hello, i'm kylie pentelow. president biden has signalled he hopes to see a deal for a ceasefire in the israel—gaza war in time for the start of ramadan, which is set to begin on march 10th. earlier this week he said he thought monday would be a reasonable deadline. mr biden�*s latest comments come as he announced plans to order a us military air—drop to get food and aid supplies into gaza in the coming days. the air—drops will be co—ordinated with the jordanians, who have been at the forefront of efforts to send assistance to gaza by air. president biden�*s announcement comes after more than 100 palestinians were killed on thursday as crowds formed around an aid convoy in northern gaza, desperate for food. the united nations reported on friday that �*a large number�* of people had been found with bullet wounds. yesterday's tragic and alarming

eventin yesterday's tragic and alarming event in north gaza, trying to get humanitarian assistance in there, and the loss of life is heartbreaking. people are so desperate that innocent people got caught, a terrible war, unable to feed their families, and you saw the response when we try to get aid in. and we need to do more and the united states will do more stock in the coming days we willjoin with our friends the coming days we willjoin with ourfriends in the coming days we willjoin with our friends injordan and others are providing air drops of additionalfood and of additional food and supplies. of additional food and suwlies-_ of additional food and su - lies. , �* supplies. president biden there. our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. and just a warning his report contains some distressing images. although death is everywhere now in gaza, they'd come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. (gunshots) then shots ripped through the night. shots crack through the night. people started to move.

then ran to escape. in this section of the crowd, panic. as casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. translation: the situation was unimaginably crazy. - if aid is going to come to us in this way, we don't want it. the israelis say that at 4:40am, the convoy left from here under israeli tank escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. the army supplied drone footage but there's no way of telling the sequence of the images because there's no timestamp. at 4:16, the israelis say crowds began to surge around the trucks. in this sequence, bodies can be seen lying on the ground. also others can be seen crawling away. here someone looks as if they are dragging themselves using their upper body. what we don't see is exactly what caused these casualties.

in its first statements, the idf said people were trampled rushing the trucks. that warning shots were fired. then shots fired at a crowd posing a threat to troops. this tank appears to be withdrawing. later the military blamed people in the crowd for the chaos. some began violently pushing and even trampling other gazans to death, looting the humanitarian supplies. the israel defence forces operate according to the rules of engagement and the international law. no idf strike was conducted towards the aid convoy. earlier in the night, our cameraman met a local doctor waiting for food. here's what he said before the chaos. translation: i am here 'ust like any other person i in northern gaza. all the men here to get flour

and i am not ashamed to say it, we have reached a point of starvation. today, back at work, although wounded, he told us people panicked when shots were fired. translation: many of the men were injured because of - the trucks and some because of the shooting. the bullet penetrated my thigh and i provided cpr for myself and stabilised my situation. i went back to the injured. i forgot the reason why i came, i forgot the food and the aid i went back to the injured. i forgot the reason why i came, i forgot the food and the aid and i was doing first aid treatment for the injured. a doctor in another hospital said the dead and wounded there were all gunshot victims. today, aid was dropped byjordan�*s airforce

into northern gaza. the hungry rushed towards the food. but nearly five months into this conflict, there's still no operation to deliver aid on the scale that's needed, into place where 85% of the population is displaced. people are so desperate for food, forfresh water, for any supplies, that they risk their lives in getting any food, any supplies to support their children, to support themselves. without a secure aid operation in the midst of continuing war, the people of gaza wait for the next tragedy. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabicso biden says —— with me is mohamed

taha from bbc arabic. so biden says he is hopeful for a ceasefire before rammadan — how important is that? abidin is optimistic for this ceasefire or pause in fighting and —— biden. it didn't happen. the times of israel is describing that it is a premature optimism and he is not co—ordinating his statements with the israeli side. on the ground, the israelis are calling for more soldiers to go to gaza, actually, contradict during what we hear from the united states. they are so a500 soldiers and the ministry of finance approved only 2500 for financial reasons. and on the ground, as we can see, that hamas announced there are seven hostages died from israeli shelling and on the israeli side, israel said they will not

