victory to the former president. hello, i am carl nasman. us vice president kamala harris expressed deep concerns over the humanitarian situation in gaza during talks with benny gantz, a key israeli opposition figure and member of the israeli war cabinet. the white house says ms harris urged israel to increase aid flow to gaza, and come up with a "credible humanitarian plan" before any military operations in rafah. the visit has been criticised by some in benjamin netanyahu's government, who've said that as an opposition figure any commitments he made would not be binding. there are talks under way in cairo that would see a pause in operations in exchange for the release of hostages.

wyrie davies has more. one positive note from cairo is that they have gone into a second day with delegation from hamas, egypt, qatar, and the americans talking about the stability of a six or seven week ceasefire in gaza. but israel decided not to send a delegation. israel's says the preconditions it insisted upon — that hamas should provide a list of the hostages who remain alive, and those who might be exchanged in a prisoner swap, or hostage swap, with the palestinians, that wasn't forthcoming. so israel has decided not to send a delegation to cairo. that has been criticised in many parts of the israeli media, and the israeli public, as an unsustainable position. that isn't to say that had israel gone to cairo, there would be an automatic ceasefire — there would be others stumbling blocks. hamas wants the withdrawal of israeli

troops from populated areas of gaza and the citizens of gaza to be allowed to return to their home areas in northern gaza. and those are significant issues that israel might have objected to. meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in gaza is said to be increasingly dire. the israeli attacks on positions, hamas, and other positions in gaza continue, and people continue to die. according to the hamas—run health industry, over 30,000 people have been killed in gaza, most or many women and children. according to the un and other aid agencies, the humanitarian situation, particularly in northern parts of gaza, is increasingly dire, with some people facing starvation with a lack of food, lack of basic medicine. the americans, the british, and other international countries and agencies are putting increasing pressure on israel and hamas to agree this ceasefire and for more aid to be allowed in. to getan to get an idea as to whether the monday meeting will affect

military operations, i spoke to jane harman. —— she's chair of the bipartisan national defence strategy commission. i want to ask you about the meeting with vice president kamala harris and benny gantz. what do you make of it? how much influence do you think the vice president can have now on israeli policy? well, i think the meeting is quite significant. the fact that he came to the us was welcomed by the biden administration, the second most senior level. there is no way that she would have taken that meeting without the blessing of the president. he is in the war cabinet but he also was the prime minister of israel and is looked to as someone who might succeed beating netanyahu were there new elections. i think, on the face of it, it was a big deal. the fact that she is out there, on the airways, calling for a pause in — infighting, not

a permanent ceasefire, but at least a temporary ceasefire, speaks directly to me that the us strategy is to put a lot of pressure on the israeli government. i think properly. to do this. but there are some issues. i'm sure you will asked me about them. it was interesting to see — this was a speech on sunday from the vice president, who was in alabama. very forceful words. she called for an immediate ceasefire. she also said, to quote, "the israeli government must do more to increase the flow of aid — no excuses". what you make of that sort of language coming from the vice president? does it seem to you that they are ramping up the pressure on israel? i think they have been doing that for a while and i think it's the right strategy. but i want to make the point that israel's request that the list of hostages who are still alive

and the list of those who would be released and some specific terms about how many palestinian prisoners have to be released in exchange for one israeli hostage are reasonable requests. and they have not been satisfied. so that is one point. but the other point at the air drops i think are a good thing — thanks to jordan. for helping with that. thanks to egypt for helping and hosting some of the negotiations. the neighbours are now getting more involved. as i hear it, they and the us are speaking with one voice about the need to reduce the impact on innocent civilians in gaza. but i would also say israel's demands at this point seem to me to be quite reasonable. let's talk about the air drops. there has been some criticism about air drops themselves — that it isn't a very efficient way of getting aid into a zone or a

