and parliament in pakistan has elected shehbaz sharif as prime ministerfor a second term. and as the counting continues in iran's election, local media suggests the hardliners could have won the most seats. we begin with the conflict in gaza — 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 ivf." 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. in the last few minutes, vice president kamala harris has been speaking about the war in gaza. let's hear from her. she started on the humanitarian situation, calling on gaza to allow more aid into —— calling on israel to allow more aid into gaza.

they must ensure humanitarian personnel and convoys are not targeted, and they must work to restore basic services and promote order in gaza so more food, water and fuel can reach those in need. as i have said repeatedly since october seven, israel has a right to defend itself, and presidentjoe biden and i are unwavering in our commitment to israel's security. hamas cannot control gaza. the threat hamas poses to the people of israel must be eliminated. hamas is a brutal terrorist organisation that has vowed to repeat october seven again and again until israel is annihilated. hamas has shown no regard for innocent life, including for the people of gaza, who have

suffered under its rule for almost two decades. hamas still holds dozens of hostages, for nearly 150 days now, innocent men and women, including american citizens, who were brutally taken from their homes and from a concert. i will repeat, the threat of hamas poses to israel must be eliminated, and given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. she also said that there is a deal on the table, and hamas needs to agree to that deal. she said a six—week ceasefire would get hostages out and get a significant amount of aid in. we'rejoined now live by gina abercrombie—winstanley,

former us ambassador to malta and president at the middle east policy council. welcome to you. thank you for being with us. what do you make of the vice president's words in the last few minutes? i vice president's words in the last few minutes?— vice president's words in the last few minutes? i found her speaking with a great _ few minutes? i found her speaking with a great deal— few minutes? i found her speaking with a great deal of— few minutes? i found her speaking with a great deal of force, - few minutes? i found her speaking| with a great deal of force, strength and emphasis on both cases. of course, she started with the current situation in gaza, and she made clear that the united states government is aware of the steps that the israeli government has taken to exacerbate the situation in the gaza strip. she talked about the need for allowing order to take place, which refers to israeli targeting of palestinian policeman, because they might have contacts with hamas, even though they are trying to maintain orderfor age to get into the gaza strip. she spoke

about the restrictions that israeli officials have put on aid coming into the gaza strip, allowing israeli protesters to block aid coming in, which is anotherform of collective punishment. she talked about the targeting of gaza, and no one can look at the death and devastation of the last five months and not realise or go back to the initial statement of the israeli prime minister, when he spoke about israeli vengeance on the gaza strip. now, that aside, she spoke very forcefully about their need of hamas to step up and do the things necessary to get their ceasefire in place. she called them out absolutely correctly on the initial attack, on the lack of concern for the fact that that attack led to the israeli retaliation. so she was very

strong on both sides, making clear that the united states still once a ceasefire to take place and to take place soon. fix, ceasefire to take place and to take place soon-— ceasefire to take place and to take lace soon. �* , ., , ., place soon. a member of the israeli war cabinet — place soon. a member of the israeli war cabinet is _ place soon. a member of the israeli war cabinet is travelling _ place soon. a member of the israeli war cabinet is travelling to - war cabinet is travelling to washington and meeting with the vice president yesterday at the us secretary of state on tuesday. what do you make of the fact that he is coming to washington and having these meetings? what is the significance of that, and what you both sides want from that? we have to be careful — both sides want from that? we have to be careful about _ both sides want from that? we have to be careful about what _ both sides want from that? we have to be careful about what we - both sides want from that? we have to be careful about what we mean i to be careful about what we mean with both sides, insofar as the prime and has said that the proper channels were not followed in having him come to the united states. but mr netanyahu is familiar with that, because he certainly became during the obama administration without following the channels. they are