carry on advancing negotiations with hamas unless they have a list with the hostages who are still alive. so ramadan is less than ten days from now and this optimism might be under question. optimism might be under question-— optimism might be under cuestion. ~ . ., question. we had a united nations reporting - question. we had a united nations reporting on - question. we had a united i nations reporting on friday, question. we had a united . nations reporting on friday, a large number of people have been found after that incident with the aid convoy, have been found with bullet wounds. watmore are we hearing about that? �* ,., watmore are we hearing about that? �* �* ., ., , , watmore are we hearing about that? �* ., .,, ,, that? also antonio guterres is sa in: that? also antonio guterres is saying that — that? also antonio guterres is saying that in _ that? also antonio guterres is saying that in this _ that? also antonio guterres is saying that in this street, - saying that in this street, killing more than 100 palestinians and around 800 injured, that this is a pattern that happened from israel before and also, as also the report of fergal keane saying it with the statements from palestinian health authorities, they are confirming that they died from bullet wounds. this

is happening every day in gaza. overnight, another shelling happened, in areas, on a school in gaza are. but this incident, what happened while people are lining up to get food, is called the international attention. but as antonio guterres is saying, this is a pattern happening from israel and the fear now that this pattern or this incident would be extended to the west bank, with the —— the approach of ramadan, people of the west bank are hoping to go to jerusalem to pray injerusalem. if this will not happen, this situation might be escalated to the west bank as well.- the west bank as well. thank ou the west bank as well. thank you very _ the west bank as well. thank you very much _ the west bank as well. thank you very much for _ the west bank as well. thank you very much for now. - voting ended in iran's parliamentary election with officials saying the nationwide turnout was about a0% — that's equal

to the previous record low four years ago. it was iran's first nationwide election since the wave of unrest that followed the death in police custody of a young woman, mahsa amini. the bbc hasn't been allowed to report from iran for five years — but now our correspondent caroline davies has been given rare permission. the marks, made. the polls are closed, but the question is how many voted. at a central tehran polling station, a celebratory mood. this is one of the polling stations where both foreign and local media are directed to come, which means that for some, it's also a place that they come to if they want to be seen to be voting. a newly married couple, former ministers and families like mr rohani's, out to cast their votes here. translation: those who don't vote are cutting themselves off| from their own fate. they're saying "we don't want to decide the future

of our country". for me, it's not the right choice. early polling suggested that this could be a record low turnout across iran, but officials are optimistic. translation: the presence of people today proves that l all the threats to the country and all the negative propaganda of the foreign media has failed. still, people have come out. iran has suggested that failing to vote risks undermining the country's security, but some have other reasons not to. shoppers were nervous to speak to foreign media today. one woman agreed, but anonymously. translation: the | economy is very bad. everything has gone very expensive and the salary we get is very low. even if i vote or not vote, my demands are not solvable.

some analysts think a lost turnout means lost faith. low turnout means dissatisfaction — dissatisfaction on cultural issues, on political issues, on economic issues. i feel that people have lost their interest in politics in general, and this low turnout will be another sign of that too. final turnout is pending. today's ballot comes at a sensitive time for iran abroad, as the authorities are counting their popularity at home. caroline davies, bbc news, tehran. let's speak to borzou daragahi, senior fellow at the atlantic council who joins us from istanbul. thanks for your time here on bbc news. can you just tell us, to what extent are these elections a meaningful exercise? . they were a foregone

conclusion _ . they were a foregone conclusion on - . they were a foregone conclusion on multiple| . they were a foregone - conclusion on multiple levels. iran's election is used to be rather important and competitive but since the early 2000, you had this appointed body called the guardian council that has been vetting all of the candidates stop today you not only had the parliamentary elections and parliamentary elections and parliament has gotten weaker and weaker and less and less effective over the years but you also have a super important elections for the assembly of experts. that is the body of clerics and jurists who decide upon the supreme leader once he passes and despite all of that, despite the implicit threat that if you don't vote, you won't get a good job or get a scholarship to go to university, still you have this low turnout because it is the unelected powers that run the country. unelected powers that run the count . ., ., ., country. you mentioned the low turnout there, _ country. you mentioned the low turnout there, how _ country. you mentioned the low turnout there, how will - country. you mentioned the low turnout there, how will the - turnout there, how will the regime explain that turnout? i mean, it is a very ideological government and so they kind of

