in all developments. life in gaza — a man who lost more than a hundred relatives in a single strike. translation: she knew she would die and she asked — translation: she knew she would die and she asked me _ translation: she knew she would die and she asked me to _ translation: she knew she would die and she asked me to forgive _ translation: she knew she would die and she asked me to forgive her - translation: she knew she would die and she asked me to forgive her for - 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. that was the last call between us.— need to say that. that was the last call between us. police in australia searchin: call between us. police in australia searching for _ call between us. police in australia searching for two _ call between us. police in australia searching for two men _ call between us. police in australia searching for two men believed - call between us. police in australia searching for two men believed to | searching for two men believed to have been murdered by a police officer find two bodies. have been murdered by a police officerfind two bodies. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. negotiations for a temporary ceasefire and hostage release between hamas and israel continue. ramadan begins in two weeks' time. 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 40—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. 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. with the latest from jerusalem, here's our middle east correspondent

yolande knell. i wonder how president biden because my comments were received in israel. lots of reflection on these comments, the most optimistic yet about the possibility of a new pause in the fighting in exchange for an israeli hostage release. we know that these negotiations have gone on very intensively, particularly in the last week in paris, involving the last week in paris, involving the israelis, the us, qatari and egyptian mediators. the real hope was that i could be a deal in place by the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan, expected in place by the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan, expected on march the 10th. the noises we get on the grounds are much less positive, i had to say, the israeli media quoted 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 producer that it wants a complete end to the aggression in gaza. seniorfigures in hamas say end to the aggression in gaza. senior figures in hamas say this end to the aggression in gaza. seniorfigures in hamas say this is not about getting a hostage release deal but it is about an end to the war. what writers are saying this morning, quoting an unnamed official close to the talks, saying the framework deal on the table is a a0 day pause in the fighting and under this deal proposed that would be ten palestinian prisoners from israeli jails released in exchange for each israeli hostage released. i would be a big increase in the desperately needed age going into gaza, up to 500 lorry loads a day, as well as repair is to hospitals and bakeries, things like that.— repair is to hospitals and bakeries, things like that. ben'amin netanyahu has said the things like that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation _ things like that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation and _ things like that. benjamin netanyahu has said the operation and rougher . has said the operation and rougher we have been talking about for

weeks, much anticipated, will still go ahead. we understand how that will work within the framework of the ceasefire deal? mr netanyahu certainly acknowledge _ the ceasefire deal? mr netanyahu certainly acknowledge that - the ceasefire deal? mr netanyahu certainly acknowledge that if - the ceasefire deal? mr netanyahu| certainly acknowledge that if there was a new ceasefire deal 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 from as high up as the un secretary—general saying this could be a nail in the coffin of unh operations in gaza if a rafah operations in gaza if a rafah operation went ahead as things stand, because you have around 1.5 million people displaced in the gaza strip now crowded down, concentrated around rafah in the very south of the gaza strip and as we are already hearing it is proving extremely difficult to get eight to those who so desperately need it.—

so desperately need it. yolande knell in jerusalem. _ thoughout the day we will be looking at more stories from inside gaza as the war nears the five month. we have a special live page as gazans share with us how their daily lives have changed during the war. like this story from 22—year—old medical student and volunteer doctor ngham atef mezied. she shared what her morning has been like and how she's affected by the shortage of food. you can follow that on our live page at bbc news website. and here on the programme i spoke with hisham mhanna, from the international committee of the red cross, who's in rafah, on the immediate needs of gazans on the ground. what is required urgently, as soon as it can possibly be allowed, is all types of humanitarian 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, for the humanitarian teams will work on transferring this aid across the gaza strip for the hundreds of thousands desperately waiting for it

in the north, in the middle area, in the south, in hospitals, in tents, everywhere. can you describe the logistical operation involved? israel says it is not restricting the amount of aid and that it 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 completely insufficient with the constantly growing humanitarian needs everywhere in the gaza strip. you can imagine massive aspects of the roads and infrastructure are damaged, a high level of contamination has not been assessed yet. in addition, mechanisms required to make a movement successful from one area to another within hostilities, which is why it is urgent now that parties in the conflict must ensure

