: its food its food distribution centres in gaza was struck by israel. at least one of its staff member was killed and another 22 people were injured. the us house of representatives has taken to first up towards a band of tiktok because of concerns about the use of data by its chinese parent company. a bbc documentary reveals egg freezing patients may have been misled by some clinics about their chances of having a baby. probing the pandemic response — the first minister of wales defends his decision—making before the covid—i9 inquiry. and we hearfrom and we hear from former spice girl mel b on writing about her experience of domestic abuse. the singer has added new chapters to her memoir brutally honest. before we get to sport, we have breaking news

from the last few minutes. the government has said it will bring forward a change in the law to prevent the ownership of uk newspapers and magazines by foreign states. the move follows concern about the potential takeover of the daily telegraph and spectator by a group backed by the united arab emirates. minister say they will try to amend the digital markets, competition and consumers bill currently going through parliament. labour has indicated it is likely to back the move. so, that developmentjust coming into the last little while. more on that in the six o'clock news here in the next little while. now, though, as promised, let's round up all the sport of the day. gavin is in the bbc sport centre. yes, mathew, good evening to you. let's start at cheltenham, where trainer willie mullins is still waiting for his 100th winner, which could come in the weatherby�*s champion bumper, the final race of the day. it is now under way. el fabiolo was the favourite for the champions chase earlier, numberfour there in the pack,

but he misjudged this fence and lost ground. many thought it was a foregone conclusion he'd win this race, but it was captain guinness the winner in the end, ridden by rachel blackmore and trained by henry de bromhead, with gentleman de mee second and funambule sivola third. george north will end his wales international rugby career this weekend, after saturday's final six nations match against italy. the centre has won 120 caps after making his debut as an 18—year—old back in 2010. he's been recalled to the team for the game in cardiff, which will decide the tournament's wooden spoon for coming bottom of the table. north said it feels the right time to step away and that he's been very lucky to have lived his dream. west bromwich albion have been charged with misconduct by the football association over crowd disorder during their fa cup derby defeat by wolves. january's fourth round tie at the hawthorns was halted for almost a0 minutes due to trouble in the stands. it was the first meeting between the black country rivals in front of supporters since 2012. championship club albion have until wednesday next week to respond. 0ne game to come in

the premier league this evening, as luton travel to bournemouth. it's the game that's been rescheduled after being abandoned in december, when luton captain tom lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch and was in hospital for five days. luton boss rob edwards believes the club share a special bond after what they experienced late last year. born supporters trust raising money to pay for the coaches for our supporters —— bournemouth supporters. that shows a lot of class from them. big thank you from me and our football class from them. big thank you from me and ourfootball club. some of the work both clubs will have done will have raised a lot of awareness for people looking into how to do cpr as well, so off the back of a harrowing experience, a lot of good will come from it. two games to come in the champions league tonight as well — borussia dortmund host psv eindhoven, and you can listen to live coverage of atletico madrid against inter milan from 7pm on 5live and bbc sounds. follow both of those — and bournemouth v luton —

on the bbc sport website. naomi 0saka says introducing maternity pay for female tennis players would be "life—changing". currently, players that return after childbirth are given a protected ranking but no financial help. there's been no update from the wta since the chief executive said it was up for review late last year. meanwhile, caroline wozniacki has reached herfirst wta 1000 quarterfinal since 2019, during which time she retired and returned to the sport after having two children. she beat angelique kerber at indian wells, another player who's come back to the tour after becoming a mother, in straight sets. rory mcilroy is concerned that "fans are losing interest" in watching golf because of the current fragmented nature of the men's professional game. liv golf has attracted dozens of players to move from the pga tour, and the split means several of the world's best aren't competing at this week's players championship in florida. ifi if i were a fan, i would want to

watch the best players compete against each other week in, week out, and to me, that seems like the lowest hanging fruit. not the lowest hanging fruit, but basically, 0k, lowest hanging fruit. not the lowest hanging fruit, but basically, ok, i think if you just unify the game and brought us back together in some way, that would be great for defence. that is it, matthew. more later on. gavin, thank you very much. the first minister of wales has attacked borisjohnson's handling of the covid pandemic, saying he was like a football manager who was largely absent. mark drakeford was giving evidence at the covid inquiry, which is currently focused on how the pandemic was dealt with by the authorities in wales. hywel griffith has the latest from cardiff. it was the emergency that spread to every corner of the country. when coronavirus reached wales, it was up to the welsh labour government to respond, to protect the nhs and take unprecedented

