the day. and these are the temperatures. remember, it's a warm front, so we are looking at a 7—13 degrees as our top temperatures. but that warm front clears, and wednesday night into thursday, the cold front sinks steadily southwards. here it is by the time get to thursday morning, across england and wales. its clearance could be slower than this is suggesting. but behind it, we are embedded in the cooler air. so, increasingly, the showers will be wintry on the hills and the mountains. temperatures, six to about eight in the west. ten in the south—east. the outlook beyond that remains unsettled, with rain or showers at times.

it's also going to be chilly. notjust by day, but also by night.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a new development in the gaza ceasefire talks — sources reveal a proposalfor a a0 day pause in all military operations. president biden says a ceasefire

could happen as early as monday. and how the covid pandemic affected wales — that inquiry gets under way in cardiff shortly. according to the hamas run health ministry, nearly 30,000 people have been killed in gaza since the start of the israeli military campaign in the territory following the hamas attack on israel on october the 7th. and in gaza city an attack last december is thought to have killed 103 members of the same family. middle east correspondent lucy williamson has been speaking to one of the surviving family members — who lost his wife and three young daughters. it took ahmad al—ghuferi a decade to build the family he loved. it took a split second one winter evening to destroy it. ten—year—old tala, five—year—old lana, and najla, not yet two, killed with ahmad's wife in a powerful strike on a residential building in gaza city.