hello — i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. breaking news, never growing concerns over hopes of a bait to indirect talks between israel and hamas over a temporary ceasefire in gaza. we are just hearing that israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to talks in cairo at the hamas reportedly failed to supply talks in cairo at the hamas reportedly failed to supply a talks in cairo at the hamas reportedly failed to supply a list of hostages it would release under any truce agreement. there were reports that hamas said a gaza truce was possible within 24—48 hours if israel accepted its demands. a top us official says israel had basically agreed to a framework for a six—week ceasefire. the official says it could begin immediately if

hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve. including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release an exchange. the us is carrying out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid on saturday with more than 30,000 meals parachuted by three military planes. meanwhile, an israeli army spokesman says the military says has completed a review... an israeli army spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. rear admiral daniel hagari says the review determined that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. the idf says gazan civilians were trampled to death as they charged toward the aid convoy. mr hagari said the review found that israeli soldiers did —

in his words — fire warning shots and respond toward several individuals who posed an immediate threat. palestinian officials have accused israel of a massacre, and there's been intense international pressure for a full and independent inquiry. yonahjeremy bob, a senior military correspondent forjerusalem post, gave his assessment on the intial findings of the israeli military review. so, look, obviously, iwasn�*t there. i can't tell 100% and we need to stay objective here. to try to stay objective here. but the idf did release a lot of specific information. they released videos — that does mean something to me. i looked over the videos a number of times. i couldn't see, you know, 100 people trampling each other, but i did see chaos. the idf also has admitted that basically there were three incidents

— it wasn't one incident, there were three — and in the third incident, idf forces did fire on the palestinians. we can get on that third incident about, you know, exactly what happened there. but for the idf... i always say, if somebody�*s willing to admit fault to some extent and they're giving you information, that gives them a certain amount of credibility. i have heard the reports of, you know, bullet wounds, but i haven't seen anything produced. i'm sure since the idf admitted that they said about ten palestinians were killed by bullets that there were at least that many. was it more than that? i would need to see evidence. but, look, let's step back and say, also, this is a horrible tragedy, however it happened. the main thing that needs to happen here is humanitarian aid needs to get in and it needs to be under the control of somebody other than hamas. that's part of what happened in the second incident. hamas forces fired on the humanitarian aid trucks and stole the trucks. so part of what happened here was chaos, but part of what happened here was hamas upset with the fact that israel's trying to get the food directly

to the palestinians and not in their control. of course, we don't have any independent confirmation of that happening and the palestinian officials are accusing israel of a massacre. do you think there is a way forward? are we ever going to find out the truth? there are calls for an independent international inquiry into what happened. it's going to be very difficult to find out 100% of the truth because you would need, you know, all the palestinians who were involved to come forward, you would need to be able to identify that they were actually the ones there, you would need to identify, you know, that the bullets came from idf bullets and not from hamas bullets. and if you saw the pictures of...i mean, there was chaos happening there. the chaos i don't think was planned by hamas per se. i think there are a lot of hungry people. this is a tragic, problematic situation. so i don't think we're going to get to the bottom of it, but i think there should be an independent probe. we can find it as much about it as we can because at the end of the day, we want to prevent future incidents like this from happening and the more light that we shed on it, the more likely we can avoid this from happening again. yonahjeremy bob from

thejerusalem post, talking to me a little earlier. yonah jeremy bob from the jerusalem post. to pakistan next. just to recap on that update in the last few minutes smack of respondent wyre davies injerusalem. israel is reportedly not sending a delegation to talks in cairo after hamas reportedly failed to supply a list of hostages it would release under any truce agreement. earlier, the hamas delegation arriving in cairo was also reported to have expressed hope that a deal could be reached but it does now appear that israel not attending this talks on the egyptian capital. as i say, reports in the israeli media have accused hamas of not supplying a list of hostages it was a seven and will be released in exchange for a larger number of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails, so that news meaning there are growing concerns over