control over daily life. mark drakeford says his government hadn't expected to have so much responsibility until days before the first lockdown. but he insists ministers had done what they could. for what we actually faced, we were not as well prepared as we needed to be. the enemy we faced was not the enemy we were expecting. for months, businesses shut down, families locked down for longer in wales, and the relations with the uk government clearly broke down. mr drakeford says he repeatedly called to meet borisjohnson but had no response. the inquiry�*s heard there was a feeling in downing street the welsh government was making decisions just to be different. i had no motivation of any sort to make decisions for the sake of being different. and i think my effort through the whole pandemic is to try and find better ways of coming together, to make better

informed decisions. and i don't think the prime minister or the secretary of state could offer you a single specific instance to justify the charges that they have made. the path mr drakeford took truly was different. —— the path mr drakeford took clearly was different. in the autumn of 2020, he announced a wales—only firebreak lockdown. while he won a reputation for caution, the inquiry will want to know whether at several points he could and should have acted sooner. the questions come just as mr drakeford prepares to leave the political stage. next week, he'll stand down as first minister. today gives him a chance to frame his legacy. hwyel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. let's get the latest on this with our correspondent tomos morgan. tomos, tell us more, then, about the questioning, the exchanges a lot of attention around that relationship between boris johnson

attention around that relationship between borisjohnson and the first minister. between boris johnson and the first minister. ., ., , minister. yeah, overwhelmingly, i think today _ minister. yeah, overwhelmingly, i think today that _ minister. yeah, overwhelmingly, i think today that is _ minister. yeah, overwhelmingly, i think today that is where - minister. yeah, overwhelmingly, i think today that is where the - think today that is where the discussion was framed around, that relationship between those two leaders in wales and in westminster, and 90 we have heard of one of the examples there in that report, but another one that six out for me todayis another one that six out for me today is the description about what happened in may 2020, when boris johnson wanted to move england out of the stay—at—home rules come into stay alert. mark drakeford and some of the other devolved administrations did not agree with that, so mr drakeford seek assurances from boris johnson that when he made that address to the nation on tv, he would make it clear stay alert would just be for england and stay at home would stay for wales. howeverwhen and stay at home would stay for wales. however when he then made his tv appearance, he did not make it clear, he muddied the water and clearly mr drakeford's you made it clearly mr drakeford's you made it clear that what he was saying apply to everone in the uk, for mr drakeford, dowsing bleak moment, and i think clearly about his appointive

angerfor him, because he did say when he started recounting that memory, he did a few holdbacks of angen memory, he did a few holdbacks of anger, because it really did frustrate him what happened in may 2020. another instance was when they held one of the first cobra meetings, when they went around the table to discuss whether or not they should be calling off big gatherings outside — the cheltenham festival was on, they had a cobra meeting at that time. they went around the room, mr drakeford was one of the many members, and he thought it was a good idea to stop that gathering, but the decision for boris came down to one phrase, dom says no, dominic cummings says no. things like that over the course of a period of time really started to grate on mr bradford and you saw that from the testimony that he gave today. that is not to say, actually, this is all just mr drakeford basically taking his heels in and saying, boris was

doing this, doing that, he got some difficult questions about care homes. for example, why were the not test for people going back into care homes? that was slightly delayed. mr drakeford said, from the evidence i had committed proved actually the majority of cases of bringing covid into care homes was coming from the staff going to work there, so that is what his justification was for that. no doubt a long day for the first mr here today. he was the only witness giving evidence today. as you heard there as well, using his final few days as first minister of wales. ., ~ , —— tomos morgan, thank you. a bbc documentary has found egg freezing patients may have been misled by some clinics about their chances of having a baby later in life. the number of women undergoing the procedure in the uk is at a record high and is often advertised as a way for them to delay having children.

but the fertility regulator says it's concerned about how success rates are being communicated to patients, as there's no guarantee the expensive and invasive procedure will work. anna collinson reports. going into the operating theatre, that's when it gets really real. rowe is about to have her eggs retrieved. the idea, to freeze them at a younger, more fertile point and use them when she's ready to have a baby. i'm an absolute realist going into this, and i know that freezing my eggs does not guarantee me success of having a child in the future. under sedation, a long, thin needle is carefully inserted into each ovary to retrieve her eggs. they're frozen and placed in storage. initially, we're just doing one injection... there's been a boom in egg freezing for non—medical reasons, an idea propelled by celebrities. i thought what i was doing, right, was showing young lassies and young women that there's, like, alternatives, you know, that we don'tjust have to rush into things with potentially

