hello i'm samantha simmonds. we begin with the conflict in gaza where the us military has carried out it's first air—drop of food aid, amid a growing humanitarian crisis in the territory following months of war. thousands of meals have been parachuted in by three military planes. it follows a pledge on friday by president biden. us vice president kamala harris will meet with israeli war cabinet member benny gantz at the white house on monday as washington seeks to reach a deal for a temporary ceasefire and increase the flow of aid to gaza. a us official said today the framework for a deal that would establish a six—week ceasefire in gaza is in place — with israel's agreement — and depends on hamas agreeing to release hostages. but the violence continues —

as 13 palestinians, including a medic, are reported to have been killed by an israeli air strike near a hospital. and a united nations team visiting gaza's biggest hospital has found that many palestinans who were injured as lorries were delivering aid on thursday, were wounded by gunshots. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest. how were so many people injured? were they shot, or crushed in a desperate stampede? at gaza's shifa hospital, the un says there's evidence of both. this hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. and we have seen people with gunshot wounds, we have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. "were the soldiers firing deliberately?" he's asked. "yes — with tanks,

soldiers, aircraft." why the shooting started is still not clear. israel says troops felt threatened — how, these pictures do not show. tanks were present. there's no evidence of aircraft being involved. the un finally reached gaza city yesterday, taking badly—needed fuel and medicine to shifa hospital, demanding israel do more to open up the north. today, the first air drops by american planes, 35,000 meals. but these are desperate measures. air drops, no substitute for proper relief. no matter where we go into north gaza from, or indeed all of the gaza strip — it could be from air, land, sea. it doesn't matter as long as there's enough aid to help the more than two million people here. israel's closest allies are now sounding increasingly openly frustrated. aid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough.

now, it's nowhere nearly enough. the president wants a ceasefire, but in rafah this morning, dreadful scenes outside a maternity hospital. some images too shocking to broadcast. gaza's health ministry said this was an airstrike. the israeli military yet to comment. but is a ceasefire deal getting close? as the families and friends of israeli hostages march onjerusalem, there's talk of a fresh round of negotiations in cairo tomorrow. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier i talked to our diplomatic correspondent — paul adams who is injerusalem. he told us more on the us vice president's upcoming meeting with israeli war cabinet member benny gantz. well, it's not quite the same as meeting president biden, obviously, but i think it is being suggested here that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not terribly happy. he thinks there's only one prime minister. and i think he probably is a little concerned that benny gantz —

who could well be a political rival in the not too distant future — is going to the white house for talks with the american administration. mr netanyahu, by the way, we're told, has a case of the flu and won't be chairing tomorrow evening's meeting of the security cabinet. but whether these political, internal political shenanigans result in some kind of challenge to mr netanyahu? well, i think that's probably a story for another day. yeah. we're also hearing from a us official in the past hour or so saying that a framework for a deal that would establish a six—week cease fire in gaza is in place, they said, with israel's agreement. and they say it now depends on hamas agreeing to conditions. what do you understand could be perhaps coming into play right now? well, you would think that the omens are not exactly great for the conclusion of a cease fire deal with all of the horrors that we have seen in gaza this week.

and yet maybe it is helping the process to move along. clearly, the united states is extremely frustrated at the fact that the worsening humanitarian situation in gaza directly led to what we saw on the edge of gaza city in the early hours of thursday morning. and it really, really wants to avoid that happening again. and there's a realisation, a strong growing realisation that the only way to avoid it happening again is to flood the gaza strip with aid. and the only way that's possible is if there's a cease fire. no other change in the circumstances on the ground could possibly result in an effective aid operation that would relieve the suffering of 2.2 million palestinians. there has to be a ceasefire. and so i think we are seeing pressure coming from washington on the israeli government to conclude that deal soon before the beginning

of ramadan, in a week's time. and of course, pressure on on hamas, too, to abide by the terms of the deal. there are an awful lot of moving parts to this negotiation in terms of how many hostages will be released for how many palestinian prisoners. will israeli troops move out of population centers? will the people of gaza, the northern part of the gaza strip, be able to return to their homes? all of these things are in play. all of these things have to be addressed before a deal is in place. but it does seem tonight as if perhaps, just perhaps, we're moving in that direction. paul, as you reported on the us military carrying out theirfirst airdrop of aid into gaza on saturday today. other countries have done that, including jordan and france. what do you make of the fact the us have done this now? will there be more? will it make a difference? well, no, it won't make a difference.