hopes of a breakthrough in those indirect talks between israel and other hamas over a temporary ceasefire in gaza. you'll remember that president biden had expressed optimism that there could be a ceasefire. it was happening before the whole month of ramadan on october ten and lots of people in 0ctober ten and lots of people in the negotiations were saying they were trying to work toward something ahead of ramadan but it does look at the moments like peace talks coming on in cairo that israel might not be attending those talks with the israeli media saying it is accused hamas and not supplying a list of hostages on october 7 he will be released in atomic exchange for those prisoners in israeli jails. wyre davies has just broken the news

on the bulletin. we will go to pakistan next. shehbaz sharif has been re—elected as prime ministerfor a second term. it comes weeks after a controversial election, marred by allegations of widespread vote—rigging. mr sharif was elected by 201 votes to 92; he'll now preside over a coalition that has shut out followers of the jailed opposition leader, imran khan. last month's election produced no outright winner. independent candidates backed by imran khan's party won the most seats, but failed to get a majority. 0ur bbc urdu news reporter in islamabad — sahar baloch — has more. he's returning as prime minister for the second time and it was quite a day today at the parliament because as soon as it was announced by the speaker that shehbaz sharif is going to be the prime minister, there was an uproar by the opposition benches as well because they were not happy with the fact that shehbaz sharif has won again. so the speaker of the assembly basically announced that shehbaz sharif has gotten around 201 seats, votes, and his candidate, opposing candidate 0mer ayub has gotten only 92 votes. so let me give you a bit of a background also. this time, the general elections

were quite contentious, as well. there were a lot of lot of allegations of fraud and rigging and everything, so pti—backed candidates in the parliament today, they were protesting the most about pm shehbaz sharif getting elected again. and you mentioned that there was that uproar. does that mean that the coalition that they've managed to bring together could be shaky going forward, or is it secure? well, so far, the coalition has been formed and it seems as if they are quite in agreement with each other, because if you even look at the formation of the government, they have very understandably distributed different ministries amongst each other. it is only the opposition at the moment, which is basically led by imran khan's pti party, and also the pti—backed candidates in the parliament, who are actually creating quite

an uproar because a lot of people — not onlyjust the pti but a lot of political parties in pakistan — are claiming and accusing the government of holding rigged elections, and a lot of fraud is being accused on them as well. so, right now, what we have to see is that, you know, if this polarised parliament is going to come up to the challenge and deliver what they promise to do earlier. and is imran khan's party — of course, he is still injail — likely to go forward with their protests over him being elected prime minister? well, right now, yes, they are protesting, and even yesterday, they were protesting out on the streets as well. so imran khan's party has been protesting a lot for past 2—3 years only because they claim that imran khan has been alleging that he was ousted from the parliament due to, you know, some conspiracy by the united states. and then he later on changed his stance and said that it was actually the former army chief of pakistan who conspired against him. so since then, you know, he has been saying this, so his party is expected to protest even this election as well. so far, they are recording

their protests on twitter and other social media outlets. sahar baloch talking to me earlierfrom islamabad. here in the uk, the chancellor says he wants to find a way to bring down the tax burden — but insists he'll do it in a way that's responsible. jeremy hunt will set out the government's tax and spending plans on wednesday — with growing calls within the conservative party to bring down taxes. labour said there was no measure that could be announced that would improve the conservatives' record in power. 0ur political correspondent harry farley reports. a big week for this man. his own mps wantjeremy hunt to cut taxes. 0thers wantjeremy hunt to cut taxes. others want more money for things like defence and housing. the chancellor was giving little away this morning, but he did give this hint. i this morning, but he did give this hint. ., . �* , this morning, but he did give this hint. ., ., �*, hint. i do want, where it's possible to do so responsibly, _ hint. i do want, where it's possible to do so responsibly, to _ hint. i do want, where it's possible to do so responsibly, to move - to do so responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i

