hello, i'm samantha simmonds. our main story 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 the 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. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from tel aviv. a truce can't come soon enough. in rafah, one more day of harrowing loss. palestinians mourn for 14 members

of the abu ansa family, most women and children. they were victims of israeli air strikes, according to hospital officials and gaza's civil defence. "there were about 35 people in the house", says farouk abu ansa. "most were children. there were no fighters. the house collapsed on them, three or four storeys." imad cannot reach his son. "he is still under there," he says. "and my brother—in—law was killed, with his two children, born after years of nf". and after five months of israeli bombardment,

this is the new landscape of gaza. in israel, it has been five months of anguish for families of the hostages. they need to be released now. this weekend, they have been pleading again with their government to do a deal and get their loved ones home. ofer is a very warm person. you can see, his smile, he is a family person. he has four children, lovely children. how hard is this time for the family? this wait must seem endless. it is like hell, you know. we are in some kind of loop since the 7th of october. we are living this day every day again and again. we have only one goal all these days, to bring him back alive to his family, to his children.

this is the only thing that matters. but there will be no homecoming for ofer or any of the israeli hostages without a ceasefire. a deal, if it comes, could be days away. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. 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 said the review found that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. palestinian officials have accused israel of a massacre. mr hagari said the review found that israeli soldiers did — in his words — fire warning shots towards individuals who posed an immediate threat. the idf has concluded an initial review of the unfortunate

incident where gazan civilians were injured and killed us the charged aid convoy. our initial review has confirmed htat no strike was carried out by the idf towards the aid convoy. the maternity of palestinians were killed or injured as a result of the stampede, from the information we gathered. a houthi leader in yemen has vowed to continue to sink british ships in the red sea, calling the uk a rogue state that is attacking yemen. on saturday a cargo vessel, the rubymar, sank after taking on water two weeks after it was hit by a houthi missile. the iranian—backed houthis have been targeting ships in the area for months in protest at israel's offensive in the gaza strip. 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. our political correspondent harry farley reports. all eyes on this man. jeremy hunt is facing calls from some for more money in defence or housing. others want tax cuts. the chancellor was giving little away as he arrived 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. jeremy hunt is under enormous pressure from his own mp to deliver tangible tax cuts, ones that people feel in their pockets. many conservative backbenchers see this week, when the chancellor steps out of number 11 downing street to deliver his budget, as the last opportunity before a general election to close the gap between their party and labour. so if the chancellor does cut taxes, would labour reverse them to have more money to spend? we think the tax burden should be lower. we think the tax burden is too high. it is set to be the highest in 70 years. we have also been clear that we would only want to see taxes cut in a responsible way and we want to make sure we get the economy growing because that is the way to make people better off and to make sure public services

have the funding they need. 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 this government has faced. there is always expectation management ahead of budgets, but the indications are that jeremy hunt won't be able to make the sweeping giveaways he perhaps hoped. harry farley, bbc news. 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. 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. our reporter nickjohnson explained more. well, we know that this happened well within french waters. we know now it actually happened on a canal some 30 kilometres or so from the coastline itself. we have seen footage of that canal in question. the water level is very high, it is a wide waterway. it's flanked on one side by forests and on the other by some homes. we've also seen footage of emergency services appearing to be by the bow of a small white boat which is jutting up from the water line and alongside that as well belongings strewn all over the tow path. the authorities in france say that the boat was just too small for the number of people. 16, they say, that were trying to board it, and it capsized as people were getting on board. they say that that seven—year—old

died at the scene. they also say that a person walking by raised the alarm and that there were other children on the boat as well. other siblings of the girl as well as other adults and other children, and that they are all being cared for in a hospital in dunkirk. we have also heard from the french prosecutor for the region who says that several people are now in custody in relation to this incident and they are looking at possible charges of manslaughter and people smuggling. we've also heard from the mayor of the town that that canal dissects and he says that he has seen a lot more incidents of these small boats trying to set off further inland and he says that that is because he thinks that they are trying to avoid the surveillance that you would get at the larger port towns of calais and they are trying to move to avoid that kind of surveillance but he does say as well that the boat is that they're using are clearly not suitable

