hello. our breaking news this hour, there are reports of a hold—up in negotiations for a temporary ceasefire in gaza. israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to talks taking place in cairo. that's despite us officials saying a ceasefire deal was already "on the table" and israel had approved it. the sticking point appears to be hamas not supplying a list of the hostages who would be released. washington had been hoping for a deal by monday, taking effect before ramadan in a week's time. live now to our correspondent wyre davies injerusalem. wyre, some doubt over whether an israeli delegation will attend these talks? i think those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing amongst some people hoping that

there may be an imminent agreement for a ceasefire however temporary between how hamas and is real. they expressed hope that a deal could be reached and optimism grew but there were significant obstacles and anybody covering the story of the past few months knew that hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground and one of visual�*s obstacles and demands was that hamas should give a detailed list of hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement. of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. that list has not been provided by hamas. there are thought to be about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. about 30 of those may actually be there. if you wanted to know who was still alive, there. if you wanted to know who was stillalive, he there. if you wanted to know who was still alive, he was going to be released. that has not been forthcoming so we understand it is

not official, but we understand from several well—placed sources in the israeli media the normally reliable sources, that the israeli delegation is not travel to cairo and those indirect talks are not happening as we speak. indirect talks are not happening as we seak. �* , , ., , indirect talks are not happening as weseak.�* , , ., , we speak. advisers hold up happened in such an 11th — we speak. advisers hold up happened in such an 11th hour _ we speak. advisers hold up happened in such an 11th hour way? _ we speak. advisers hold up happened in such an 11th hour way? because - in such an 11th hour way? because the messaging from the white house in very contradictory, didn't it? i think that is more to do with american optimism and american insistence that this should be some sort of peace deal. the humanitarian situation in gaza is awful. there is talk of a famine in parts of northern gaza. humanitarian agency say the situation is the gaza health ministry say that children are dying from malnutrition and there is clearly a worsening humanitarian crisis levels of knowledge have aided getting in and that is forced international allies are visual like the americans to actually start here dropping their own supplies into gaza. the americans may be speaking from a position of optimism and

trying to force or push israel towards a ceasefire deal and that was never really reflected here. significant obstacles on both sides. it does not mean the docks will not happen. they may will reconvene the next week but remember there was that, the unofficial deadline of next sunday and the start of ramadan by which many people hope that a peace deal or a temporary ceasefire could be in place. that is not the case at the minute. you mentioned these talks — case at the minute. you mentioned these talks are _ case at the minute. you mentioned these talks are due _ case at the minute. you mentioned these talks are due to _ case at the minute. you mentioned these talks are due to take - case at the minute. you mentioned these talks are due to take place i these talks are due to take place still but is there, seemingly, a way forward in this impasse? i still but is there, seemingly, a way forward in this impasse?— still but is there, seemingly, a way forward in this impasse? i think so. this does not _ forward in this impasse? i think so. this does not seem _ forward in this impasse? i think so. this does not seem like _ forward in this impasse? i think so. this does not seem like an - this does not seem like an insurmountable obstacle. hamas is said they will provide a list of hostages once a deal is agreed upon so the cart before the horse, the horse before the character. as you say they want is less now before the

agreed to a deal. it does not seem the biggest barrier they would have to overcome. hamas has its own demands. at once is real, israeli troops to withdraw from gaza and it wants the right of palestinians to return to their homes or what were their homes in northern gaza in the event of a deal. so there are still obstacles to be overcome. perhaps not as insurmountable as it looks at the minute and of course importantly there is the international pressure because with a peace deal, with an agreement for a ceasefire, more aid would come in and that is ultimately what is needed most in gaza. thank ou. our what is needed most in gaza. thank you. our correspondent _ what is needed most in gaza. thank you. our correspondent in _ what is needed most in gaza. thank you. our correspondent injerusalem you. our correspondent in jerusalem for us. 0ur correspondent injerusalem for us. 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 claims 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, 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. 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. 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 do want, where it's possible 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. something he is thinking about is nicking labour's idea to raise money by scrapping the non—doms tax exemption for people who live in the uk but whose main home is abroad, but that could be awkward. you said, "these are foreigners who could live easily in ireland, "france, portugal or spain. "they all have these schemes. "i would rather they stayed here and spent their money here. " do you want to take that back? let me say this. the country sees through gimmicks and we are not going to do gimmicks on wednesday.