territory that needs it. is the us doing enough? we saw in the report the dire humanitarian situation. we had from the world health organization today seen the children in the north of gaza are to death. is there enough being done? no. is the us doing more? yes. with the neighbours. should there be more trucks coming in through rafah? i think so. but again, they need to be inspected for weapons. this would not be a good look if hamas were able to regroup and continue attacks. let's understand an international investigation todayjust proved that there were not only rapes and mutilations, but gang rapes of the israelis during october seven, the october seven brutal attack by hamas. so there are equities on the other side. what would i like? i would like there to be a temporary ceasefire and an exchange, a full return of the hostages, then a concrete work on the governance of gaza, plus the path to a two—state

solution. i have said repeatedly that is the only way that israel's security will be truly guaranteed, and that the palestinian dream of a homeland, which is a correct dream, under the right circumstances, will be honoured. you are a long democratic congresswoman. i want to ask you about president biden. the issue of gaza has been hanging over his head, especially from the left. there is increasing pressure for a ceasefire. do you think this is now a political necessity for the president? i think there is a lot of pressure on the president, but i also think the us position over decades since the us was the first country to recognise israel, is to support the country of israel. and i think you can do both at the same time and the president is trying to do it. the pressure is intense. the michigan vote the other day shows how many people are upset with the president. but it is early days.

it's eight months until the election. i am very hopeful there will be a short and longer term resolution of this problem well before the election. it will be a time for people to reassess what they think, maybe, for some of the anger, on both sides, to calm down. and — and the good news would be if those hostages we re returned, and at least those who were surviving, and i hope it is a lot of them, will be realised with the families, including six us hostages. those negotiations are something we will continue to watch very closely. jane harman, former us representative and chair of the bipartisan national defence strategy commission, thank you very much. thank you. picking up on a point there about sexual violence. after visiting israel, the special representative of the un secretary general said there were reasonable grounds to think that sexual violence, including rape, occurred on

october seven as a result of 0ctober seven as a result of hamas militants. october seven as a result of hamas militants.— october seven as a result of hamas militants. this follows a visit to israel _ hamas militants. this follows a visit to israel and _ hamas militants. this follows a visit to israel and the _ visit to israel and the occupied west bank by the special representative of the un secretary general. the team she went with says its visit wasn't intended or mandated to be investigative in nature, thatis be investigative in nature, that is very different body. but the objective was to gather and verify allegations. the un team said it met israeli national institutions and security forces, reviewed photos and footage of the october seven attacks and 0ctober seven attacks and conducted interviews with survivors. and it said despite concerted efforts to encourage any victims to come forward, that they hadn't been able to interview any. but the team said it had found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, had been committed against hostages, and there were reasonable grounds to believe that conflict related

sexual violence occurred in multiple locations on october seven. but the team also said other allegations of rape and sexual violence could not be verified or were unfounded, including the graphically publicised case of a pregnant woman whose worm was reportedly torn open and her foetus stabbed. they weren't able to establish a pattern of gentle mutilation. they said they had received comments to make complaints of sexual violence against men and women during detentions, palestinians been stopped at checkpoints. —— genital mutilation. it said it would add to confirmed allegations around sexual violence. allegations around sexual violence-— allegations around sexual

violence. . . . ' ~ the us supreme court has unanimously rejected a colorado ruling that would have removed donald trump from the the primary ballot over his role in the january 6 2021 attack on the us capitol. the decision will also apply to similar challenges to his candidacy. the rulings as individual states cannot bar candidates for the presidency under section three of the 14th amendment in the us constitution. that provision prohibits anyone who previously pledged to support the constitution as an officer of the united states from returning to office if they betrayed their oath by engaging in insurrection. section three doesn't specify who enforces it or when it should be invoked, but the conservative majority on the supreme court said that congress must act for it to take effect. i spoke with eric 0lson, an attorney on the colorado case and a former solicitor—general of laredo. thank you for joining us on bbc news. i want to ask you what your reaction was to the ruling. —— colorado.