for that waterway journey, let alone the journey out into the channel. out into the channel. now, this is the third fatality we have had of people trying to class the english channel this year and the uk government says that last year nearly 30,000 people reached britain on that channel crossing. the number of people killed in a drone strike on the southern ukrainian city of odesa on saturday has risen to 12. rescuers, who are still searching the rubble of the residential building, have pulled out the bodies of another two children, bringing the total to five. among the dead were two infants less than a year old. hundreds of supporters of the late russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, are queueing for a third consecutive day to visit his grave in moscow. mourners have added more red, white and yellow flowers to the pile on the grave which is now almost two metres high. mr navalny was buried on friday after dying at an arctic prison colony last month. his wife and supporters have accused

the kremlin of killing him. iranian media says that results so far in friday's elections show that hardliners and conservatives have won most of the seats. with ballots still being counted, it also still looks as if the turnout will be the lowest in the history of the islamic republic. the bbc�*s caroline davies was given rare permission to report from inside iran, and has been speaking to people there. iran is yet to announce its official results for the election but there are still some early indications from state media about turnout. this from one of the state newspapers. here it says, the turnout is 41% across the country. and here, in the capital tehran, it is at 24%. now, these figures have not been finalised yet but if these are correct, 41% is thought to be a historically low turnout for iran during these parliamentary elections. it is difficult to get a sense here in iran about exactly how people are feeling. many people don't want to speak to foreign media, particularly on camera.

we were able to speak to a few about what life is like in the country at the moment. translation: conditions are really hard here. - we don't have income. we don't have work. the cost of living is high. elections happened on friday. do you think that might change anything? translation: no, i i don't have any hope. there has been a lot of elections but the situation hasn't really changed. iran's authorities have given no indication that they are concerned by this low turnout figure. in fact, some have already started calling these elections a success. but throughout the course of our reporting here, it has been clear that many people in iran don't feel engaged with politics, and didn't feel like they wanted to vote because they didn't think anything was going to change. masih alinejad is a iranian journalist and women's rights activist. i asked her about her reactions to this elections. in my country don't call it election, it is a selection. and for that, i to say that

election, it is a selection. and for that, ito say that iranian people boycotted the election. it became the law is to turn out in the history after the islamic revolution, and it is a big embarrassment for them and the gang of killers. cricket is not a fair and free election, it is a competition between the killers, the murderers, and iranian women actually sent a clear message to the rest of the board that we want an urn for islamic republic. this is a gender apartheid routine, and an election is not going to bring any change. election is not going to bring any chance. ., , , change. you see it is embarrassing for the government _ change. you see it is embarrassing for the government there. - change. you see it is embarrassing for the government there. well - change. you see it is embarrassing for the government there. well it i for the government there. well it make any difference other than cause some embarrassment, the turnout estimated at 34%. you said people are boycotting these selections. for that lead to any change? {iii are boycotting these selections. for that lead to any change? of course, it ave that lead to any change? of course, it gave hepe — that lead to any change? of course, it gave hepe to _ that lead to any change? of course, it gave hope to the _ that lead to any change? of course, it gave hope to the people - that lead to any change? of course, it gave hope to the people of - that lead to any change? of course, it gave hope to the people of iran. | it gave hope to the people of iran. this election only has one winner,

the people of iran. but at the same time we have to say that the international community play an important role come on people in iran have been trying to send a message to the rest of the world. the democratic countries must understand that they can'tjust negotiate with one of the most unstable regimes, that even i don't have votes within the country. even those who supported the islamic republic the reformist groups, so—called, they boycotted the election. from now on, ithink so—called, they boycotted the election. from now on, i think the democratic countries must take a strong action to help civil society in the country to end the islamic republic, and believe me a secular democracy in iran will benefit the rest of the bill. i am calling the leaders of democratic countries, the members of the states, to help iranian women campaign to classify gender apartheid in all international laws. that will help the people of iran see the end to