so if the chancellor does cut taxes, would labour reverse them to have more money to spend? in terms of the principle of what we want to see in the budget, you know, working people are paying more in tax than they've paid since the second world war. and i don't think it's right that, time and again, the conservatives have gone to working people and asked them to contribute more and more — 25 tax rises in the last parliament alone. economic experts warn any tax cuts could be short lived. i think if we do see a tax cut in the budget, then, one way or another, it's likely to be undone after the next election. whatever the scale of the tax cut announced in the budget this week, during this parliament, taxes will have risen really very substantially indeed. this has been a big tax increasing parliament — not surprisingly, given some of the challenges that the government has faced. there is always expectation management ahead of budgets, but the indications are, jeremy hunt won't be able to make the sweeping giveaways he perhaps had hoped. harry farley, bbc news.

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. a lot of people from especially the candidates from the opposition

parties surrounded and did not let him speakfor awhile parties surrounded and did not let him speak for awhile now. parties surrounded and did not let him speakfor awhile now. shehbaz sharif got 201 votes in the parliament today and there is also speaks of the recent elections, the recent general elections in pakistan. they were already being called the most rigged elections by the opposition parties would have a lot of allegations of fraud and irregularities especially from the pti backed candidates. imran khan is currently in prison is independent candidates who are backed by his party actually won the majority of the seats in the international assembly as well as a lot of people were basically waiting to see who will get elected as the prime minister, said the pti had nominated another as his candidate but he only scored 92 votes. now as prime minister shehbaz sharif has been elected, now the bigger question is how will this polarised and unstable parliament face all the challenges? final vote counting is taking place following iran's parliamentary elections. unofficial figures put

the turnout at about 40 %, 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. people that have been warned of a extreme avalanche danger. we spoke to a travel photographer who lives in the area and found himself in the middle of this blizzard. this in the area and found himself in the middle of this blizzard.— middle of this blizzard. this has been a storm _ middle of this blizzard. this has been a storm for _ middle of this blizzard. this has been a storm for the _ middle of this blizzard. this has been a storm for the books, - middle of this blizzard. this has been a storm for the books, forj been a storm for the books, for

sure. where i live up in the sierra nevada mountains, will be but think of california they don't often think of california they don't often think of snow, right? however, for our ski resort town is where up at 3000 metres so we are super high up in elevation and on average, most years, will see somewhere around 1000 centimetres year so right about that 400 inch mark. i have lived in these mountains for about ten years now and this is only the second time i remember seeing a storm one main, a blizzard warning like we have now put up the second time in ten years. as a professional photographer it is one of those experiences where, you know, like, we wait for especially one like myself it takes a lot of, like, whether contact, iwait one like myself it takes a lot of, like, whether contact, i wait for moments like this. you know, it is one of those things where i will bundle up properly, go walking out

of my house, take a walk around the neighbourhood, you know, don't venture too far. 0ne neighbourhood, you know, don't venture too far. one of the biggest thing is it you don't want to put yourself in danger and you don't want to put any other emergency services in danger. however, as a professional photographer, these that we dream of being able to capture. that we dream of being able to ca ture. that we dream of being able to cature. , ., ., ., , ., ., capture. the photographer who found himself in the — capture. the photographer who found himself in the middle _ capture. the photographer who found himself in the middle of— capture. the photographer who found himself in the middle of that - himself in the middle of that blizzard there. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with the english premier league and one game is under way it's currently burnley 0—1 bournemouth, justin kluivert with the goal there. later, manchester city will host derby rivals manchester united with the home side looking to close the gap on leaders liverpool after their win over nottingham forest on saturday. despite being 6th, united manager erik ten hag thinks his side are in good form and city boss pep guardiola says they would never underestimate their rivals. what i learned in my experience in these type of games, more calm, relax, don't talk much about many, many things, just focus on tactical issues and what you have to do to beat them, not about the emotional because the emotional will be there. always i expect the best from our opponents, always.