hope to show a path in that direction, but this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long—term growth. prudent and responsible budget for long-term growth.— long-term growth. some he is thinkin: long-term growth. some he is thinking about _ long-term growth. some he is thinking about is _ long-term growth. some he is thinking about is knitting - long-term growth. some he is i thinking about is knitting labour's idea to raise money by scrapping the non—dom is tax exemption for people who live in the uk but his main aim is abroad, but that could be awkward. he said these are foreigners who could _ he said these are foreigners who could live — he said these are foreigners who could live easily in ireland, france, _ could live easily in ireland, france, portugal or spain. they all had these — france, portugal or spain. they all had these schemes. i would rather they stayed here and spend their money— they stayed here and spend their money here. you want to take that back? _ money here. you want to take that back? ,., , , ,, money here. you want to take that back? , ,, , , back? let me say this. see silly gimmicks- _ back? let me say this. see silly gimmicks. and _ back? let me say this. see silly gimmicks. and we're _ back? let me say this. see silly gimmicks. and we're not - back? let me say this. see silly gimmicks. and we're not going | back? let me say this. see silly l gimmicks. and we're not going to back? let me say this. see silly - gimmicks. and we're not going to do on wednesday. —— with the public sees through gimmicks. if on wednesday. -- with the public sees through gimmicks.— sees through gimmicks. if the chancellor _ sees through gimmicks. if the chancellor may _ sees through gimmicks. if the chancellor may tax _ sees through gimmicks. if the chancellor may tax cuts, - sees through gimmicks. if the l chancellor may tax cuts, would belabour the verse them to have more money to spend? the belabour the verse them to have more money to spend?— money to spend? the principle of havin: money to spend? the principle of having more _ money to spend? the principle of having more money— money to spend? the principle of having more money in _ money to spend? the principle of having more money in the - money to spend? the principle ofj having more money in the budget working people as paying more money in tax and have since the second world war and i don't think it is right that at this time the

conservatives are asking working people to contribute more and more, 26 tax rises in the last parliament alone. .., ., ~ 26 tax rises in the last parliament alone. ., . , , ., ., , ., alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be — alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short _ alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short lived. _ alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short lived. if _ alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short lived. if we - alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short lived. if we do - cuts could be short lived. if we do see a tax cut _ cuts could be short lived. if we do see a tax cut in _ cuts could be short lived. if we do see a tax cut in the _ cuts could be short lived. if we do see a tax cut in the budget, - cuts could be short lived. if we do see a tax cut in the budget, one l cuts could be short lived. if we do i see a tax cut in the budget, one way or another, see a tax cut in the budget, one way oranother, it see a tax cut in the budget, one way or another, it is likely to be undone by the next election. whatever the scale of the tax cuts announced in the budget this week, during this parliament, taxes would have risen very very substantially indeed. this has been a big tax increase in parliament, not surprisingly given some of the challenges that the government has faced. �* , , ., faced. belittles expectation management _ faced. belittles expectation management ahead - faced. belittles expectation management ahead of - faced. belittles expectation - management ahead of budgets for faced. belittles expectation _ management ahead of budgets for the indications arejeremy hunt won't be able to make the sweeping giveaways he perhaps had hoped. harry farley, bbc news. let's get more on the worries about the hopes for a ceasefire in gaza. israel reportedly not sending a

delegation to talks in gaza. wyre davies is therefore as now. what can you tell is about what the israelis are saying? £31 you tell is about what the israelis are saying?— you tell is about what the israelis aresa inc? , , are saying? of this is unconfirmed at the moment _ are saying? of this is unconfirmed at the moment that _ are saying? of this is unconfirmed at the moment that they - are saying? of this is unconfirmed at the moment that they are - at the moment that they are increasing reports on the israeli media that the israeli delegation he was meant to go to cairo this morning to take part in these indirect talks with hamas mediated through the qataris, the americans and the egyptians, this was all planned to lead to some sort of cessation into hostilities in a week's time. the israeli delegation has reportedly not travelled because they say that hamas has failed to produce a list of hostages who would be released as part of any agreement. then israel would also be releasing a larger number of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. there are thought to be about 120, 125 hostages still being held by hamas but the condition of many of those is not known. of course, some of those include soldiers or