the wrong bloke. single at 39, natalie decided to freeze her eggs in 2020, but the science teacher struggled to understand what her chances of having a baby were. it's just purely now based on trust and hope rather than data and research. i feel it was a journey that i felt very alone on. i don't think i expected, you know, the financial toll. honestly, it was probably the biggest hit. it was just trying to find the money from anywhere to make this happen. fertility clinic websites can be a key source of free information, but analysis by the bbc found a1% of clinics which offer private egg freezing in the uk may have breached advertising guidance. we found some clinics are prominently displaying attractive sounding success rates, but these numbers only cover one stage of the egg freezing journey. the chances of going on to have a baby are far lower, and that isn't always made clear. we shared our findings

with the fertility network. to invest in egg freezing, a massive financial investment, what a key decision in your life. i feel very angry for patients because they are being misled by this level of information. fertility experts told us patients should get personalised information about their chances of success at a consultation, but stress websites must be transparent. the ability to freeze eggs... the uk's fertility regulator is clear. the responsibility to inform lies with clinics. freezing eggs for medical reasons is very different to freezing for social reasons. and as a regulator, we are concerned about the success rates. we are concerned about the information women are getting when they're considering this process. natalie is one of the few who's come back to use her eggs and now has a baby boy. the whole journey cost more than £18,000. holding huxley for the first time, i mean, you'rejust, you're in awe that this baby has come from a frozen egg. i have been really, really fortunate

and i'm forever grateful for that. anna collinson, bbc news. let's speak to dr catherine hill from the fertility network. you saw her there in that piece. thank you for being here on the programme. just tell me a little more about your concerns here. yes. more about your concerns here. yes, as the national— more about your concerns here. yes, as the national fertility _ more about your concerns here. 133 as the national fertility charity, we are deeply concerned that fertility clinic websites are not providing an appropriate level of information for women considering freezing their eggs, and in doing this, they are creating unrealistic anxiety about what happens if you don't freeze your eggs and that also creating unrealistic expectations of success if you do freeze your eggs. and without providing this clear transparent information, women cannot make an informed decision, and it's a very expensive decision

that they are making, but they cannot make this, and we risk being exploited rather than being empowered by this technology you told our producer... it is about risks, side effects, cost of egg freezing. i'm not surprised -- i'm i'm a —— i'm a little surprised that is not mandatory. if -- i'm a little surprised that is not mandatory.— not mandatory. if anything is misleading. _ not mandatory. if anything is misleading, they _ not mandatory. if anything is misleading, they can - not mandatory. if anything is misleading, they can do - not mandatory. if anything is l misleading, they can do some not mandatory. if anything is - misleading, they can do some thing about that. but i have looked at the websites and what you don't see, there should be information there on success rates, costs, risks and side effects, but what is not there are success rates, and it is twofold information you need. you need information you need. you need information on ivf success rates, which vary by age, but you also need clear information on the number of eggs that a woman needs to freeze in order to have realistic chances of

success in the future, and that varies greatly by age, so if you're 34, varies greatly by age, so if you're 3a, you need at least ten eggs. if you're 37, that number doubles, you need to freeze 20 apps, but if you're over 40, you need to freeze 61 extra realistic chance of success, and these websites are not putting that level of information on there. how can women make an informed decision? right now in the uk, we have a situation where the majority of women who freeze their eggs are over the age of 35, so not the best possible time to be freezing your eggs. this technology is amazing, it can transform lives, but it is absolutely not a fertility insurance policy, and it is not for everyone and it should not be sold as such. i5 everyone and it should not be sold as such. , , , ., as such. is interesting where you ended, as such. is interesting where you ended. and _ as such. is interesting where you ended. and i _ as such. is interesting where you ended, and i was _ as such. is interesting where you ended, and i was fascinating - as such. is interesting where you | ended, and i was fascinating data about the eggs and the ages and how thatis

about the eggs and the ages and how that is different from different age categories, but you said there, it should not be used as a sort of insurance policy. do you fear that thatis insurance policy. do you fear that that is exactly what is happening? and have you sense any sort of change in social attitudes, especially post covid? there have been changes- — especially post covid? there have been changes. we _ especially post covid? there have been changes. we know- especially post covid? there have been changes. we know that - especially post covid? there have i been changes. we know that clinics said that there was an increase in the number of women who expressed an interest in freezing their eggs and we have seen figures go up steadily. it's also, there's been legislative change, july 2022, you can now freeze your eggs more than ten years, and that will see a change, but we have young women coming to us and they talk to us about feeling bombarded by adverts about egg freezing, whether they are sitting on the tube in london or coming into the social media feed, and is making them anxious about fertility. what actually research shows is that for the vast majority of women who have frozen their eggs so far, most of them are coming back to use them, because they're actually getting pregnant naturally —— are not coming