the best performance from them is always what i expect. we are also in a good run and the spirit is very good, we are united. we learned togetherness and how to make a good game plan. the players are ready for it, the players are looking forward to it, i can smell it. really enjoyable, looking forward, excited. 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. 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 —

lafond, of the domincan republic managed a best of 15.01 metres in her second effort, the only competitor to go over the 15 metre mark. the rest failed to come close to her leading mark. lafond is the dominican republic's first ever athletics world champion. in the men's highjump, gold went to new zealand's hamish kerr, with this world leading jump of 2.36 metres. the commonwealth champion had already secured gold before going for that personal best attempt. american shelby mcewan claimed silver and the previous indoor champion sang—hyeok woo of south korea won bronze. alex de minaur has 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 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. lebronjames has become the first player in the nba to score 40,000 career points but described it as "bittersweet" after his la lakers side lost 124—114 to the defending champions the denver nuggets. james also took time after the game to thank the fans for their support as he reached the milestone. 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. and that's all the sport for now. interestingly, some of the state newspapers here in iran have some of their own figures about turnout. these are all unofficial early indications. here it says that they believe there has been a 41% turnout across iran and here in the capital tehran it is a 24%. now, if these

figures are correct, 41% turnout across the country is historically low for parliamentary elections. sometimes those turnout figures have been over 60% but what is also been interesting about some of the reaction in the media here is that the fact that over 25 million, they say, people voted, the peepers are saying that as a win for the authorities and it shows people are backing around. now, it is very difficult to get people to talk to foreign media here about politics but we were able to speak to a couple of people about what life is like and what their concerns are. our correspondent. norway's king harald is flying home on a medical evacuation plane, after being discharged 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. let's take you to south korea now where a mass demonstration of doctors has begun. the korean medical association, the country's biggest lobby group for doctors, predicted a huge turnout. they're protesting against the government's plan to increase medical school admissions by about 65—percent from 2025, to try to combat a shortage of doctors in a country with a rapidly ageing population. for more on this, we spoke to bbc korean�*s yuna ku, who is in seoul. doctors are staging a rally

against the government national assembly in seoul today. the doctor, according to doctors association, they reported around 20,000 doctors will participate in opposition to government plan to increase the number of doctors. it's been two weeks since thousands ofjunior doctors walked out of hospital, ever since the government announced a package of policy changes aimed at improving essential medical care in the country. the most controversial measure is increasing the number of medical school quota to about 5000 per year for five years from the current 3000. the doctors are insisting it will degrade the quality of medical service due to an increased number of incompetent doctors. the government has repeatedly warning that doctors who left hospitals will take legal responsibility for their actions, including suspension of medical licenses, unless they return to work until the end of february. now, we don't know exactly how many doctors returned and who didn't following a long

weekend, but for now it seems like most doctors chose not to return. so we'll have to see how things unfold next week. railfares in england and wales have risen by nearly 5% this morning, despite train cancellations being close to their highest levels in a decade. the department for transport says the increase is significantly lower than the rate of inflation and will support the financial stability of the railways. our business correspondent, marc ashdown has more. watford to london is a popular commuting route, but regular passengers will have to stump up around £200 extra for an annual ticket because of today's fare rises. so, is it worth it? there's always cancellations here. so i don't see where that extra money's going, what it's being used for. if i could see that, maybe i wouldn't mind as much, but i can't. you're saving money in the long run, instead of paying for insurance and car and things like that, and it's