looking for a way to lower the temperature between the united states and israel. when you think about the full throated support, even today, the vice president reiterated, for her and the president for israel and israelis, there is a very strong criticism of how israel has conducted this attack in the gaza strip. he is coming to see if he can help, if he can lower the temperature between the sides. the united states is interesting in doing that as well, and the way the united states sees that going forward is getting a ceasefire put in place, and we will see whether he can help. it in place, and we will see whether he can hel. , , in place, and we will see whether he can hel-. , , ., in place, and we will see whether he can hel. , , ., , can help. it seems that the sticking oint, as can help. it seems that the sticking point. as far _ can help. it seems that the sticking point. as far as _ can help. it seems that the sticking point, as far as israel— can help. it seems that the sticking point, as far as israel is _ point, as far as israel is concerned, the naming of the hostages that hamas is willing to hand over, because it doesn't seem clear which of them is still alive. that exact right. and it will be

very important as to why hamas has not exceeded to this request. there will be two reasons for that, either the news will not be good and hamas is reluctant to have that out there before the deal is done, or, harking back to the fact that we all understand that hamas may not control or have full knowledge of all of the hostages that are in the gaza strip, remembering that other groups took hostages as well as hamas, so they may not be able to provide the information that the israelis want, or there are reasons for them to withhold it. but they need the ceasefire as much as any of the sites need the ceasefire. and the sites need the ceasefire. and very much _ the sites need the ceasefire. and very much for— the sites need the ceasefire. and very much for the _ the sites need the ceasefire. and very much for the biden administration, politically, at home, they need a ceasefire as well. absolutely. this hasjust gone home, they need a ceasefire as well. absolutely. this has just gone from

bad to worse. it's clearly taking a toll on the president's political standing. i don't think it will have an effect in november, but it is something the administration is watching very carefully, increasing numbers of americans are dissatisfied with the way the israeli government is prosecuting this war. keeping in mind that the united states warned them from the beginning, the president said, we made mistakes, do not make the same ones. there is nobody who believes that the government of israel has a clear way forward at this point, and it is making a hash of it for everyone. it is making a hash of it for everyone-— it is making a hash of it for everyone. it is making a hash of it for eve one. . ~' i., ., ., everyone. 0k, thank you for “oining us and for yourfi everyone. 0k, thank you for “oining us and for your analysis. _ everyone. 0k, thank you forjoining us and for your analysis. thank - everyone. 0k, thank you forjoining| us and for your analysis. thank you. 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 trampled to death and injured as they charged 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. 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 now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. manchester city are back to within a point of liverpool at the top of the english premier league after coming from behind to win the manchester derby. 18 goals now for phil foden this season, he scored twice, turning the game around after marcus rashford had given united the lead. erling haaland wrapped up a 3—1 win in stoppage time. the result means if city beat liverpool when both sides play at anfield next sunday, they'll go top, but manager pep guardiola didn't want to talk too much about the title race afterwards — instead paying tribute to his star striker foden. he is the best player right now in the premier league. with the amount of things he does, he is unbelievable. i think he loves to play football,

he lives for football. with weight training sessions and playing games. it is a joy, and of course his work ethic is unbelievable. two, iwould say, defining moments, when we almost made a breakthrough. we consideed the first goal and also the second goal was a defining moment. then you are disappointed. we have to accept it, but it is what it is. still, i think we had the opportunity to at least get one point, but also the win was possible. vincent kompany�*s burnley remain joint bottom of the premier league, 11 points from safety, after defeat at home to bournemouth. andoni iraola's side 2—0 winners at turf moor with antoine semenyo with their second goal. the victory moves them 11 points clear of the bottom three.

in the end, winning or losing, i have _ in the end, winning or losing, i have been— in the end, winning or losing, i have been in the game long enough to note that _ have been in the game long enough to note that we don't always control that output, that final ball that puts into — that output, that final ball that puts into the back of the net. you have _ puts into the back of the net. you have to _ puts into the back of the net. you have to rely — puts into the back of the net. you have to rely on your players to turn the comet — have to rely on your players to turn the corner. that is really important. bayer leverkusen are ten points clear at the top of the german bundesliga, after victory in their derby at cologne. jeremie frimpong and alex grimaldo scored the goals in a 2—0 win which makes it 2a games unbeaten in the league for xabi alonso's side. in the day's other game, hoffenheim have beaten werder bremen 2—0, both goals for max beier in the first half. in spain, girona have lost more ground in the title race after being beaten 1—0 in mallorca — seven points behind the leaders real madrid they remain. barcelona can go second if they beat

athletic bilbao in the late game, it's 0—0 there. earlier atletico madrid, in fourth, beat real betis 2—1, alvaro morata with their second while alexander shorlot scored a hattrick as villarel thrashed second from bottom granada 5—1. it's the final day of competition at the world athletics indoor championships — with medals to be decided in the 800m, and 1500m in glasgow... earlier, thea lafond won gold in the women's triple jump, recording 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. lafond is the dominican republic's first 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.