the safety and security of the humanitarian teams on the ground, who are striving to reach those in need and deliver the required aid, with the limited quantities of it available. also 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. so logistically speaking it must be facilitated by the authorities,by the parties of the conflict, rather than the organisations and humanitarian teams themselves. let's show you the scene in rafah right now where more than 1.5

million people are sheltering in temporary accommodation tents for quite some distance. we understand that talk of this deal which president biden has spoken about which allow the huge number of palestinians sheltering in rafah, which borders egypt, to evacuate before israel's planned assault on hamas. the former post office chairman, henry staunton will appear before mps to answer questions about compensation for victims of the horizon it scandal. this is the singing live at westminster as the committee gets under way. westminster as the committee gets underway. —— westminster as the committee gets under way. —— this is the scene, live. 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. obviously, 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 [it 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. in the past hour the former post office chair had staughton has arrived at the houses of parliament where he will be questioned by a committee of mps over the horizon scandal. we expect that to happen later today and will bring you live coverage on bbc news. the row over comments made by the former tory 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 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." our chief political correspondent henry zeffman had this update. if rishi sunak hoped that calling lee anderson's comments wrong and unacceptable 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 in this gb news interview last night. he briefly acknowledged that in his words his words might have been, in his words, "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 that got him into such hot water

and prompted his suspension was the claim by sadiq khan, britain's most prominent muslim politician was, in lee anderson's claim, "controlled by islamists." yesterday lee anderson was defending a somewhat different argument. he was talking about policing in london in recent months of pro—palestinian protests and sadiq khan's role 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 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 he joined reform? it would certainly be an issue. reform uk is a relatively new party but it is essentially a successor party and shares a lot of personnel with what was once ukip — although that still exists in some form — and then the brexit party. they all at various points caused significant damage

to the conservative party by peeling 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 that would turbo—charge support for them among a certain segment of the electorate frustrated with rishi sunak. henry zeffman in westminster. one of russia's best known human rights campaigners has beenjailed for two and half years by a court in moscow. he was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the russian army. he was initially a trial last year but prosecutors demanded a stiffer penalty. oleg orlov played a leading

role in the nobel prize—winning group memorial which was shut down by the russian authorities. he complained in a news article that vladimir putin had led the country into fascism. steve rosenberg joins us now. tell us more about mr orlov and what has happened to him. the mood here and what has happened to him. tie: mood here in and what has happened to him. tye: mood here in moscow it's and what has happened to him. tue: mood here in moscow it's quite sombre, some of mr orlov's supporters are still milling about. a short while ago he was found guilty of repeatedly discrediting the russian armed forces through some of his public criticisms of the war in ukraine. he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. court officials at that moment handcuffed him, put him into the cage that is the talk in that room and he was led out down the corridor by police. —— the cage that is the dockin by police. —— the cage that is the dock in that room. only last year he was on trial under the same charges,

he was convicted but a slightly different results, he was fined and he walked free. but prosecutors complained, be thought that was too lenient and a retrial was ordered which has had this result, he is now going to prison. teiiii which has had this result, he is now going to prison-— going to prison. tell us more about him and his — going to prison. tell us more about him and his campaigning. - going to prison. tell us more about him and his campaigning. how- him and his campaigning. how well—known is he in russia? intern; well-known is he in russia? very well-known is he in russia? very well known. _ well-known is he in russia? very well known, he _ well-known is he in russia? very well known, he is _ well-known is he in russia? very well known, he is a _ well—known is he in russia? , well known, he is a 70—year—old veteran human rights campaigner, for many years he was connected with memorial the well—known famous human rights organisation here in russia. he has been an outspoken critic both of the authorities at the russian invasion of ukraine. yesterday in court he gave a closing statement and said he regretted nothing. he did not regret what he had written, what he had said, he said that russia was falling deeper and deeper

into darkness. he painted a very bleak picture of what was happening here and the crackdown on dissent. i think he knew that this retrial would end with him going to prison, the question was the length of the sentence. prosecutors demanded yesterday two years and 11 months, when the judge announced the sentence today with two years and six months. sentence today with two years and six months-— six months. thank you for that u date six months. thank you for that update from — six months. thank you for that update from moscow, - six months. thank you for that update from moscow, steve i six months. thank you for that - update from moscow, steve rosenberg. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. new research has found that cancer survival rates in the uk are lagging as much as 15 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. some breaking news coming into us from per tyre following comments by us presidentjoe biden who says he hopes to have a ceasefire by next monday in the israel gaza war —— some breaking news coming into us from sets. qatar is upbeat on