make their own reality. you have this hard—line news agency coming out with this number— a0%, a0% turnout. and everyone repeats that and if you don't, you are kind of revolutionary and they kind of create this insular bubble of regime loyalists who just believe this number so much that it becomes their reality. we number so much that it becomes their reality-— their reality. we heard someone in caroline's _ their reality. we heard someone in caroline's report _ their reality. we heard someone in caroline's report talking - in caroline's report talking about low pay. what else is on people's mines, the issues that they are wanting to see change on? ., ., u, ., on? freedom. politicalfreedom, cultural freedom. _ on? freedom. politicalfreedom, cultural freedom. these - on? freedom. politicalfreedom, cultural freedom. these other i cultural freedom. these other things that prompted the 2022 uprising. that was across the country. the protest started out as protest against jobs and —— aboutjobs and other issues came to the forefront including lack of political participation on the part of the people stop iran is a 1—party dictatorship. if you don't believe in the

supreme leader and the philosophy that he is god's representative on earth and has a god—given right to run the country, you are considered out of the political realm. it is not a very competitive, even within that, they used to be factions and even those factions and even those factions has been purged. just briefl , factions has been purged. just briefly. to _ factions has been purged. just briefly, to the _ factions has been purged. just briefly, to the results of this election have any real impact on western policy?— election have any real impact on western policy? same thing. the revolutionary _ on western policy? same thing. the revolutionary guard - on western policy? same thing. the revolutionary guard and - on western policy? same thing. | the revolutionary guard and the supreme national security council decided on the nuclear —— decide on the nuclear programme, whether to arm the houthis, whether to have their proxies launch attacks in iraq and syria. parliament has little control over that. thank ou for little control over that. thank you for your _ little control over that. thank you for your time. _ here the left wing politican, george galloway, who won a resounding victory in the rochdale byelection on thursday, has accused the prime minister of playing a very dangerous game that could drive young muslims onto the rocks of extremism. rishi sunak used a rare downing street address

to condemn extremism, and described mr galloway�*s win as beyond alarming. our political correspondent laila nathoo reports. the prime minister arriving back at downing street last night ahead of an unusual address to the country from outside number ten to one that instruments were spreading poison. instruments were spreading oison. ., ., . , poison. there are forces here at home _ poison. there are forces here at home trying _ poison. there are forces here at home trying to _ poison. there are forces here at home trying to tear- poison. there are forces here at home trying to tear us - at home trying to tear us apart. since october the seventh, there have been those trying to take advantage of the very human angst that we all feel about the terrible suffering that war brings to the innocent, women and children, to advance a divisive, hateful ideological agenda. divisive, hateful ideological a . enda. , divisive, hateful ideological arenda. , ,, . divisive, hateful ideological arenda. . , agenda. his speech was prompted b the agenda. his speech was prompted by the election — agenda. his speech was prompted by the election of _ agenda. his speech was prompted by the election of the _ by the election of the controversial veteran politician got george galloway on thursday's by—election in rochdale. last night he held a victory rally in his new constituency. he had fought his campaign promising to stand up

for the people of gaza and had this response to the prime minister's condemnation for his stance on the middle east. i1 stance on the middle east. ii and people are going to have to get used to it. don't ask me questions that you asked me all through the campaign because i won. i have one. and that argument is closed. my views were my views and they were endorsed by the electorate. rishi sunak said protest about the war in gaza had descended into intimidation, threats and planned acts of violence and claimed democracy was being undermined. the labour leader keir starmer said he was right to condemn the behaviour but in describing george galloway�*s election as deplorable. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of moscow, defying a heavy police presence, to pay their last respects to russia's main opposition leader, alexei navalny.

the crowds chanted his name as his funeral service was held, two weeks after he died in prison. alexei navalny�*s mother was among the mourners allowed into the cemetary to see him buried, but his wife decided not to travel to russia. let's speak to professor paul d'anieri, an expert on eastern european and post—soviet politics, university of californiawhen we see the pictures from moscow — what do they tell us? are we likely to see any response from putin directly well, you can see that there is this incredible devotion to alexei navalny as a person i think he is keen as a hero by many russians and a martyr to the cause of the, the kind of russia that a lot of people are still hoping to see. at the same time, you see this interesting relationship where putin is clearly afraid of his own people. so he is afraid of them and at the same time he is trying to make these protests