you can follow more on that on the bbc sport website as that comes to a close in the next hour. that is the sport for now. 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. 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 girl 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. turning to with the war in ukraine, berlin says the leaking of german military discussions about aid to ukraine is a russian hybrid attack and part of its information war. audio of the meeting was posted to social media by the head of russia's state—run rt channel. in the leaked recordings, senior military officers discuss giving ukraine long—range taurus missiles, and also possible targets. so far germany has refused delivering the arms to ukraine, fearing it would lead to an escalation of the conflict.

here's germany's defence minister, boris pistorius, speaking at a press conference earlier. translation: it is part of an information war i that putin is waging. there is absolutely no doubt about that. it is a hybrid attack, aimed at disinformation. it is about division, it is about undermining our resolve. for more on this, let's cross over to berlin to speak to matthew karnitschnig, who is politico's chief europe correspondent. welcome. thank you for being with us. we heard the defence minister refer to this as an attack. how are they likely to respond? for now, it seems like the germans are trying to figure out what happened and how it happened, to be honest. it looks like they were quite easy prey, because this is something that the russians are obviously no tory is for, they have been doing it for decades, going back to soviet times, and every now again, they will put out something that they have picked up through

their various eavesdropping operations. some people might remember some years ago a senior american diplomat was overheard saying very unkind things about the europeans, that the russians then put out on youtube. but this time they put it out via rt, the russian propaganda broadcaster, to really leave no doubt in anyone's mind about where it came from. if indeed the were about where it came from. if indeed they were easy _ about where it came from. if indeed they were easy prey. _ about where it came from. if indeed they were easy prey, how— about where it came from. if indeed | they were easy prey, how significant is this league? what kind of challenges and issues does it throw up challenges and issues does it throw up for the german government? it is ruite up for the german government? it 3 quite significant and quite embarrassing, especially for the chancellor, because just last week, he more or less categorically ruled out sending these cruise missiles to ukraine, arguing that to do so would require germany to send german troops into ukraine itself, in other words, into the theatre of war, and he was worried about germany being sucked into the conflict. during this conversation, which included

the head of the german air force, the head of the german air force, the senior military officials contradicted that and suggested that that would not be necessary. so the chancellor has a lot of explaining to do, and the opposition is calling for an investigation, saying he has lost credibility on this question of arming ukraine. find lost credibility on this question of arming ukraine.— lost credibility on this question of arming ukraine. and what extent is berlin bracing _ arming ukraine. and what extent is berlin bracing itself _ arming ukraine. and what extent is berlin bracing itself for _ arming ukraine. and what extent is berlin bracing itself for the - berlin bracing itself for the possibility of more leaks? i think that is the big — possibility of more leaks? i think that is the big fear _ possibility of more leaks? i think that is the big fear right - possibility of more leaks? i think that is the big fear right now, - that is the big fear right now, because this might not have been a one—off. it is particularly embarrassing because it looks as if there were some mps this evening suggesting that the russian simply called into this video conference. it was a video conference on the web, and many military officers did not realise that there was a russian also party to this conversation, which raises the question of whether e—mails were hacked to get the number, it is not clear. they will have to be a reckoning in the

military and beyond in germany in terms of their communication protocols going forward. it is potentially — protocols going forward. it is potentially quite _ protocols going forward. it is potentially quite significant for the government and the military in particular? the government and the military in articular? , ., ., , particular? there is no doubt, there will be repercussions _ particular? there is no doubt, there will be repercussions for _ particular? there is no doubt, there will be repercussions for this. - particular? there is no doubt, there will be repercussions for this. it - will be repercussions for this. it is not a secret that the german military does not have the best reputation, it is seen as an also—ran in europe, they have had a number of espionage scandals in recent years, with german military officers working with the russians, allegedly. so this is a another indication that the germans have a long way to go. {lilia indication that the germans have a long way to 90-— indication that the germans have a long way to go— long way to go. 0k, thank you for “oininr long way to go. 0k, thank you for joining us- _ a reminder of our top story, mediators and hamas are in the egyptian capital, cairo, for talks on a new ceasefire, as israel is reported to be demanding reassurances on hostages' fate before attending.