serving members of the military who probably wouldn't be released under any deal and israel wanted a competitive list of those who would be released. hamas hasn't produced that release and therefore israel will understand is not travelling the talks are not broken down and not continue today and that is a blow to many people, particularly aid agencies and governments around the world who are increasingly worried about the desperate humanitarian situation in gaza. that's talks of famine in northern gaza, children dying from malnutrition, and the longer the war goes on, the worse and more desperate the situation gets. during the week, president _ desperate the situation gets. during the week, president biden - desperate the situation gets. during the week, president biden had - desperate the situation gets. during the week, president biden had been saying that he was hopeful of a ceasefire by the holy month of ramadan and that does seem, ramadan, that the point that they've all been trying to work towards in trying to get some sort of truce?— trying to work towards in trying to get some sort of truce? that's still about a week _ get some sort of truce? that's still about a week away, _ get some sort of truce? that's still about a week away, so _ get some sort of truce? that's still about a week away, so there - get some sort of truce? that's still about a week away, so there is - get some sort of truce? that's still l about a week away, so there is room for manoeuvre here. there is a info, i think, to get around the table again and they will be increasing

pressure, particularly from the americans, from president biden. look, the americans have taken it upon themselves to airdrop about 35,000 packages of food into gaza and that is an indirect statement, i think, to the israelis that if we can't get this trading on the ground, if not enough aid is getting and then we and other countries — thejordanians, the british— have all lead up supplies into gaza but the problem with that is it's not really enough to supply food and supply medicines to around 2.5 million people in gaza because, obviously, a aid agreement would be part of any ceasefire deal and that is what is really driving the demand from around the world for a ceasefire, a six ceasefire in gaza but, as it stands, it looks like israel has not travelled to this talks in cairo.— talks in cairo. wyre davies in jerusalem. — talks in cairo. wyre davies in jerusalem, thanks _ talks in cairo. wyre davies in jerusalem, thanks very - talks in cairo. wyre davies in j jerusalem, thanks very much talks in cairo. wyre davies in - jerusalem, thanks very much the latest. ., ., ., ., latest. -- demand from around the world for a —

latest. -- demand from around the world for a six-week _ latest. -- demand from around the world for a six-week or _ latest. -- demand from around the| world for a six-week or seven-week world for a six—week or seven—week ceasefire in gaza. hello from the bbc sport centre lebronjames has become the first player in the nba to score 40,000 career points. this is the moment he reached the milestone against the denver nuggets. the crowd gave james a standing ovation during a timeout. and the ball he used to score that historic point was removed from the game. he described it as "bittersweet" after his team — the la lakers — lost to the defending nba champions. i'm never thinking about a milestone when i'm out there battling, but when it happens, obviously, we acknowledge it. and, obviously, you know, much respect and much loyalty to the lakerfan base for showing me their love during the time out. and, you know, being the first player to do something is pretty cool in this league because you just know the history and you know the greatest. the greatest who have competed.

for me, the main thing is always to win, and it's unfortunate the milestone had to happen in a defeat. it's the final day of competition at the world athletics indoor championships — with medals decided in the 800m, and 1500m events in glasgow later... thea lafond won gold in the women's triplejump not long ago — staying in america, lionel messi and luis suarez scored two goals each to take inter miami to the top of the standings in major league soccer. it was a thumping win over local rivals 0rlando city, suarez started off the scoring afterjust three minutes. the uruguayan might be 37, but he certainly hasn't lost his ability to finish. suarez got a second, before messi's two goals rounded off a 5—0 win. the last one was set up by suarez — as he did many times before, when the two played together at barcelona.