mediation talks are but a spokesperson has said there is no information to police on a gaza ceasefire hostage deal, that is the latest from qatar following positive comments from the us. we will continue to keep an eye on that news conference and update you if there are any more news lines. 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. protesting farmers spilled and destroyed 160 tonnes our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, has been among protesters and had this update.

here in warsaw thousands of farmers have come from across the country to protest, a very noisy protest with lots of horns being blown and firecrackers set off, some fires have been started too which police... there is a police officer behind me with a fire extinguisher, they are putting those out. they came to the capital warsaw for the first time to protest and to basically say protect their livelihoods against what they call a flood of cheap ukrainian agricultural products into the polish market, which is essentially making it difficult for them to make a living. they are also protesting against eu limits on the amounts of chemicals and greenhouse gases that farmers are able to use. they will shortly set off and march on foot this time, not with tractors, to the parliament building on the prime minister's offers to present their

demands which are, one, that poland bans all ukrainian agricultural products on its market and two that poland withdraws from the strict eu restrictions on gases and pesticides. vice adam easton in a very noisy warsaw. here are the live scenes as those protests continue. lots of people out on the street, also noisy too, protesting against rules which they say are unfair and restrict the movement and prices of agricultural products leaving poland. we will keep an eye on those pictures and those political discussions too to see if there are any developments. 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 thatjesse 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. with the latest on a story which has transfixed australia, here's our correspondent in sydney, simon atkinson. i'm outside the house this evening, here in sydney, which is where it is alleged that the two men were murdered, were shot with a police—issued firearm. that is what the police have said so far. the alleged killer was a serving police officer. the police have been quite clear from almost the outset that they have grave fears for the two men, and so the news today that their bodies had been found, it has bought a lot of sadness to the community here in sydney. it wasn't really a huge surprise,

it was quite clear that they felt the men had been killed. the discovery of the bodies, it brings a mark of the next stage of the investigation, if you like. what we did learn, you mentioned at the start of the story, the accused hadn't been assisting the 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 some guidance to the officers on where they would find the two men. the police have acknowledged that they did get that support from him, and this is how they have found them after two days of searching. they travelled about 20 minutes from their original search site and very quickly were able to locate those remains, who they have said they are confident belong tojesse baird and luke davies.

simon atkinson. let's take you to rafah to show you the scenes with 1.5 million people finding shelter in this small part of the gaza strip. a family the trying to have a meal together, strip. a family the trying to have a mealtogether, it looks strip. a family the trying to have a meal together, it looks like. strip. a family the trying to have a mealtogether, it looks like. so many attempts have been put up to provide shelter for those hundreds of thousands of people who are trying to seek some kind of safety —— so many tents have been put up. we had a few lines recently from qatar where a spokesperson has addressed comments from president biden who said he hoped it ceasefire would come in as early as next week, qatar said they could not comment on those remarks and said there is no agreement between hamas and israel on any of the main issues linked to

a gaza ceasefire. the last ceasefire, of course, was back in november following the hamas attacks on israel on october the 7th which led to retaliatory action by israel now reaching almost five months. the hamas run gaza health ministry says 30,000 people have been killed. israel estimates around 10,000 of those are hamas fighters. this is the scene outside one of the hospitals. we will keep an eye on those comments but they are saying there is no breakthrough to announce on a gaza ceasefire hostage deal. stay with us on bbc news. 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, here's 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, there'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 proposal for a a0 day pause in all military operations. president biden says a ceasefire could happen as early as monday. throughout the day here on bbc news we'll be hearing about life in gaza — we hearfrom our correspondent rushdi abualouf — who was living and working inside the territory when war broke out. 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. along with his mother, four of his brothers, their families and dozens of aunts, uncles and cousins. 103 relatives in all, a family obliterated. translation: i feel i am in a dream. i still can't believe

what happened to us. my daughters are little birds to me.