36,000 meals to go round, 2.2 million people. you know, it's not going to get you very far. i think it is, as i said in my report, a desperate measure, a sign that the that frankly, countries are grasping at any mechanisms they can find to make even the smallest bit of difference. and it perhaps sends a political message, too, which is that here is israel's closest ally reduced to dropping aid from the air when it can't be brought in by land. that is a powerful message and not a not a positive one at all. but i think it is symptomatic of the growing frustration that exists now about the inability to get aid to the people who need it so badly. let's bring you breaking newsjust coming into us from the bbc

understands that the idf have confirmed that it carried out this morning's air strike and rafah. they've released a statement, the israeli defence forces have said earlier today the idf and i is a targeted terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area of our rafah in the southern gaza strip where we know more than a million people are sheltering now. the precision strike was conducted against the islamicjihadist against the islamic jihadist terrorists. against the islamicjihadist terrorists. the idf will continue to operate in accordance with international law and will make every effort to reduce harm to noncombatants. the information coming into usjust noncombatants. the information coming into us just here to the bbc. let's speak to our washington correspondent — will vernon. what's the latest we're hearing from the white house, then?— the white house, then? we've been heafina the white house, then? we've been hearing from — the white house, then? we've been hearing from the _ the white house, then? we've been hearing from the us _ the white house, then? we've been hearing from the us administration l hearing from the us administration official who speaking to journalist

a little bit earlier. there's a deal on the table, a framework deal with this official said the israelis have more or less accepted it, but he also said the talks are ongoing and also said the talks are ongoing and a deal isn't done until it's actually done and this official didn't want to create expectations one way or the other, but the us is doing everything they possibly can. now, president biden, several days ago, said he expected a deal to be in place, a cease—fire deal by monday, it appears that has now slipped. yesterday during a meeting with the italian prime minister georgia maloney, mr biden said he didn't think it would happen by monday but again the us was working very hard to agree that deal. now, this potential agreement is something that us secretary of state antony blinken and several other us officials have been working on for several weeks now. they have been diplomatic ping—pong balls bouncing around various capitals, capital cities in the middle east, in europe, trying to negotiate this

deal. what it would entail is potentially a six—week pause in fighting, the release of dozens of hostages held in gaza, some of whom who are of course us citizens, and also crucially, more access for international aid.— also crucially, more access for international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us _ international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have _ international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have carried - international aid. yeah, and talking of aid, the us have carried out - of aid, the us have carried out their first of aid, the us have carried out theirfirst airdrop into of aid, the us have carried out their first airdrop into gaza since this conflict began five months ago. with the analysis there of what difference i could make and the timing of this?— difference i could make and the timin: of this? . �*, ,, timing of this? that's right, the us military earlier _ timing of this? that's right, the us military earlier said _ timing of this? that's right, the us military earlier said this _ timing of this? that's right, the us military earlier said this wouldn't i military earlier said this wouldn't be the last airdrop, that they there will be more. this will be an ongoing effort, so we should expect more of these. the white house says this mission is supported by the israelis, the israelis are aware of it. now i think by announcing this airdrop... as my colleague paul adams was saying there, this is an incredibly inefficient and complex

way of delivering humanitarian relief. you know, sending aid via road and trucks makes much more sense. so i think, you know, the fact that the us have opted for this massive says two things. one, that washington considers the humanitarian situation in gaza to be dire, to be incredibly serious, and the other thing is that the us wants to send the message, put pressure on israel to allow more aid in by road, by trucks. and this is something, again, president biden said yesterday during that meeting, he said at the moment only a handful of trucks with humanitarian aid are getting into gaza, where is really, what's necessary, the necessary number, is more like hundreds. for now, thank you. some news about the attacks that have been taking place on shipping vessels off the coast of yemen. the uk maritime trade agency says there's been an attack 15 nautical miles west of the yemeni port of mokha. the crew of the vessel has been evacuated. separately, the cargo ship rubymar, which was abandoned in the red sea

after being targeted by houthi rebels has now sunk — that's according to the yemeni government. here, the government is expected to lay out measures in the coming weeks to tackle what it sees as rising extremism in the uk. it follows as uk prime minister rishi sunak warned that britain's democracy is under threat from islamist extremists and the far right. in an address outside downing street he said the government and country must face down the extremists. mr sunak�*s unexpected intervention follows the by—election victory of the controversial far left politician george galloway. london's mayor sadiq khan has also been speaking about the politics of division, after the former tory deputy chairman lee anderson said he was under the control of islamists. take a listen. it's important to say a few words about the little words about the level of debate in public life.