did the supreme court make the right decision?— right decision? where disappointed - right decision? where disappointed in - right decision? where disappointed in the i right decision? where - disappointed in the bottom-line disappointed in the bottom—line conclusion that donald trump could be other ballot but we are heartened by the fact that not one of the nine justices disagreed with the findings of the courts below that found donald trump did engage in insurrection against the constitution and was responsible for the violence of january six. many options were available to the court. donald trump urge them to reverse much of the work below. they took a procedural out, so we lost, but in no way that left intact many of the findings that we were so hard to achieve below. crack many people found that very interesting that the nine justices of the supreme court opted to really stay away from theissue opted to really stay away from the issue of whether or not donald trump committed an act of insurrection, even though, as you mentioned, the state of colorado found that he did. mit? colorado found that he did. why do ou colorado found that he did. why do you think _ colorado found that he did. why do you think they stayed away from that argument? the easy

answer is _ from that argument? the easy answer is the _ from that argument? the easy answer is the facts _ from that argument? the easy answer is the facts are - answer is the facts are unassailable. it is unquestioned his planning, his role, his orchestration of the insurrection on january six. role, his orchestration of the insurrection onjanuary six. i insurrection on january six. i have to say, of course, he hasn't been convicted, yet, of any sort of accident insurrection, right? he any sort of accident insurrection, riuht? ., , �* insurrection, right? he hasn't been convicted, _ insurrection, right? he hasn't been convicted, but - insurrection, right? he hasn't been convicted, but a - been convicted, but a conviction is required under the 14th amendment. —— acts of insurrection. all that is we found is that he did engage in it and the fact that he did engage in it are overwhelming. even though he had an opportunity to put on his side the case the facts are clear. the supreme court also said it shouldn't be up to the state to determine whether or not a candidate should be on the ballot when it comes to considering an act of insurrection, but that it should be up to congress. what did you make of that? we disagree- _ did you make of that? we disagree. our— did you make of that? - disagree. our history in the united states shows that the states have tremendous power under article two of the constitution to pick the presidential electors, who then

select the president. we think the supreme court overlooked and ignored that rich history in the united states. so we disagree with the decision but we will follow it, as we all need to do in the united states, under the rule of law. we disagree with that but we will implement a going forward. a statement was issued by the three liberaljustices on the court. was this, do you think, as unanimous of a decision as it is being presented, or is there a bit more dissent within there a bit more dissent within the supreme court then we really think there might be? i think the court worked very hard to make this look unanimous. it was unanimous only in the conclusion. but the reasoning at the approach of different members of the court show a pretty significant division. i would say it is four of the justices with the three liberals, all the women, plus justice barrett, three liberals, all the women, plusjustice barrett, having a slightly different view than the five men who took a broader

view. both the court's power, and questions before it is to what might happen in the future or in different legislations. there is a big division, even though the bottom line was unanimous. so even with that big division not a single justice disagreed that donald trump was an x direction is. i want to ask you given your experience arguing a couple of cases in front of the supreme court, how do you anticipate justices will deal with the next issue when it comes to donald trump and his argument he should be granted full immunity from his actions as president? —— donald trump was a insurrectionist. president? -- donald trump was a insurrectionist.— a insurrectionist. everyone a . rees a insurrectionist. everyone agrees example _ a insurrectionist. everyone agrees example donald . a insurrectionist. everyone - agrees example donald trump and his lawyers that immunity that he seeks isn't available under the constitution. to many interesting questions are twofold. first, what if any space for immunity will they give at the us supreme court, and to how long will they take to reach a decision. they should hear in the colorado

case that they can work quickly. we hope they do the same in the immunity cases. but i think, you same in the immunity cases. but ithink, you know, donald trump has repeatedly taken very broad, very sweeping arguments to the court, and he has prevailed in any of them. none of the arguments he made in the insurrection case were adopted by the court. they adopted a very small piece of one argument. none of the broad arguments. argument. none of the broad arguments-— argument. none of the broad arguments. interesting to get our take arguments. interesting to get your take on _ arguments. interesting to get your take on this, _ arguments. interesting to get your take on this, eric- arguments. interesting to get your take on this, eric olsen, | your take on this, eric olsen, attorney on the colorado case, and former solicitor—general of the state of colorado. think you forjoining us. i the state of colorado. think you forjoining us.— you forjoining us. i really enjoyed _ you forjoining us. i really enjoyed it- _ you forjoining us. i really enjoyed it. the _ you forjoining us. i really enjoyed it. the case - you forjoining us. i really enjoyed it. the case isn't| you forjoining us. i really i enjoyed it. the case isn't the only one _ enjoyed it. the case isn't the only one facing _ enjoyed it. the case isn't the only one facing donald - enjoyed it. the case isn't the | only one facing donald trump enjoyed it. the case isn't the - only one facing donald trump as he heads into super tuesday this week. nomia iqbal is outside the supreme court with more on what is coming next. this is a big victory for donald trump it comes in a consequential week for him as far as his criminal trials go. we will find out at some point