back to use them. this egg freezing is not for everyone. yes, it will work wonders for some people, but you need a certain level of information in order to be able to make an informed decision about whether it is for you.— whether it is for you. catherine hill, fascinating _ whether it is for you. catherine hill, fascinating talking - whether it is for you. catherine hill, fascinating talking to - whether it is for you. catherine hill, fascinating talking to you. thank you forjoining us live on the programme. straight to a line of breaking news about haiti. we were hearing from will grant a short while ago, the un just saying the last few moments that nonessential staff, un staff, will start leaving haiti leader today due to the volatile security situation on the ground, exactly what these pitchers are showing, we have seen it with diplomats from the us and other countries, nonessential staff being pulled out. now nonessential un staff following suit, so they will

start leaving haiti later today due to the volatile situation, which remains volatile even after the prime minister stood down a couple of days ago. so that, the latest coming into us. police say they've had more than a thousand phone calls from members of the public worried about what has happened at a funeral directors in hull. detectives say they are investigating what they call a "truly horrific incident." two people have been released on bail after being held on suspicion of preventing a lawful and decent burial and fraud. let's speak to nick garnett, who's been following the story. just bring us right up to speed. 50, this is the just bring us right up to speed. sn, this is the brochure just bring us right up to speed. srr, this is the brochure that just bring us right up to speed. s5 this is the brochure that the funeral directors give to members of the public and want to have a service carried out at this building. it says, we care about the small things that matter most and sensitive emotional times. 0ur

sensitive emotional times. our expert knowledge and confessional schools will ensure that level of service you receive is in surpassed. by service you receive is in surpassed. by choosing a family business you can be confident your arrangements and support will be handled personally full of the problem is, over the weekend, the police came here after a tip—off from a member of the public and found 35 bodies stored inside the building. that building is split into two. the front section to my right into your left is the chapel of rest, where services are carried out stub at the rear of the building are storage facilities. and that is where the 35 bodies were found. they have now been removed from the building and taken to a mortuary, where they are trying to be identified by forensic scientists and bite mortuary technicians and by medical experts, to do that, they have been asking members of the public and a thousand have so far got in touch to say that they might be affected by this, and asking them what their parents may or their parents or their

grandparents or the relatives may have been wearing at the time of the funeral, to check whether or not they are one of the people that's been found. during the day today, there have been flowers laid at the front of the building, there have been more people coming down to pay their respects at this actual building itself. we heard as well from a number of people who have lost relatives and whose funerals were looked after here. one lady, she would not be interviewed on camera, but she was fine with us talking about what she said to us. she said she didn't want to be filmed, her husband carl died suddenly in november, last year, and he was cremated in december. he was 42 years old. she received his ashes a few weeks later and his daughter went, her daughterwent a few weeks later and his daughter went, her daughter went down to pick up went, her daughter went down to pick up and earn, and when the urn came, it was so full of actions that they checked and it appears that there are more ashes in there than there would be for a man of his size, which makes her worry that in fact it was not him that was in there or

that the ashes were simply not his at all. she doesn't know whether her husband is embalmed or not. she says she has been able to to the police, as i say, two people arrested over the weekend who were questioned on fraud and on another charge have both been released without charge at the moment but they are on police bailfor now. the moment but they are on police bail for nova— bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much- _ bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much. let's _ bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much. let's turn _ bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much. let's turn to _ bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much. let's turn to a - bail for now. nick garnett, thanks very much. let's turn to a story i very much. let's turn to a story thatis very much. let's turn to a story that is right at the top of the bbc�*s that is right at the top of the bbc�*s website, the most read story. despite selling millions of records and making millions of pounds, the singer mel b found herself struggling financially and living with her mother in leeds. she says she's now out of an abusive relationship and is hoping to use her experience to help others. she has been speaking to charlotte gallagher. # so here's the story from a to z... # mel b made millions from the spice girls, but a few years ago, after leaving an abusive marriage,

she was left with almost nothing and had to move in with her mum in leeds. her ex denies the allegations. it's embarrassing. it's shameful. i'm all about girl power. yet look at what i'm just leaving, which is a complete girl powerless situation. i was doing a spice girls tour in 2019 here. and i lived with my mum because i wasn'tjust emotionally and physically abused, it was all the financial abuse too. i didn't realise that i didn't actually have enough, as much money as i thought i had. so i had to literally eat humble pie, live with my mum. and my mum was the kind of person that would say, "0h, you've left him now, you're fine." but that couldn't be further from the truth. obviously, any situation is better than being with your abuser, but when you've left that kind of abusive situation, you have to... it's like starting all over again. has it helped, moving back to leeds? definitely. my mum is one of seven, so i'm surrounded by friends, family, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, the whole nine yards. and it's, you know, leeds is beautiful. i've got like a great park walk. and what was it like getting that