easier to commute on the train, so i do feel, you know, it is worth the money, at the end of the day. today's fare rises cover about half the tickets available to buy, including most travel cards and season tickets, so a yearly pass from brighton to london will rise from £5,600 to £5,900. a yearly ticket from huddersfield to manchester will go up by £150, to £3,227. and the most expensive route is southampton to london, which is set to rise by £334 a year, to £7,150. the rises are usually pegged to lastjuly�*s rpi figure, so the government said a 4.9% rise is just half of what it could have been and will help to keep investing in the railways. some passenger groups have welcomed fare rises which are less than they could have been. but passengers on at least ten routes across england will now be paying at least £6,000 a year for their season tickets. and there's concern that putting prices up could deter some people from using a greener mode of travel. so, the government

has choices to make. it's decided, in fact, to freeze fuel duty for the past 13 years while raising rail fares every year. that doesn't have to be the case at all. in scotland, fares will rise by 8.7% from april. northern ireland is yet to announce any rises this year. all this comes after a tumultuous 18 months, with repeated rail strikes. the government insists it's doing all it can to keep a lid on prices, but the tuc said rail fares are among the highest anywhere in europe. marc ashdown, bbc news. 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, 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. # i need someone to hold me close deeper than i've ever known. ..# 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. # we ain't gotta be aligned we can re. i ..# chase & status celebrated their win for best producer- by performing disconnect with becky hill. # let it go. ..# # can't get you out of my head. ..# and the show closed with a celebratory - performance from kylie minogue. # i know you wanna take me home padam, padam. ..# ..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 trailblazers was a fitting end. applause. mark savage, bbc news.

plenty more on the bbc news website and on the news up if you want to take a look. stay with us here because we will have the headlines coming up for use in. keep watching bbc news. hello, thanks forjoining me. let's see what the weather is up to for the rest of today and, indeed, the next few days. here's the summary for this evening. for most of us, dry and chilly, and with clearer skies this evening and overnight, another frost on the way. now, in the next few days, it's actually going to turn a little less chilly. we'll see these milder southwesterlies developing. that's from around about mid—week onwards. ok, the forecast, then — starting with the satellite picture, and you can see how big the gaps

in the clouds have been, all of that bright, if not sunny weather today. the evening temperatures will already be pretty low. in fact, by the time we get to about 6pm, only four degrees for birmingham, five degrees for glasgow. generally dry, just a few showers scattered here and there. so the forecast, then, for tonight — a lot of clear, dry weather, just a few showers again in the western isles, maybe one or two out towards the west. there is a weather front approaching. that does spell rain for tomorrow, but ahead of it, before it arrives, it's a frosty morning and, in fact, temperatures around freezing, whether you're in aberdeen or on the south coast of england. plymouth there at around three celsius above freezing. the weather map for monday shows that 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, and then that weather front sweeps into the south—west, into wales, eventually through ireland, into northern ireland. but notice many eastern and northern areas, especially here in scotland, should have a sunny day,

and the temperatures about the same — eight in aberdeen, ten in hull, 12 in london, and with that strengthening wind there, about nine degrees with that rain in cornwall and devon. tuesday, that weather front eventually moves across the uk. it's going to fizzle out and i think there will be some light rain around in the morning in scotland, some of these eastern counties closer to the north sea coast. but out towards the west, it's generally dry and bright on tuesday. and again, not a huge amount of change in the temperature — between around nine and 12 degrees celsius. but we'll start to see that slightly less cold air sweeping in so i think across the bulk of the uk, temperatures should be just around double figures, but it's not going to be a huge change. and the weather i think a little drier as we go through the course of the week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a hold—up in the gaza peace talks — israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to cairo. 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 its new prime minister after weeks of uncertainty following last month's election, which was marred by vote—rigging allegations.

he beat his rival, 0mar ayub khan, who was backed by the jailed former prime minister imran khan. 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 was a record—breaking night at the brit awards as singer—songwriter raye picked up six prizes, including best artist and best album. she is the first woman to have won songwriter of the year. now on bbc news — political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. my guest this week is a man it seems almost every other politician can't stop talking about, despite the fact he's not a party leader. he's not even a member of parliament. he is nigel farage.