what we're witnessing is a concerted and growing attempt by some to degrade and humiliate minorities for political and electoral gain. i remember — we've been here before. we've been here before in 2016, when the tories waged a disgraceful, disgraceful campaign against me and against us. we cannot let them try to do it again. as the poison of anti—semitism and the poison of islamophobia continues to infect our politics, now — more than ever — we need to display our best values rather than our worst fears. germany's chancellor says his government is intensively investigating an apparent intercept of military officers discussing details about the conflict in ukraine. 0laf scholz, who's been meeting with the pope at the vatican, called it a very serious matter. it follows the publication in russia of what's purported to be a confidential conversation

between german officers. russia's foreign ministry has demanded an explanation from berlin i asked dr thomas withington who is an analyst and writer specialising in electronic warfare, to share his opinion on the claims made by the kremlin. interesting, isn't it? i mean, i read the transcript this afternoon, and i must say that going through it, i didn't find anything in that that was staggeringly revelatory. i think it would be fair to say it was a discussion. i think assuming it is true and it is indeed an intercept that russia's performed, a very sober discussion regarding the challenges of supplying these weapons, many of which have been already been discussed in the public domain. so i think there was nothing terribly, as i say, revelatory about it. i think the interesting thing is if russia has the capability to regularly intercept german military communications and strategic communications like this, i mean, why leak

something relatively anodyne? that's something a question that i have, and it's very difficult to answer that. it's russian, from a russian source. we can't discount the fact that it could be nonsense. that perhaps some of it is correct. the rest has been embellished. it's very, very hard to say. that being said, the fact that the germans have launched an investigation, as you mentioned just now, that would seem to indicate that there is some concern about this. and that may be a tacit admission that this is indeed the transcript of a conversation which did indeed take place. yeah, if it is an intercept, how easy or difficult would it be for the russians to have gone about achieving that? well, logically, it should be quite difficult because any conversations, communications like this should be encrypted and secure. now, this then begs

another question and... which is, was this conversation assuming it is true? was it deliberately left unencrypted sometimes in the cloak and dagger world of intelligence? something that you do is you deliberately put something out there. is this assuming that's the case, an attempt to say, look, due diligence is going on, there is a proper discussion regarding supplying these weapons to ukraine and the german government is taking this extremely seriously and going through the right protocols. so that's another, if you like, a sort of donald rumsfeld style known—unknown. but it does raise questions as to if this was supposed to be a confidential conversation, then clearly that raises questions regarding the security of these communications and whether the right protocols and encryption and everything else is being used as it should be. yeah, i suppose when a country is at war, or perhaps even when it isn't, would you assume always that you or your enemies are trying isn't, would you assume always that your enemies are trying to spy on these kind of confidential conversations?

yes, there is. that's a very good point. i mean, there is that sort of zero trust idea, isn't there, that you should always assume that any communications you're making are being listened to, that the enemy is getting intel or can potentially get intelligence from that. but obviously, at some point you are going to have to discuss things confidentially and possibly with an even higher level of classification like that. so in a sense, it is unavoidable using the electronic means of communications we all use every day to have very important and potentially very secret discussions. but it does focus the spotlight on levels of security. this isn't the first time we've had and we've seen other cases where communications which should have been secure, should have been encrypted, haven't been. and that's caused some embarrassment. kylie minogue is talking to our correspondent mark savage. there is a art of correspondent mark savage. there is

a part of my — correspondent mark savage. there is a part of my brain — correspondent mark savage. there is a part of my brain that's _ correspondent mark savage. there is a part of my brain that's kind - correspondent mark savage. there is a part of my brain that's kind of- a part of my brain that's kind of scanning the years to go, well, how did i get here? i mean, i'm trying to compute it myself, it's not that easy. to compute it myself, it's not that eas . ., . to compute it myself, it's not that eas , ., ., ., to compute it myself, it's not that eas. ., ., ., ,, ., easy. you are an actress on neighbours, recording - easy. you are an actress on - neighbours, recording locomotion. did you ever think spending forward to that 20% the 20th century, did you ever think that? is a to that 2096 the 20th century, did you ever think that?— you ever think that? is a young teenager. _ you ever think that? is a young teenager. i _ you ever think that? is a young teenager, i had _ you ever think that? is a young teenager, i had all— you ever think that? is a young teenager, i had all my - you ever think that? is a young teenager, i had all my icons, i teenager, i had all my icons, people i was obsessed with, and ijust loved music. and to... this has been, for the most part, my life, i've done other things but music has remained a constant and it came from that little love. and... ifeel like right now it's taken this moment and