this week if his classified documents trial in florida will go ahead and when it will go ahead. that has been delayed. as far as his georgia inspection —— georgia election interference goes, where yet to find out if the district attorney be disqualified. so this ruling has improved donald trump's legal problems, but his legal problems haven't gone away. back to the campaign trail, further notes on donald trump's presidential prospects, cbs news now projecting that donald trump has won the republican caucuses in north dakota. that gives them another 29 delegates for a total of 276. his rival, nikki haley, has 43, heading into super tuesday, which is less than about 12 hours away. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at a major story in the uk. the

british government has suffered five defeats in the house of lords over its plans to send some asylum—seekers to rwanda. they relate to such issues as to whether the country safe enough for asylum—seekers, and other matters. the government is likely to overturn these when it returns to the commons, as chris mason tells us. there is an expectation that a lot of these defeats in the house of lords will be overturned in the next couple of weeks when it returns to the house of commons. there is a chance that all of this, this possible act of parliament, becomes exactly that — the law of the land — before the month is out. the big question then is how long from then until planes are on their way to rwanda. it has been almost two years since ministers first announced the plan to censor migrants to rwanda. they argued it would deter people from travelling in small boats to the uk. in november the supreme court ruled that the plan was unlawful. no asylum—seeker has yet been sent to rwanda. you

are live with bbc news. parts of haiti are under a state of emergency and a curfew has been imposed as gang violence risks spiralling out of control. in the past few days armed gangs have stormed the two largest prisons, freeing thousands of inmates. the un says gangs control more than 80% of the haitian capital, port—au—prince, and are asking for the resignation of prime minister ariel henry. 0n on thursday he was in kenya, pushing for a un backed police force. gang violence isn't a new problem in haiti but groups that once called each other enemies are now combining forces. haiti has long been lawless and violent, but now it is getting worse. in the capital, port—au—prince, people ran for their lies as law and order broke down. thousands have fled their homes. powerful armed gangs already controlled much

of the city. yesterday they overran to prisons, feeling it is estimated about 4000 inmates. some stayed behind to avoid the shooting. translation:- avoid the shooting. translation: the right in the - resent translation: the right in the present out — translation: the right in the present put allies _ translation: the right in the present put allies at _ translation: the right in the present put allies at risk. - translation: the right in the present put allies at risk. we l present put allies at risk. we had because there was a lot of firing. we were afraid for our lives. ., . ., lives. the government declared a state of _ lives. the government declared a state of emergency _ lives. the government declared a state of emergency in - lives. the government declared a state of emergency in the - a state of emergency in the capital, with curfews in place, but they may be hard to enforce. the gangs, which often fight each other, have come together to try to oust the prime minister ariel henry. he was in nairobi, trying to persuade ken ya's president dissent police forces as part of a un security force. he is thought to be heading to haiti now. —— kenya's. but a notorious gang leader known as barbecue said the armed gangs were united. translation: irate were united. translation: we asked were united. translation: - asked the police and the military to take responsibility