an unnamed us official says that israel has more or less accepted the deal, but israel says that hamas are refusing to say which hostages are still alive. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. the weather was pretty decent for most of us on sunday. some sunshine, just a few showers here and there. but i think the bulk of the evening and overnight, across the uk, will be generally clear or at least clear spells. and we'll have a frost as well, a bit like last night. now the air over us is relatively chilly, but in the coming days we'll see slightly milder south—westerly winds developing across the uk. so those temperatures will creep up, butjust by a couple of degrees. no more than that, nothing dramatic. hello.

the weather was pretty decent for most of us on sunday. the satellite picture shows where the clear skies have been earlier on. but notice that towards the east and the north, the skies have been a little more cloudy, a little more hazy. so plenty of dry weather to come through the course of this evening. the winds are light as well. that's going to help the frost forming through the course of the night. but notice the weather systems approaching south western parts of the uk. we'll talk about that in just a second. early morning temperatures, two degrees in plymouth. chilly enough, but look at this, many major towns and cities across the uk, around freezing or even below, right in city centres. so here's the weather map for monday is that the next weather system approaching south western parts of the uk, introducing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain certainly through the morning, cornwall, devon, southern and southwestern parts of wales. that cloud and rain will also spread across ireland, reach belfast eventually, but the bulk of the country further east from east anglia, all the way through lincolnshire, yorkshire, the whole of scotland looking dry through at least monday afternoon, with sunshine and temperatures pleasant enough i suppose —

10 degrees in edinburgh, 11 in norwich. the winds will be light and, of course, that sun's getting just a little bit stronger now. but through the course of monday evening into tuesday, that weather front will cross most areas of the uk. so spits and spots of rain are possible. but by the time we get to early on tuesday, that weather front should die a death, as we often say. it'll fizzle away and the bulk of tuesday again is looking dry and bright for most of us, apart from a few showers out towards the west here. so we could need our brolly briefly across wales, the midlands, maybe western parts of scotland, temperatures about the same — 10 degrees celsius. how about the outlook for the week ahead? i think the first half of the week, a little bit of rain there in the south—west, but then towards the end of the week, it's going to be generally, ithink, drierand brighter and the temperatures for most of us into double figures.

will will 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. speaking in the last hour, us vice president kamala harris called for an immediate ceasefire. given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. a seven—year—old girl has drowned after a small boat carrying migrants heading to the uk capsized in northern france near

the city of dunkirk. 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, it looks like the turnout will be the lowest in the history of the islamic republic. local media suggests the hardliners could have won the most seats. hello, i'm samantha simonds. israel's public broadcaster has requested changes to the lyrics of a song submitted for this year's eurovision contest. organisers barred "october rain" by eden golan last week, for breaking rules on political neutrality. the song sparked controversy due to lyrics which are an apparent reference to the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. they read... the reference to flowers is significant, according to the israel hayom newspaper,

as it is military slang for war fatalities. and these are the other set of lyrics that are being scrutinised. israel has won the eurovision song contest four times before, and was the first non—european country to participate. to discuss this i am joined by eurovision expert adrian bradley. adrian, welcome to you, good to have you with us. just explain to us what the rules are and why this song and its lyrics appeared to reach them. yes, it has a long—standing rule that current affairs, politics are not allowed to be referenced in lyrics for eurovision songs. it's come up a number of years, and different countries look for different countries look for different ways to get around it, but the feeling was, with, and again, we don't know... the original song has