all these marches and mourners fearful of him. so there is this massive police presence, the installation of cameras in the installation of cameras in the churches so it is really quite one of the most visible signs we've gotten in recent weeks about the situation in russia. , ., ~ ., russia. do you think we are likely to _ russia. do you think we are likely to see _ russia. do you think we are likely to see any _ russia. do you think we are likely to see any response l russia. do you think we are - likely to see any response from putin directly addressing what has happened? i putin directly addressing what has happened?— putin directly addressing what has happened? i don't think so. i think has happened? i don't think so. i think his _ has happened? i don't think so. i think his goal _ has happened? i don't think so. i think his goal is _ has happened? i don't think so. i think his goal is to _ has happened? i don't think so. i think his goal is to try - has happened? i don't think so. i think his goal is to try and - i think his goal is to try and make things like this go away. i think gradually, over the coming weeks and months, some of these people will find themselves losing theirjobs or maybe even being arrested and so on but i think putin's goal would be to de—escalate this as fast as possible. it would be to de-escalate this as fast as possible.— fast as possible. it is interesting, - fast as possible. it is interesting, do - fast as possible. it is interesting, do you l fast as possible. it is - interesting, do you think they will be looking at pictures and identifying people who are involved in this?— identifying people who are involved in this? that is what they tend _ involved in this? that is what they tend to _ involved in this? that is what they tend to do, _ involved in this? that is what they tend to do, yes. - involved in this? that is what they tend to do, yes. you - involved in this? that is what i they tend to do, yes. you have robabl they tend to do, yes. you have probably answered _ they tend to do, yes. you have probably answered my - they tend to do, yes. you have probably answered my next - probably answered my next question then but i wonder why

we don't see so many protests outside of russia from russians. for example, there was a protest in barcelona and there were just dozens of people, whether —— were as they were tens of thousands of russians in spain. is it that same concern that there could be implications of any marches or protests?— or protests? this is a good question- _ or protests? this is a good question. it _ or protests? this is a good question. it may _ or protests? this is a good question. it may have - or protests? this is a good - question. it may have something to do with who has left russia. maybe some of the people at least to have less russia are not as engaged in politics and have left more economic opportunity. but i think in some respects, putin may have achieved some of his goals in convincing people, many people, that resistance is futile. to use a famous phrase. that he has got the lock on politics in

russia and you don't even need to bother. one of the things thatis to bother. one of the things that is interesting about this, the funeral, is these are incredibly moving scenes but it is hard for us to get a sense from them how broad the opposition to putin is in russia and to what extent there is opposition, what risks people are willing to take. just briefly, elections coming up, what is your assessment of how they will be received? we know how _ how they will be received? - know how they will turn out. also putin is trying to send one message to one set of audiences which is locale popular i am, that people are united behind me, and he is kind of sending another message to other audiences which is you know i am stealing this election, i know i'm still in the selection, and you know that i know, but there is nothing you can do about it. so again, it is this very kind of sly way of saying to people

don't bother challenging me because it won't work and because it won't work and because there are consequences for it. so this is not an election that is about an election, this is an election about a demonstration of putin's power.— about a demonstration of putin's power. thank you for our putin's power. thank you for your time- — argentina's presidentjavier milei has vowed to speed up his plans to overhaul the country and solve its economic woes in a fiery speech to congress. mr milei, speaking to lawmakers in a state—of—the—union style address, took an aggressive tone, inviting congress tojoin him but warning that he would make changes with or without the legislature. the american businesswoman and fashion model, iris apfel, has died at the age of 102. the textile company she ran with her husband had a white house contract that spanned nine presidencies. she signed a modelling contract when she was 97, and was the oldest person to have a barbie doll made in her image a major blizzard blowing into the us states of california and nevada has forced

the closure of yosemite national park. ski resorts in the lake tahoe region have also shut down. high winds are expected to hit the ridges of the sierra nevada, with up to three metres of snow forecast for some areas. weather forecasters are warning that life—threatening white—out conditions could last through the weekend. the florida governor ron desantis has vetoed a bill passed by the state's republican—controlled legislature that would have banned anyone under the age of 16 from using social media platforms. the document was originally passed by florida lawmakers last week and would have required social media platforms to terminate the accounts of under 16s. a killer whale off the coast of south africa has been caught on camera hunting and killing a great white shark — in less than two minutes. scientists say the behaviour showed the exceptional hunting skill of killer whales, but raised questions about how shark—eating orcas might affect