looking back at a career�*s worth, i feel really more in love with music than ever, i love the process and the connection with people. yeah, and i have — the connection with people. yeah, and i have to _ the connection with people. yeah, and i have to ask— the connection with people. yeah, and i have to ask you _ the connection with people. yeah, and i have to ask you won - the connection with people. yeah, and i have to ask you won a - the connection with people. yeah, l and i have to ask you won a grammy last year and a bit tonight... what is it about that song?— last year and a bit tonight... what is it about that song? your guess is almost as good _ is it about that song? your guess is almost as good as _ is it about that song? your guess is almost as good as mine. _ is it about that song? your guess is almost as good as mine. when - is it about that song? your guess is almost as good as mine. when i . is it about that song? your guess is i almost as good as mine. when i heard it as a demo, it hit me and ijust think it's hypnotic, even before you've even heard it you want to do it, you're curious already. and i think it gives, it gives to you and then it's over and you want to press play again. fiend then it's over and you want to press -la aaain. �* ., , then it's over and you want to press -la aaain. �* ., then it's over and you want to press play again-— play again. and it has now become a hrase play again. and it has now become a phrase that — play again. and it has now become a phrase that people _ play again. and it has now become a phrase that people use _ play again. and it has now become a phrase that people use to _ play again. and it has now become a phrase that people use to describe l phrase that people use to describe all sorts of things, what's your favourite use of it?— all sorts of things, what's your favourite use of it? out, let's say a greeting- _

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wasjust so interview her back in 1997 and she was just so lovely. she just comes across as so down to earth and just amazing, i think. across as so down to earth and just amazing, ithink. we across as so down to earth and just amazing, i think. we are all kylie superfans here i think tonight. yeah, do you know what? like you say she is so down to earth, but you forget how much hard work it is to sustain a career at that level. you know, she has reinvented herself, she has had multiple hit singles in multiple genres, she's acted, she become a fashion icon, she's appeared in london and paris fashion week, she is collaborated with nick cave, she's also collaborated with kermit the frog, she's played the royal albert hall, she's played grass and break, it's one of those careers that very very few people get to have come at a level that is almost impossible to attain and to sustain it and keep having top ten hits 37 years about her —— after her debut single, there is no doubting that she deserves this prize

tonight. that she deserves this prize toniaht. ~., ., �* that she deserves this prize toniaht. ~., ,, �* ,., that she deserves this prize toniaht. ,, �* ., ., tonight. mark, we'll let you go for the moment— tonight. mark, we'll let you go for the moment to _ tonight. mark, we'll let you go for the moment to see _ tonight. mark, we'll let you go for the moment to see if _ tonight. mark, we'll let you go for| the moment to see if anybody else tonight. mark, we'll let you go for i the moment to see if anybody else is there, you have done so amazingly well with getting ray and kylie and all the other guests, so i'll let you see if anyone else is on the carpet but i have a feeling they be kylie is the cream on top of the gem on the scone, shall we say, but. kylie super fan who is in kylie superfan who is in limbo, joining us from australia, i don't know what time it is but it's maybe early morning there. thank you very much, 0wen, forjoining us. what is it about kylie that makes us all of her? ., ., , ., ~ her? oh, good question. ithink there many _ her? oh, good question. ithink there many facets _ her? oh, good question. ithink there many facets to _ her? oh, good question. ithink there many facets to kylie i her? oh, good question. ithink there many facets to kylie that| there many facets to kylie that anybody — there many facets to kylie that anybody who is anybody can admire or feel that _ anybody who is anybody can admire or feel that connection to. for me,