house, buying a house? oh, yeah. so i didn't really think that that would ever be on the cards for me. i mean, even though i've been looking at houses on and off for the last couple of years, but knowing i didn't have the money to really afford it, you know, ijust put my head down and worked and lived frugally and hence i've been able to buy my own house. but this is like five, six, seven years on when i didn't really have much. so you're saying you were shopping in aldi? yeah, and i still love shopping in aldi and lidl. i don't think i'm ever going to stop doing that! you're still so leeds! yeah, i'm still leeds. i'm still a leeds girl, at the end of the day. a big part of mel's life now is campaigning on behalf of other domestic violence survivors, as the patron of women's aid. ijust bring awareness and i talk about abuse and i talk about what i've been through. and i'm the voice of all the other survivors out there that don't have a voice, that can't be heard, or can't get their point across, especially when it comes to things

like trying to change the justice system and trying to enforce more laws that are more supportive towards people that are coming out of an abusive situation. # this time, you gotta take it easy... # it's now 30 years since the spice girls first auditioned. and if you're sat with one of them, well, you have to ask this. do you think there's the will in the group to get back together as a five? i think there always has been. there always is, yeah. it's just a case of logistically getting it going. and you're still friends, you still got your whatsapp group. yeah. and you still support each other. victoria beckham's doing your wedding dress? well, yeah, i might have a few wedding dresses! i haven't decided yet, but she's said yeah. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. that's just about it. thanks for watching. see you again tomorrow. bye—bye. hello, thanks forjoining me. it's been quite a cloudy day

across most of the uk today, some rain too, but it's been mild. and if anything, the temperatures are expected to rise a little further as we head into thursday — quite breezy too, particularly in scotland. we've had some gales here. anyway, here's the satellite picture, and you can see the rain—bearing clouds streaming across the uk. that cloud produced the heavier rain around snowdonia, the north—west of england. and through the course of the evening, the weather front will be moving northwards. so where we had the clearer skies in the north, well, it's going to turn cloudy through the night. the outbreaks of rain will reach northern ireland, parts of southern scotland, too. but to the north, it will stay clear and chilly. so northern scotland, only around five degrees underneath the clear skies. further south, it's closer to about 8—10 celsius, and of course, we've got that rain, too. so let's have a look at the forecast for thursday — mild south—westerlies, that rain continues to make its journey northward, so quite a soggy picture here in scotland. 0ut towards the west, we've got showers, and given some lengthy spells of sunshine,

which are just about possible across eastern england, east anglia and the south—east, well, temperatures here could reach 16 or even 17 degrees celsius. and then through tomorrow evening, it's a case of hit—and—miss showers across england and wales, but more wet and more, i think, substantial rain there for northern ireland and also scotland. that takes us into friday. as this low pressure pulls away towards the east, on its western flank here, we have winds coming in from the norwegian sea. so it's slightly colder air. if you look at the arrows, blowing in from the north, so that cooler air sliding across the uk, the temperatures will take a bit of a dip. single figures, i think, typically for scotland, for the north of england, but still relatively mild in east anglia — 14. and i think there'll be some showers around too, but also some decent spells of sunshine. and then friday night into saturday, it's going to be pretty cold. a frost will develop, and i suspect in some spots out of town, temperatures could be as low as —4 celsius early on saturday morning. that's not going to last very long.

that sun is strong now this time of the year. here's the outlook, then, from thursday onwards — it's a bit of a mixed bag. rain at times, a bit of sunshine, but actually staying relatively mild for most of us. bye— bye.

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detail about his ordeal. he and his sister were held for almost three months before their release — he says anything should be done to save the remaining hostages. the row over alleged remarks made about the mp diane abbott — as the prime minister resists calls to return a tory donor's money. the spice girl mel b on finding herself penniless and living back with her mum. i was like, i don't know if i can tell people this story. it's embarrassing, it's shameful. a headteacher apologises to parents over the quality of his own school's meals asking how difficult is it to bake a potato? and why these california giants that have taken root in large numbers in the uk. and coming up on bbc news, wales's final game of the six nations against italy will also be the last for george north. after 14 years and 120 caps, he's announced his retirement.