not been released yet by israel, but the lyrics were leaked so the broadcaster published in full one of the songs, 0ctober rain. the suggestion being that the references to the attacks by hamas and references to the conflict going on were being seen as too political. so they asked israel to change the lyrics to that and be under stand out that israel submitted two songs, the song became second was called gone forever. both of those songs are looking at changing the lyrics to both of them to see if they would be acceptable. you to both of them to see if they would be acceptable-— be acceptable. you suggested there that this has — be acceptable. you suggested there that this has happened _ be acceptable. you suggested there that this has happened before - be acceptable. you suggested there that this has happened before so i that this has happened before so it's not setting a precedent, is that? , ., ,, it's not setting a precedent, is that? , . , ., , , ., , it's not setting a precedent, is that? , ., ., , , ., , ., that? this has happened a number of times. that? this has happened a number of times- most — that? this has happened a number of times. most recently _ that? this has happened a number of times. most recently belarus - that? this has happened a number of times. most recently belarus in - that? this has happened a number of times. most recently belarus in 2021 | times. most recently belarus in 2021 submitted a song that was seen as anti—democracy protests in the country. they were asked to rewrite

the straw song, they rewrote the song and that was also deemed unacceptable so they didn't take part in 2021, they didn't submit any further changes, didn't meet the deadline. previous to that, a couple of countries have changed their lyrics from armenia in 2015 entered a song called don't deny, and neighbouring countries azerbaijan and turkey were saying it was denials of the armenian genocide. so they claimed that it was just a love song,it they claimed that it was just a love song, it wasn't about that, as well. it changed. also in 2005, your current had a song... apologies on my pronunciation there. it was kind of the theme song of the orange protests in ukraine, and the original lyrics of the song even referenced the prime minister as

well, so they did rewrite those lyrics in order to get it passed by the eb, so they change the lyrics to those removal of those very clear political references to what was going on, that is not that version of the song you can find online, and thatis of the song you can find online, and that is what they entered. some countries have changed, other counselling georgia in 2009, refused to. they put in a song called we aren't going to put in, i song critical about the russian leader, the lyrics throughout his well made it quite clear, and refuse to change their lyrics, said they made a stand about it and didn't take part. there've been precedents both ways. israel does appear to want to be able to do whatever it can to stay in the competition, and it does seem willing to change at this moment, they? willing to change at this moment, the ? ., , ., ., ._ willing to change at this moment, the ? ., , ., ., ., they? from the statement today, that does seem to — they? from the statement today, that does seem to be _ they? from the statement today, that does seem to be the _ they? from the statement today, that does seem to be the case. _ they? from the statement today, that does seem to be the case. the - does seem to be the case. the broadcaster talked about how the president of israel has said that

they want to, that they need to find a way to take part, because originally, the broadcaster said they absolutely wouldn't change the lyrics. so today it is very much a change of position from the israeli broadcaster. what we don't know, we have not seen any lyrics of the second, so we don't know if those lyrics were controversial or not, and we have not seen yet details as to what they changed it to or what they might change it to. the broadcaster says they are going to publish the song on sunday evening on tv, i believe at 930 israel time on tv, i believe at 930 israel time on sunday evening. next sunday, that's the tenth. that's an important date because the 11th is the absolute deadline where you have to have your song approved by the pbe ready to go. we should know next weekend one way or another whether or not they have a song that they would allow to complete. ==

would allow to complete. -- complete- — would allow to complete. —— complete. thank you very much for your expertise and taking us through that. 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 a1% 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, a1% 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. translation: the value of our currency keeps - going down on a daily basis, which is causing inflation and puts a lot of pressure on the iranian people. but the security situation is good. it is stable. 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. iranian journalist and women's rights activist masih alinejad shared with me her views

on the election. in my country, iran, we don't call it election. it is a selection. and for that, i have to say that iranian people boycotted the election. it became the lowest turnout in the history after the islamic revolution. and it is a big embarrassment for ali khamenei and his gang of killers, because it's not it's not fair and free election. it is a competition between the killers, the murderers and iranian women actually send a clear message to the rest of the world that we want an end for islamic republic. this is a gender apartheid regime. an election is not going to bring any change. you say it's embarrassing for the government there. will it make any difference other than caused some embarrassment? as you said, the turnout estimated around 34%, very low. you said people are boycotting these elections. will that boycott