it's simply— feel that connection to. for me, it's simply music. i know for others it's simply music. i know for others it can _ it's simply music. i know for others it can be _ it's simply music. i know for others it can be tv, — it's simply music. i know for others it can be tv, it can also be movies but for— it can be tv, it can also be movies but for the — it can be tv, it can also be movies but for the main thing i would say it's the _ but for the main thing i would say it's the music because that's what made me — it's the music because that's what made me a — it's the music because that's what made me a fan. i was one to watch neighbours— made me a fan. i was one to watch neighbours growing up. so she hit my tv screen— neighbours growing up. so she hit my tv screen with locomotion and it should _ tv screen with locomotion and it should be — tv screen with locomotion and it should be so lucky.— tv screen with locomotion and it should be so lucky.- thatl tv screen with locomotion and it| should be so lucky.- that is should be so lucky. and... that is the live stream _ should be so lucky. and. .. that is the live stream of— should be so lucky. and... that is the live stream of the _ should be so lucky. and... that is the live stream of the red - should be so lucky. and... that is the live stream of the red carpet. should be so lucky. and... that is. the live stream of the red carpet at the live stream of the red carpet at the brit awards, you can head on line if you want to carry on watching that. and we'll bring you all the latest from those awards. now — it's often one of the most highly—anticipated moments of paris fashion week — but victoria beckham's show has been disrupted by animal activists. members of the peta group storm

the catwalk to protest against the use of animal skins in the fashion industry. victoria beckham's brand doesn't use fur or exotic skins — but peta says some designs use leather. it's called on the former spice girl to use more eco—friendly fabrics. beckham made a brief appearance at the end of the show using crutches — following a recent foot injury. a single killer whale off the coast of south africa has been caught — on camera — hunting and killing a great white shark. scientists say the behaviour showed the exceptional hunting skill of killer whales and demonstrates how adaptable they can be. but, it also raises questions about how shark—eating orcas might affect the food chain in that part of the ocean. previously, orcas — sometimes referred to as "the wolves of the sea" — have only been filmed hunting sharks as a pack. singapore's culture minister has played down reports the city state paid a substantial sum to secure taylor swift's only live shows in south east 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. that is it from me for the moment, do stay with us here on bbc news. i'm samantha simmons, thank you so much for watching. hello. it's been quite a cold day, hasn't it? a lot of cloud, frequent showers. we had that snow earlier on across parts of england and wales, but the skies are starting to clear across some parts of the country. a touch of frost on the way, some fog, too, but showers never too far away in northern england and scotland. let's start with the air mass saturday evening — the blue colours indicating the relatively cold air over us and that will be

in place in the short term. if we look at the satellite picture, the recent snapshot here, these rugged, swirling cloud structures across england and wales. same in scotland, too — these are shower clouds. but in between these gaps in the clouds will become bigger through the course of this evening. but look at that, 9pm, two degrees in some spots in the midlands. still some wet weather around merseyside southern scotland. merseyside, southern scotland. but notice this persistent rain moving into central and eastern scotland. a bit of snow across the mountains there. but to the south of that, those skies clearing and the temperatures early on sunday morning, even in some city centres as far south as the south coast of england, could be around freezing or below. so certainly a chilly start to sunday on the way. now, here's the weather map for sunday. weather fronts in the north sea and generally to the north of scotland. and there's another one coming our way, but we're sort of in between weather systems. that also implies it's going to be a slightly brighter day on sunday. remember, a chilly start, a frost in places, but a fog, too. and then through the day,

generally bright or sunny skies, i think out towards the south and the west, perhaps a bit more cloud around east anglia, the southeast, maybe the lincolnshire coastline with that weather front close by. but overall a brighter day for most of us. and, as a result, it's going to feel a little bit, let's say, less cold. now, into monday morning, another weather front moves into south western and western parts of the uk. it also moves across ireland here, some rain, strengthening winds, too, but it tends to kind of stall out towards the west during the day. so that does mean that many central and eastern areas — certainly eastern scotland — should have a bright, if not sunny day, for example, around aberdeenshire. how about the outlook for the week ahead? a bit of a mixed bag, but the temperatures holding around double figures, i think, across most parts of the uk. that's it. bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the united states has carried out its first air—drop of food aid into gaza amid a growing humanitarian crisis in the territory. the us military said 38,000 meals were parachuted in, in a joint operation with thejordanian air force. the un says many of those injured when crowds rushed to an aid convoy in gaza on thursday suffered gunshot wounds. hamas accused israel of firing at civilians. israel said most died in a stampede

after troops fired warning shots. germany's chancellor says his government is investigating an apparent russian intercept of military officers discussing details about the conflict in ukraine. 0laf scholz, who's been meeting the pope at the vatican, called it a very serious matter. and tonight is one of the biggest nights in british music — the brit awards — which recognises the best pop music of the year. head online to find all our latest coverage. now on bbc news, it is sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. starting as he means to go on, defending champion max verstappen opens the f1 season with a win in bahrain.

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