alex de minaur won the mexican 0pen again... that's two years in a row for the australian. he beat norway's casper ruud in straight sets in acapulco. the defending champion won 6—4, 6—4 in the championship match at the atp 500 to clinch his eighth atp tour crown. meanwhile, his girlfriend, katie boulter is into her first wta 500 final. after winning her semi at the san diego 0pen. the british number one has never been beyond the last 16 of such a high ranking event. until now. she made it look quite straightforward against the number three seed emma navarro, beating the american 6—3, 6—1. boulter will play ukraine's marta kostyuk in the final later on sunday. nathan lyon took six for 65 as he spun new zealand out for 196, helping australia to victory in the first test in wellington. lyon ended with match figures of ten for 107. new zealand's fifth wicket pair of rachin ravindra and tom blundell provided early resistance before lyon went to work, helping australia win by 172 runs. the second and final test starts

on thursday in christchurch. to golf — and there was a thrilling finish to the women's world championship in singapore. australia's hannah green had three birdies at the last three holes including this one at the eighteenth. it meant she came from a shot down to win by one over france's celine boutier. i was fortunate enough to win last yearin i was fortunate enough to win last year in la but i actually had a very inconsistent season. actually missed the most could say that the mist since i was a rookie in 2018 so i did have some success but i also had some there were moments on the golf course so having an eight win so early in the season gives me a lot of confidence to play the events that i want to and just have a bit more confidence that i have played really well here in march and continue that out for the season.

all the sport for now. back with more throughout the day. see then. final vote—counting is taking place following iran's parliamentary elections. unofficial figures put the turnout at about a0 % — which would be the lowest since the islamic revolution in 1979. iran's rulers had been pressing for high participation to help repair the regime's reputation, after nearly two years of protests sparked by the death in custody of the young woman, mahsa amini. the result of friday's elections are still not announced but,

interestingly, some of the state newspapers here in iran had some of their own figures about turnout. these are all unofficial early indications of figures. but here it says that they believe that there's been a a1% turnout across iran. and here in the capital tehran, it's at 24%. now, if these figures are correct, a1% turnout across the country is historically low for parliamentary elections. sometimes, those turnout figures have been over 60%. but what has also been interesting about some of the reaction in the media here is the fact that over 25 million, they say, people voted. the papers are saying that that is a win for the authorities, that it shows people are backing iran. the papers are saying that that is a win for the authorities, that it shows people are backing iran. now, it is very difficult to get people to talk to foreign media here about politics, particularly out on the streets in iran, but we were able to speak to a couple of people about what life is life here at the moment and what their concerns are. caroline davies reporting from thailand. ——caroline davies reporting from tehran. a seven—year—old has drowned after a small boat — carrying 16 migrants heading to the uk — capsized, according to the authorities in northern france. the girl's parents and their three other children were taken to hospital in dunkirk.(00v)this is the third fatal incident in a channel crossing attempt so far this year.

last year nearly 30,000 people reached britain according to government figures. let's get some of the day's other news now. norway's king harald is flying home on a medical evacuation plane, after being discharge from hospital in malaysia. the king was hospitalised while on a private trip to the country, and received treatment for an infection as well as a temporary pacemaker. earlier this week the palace said that the king was doing well, but still required rest. delegates are beginning to arriving in china for the annual meeting of the national people's congress. the event will lay out the government's policy blueprint for the year ahead. high on the agenda is the economy, with the ruling party being closely watched to see how they might revitalise growth. a zoo in south korea threw a farewell party for fu bao, the first giant panda born in the country, ahead of the animal's return to china. thousands queued up to say their farewells , the panda has attracted a huge fan base since she was born in july 2020. she will now spend a month in quarantine before heading home to the sichuan province. it's was british music's

big night last night, with the brit awards. the singer—songwriter, raye, swept the board at the event, making history by winning six awards — the most in a year. dua lipa won best pop act, while kylie minogue won the global icon award.0ur music correspondent mark savage was there. this was raye's night. # a little context if you care to listen...# the winner... . . raye. raye. raye! two years after fighting for her freedom from a record label that refused to put out her debut album, she swept the brit awards... what the hell is happening?! i'm an artist with an album of the year. ..and even brought her grandma on stage to celebrate. backstage, she came armed with all six of her trophies. and you know who got six in their entire career? who? michaeljackson. you know who else got six in their entire career? who? david bowie. you're equal to them now in terms of brit awards. what even...? will it ever get better

