as raye picks up six prizes. hello. you are watching bbc news. 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. i asked our correspondent

wyre davies, who is now injerusalem, about the doubts regarding whether the israeli delegation will participate in the cairo talks. those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. and the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. and again, optimism sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. and anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. and one of israel's obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. that list hasn't been provided by hamas. there are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. about 30 of those may actually be dead. and israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to be released.

that hasn't been forthcoming. so we understand it's not official, but we understand from several well—placed sources in the israeli media, including normally reliable sources, that the israeli delegation has not travelled to cairo and those indirect talks are not happening as we speak. and why has this hold up happened in such an iith—hour way? because the messaging from the white house seemed very contradictory, didn't it? i think that's more to do with american optimism and american insistence that there should be some sort of of peace deal. the humanitarian situation in gaza is awful. there's talk of famine in parts of northern gaza. humanitarian agencies say that the situation is terrible. the gazan health ministry saying that children are dying from malnutrition and there is clearly a worsening humanitarian crisis there. not enough aid is getting in and that is force international

allies of of israel, like the americans, to actually start airdropping their own supplies into gaza. so the americans, i think, may be speaking from a position of optimism and trying to force or push israel towards a cease fire deal. and that was never really reflected here. we're well used to these problems on the ground, significant obstacles on both sides. it doesn't mean the talks won't happen. they maybe will reconvene in the next week. but remember, there was that not 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 isn't the case at the minute. yes. so you mentioned there that these talks are due to take place still. but is there seemingly a way then forward in this impasse? i think so. this doesn't seem like an insurmountable obstacle. hamas has said it will provide a list of these hostages once a deal is agreed upon. so the cart before the horse. the horse before the cart. hamas say they're

prepared to do this. israel say they want this list now before they agreed to a deal. it doesn't seem the biggest barrier they would have to overcome. hamas has its own demands. it wants israel, israeli troops to withdraw from gaza in the event of a of an agreement. and it wants the right of palestinians to return to their homes at 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 that international pressure, because with a peace deal, with an agreement for a ceasefire aid, more aid would come in. and that is ultimately what is needed most in gaza. 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 words, fire warning shots and respond toward several individuals who posed an immediate threat. they charge to the aid convoy. our initial review has confirmed that no strike was carried out by the idf towards the aid convoy. the majority of palestinians were killed or injured as a result of the stampede. from the information we gathered. donatella rovera, senior crisis response adviser for amnesty international. thank you so much forjoining us.

you were hearing his words, i am sure. can we get your reaction to what israel has said to?- sure. can we get your reaction to what israel has said to? well, there have been slightly _ what israel has said to? well, there have been slightly different - have been slightly different versions by different spokespersons. they have said something else. the fact is that people were treated in hospitals for bullet wounds to the upper part of the body and people were killed by bullet wounds to the upper parts of the body. those are not warning shots. that is shoot to kill. this is also almost beside the point, given that israel has created a situation, deliberately, where palestinians in gaza are so desperate that they will run to try and get any little bit of humanitarian aid that is coming in. israel is responsible as the

occupying power, which it is, in gaza, for the welfare, the well—being, for catering for the needs of the occupied population. the fact that it doesn't do that, even under normal time, even before the 7th of october, that in itself is a violation of international humanitarian law and the fact that, since the 7th of october, israeli authorities, the israeli army have deliberately prevented humanitarian aid, medicalsupplies, everything aid, medical supplies, everything that aid, medicalsupplies, everything that human beings need for their daily survival, in addition to destroying the infrastructure, that deliberate prevention of the aid getting in is also a violation of international humanitarian law. just to... international humanitarian law. just to... ~ ., ., ., to... mention what you are saying the 're to... mention what you are saying they're about _ to... mention what you are saying they're about deliberately - they're about deliberately withholding aid, i think israel would argue that they have been making sure that aid does get in,

whether or not it is at the pace that organisations argue as necessary, they would say that they have not been deliberately preventing any aid from getting in. and ijust want preventing any aid from getting in. and i just want to ask about the points you made earlier about the gunshot wounds indicating that it was not firing warning shots. what evidence is there that it was deliberate shoot to kill? well, warnin: deliberate shoot to kill? well, warning shots _ deliberate shoot to kill? well, warning shots are _ deliberate shoot to kill? well, warning shots are not - deliberate shoot to kill? well, warning shots are not shots i deliberate shoot to kill? well, - warning shots are not shots aimed deliberate shoot to kill? -ii warning shots are not shots aimed at peoples chests, neck, head and the upper part of the body. those are not warning shots and nobody could qualify those as warning shots. as for israel would argue that enough aid is getting in. there is incontrovertible evidence. there are people, children, dying of hunger, mothers who are giving birth and