the food chain in that part of the ocean. our science correspondent victoria gill has more. the shark hunting walkers in south africa fascinated scientists since they were filmed working together to hunt great white sharks in 2022. —— orcas. now there has been a solo attack. it is tricky to make out in all the surface splashing but watch carefully, the pointed dorsal flynn is a young, great white shark with a solitary mail orca in pursuit. two minutes later, the orca was consuming parts of the shark's liver at the surface. um? consuming parts of the shark's liver at the surface. why would the no liver at the surface. why would they go specifically _ liver at the surface. why would they go specifically for - liver at the surface. why would they go specifically for their . they go specifically for their livers? i they go specifically for their livers? , , , . .,, ., livers? i suspect it was an easily digested _ livers? i suspect it was an easily digested and - livers? i suspect it was an easily digested and easily| easily digested and easily obtainable part of the carcass. what — obtainable part of the carcass. what really stands out is how skilful — what really stands out is how skilful that behaviour has to be. these animals that have clearly — be. these animals that have clearly become able to handle what — clearly become able to handle what would otherwise be an absolutely terrifying creature

and handle them very efficiently with some skill. the — efficiently with some skill. the behaviour and intelligence of these marine predators is constantly surprising scientists. researchers are trying to still work out where a population of orcas in the atlantic that we filmed last summer have taken to deliberately ramming into sailing vessels. the orcas in south africa appeared to have learned to attack the sharks from the side, avoiding their jaws. it is risky but experts say it makes sense because if an orca can tackle a great white shark, that is a very large meal. it is another snapshot of the hunting of one of one of the ocean's most impressive predators. victoria gill, bbc news. remarkable pictures there. singapore's culture minister has played down reports the city state paid a substantial sum to secure taylor swift's only live shows in southeast asia after a backlash from neighbouring countries.

fans from all over asia have begun pouring into singapore ahead of the six taylor swift concerts next week. many have expressed annoyance the american singer is only playing in the expensive city state. reports of a payment came to light after the thai prime minister accused singapore of negotiating a monopoly. more on all of those stories on our website but for now, stay with us here on bbc news. hello. friday was the first day of meteorological spring but it was also a day that winter refused to relinquish its grip. here in northern ireland, enniskillen seeing a fresh fall of fairly chunky snow. there was also some snowfall over the peak district. this is the cat and fiddle road, the road that goes between macclesfield and buxton. it's quite high up but we had some problems reported

on that as well. low pressure, then, has been across the uk with this cold air mass in place. we've got lots of showers at the moment, particularly across england and wales, northern scotland, and this band of rain and hill snow across parts of the far north of england and southern scotland. now, there is a chance of seeing a centimetre or two of snow across the cheviots, the north pennines, the southern uplands over the next hour or two, so it could get quite icy here and also in the showers affecting the higher parts of wales, again, above 200 metres elevation, you might come across an odd centimetre or two of snow across the high ground here. temperatures getting close, if not below, freezing in a few areas, so there will be a risk of a few icy patches heading into the first part of saturday morning. then, we've got this clump of more organised showers working across wales in the midlands. well, they could have a bit of sleet or snow mixed in, probably struggling to settle, and quite a few of those showers will still have just cold rain. it is a day where showers are going to be really widespread on saturday, some of them with hail and thunder.

and although there'll be a bit of sunshine between the showers, those sunnier moments probably quite short—lived. temperatures below average — about 6—9 degrees celsius. now, the same area of low pressure stays with us through saturday night and into sunday. it will tend to drift northwards, it will tend to weaken somewhat and so, of the two days of the weekend, sunday looks like it's likely to be the better in terms of weather. should be a fair bit of drier weather after a locally misty and foggy start to the day — a better chance of seeing some sunshine. there'll still be a few showers around, particularly for scotland and northern ireland, one or two wales and western england, but bigger gaps between those showers and a bit more in the way of sunshine. it will continue to feel cool, though, for the time of year. into next week, low pressures continue to move in off the atlantic from the west but they're running into this area of high pressure that's centred over scandinavia and so, we're going to get something of an east—west split with the weather. for western areas, it stays quite cloudy with the threat of further outbreaks of rain. eastern areas tending to become drier, sunnier and a bit milder as well. that's the latest. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: us presidentjoe biden has said he hopes to see a ceasefire deal in the israel—gaza war in time for the start of ramadan. a proposed deal would see a a0—day pause in all military operations, as well as an increased flow of aid into gaza. rishi sunak has warned that the uk must face down extremists trying to "deliberately" undermine the country's democracy. speaking outside number 10 last night, the prime minister

expressed concern over recent protests related to the israel—gaza war, asking the country to "stand together" to "combat the forces of division". voting ends in iran's parliamentary elections. officials say the nationwide turnout was about a0% — equal to the record low of four years ago. these are the first elections since nationwide anti—government protests were held in 2022, following the death of mahsa amini in police custody. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters for another edition of unspun world.