than this again? mate... tell me about your grandma, agatha. isn't she beautiful? she's amazing. listen, that woman raised me. my parents worked full time, so she took me to and from school, she lived with us, she moved from ghana to come and raise us. i owe her everything. but raye wasn't the only winner. dua lipa won best pop artist and opened the show with a spectacular performance of her new single, training season. chase & status celebrated their win for best producer by performing disconnect with becky hill. # can't get you out of my head...#. and the show closed with a celebratory performance from kylie minogue... # i know you want to take me home...#

..who had been awarded the global icon prize, recognising 37 years of hits. amazing. there's a part of my brain that's... that's kind of scanning the years to go, "wow, how did i get here? what?" _ i mean, i'm trying to compute it myself. it's not that easy. in a night where female artists dominated, closing the show with one of the trail blazers was a fitting end. mark savage, bbc news. and kylie's performance was something else. you can get on the bbc news website or app. stay with us bbc news. hello. thanks forjoining me. let's see what the weather's up to for the best of today and, indeed, the next few days. here's the summary for this evening. the most of us, dry and chilly and with clear skies this evening and overnight. anotherfrost on the way. now, in the next few days, it's actually going to turn a little less chilly. we'll see these mild south—westerly is developing. that's from around midweek onwards. the focus, then, starting with a

satellite picture. you can see how big the gaps in the clouds have been. all of that bright and we got sunny weather today. the evening temperatures will already be pretty low. in fact, temperatures will already be pretty low. infact, by temperatures will already be pretty low. in fact, by the time we get to around 6pm, only 4 degrees from birmingham, 5 degrees from glasgow. generally dry, just a few showers scattered here and there. the forecast, then, for tonight. a lot of clear, dry weather. just a few showers in the western isles. maybe one or two out towards the west. there is a weather front approaching and it is full vying for tomorrow are scared of it, before it arrives, it's a frosty morning and in fact temperatures around freezing in aberdeen and on the south coast of england. plymouth around three celsius above freezing. weather front approaching south—western parts of the uk so that introduces thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain i think later on in the morning. so ahead of it, a lot of bright if not sunny weather on the net weather front sweeps into the south—west, into wales, eventually to ireland come into northern ireland but

notice any eastern and northern areas especially here in scotland should have a sunny day and the temperature is about the same, eight in aberdeen, ten in hull, 12 in london, and without strengthening wind there in cornwall and devon. she stay, the weather front moves across the uk and will fizzle out. some light rain around in eastern counties and closer to the north sea coast that out towards the west it's generally dry and bright on tuesday. again, not a generally dry and bright on tuesday. again, nota huge generally dry and bright on tuesday. again, not a huge amount of change in temperature between 9—10 celsius -- 9-12 c. you'll in temperature between 9—10 celsius —— 9—12 c. you'll see that slightly warmer air sweeping across the bulk of the uk system pitches will be just about double figures but it will not be a huge change in the weather little drier as we go through the course of the week.

this is bbc news, the headlines... there are reports of a hitch in talks in egypt. israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to cairo where mediators try to reach an agreement on a temporary ceasefire. this comes after hamas reportedly failed to supply a list of hostages it would release under any truce agreement. pakistan has re—elected shehbaz sharif as it's new prime minister — after weeks of uncertainty following last month's election, which was marred by vote— rigging allegations.

uk chancellorjeremy hunt has said he wants to " find a way to bring down the tax burden�*. he was speaking ahead of the spring budget that takes place later this week. and it's a record—breaking night at the brit awards as singer—songwriter raye picks up six prizes, including best artist and best album. kylie was named global icon. now on bbc news — click. this week, we explore some of the latest innovations created by and for women... menopause is basically what happens when a woman's

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