lead to any change? of course, first of all, it gave hope. the people of iran. this election has only one winner, the people of iran. but at the same time, we have to say that the international community play important role and like people in iran have been trying to send a message to the rest of the world. so here we are now. the democratic countries must understand that they cannotjust negotiate with one of the most unstable regime that even don't have the votes within the country. even those who supported the islamic republic, the reformist group, so—called reformist group, they boycotted the election. so from now on, i think the democratic countries must take a strong action to help the civil society within the country to end the islamic republic. and believe me, a secular democracy in iran will benefit the rest of the world. so here i am. i'm calling the leaders of democratic country, the free world, the members of the states to help iranian women's campaign to classify gender apartheid in all international laws

that how people of iran will see an end to this murderous regime. it remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries of all time — but now, there are hopes of a renewed search for malaysia airlines flight mh 370. it's nearly ten years since the boeing jet travelling from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished — with 239 people on board. relatives of the passengers and crew have been taking part in an annual remembrance event today. malaysia's transport minister told them he would try to work with an american ocean exploration company, to begin a new search for the missing plane. some debris has been found in recent years, but the cause of the plane's disappearance still isn't known. to the united states donald trump has told supporters 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 winds, 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. she told me what the outcome in dc could mean for nikki haley. 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 — on tuesday. that's called super tuesday here in america. and there are more than 900 delegates up for grabs. you need about 1,200 delegates 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. political strategists here in washington... 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 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 is 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 sixth, 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 polls have shown. and then he's losing working class voters of colour, 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 is very nervous — is that a majority of his voters in 2020 think he's too old and shouldn't be doing the job. now, there's no indication he's going to step down, but this comes from a new york times sienna 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. staying 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 at, we're up at like 3,000m, so we're super high up in elevation. and ,on average, most years we'll see somewhere around 1000cm 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, you know, like, we wait for... especially one like myself,

that 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 neighborhood, 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 any other emergency services in danger. however, as a professional photographer, these are the storms that we dream of being able to capture. here, regulated railfares, which include most season tickets, have gone up by nearly 5% today in england and wales — even though train cancellations are close to their highest levels in a decade. the fare increases are above the rate of inflation, but the department for transport says the move will help invest in the network. our business correspondent, marc ashdown has more. all right? hi, can i have a return? today's price rises cover about half the tickets available to buy, including most travel cards and season tickets. at preston station, passengers were left mulling yet another increase in costs.

we have no choice. we don't drive, so this is our choice. we do think, for the service you get, and it is going up 5%, i do think that is a bit rich. we have got the highest prices in europe by far and for it to go up again is outrageous. i am a student so i don't really- have a lot of money anyway and this is my main way to get home. so i guess it's like, i can't really afford to go home as much. - so what can rail passengers expect? 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 £331; per 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 what it could have been and will help to keep investing in the railways. but there is concern that putting prices up could deter some people

from using a greener mode of travel. so, the government has choices to make. it has decided to freeze fuel duty for the past 13 years while raising rail fares every year. that does not 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 insist it is doing all it can to keep a lid on prices but the tuc said rail fares are amongst the highest anywhere in europe. marc ashdown, bbc news. a month ago, sinn fein's michelle o'neill gfx became the first o'neill became the first nationalist to be appointed first minister of northern ireland. that has prompted increased debate about the prospect of a united ireland. census data suggests there are now more people from a catholic background than protestant — but polls suggest most voters are against constitutional change. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports.

northern ireland has changed — statistically, politically, and physically. lurgan is one of the towns which has grown amidst evolving population trends. the first irish nationalist to be mayor of the area in 1999 has seen a major difference. one of the big changes for me were there were absolutely no—go areas in terms of canvassing. there were areas where you just would have been frightened, quite frankly, to go into. that's no longer the case. 25 years ago, did a united ireland feel achievable at all, then? many people wouldn't have thought of it ever being within reach within their lifetime, and i think now it is in our lifetime. the good friday peace agreement, which largely ended the conflict here in 1998, sets out a legal pathway to a referendum on irish unity. it says the british government shall call a referendum if at any time it appears likely that a majority in northern ireland would vote to leave the uk