and arrest ariel henry. haiti has long _ and arrest ariel henry. haiti has long experienced - has long experienced dictatorship. i has long experienced dictatorship.- has long experienced dictatorship. i have been elected for _ dictatorship. i have been elected for president - dictatorship. i have been elected for president for| dictatorship. i have been - elected for president for life. but recent years have been particularly bloodied. in 2021 the president was assassinated, leaving a political vacuum, largely filled by the gangs. killing, rape, and kidnap are widespread. elections have been promised but not held. it seems the gangs are losing patience. james landale, bbc news. earlier we heard from gina kharrazi, who works at home for abandoned children in haiti. she spoke of the fear in the country. it she spoke of the fear in the count . , , . country. it is difficult because _ country. it is difficult because everything l country. it is difficult| because everything is country. it is difficult - because everything is so up in the air and everybody is petrified with all the prisoners out now. —— gena heraty. and with the gangs having so much power and everything. nobody knows what will happen next. people are staying in areas that are surrounded by heavy, heavy, heavy gunfire. that in itself

is dramatic. police are outnumbered and out mad and we don't have much hope in the police. they are trying, some are trying very hard, and there have been so many pulleys that have been so many pulleys that have died this year. it isn't an easyjob have died this year. it isn't an easy job at have died this year. it isn't an easyjob at the moment, you know? 3 an easy “ob at the moment, you know? �* . w' an easy “ob at the moment, you know? �* . a ., an easy “ob at the moment, you know? �* . ., ., know? a check on some other stories making _ know? a check on some other stories making headlines. - know? a check on some other i stories making headlines. china has set an ambitious growth target of around 5% for this year. premier league chung made the announcement at the opening of the national people's congress on tuesday, acknowledging that china's economy had faced challenges and many hadn't been resolved. ——li qiang. it happens as china tries to reinvigorate its once booming economy. and france is the first country in the world to put the right to abortion in its constitution. the vote came 780-72 in the its constitution. the vote came 780—72 in the french parliament to guarantee the right to avoid. it was prompted in part by reproductive rights in the us, where the right to abortion

was overturned by the supreme court two years ago. parts of the uk have been treated to one of mother nature's most awe—inspiring spectacles, the northern lights putting on a show for sky watchers from the highlands, scotland, down to cornwall in england's southwest coast. the bbc has been speaking to threes photographers who captured the magic. ——3 photographers. i can magic. --3 photographers. ican describe it— magic. --3 photographers. ican describe it as _ magic. --3 photographers. ican describe it as seeing, _ magic. --3 photographers. ican describe it as seeing, like, - describe it as seeing, like, pillars of beams, white beams, shooting into the sky, when it was about its peak, at about 8:20pm last night. and i also saw pinks and greens along the horizon. i was in awe. a mixture ofjoy and tears ofjoy

as well. ——a mixture of screaming with joy and tears of m screaming with joy and tears of joy as well. screaming with 'oy and tears of joy as wen.— joy as well. last night i 'ust sat there i joy as well. last night i 'ust sat there watching �* joy as well. last night ijust sat there watching people | sat there watching people watching the northern lights and it — watching the northern lights and it made me realise how many people _ and it made me realise how many peopie are, — and it made me realise how many people are, actually, quite into— people are, actually, quite into it. _ people are, actually, quite into it. to— people are, actually, quite into it, to be honest. it was a great — into it, to be honest. it was a great night. into it, to be honest. it was a great night-— great night. we saw this amazing _ great night. we saw this amazing night _ great night. we saw this amazing night of- great night. we saw this amazing night of a - great night. we saw thisj amazing night of a said. great night. we saw this - amazing night of a said. which is a sub—aurora _ amazing night of a said. which is a sub—aurora iron _ amazing night of a said. which is a sub—aurora iron drift. - is a sub—aurora iron drift. it's — is a sub—aurora iron drift. it's a _ is a sub—aurora iron drift. it's a red _ is a sub—aurora iron drift. it's a red tower— is a sub—aurora iron drift. it's a red tower that - is a sub—aurora iron drift. i it's a red tower that appears in the — it's a red tower that appears in the sky _ it's a red tower that appears in the sky to _ it's a red tower that appears in the sky. to find _ it's a red tower that appears in the sky. to find out - it's a red tower that appears in the sky. to find out i - it's a red tower that appearsj in the sky. to find out i have caught— in the sky. to find out i have caught that _ in the sky. to find out i have caught that on _ in the sky. to find out i have caught that on camera - in the sky. to find out i have caught that on camera and l in the sky. to find out i have| caught that on camera and in in the sky. to find out i have . caught that on camera and in a picture — caught that on camera and in a picture is — caught that on camera and in a picture is fantastic. _ caught that on camera and in a picture is fantastic.— picture is fantastic. scanning photographs- _ picture is fantastic. scanning photographs. before - picture is fantastic. scanning photographs. before we - picture is fantastic. scanning photographs. before we go, | picture is fantastic. scanning l photographs. before we go, it is the salty government that made tv history, the wet shirt worn by colin firth and pride and prejudice. it is going up