have no milk for their baby in their best because they have not been eating. there is ample evidence that is real has deliberately withheld humanitarian aid.— is real has deliberately withheld humanitarian aid. there is hundreds of trucks waiting... _ humanitarian aid. there is hundreds of trucks waiting... what _ humanitarian aid. there is hundreds of trucks waiting... what evidence l of trucks waiting... what evidence is there? can _ of trucks waiting... what evidence is there? can you _ of trucks waiting... what evidence is there? can you clarify _ of trucks waiting... what evidence is there? can you clarify that, - is there? can you clarify that, please? the evidence is the amount of aid that is actually getting into gaza, which is only a tiny, tiny percentage of the material that was getting into gaza prior to the 7th of october. something like 500 trucks were getting into gaza every day and that was below what people needed because a blockade has been closed for 60 years of the situation was not normal prior to the 7th of october. gaza was already in a coma situation and now only a trickle of aid has got in. if people are that desperate that they are running towards a truck, that tells you something. if every single

humanitarian operator in gaza is telling you that people are malnourished, that people are not receiving what they need, the quantities are not there, the hundreds of trucks on the israeli and egyptian side, not able to get into gaza, should also tell you something. yes, there is incontrovertible evidence that israel is deliberately preventing aid from getting into gaza. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much for your time. 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, 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. our 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. our bbc urdu news reporter in islamabad, sahar baloch, has more. sharif has been elected as the prime minister of pakistan for the second time. i heard a lot of shouting and sloganeering inside the parliament today. as soon as shahbaz sharif got elected, as announced

by the speaker, a lot of people from especially the candidates from the opposition parties, they surrounded the dais and did not let him speak for a while now. sharif got 201 votes in the parliament today. and this 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. there was a lot of allegations of frauds and irregularities, especially from the pti backed candidates. so imran khan is currently in prison, but his independent candidates who are backed by his party, his pti party, actually won majority of the seats in the in the national assembly as well. so a lot of people were basically waiting to see who will get elected as the prime minister. so the pti had nominated omar ayub as their 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 will face all the challenges? 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. for more on that i'm joined by caroline davies: the result of friday's elections are still not announced but, interestingly, some of the state newspapers here in iran have 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. 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. kick off in the big game of the day is upon us, manchester city playing host to their derby rivals manchester united. the home side looking to close the gap on leaders liverpool, who went four points clear with their win at nottingham forest. despite being 6th, united manager erik ten hag thinks his side are in good form. and the city boss pep guardiola knows they can't underestimate them. 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. that kicks off in less than 15 minutes' time. in the early premier league game, burnley�*s miserable run continued , with a home defeat to bournemouth... justin kluivert and antoine semenyo with the goals... burnley remain second from bottom, and yet to win a game this year. 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 orlando 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. and take a look at these scenes, at real salt lake city. as heavy snow caused problems in their win over los angeles fc. a match descibed by the lafc manager as an 'absolute joke'. hugo lloris, the former france goalkeeper, among those feeling the chill as lafc lost 3—0, andres gomez with two, and cristian arrango with their third. it's the final day of competition at the world athletics indoor championships, with medals decided in the 800m, the 1500, and heptathlon 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 open 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. 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 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. and that's all the sport for now. in the us, a huge blizzard is hitting parts of california and nevada. the snowstorm has closed major roads, shut down ski resorts and left tens of thousands of homes without power. the blizzard was especially severe in the mountainous sierra nevada region, people there have been warned of a 'high to extreme avalanche danger�*. earlier, we spoke to travel photographer dakota snider, who lives in mammoth lakes and who found himself in the middle of this blizzard. it is currently dumping

snow still right now. this is this has been a storm for the books for sure. so mammoth lakes, where i live up in the sierra nevada mountains. and when people think of california, they don't often think of snow, right? however, where our ski resort town is that we're up at like 3000 metres. so we're super—high—up in elevation. and on average, most years we'll see somewhere around 1000 centimetres of snow a year. so right around that 400 inch mark. i've lived in these mountains for about ten years now, and this is only the second time i've ever seen a storm warning of this blizzard type warning that we have right now, the second time in ten years. you know, as a professional photographer, it's one of those experiences where, like, we wait for especially one like myself, it takes a lot of weather content. i wait for moments like this and, you know, it's one of those things where i'll bundle up properly, go walking out of my house, take a lap around the neighbourhood, you know, don't venture too far. one of the biggest things is, one,

you don't want to put yourself in danger. and two, you don't want to put, like any other emergency services. in danger, however, is the professional photographer. these are the storms that we dream of being able to capture to be able to document them. for the last week, the media in the united states has been talking about like, please don't travel during certain times. and if you're going to travel, make sure your vehicle is properly prepared. it makes you have emergency kits and you know, all of those certain things. and, you know, iwould like to commend the local place here in mammoth for really putting out that information early on. and i would like to think that here in our region, we've done a really good job of preventing things from being a lot worse. 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.

our music correspondent mark savage was there. this was raye's night. # a little context if you care to listen. #. 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. 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. online videos have made the panda and national celebrity. stay with us here on 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. a seven—year—old girl has drowned after a small boat carrying migrants heading to the uk capsized in northern france. officials said the boat was carrying 16 migrants when it sank of the coast of dunkirk. 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. pakistan had a re—elected shehbaz sharif as its new panellist after uncertainty over last month's election which was marred by vote rigging accusations. his opposite opponent was backed by the jailed imran khan. 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 let's get more on the study ijust mentioned. 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 three siblings were taken to hospital in dunkirk. live to our reporter nickjohnson in the newsroom. what more can you tell us?

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