and join a united ireland. in the strongly unionist mourne view estate, people think the idea of breaking up the uk is far—fetched. there's no talk of that whatsoever around here. what are people talking about? people are talking about affording the rates, affording their...shopping every week. some people look at the likes of census figures, election results, and will say there is a move towards a referendum on northern ireland's status in the uk. what do you think about that? i don't think i'll see it in my lifetime. i'm near positive i'll not see it. a relatively new dynamic is that almost one in five voters now support parties which are neither unionist or nationalist. polling also suggests a rise in people identifying as something between only british or irish. ok, so, we're going to take it from, "come out, come out, _ wherever you are," so can everybody |this side go that way and everybodyl this side go this way? at this cross—community theatre

group, actors think the future of northern ireland won't be decided just by issues of national identity. it is not a matter of, "oh, i grew up this way, so therefore i have to go that way." or, "i know this person, so i have to go that way." i think it is much more, "i am interested in securing a future for myself and my family and my friends." we need to stop thinking about the divide itself and thinking more about what we can do in the area that we're in and how we can improve that. it's being able to identify we are i different in lots of different ways. it doesn't just come down - to whether you're irish or british. there's lots of things to mix up - and we need to appreciate everybody, for all of our differences and celebrate that. - no—one can be sure what scenes will play out in the coming years. the uk government says it sees no realistic prospect of a referendum, but others believe they can sense a shifting big picture. chris page, bbc news, lurgan. 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. 0ur music correspondent mark savage was there. this was raye's night. # a little context if you care to listen. . . #_ ..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. |# 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...# 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. hello. the weather was pretty decent for most of us on sunday. some sunshine, just a few showers here and there. but i think the bulk of the evening and overnight, across the uk, will be generally clear or at least clear spells. and we'll have a frost as well, a bit like last night. now the air over us is relatively chilly, but in the coming days we'll see slightly milder south—westerly winds developing across the uk. so those temperatures will creep up, butjust by a couple of degrees. no more than that, nothing dramatic. the satellite picture shows where the clear skies have been earlier on. but notice that towards the east

and the north, the skies have been a little more cloudy, a little more hazy. so plenty of dry weather to come through the course of this evening. the winds are light as well. that's going to help the frost forming through the course of the night. but notice the weather systems approaching south western parts approaching south—western parts of the uk. we'll talk about that in just a second. early morning temperatures, two degrees in plymouth. chilly enough, but look at this, many major towns and cities across the uk, around freezing or even below, right in city centres. so here's the weather map for monday is that the next weather system approaching south western parts of the uk, introducing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain certainly through the morning, cornwall, devon, southern and southwestern parts of wales. that cloud and rain will also spread across ireland, reach belfast eventually, but the bulk of the country further east from east anglia, all the way through lincolnshire, yorkshire, the whole of scotland looking dry through at least monday afternoon with sunshine and temperatures pleasant enough i suppose — ten

degrees in edinburgh, 11 in norwich. the winds will be light and of course that sun's getting just a little bit stronger now. but through the course of monday evening into tuesday, that weather front will cross most areas of the uk. so spits and spots of rain are possible. but by the time we get to early on tuesday, that weather front should die a death. as we often say — it'll fizzle away and the bulk of tuesday again is looking dry and bright for most of us, apart from a few showers out towards the west here. so we could need our brollies briefly across wales, the midlands, maybe western parts of scotland, temperatures about the same ten degrees celsius. how about the outlook for the week ahead? i think the first half of the week, a little bit of rain there in the south—west, but then towards the end of the week, it's going to be generally, ithink, drierand brighter and the temperatures for most of us into double figures.

live from london. this is bbc news. mediated talks on a gaza ceasefire appear to have stalled — israel is reported not to be sending a delegation to cairo. given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire. a seven—year—old girl has drowned after a small boat carrying migrants heading to the uk capsized in northern france.

12 people are now known to have been killed in a russian drone attack on 0desa on saturday. rescue workers continuing. —— rescue work is continuing. we begin with the conflict in gaza — there are reports of a hold—up in negotiations for a temporary ceasefire. 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. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from tel aviv.