this murderous resume.- the people of iran see the end to this murderous resume. these are the first election — this murderous resume. these are the first election since _ this murderous resume. these are the first election since the _ this murderous resume. these are the first election since the death _ this murderous resume. these are the first election since the death of- first election since the death of mahsa amini, which is part of his protests, demonstrations, all across the country. she died in custody after being arrested for not wearing after being arrested for not wearing a hijab correctly in public. you have spoken about a gender apartheid in iran. this process of suing dozens of people killed, hundreds in prison, who have been taken to the streets. again, such a difficult time for the young people of iran, for all the people iran who want to see change. what effect do you feel those protests have had? it see change. what effect do you feel those protests have had?— those protests have had? it 'ust breaks my fl those protests have had? it 'ust breaks my heart i those protests have had? it 'ust breaks my heart when i those protests have had? it 'ust breaks my heart when we h those protests have had? itjust breaks my heart when we talk l those protests have had? iiiidlsii breaks my heart when we talk about hundreds of people being killed, but at the same time, none of these murderers being punished by the western countries. let's be very clear, she is in charge of killing women for the crime ofjust walking unveiled. but at the same time inviting women to go and vote while

being unveiled, saying, come and vote for us, it doesn't matter whether you cover your hair. that resume must be held accountable. —— that regime. 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. the french embassy in haiti says armed gangs have helped a number of inmates to escape from the main prison in the capital port—au—prince. gangs aiming to oust the prime minister ariel henry currently control 80% of port—au—prince. a police union has appealed

to police and military personnel with cars, weapons and ammunition to go there to help reinforce the prison. the embassy has advised against travel in and around the capital. to the united states... donald trump has told supporters that he is "on a rocket to the republican nomination" for this year's election. it's after he overwhelmingly won primaries in three more states, edging closer to becoming the party's official candidate in this year's election. the former us president convincingly beat his only rival, nikki haley, in what are known as caucuses in michigan, missouri, and idaho. mr trump addressed a rally of supporters in virginia after the wins, with the contests taking place just days before what's known as super tuesday, when 15 states and one territory will vote. with your help, we will win big on super tuesday, and this november virginia is going to tell crooked joe biden, "you're fired!" "you're fired, get out of here!" get out of here, get out of the white house.

amber phillips is a politics reporter for the washington post. i spoke with her earlier and started by asking if haley could win the dc primary. if she wins this district here in washington, dc, i don't know if we could even say she's won a state before she drops out. and i feel like that's the main question everyone's asking, is this week could be decisive for donald trump and winning the primary. and it's possible nikki haley, even if she does well here in washington dc, where there's more more elite republicans and liberal republicans, she might not win an actual state at all in this primary and she might have to drop out by tuesday or wednesday. yeah. and given that, in what way do you think this result could be decisive? i mean, hasn't she pretty much already lost anyway? is there anything she could do to change things around at this point? no. short of an absolute political world turning upside down on its head, there's nothing she can do right now. and the reason this week is likely to be decisive is because more than a dozen states

vote on one day in tuesday. that's called super tuesday here in america. and there are more than 900 delegates up for grabs. you need about 1200 delegates, or a little bit more, to win the republican nomination. and if donald trump does well on super tuesday, as we expect him to, he could be just weeks away. just a couple of proforma wins away from being the nominee. and nikki haley has indicated, if not flat out said, she's just going to run through super tuesday to give voters a choice. and then i've talked to republican strategists who say it's very hard to see how she continues on if she doesn't win a single state. why do you think she's carried on the fight to this point? it's a great question. it's perplexing. there's a couple of different reasons. one would be she is propelled

by donors and supporters who feel like this is the last stand against donald trump. if he wins the nomination, he will absolutely take over the republican party. and we've always we've already seen in many bits and pieces these past couple of weeks of him executing that republican takeover. and so i think she's just got wealthy, elite republicans whispering in her ear, keep going, keep going, keep going. the second reason might be that donald trump has a chance, more than any other modern presidential nominee, or, excuse me, presidential candidate to implode. right? he's facing 91 criminal charges. he was supposed to start trial this week for the big one, january 6, but he's successfully delayed that. so she could have been hanging around hoping that things would implode and she would be the next likely option. that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. it seems like donald trump is going to cruise to the nomination this week. yeah. and given that, so a likely run off between president biden and former president trump. what do you think?