for option. it is expected to get as much is $13,000. —— auction. it is being auctioned on tuesday. outfits worn by margot robbie, johnny depp, and madonna will also be auctioned off. proceeds will go to charity. i wonder if they drive the show before they put it up for auction. the show before they put it up forauction. i'll the show before they put it up for auction. i'll be back in 30 minutes. stay us on bbc news. hello. there may be a hiccup along the way, but by and large, for the rest of this week, it's looking better than it has done in recent weeks, with the tendency for most of us to be a good deal drier. things will become windier again as we go through the week — and that's because we're stuck in a bit of a tussle between high pressure building across scandinavia — high generally means dry weather — and low pressure out in the atlantic. and, whilst they try to get closer, high pressure will be the dominant feature. tuesday, however, will be a bit of a transition day of sorts. now, we start with a bit of frost across central, western england and wales, certainly frost free towards the east —

and that's because we've got a weather frontier which has become stranded as we go into the start of the day. cloud, outbreaks of rain, quite misty around hills and coasts, too. it'll sit there all day long around some coastal districts. it may brighten up a touch inland, chance of a few heavier showers and a rumble of thunder towards the far southeast, and some showers in the morning in northern ireland will work through into western scotland. elsewhere, most of you will be dry — the odd shower can't be ruled out, but it'll be quite pleasant in the sunny spells that develop. now, as we go through into tuesday night, that weather front is still there in some form. so plenty of clouds, still the chance of some light rain or drizzle, and a bit of a breeze blowing across the north and east of scotland, as we'll see through tuesday itself. but into wednesday morning, it's a case of the frost will be quite extensive again in western parts of england and wales, as well as western scotland, and maybe a bit

in northern ireland. it's here we start wednesday with the sunshine. a few showers maybe towards the far west of cornwall later on. always more cloud in northeastern england, eastern scotland, with the tendency for some drizzle on the hills. a brighter day and drier day for some other parts of eastern england, and temperatures creeping a little bit above where we should be for this stage in the year. now, as we go into wednesday night and thursday, high pressure builds a bit more and low pressure gets closer. we squeeze the isobars together more, so there'll be more of a breeze by the time we hit thursday. that will bring a bit more cloud across northern and eastern areas — the greater chance of 1—2 showers drifting in, as well. many, though, to the south and west will stay dry — and, because that wind coming in from the south easterly direction, it's these areas most favoured for the best of the sunshine. feeling a little bit cooler, especially in the cloudier spots, compared with wednesday. into friday and the weekend — a lot of dry weather to begin with, but there's a greater chance of a bit of rain developing here and there as we go into saturday and sunday. take care.

china's national people's congress is underway with premier li qiang outlining measures to get the world's number two economy back on track and setting a growth target of around 5% for the year. and more trouble for elon musk, being _ and more trouble for elon musk, being sued by a former twitter employee. hello and a warm welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. now, we begin in beijing, where china's national people's

congress has already begun. premier li qiang outlined the country's growth target for the year at around 5%. amid measures to visit the economy. china also plans to target an urban umemployment rate of around 5.5% by crearting 12 million new urbanjobs. they also see inflation or the consumer price index increasing 3% this year. regulation of financial markets and research in areas like new technology like ai will increase. for more, our asia business reporter katie silverjoins us live from our news room. what was your biggest takeaway. around 5% growth target, something he has acknowledged may well be hard to meet. this was something of a morale boost, trying to get chinese consumers out spending, consumption has been one of the

biggest challenges facing