what's the kind of mood music there in washington dc, about the chances of president biden securing another victory? everyone is talking about a recent poll that came out today from the new york times... excuse me, this weekend, that shows a couple of different major warning signs for president biden. one of them being he's trailing trump in key states, as other as other polls have shown. and then he's losing working—class voters of color, which were key part of his base in 2020. and then, finally — this is the really concerning part — that as democrats i've talked to and i'm sure the white house very nervous, is that a majority of his voters in 2020 think he's too old and shouldn't be doing thejob. now, there's no indication he's going to step down, but this comes from a new york times siena college poll, and it echoes other data we've been seeing over the past couple of weeks. so i would say the mood here in washington is a lot

of nervousness among democrats that president biden may fail to keep trump out of the white house. police in the german capital, berlin, have arrested two men suspected of being members of the far—left group, the red army faction. their identities have not been disclosed but more than 100 police officers had been on the ground to capture ernst— volker staub and burkhard garweg, from the militant group also known as the baader—meinhof. its members conducted a series of heists, kidnappings and murders in the 19705 and 1980s. another suspected member boards arrested last week after being on the run for 30 years. israel's public broadcaster has ordered a change to the lyrics for its entry to this year's eurovision song contest.

organisers disqualified "october rain" — which makes reference to the attacks by hamas six months ago — for breaking the competition's rules on political neutrality. israel's president has pushed for a change to the lyrics to avoid the country being left out. the public broadcaster has now asked for a redrafted version, while preserving what it calls its artistic freedom. 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. our 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...#. 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 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. stay with us here on bbc news. the brother was pretty decent for most of us on sunday, some sunshine, just a few showers, but the bulk of the evening and overnight will be generally clear, but at loose a clear spells and will have a frost as well, but like last night. the

air over us is relatively chilly, but in the coming days we will see slightly milder south—westerly winds developing, so the temperatures will creep up by a couple of degrees, nothing dramatic. the satellite picture shows where the clouds have been earlier on, but the skies have been earlier on, but the skies have been a little more clarity and hearsay. plenty of dry weather to come through the course of this evening. the winds are light as well. that will help the frost forming through the course of the net, but notice weather systems approaching south—western parts of the uk. early morning temperatures of 2 degrees discuss more decrease in plymouth, chilly enough. many major towns and cities around freezing. monday, that next weather system approaching south—western parts of the uk, and thicker clouds and outbreaks of rain. cornwall, devon, southern and south—western parts of wales, that cloud will

spread across ireland and reach belfast. further east, from is angry all the way through lincolnshire, locked, the whole of scotland, looking dry throughout list monday afternoon, with sunshine and temperatures pleasant enough at 10 degrees in edinburgh, in 11 norwich. the one will be lights on that sun is getting a little bit stronger now. choose to commit that weather front row across most areas of the uk, so spirits and spots of rain possible. by the time we get to early on tuesday, that weather front should fizzle away, and the bulk of tutor is looking dry and bright for most of us. apart from a few showers out towards the west. we could neither umbrellas briefly across wales, the midlands, western parts of scotland. temperatures about the same. the outlook, the first of the week a little bit of rain, but towards the end of the week, generally drier and brighter come on the temperatures for most of us into

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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 in a canal travelling towards the coast to cross the channel. and, as the counting continues

in iran's election — local media suggests the hardliners could have won the most seats. 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. he beat his rival, omar ayub khan, who was backed by the jailed former prime minister, imran khan. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. (1830 weekday sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun.

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