, bring cloud and rain for that will bring cloud and rain for some of us as we go through the day on saturday, more of this mild air will work its way into the mix. for many places temperatures will come up many places temperatures will come up nicely through the day. a sunny and chilly start across northern and eastern parts, further west cloud and splashes of rain. a lot of the rain not critically heavy, we'll see intense bursts for a time in northern ireland, moving into south—west scotland. winds picking up south—west scotland. winds picking up an attempt is rising through the day, 12 degrees in london by the end of the afternoon. as we move through saturday night, this band of rain wriggles its way through and we see heavy bursts in places and we continue to feed mild air in the mix. by sunday morning, a very different start, temperatures in double digits for many places, frost free to start. without a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain in eastern parts, that rain will clear and then we will see spells of sunshine and

showers. one or two of those could be on the heavy side, a very mild and the weekend, temperatures for sunday afternoon, 13—16 .

this is bbc news, the headlines. israel sends a delegation back to qatar for ceasefire talks — despite branding hamas' proposals unrealistic — amid netanyahu

approving plans for a military operation in rafah. it comes as an aid ship with 20 tonnes of food and medical supplies arrives off the coast of gaza. we will talk live to those organising the relief effort. a new ruling on trump's georgia election case — we'll be live with our correspondent with the latest. and we get an insight into the incredible images from this year's british wildlife photography awards — as we speak to one of the judges. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. we start with reaction to the european champions league draw. manchester city manager pep guardiola says getting the 14 time winners real madrid in the quarter finals isn't ideal. it's the third season in a row that the two sides will play each other in the knockout stages

of the tournament. city beat real last year en route to winning the trophy, but lost to them two years ago. we don't have another option. it looks like a little bit like tradition, three years in a row, playing the king of the competition, winning 14 times in the champions league but it is what it is and hopefully we can arrive in the right moment, and still a few weeks before the first game in madrid and we will see. well, if city win that tie — waiting in the semi finals could be their premier league title rivals arsenal, or bayern munich. that's one of the other quarter finals. this was the reaction of bayern�*s thomas muller. and its arsenal. kai havertz, my friend, i am waiting for you. it's a

nice draw, two very good teams, two very good stadiums, two good cities. it will be tough but i am always positive. see you, gunners. elsewhere, paris saint—germain will need to beat barcelona in the last eight — and then either atletico madrid or borussia dortmund if they're to reach the final at wembley on june the 1st. the quarterfinal first legs will be played on the 9th and 10th of april — with the second legs a week later. in the europa league, the favourites liverpool will take on italian side atalanta in the quarter finals — with the winner coming up against either benfica or marseille, whilst there's an all italian quarter final as ac milan take on roma, and bundesliga leaders bayer leverkusen will play west ham. the ceo of the us anti—doping agency, travis tygart, has called the treatment of russian figure skater kamila valieva �*sickening' — after it was revealed she'd been given 56 medications over a two year period, when she was aged between 13 and 15. none of the substances were on the world anti—doping agency's banned list — but valieva was banned for four years for doping after testing positive for banned heart medication

— shortly before the 2022 winter olympics: it is incredible, it is absolutely sickening that a young girl, skating of course at the highest level, but for her to have been given that many substances over a relatively short period of time is just inexcusable and frankly those around her, if they have broken any rules or mistreated and abused her in this process, they absolutely need to be held accountable. to tennis where carlos alcaraz admits his quarterfinal win at indian wells will more than likely be remembered for an unlikely delay — rather than his match—winning performance. the two—time grand slam champion was stung on the forehead — after a swarm of bees invaded his match against alexandr zverev. play was suspended for an hour and a0 minutes — as the swarm was cleared —

before alcaraz returned to win in straight sets as he looks to defend his title. i tried to stay away from them but it was impossible, and i am a little bit afraid of them. so i had to stay safe and i was running everywhere. i can tell you in the last few seconds the cheltenham gold cup, successfully defending the title, trainer willie mullins winning for the fourth time in six years. reaction right now on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. president biden has praised the

speech made by chuck schumer when he called for new elections in israel and harshly criticised the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has an obstacle to peace. president biden said his fellow democrat had expressed serious concern shared by many americans and has been speaking in the white house. senator schumer contacted my senior staff he _ senator schumer contacted my senior staff he was _ senator schumer contacted my senior staff he was going to make that speech, — staff he was going to make that speech, and i'm not going to elaborate _ speech, and i'm not going to elaborate on the speech, he made a -ood elaborate on the speech, he made a good speech and i think he expressed serious _ good speech and i think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him but _ serious concern shared not only by him but by— serious concern shared not only by him but by many americans. that was joe biden him but by many americans. that was joe biden speaking — him but by many americans. that was joe biden speaking in _ him but by many americans. that was joe biden speaking in the _ him but by many americans. that was joe biden speaking in the last - him but by many americans. that was joe biden speaking in the last few- joe biden speaking in the last few minutes. interesting, onlya joe biden speaking in the last few minutes. interesting, only a few sentences but the very clear that chuck schumer had sent that speech to the white house and it was made with the approval clearly of the administration, and a lot of frustration issued in the words from

senator schumer yesterday and i suppose reflecting the frustrations of the white house as well but interesting to hearjoe biden talking about his view of that speech yesterday. let's return to the situation on the ground in gaza because that ship carrying 200 tonnes has arrived off the coast of gaza. let's speak to the open arms operation director and thank you so much for being here on the programme. we are going to show you pictures of that ship any moment or two but it clearly has arrived so what is actually happening as we speaking now? has it been unloaded at all yet? it is speaking now? has it been unloaded atall et? , . ,, speaking now? has it been unloaded at all et? , ., ,, ., at all yet? it is happening a few minutes we — at all yet? it is happening a few minutes ago. we _ at all yet? it is happening a few minutes ago. we started - at all yet? it is happening a few- minutes ago. we started disembarking the food with the drugs and by using the food with the drugs and by using the cranes able deliver it to people on the ground. it is happening at

this moment.— this moment. logistically how complicated — this moment. logistically how complicated has _ this moment. logistically how complicated has this - this moment. logistically how complicated has this mission l this moment. logistically how- complicated has this mission been because of course getting together a boat load of aid was one part of the mission but actually being able to land it anywhere, that was the first of many challenges. this land it anywhere, that was the first of many challenges.— of many challenges. this is of the tric art of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and — of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and i — of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and i think _ of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and i think it _ of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and i think it is - of many challenges. this is of the tricky part and i think it is why - tricky part and i think it is why this corridor wasn't open so far, it was open since november but this is the first ship arriving and it is because of the waters are very shallow the last mile and the big ships can't go close. even our ship can't get close enough so it is why we decided to charter a barge and then we loaded it with 110 pallets, altogether more or less 200 tonnes. and wejust push altogether more or less 200 tonnes. and we just push this barge by using our rescue craft to get it close

enough to the jetty and then they take the lines and fix it to the ground. take the lines and fix it to the round. , ., ., ., take the lines and fix it to the i round. , ., ., ., ., take the lines and fix it to the round. , ., ., ., ., , ground. give me an idea of what is robabl ground. give me an idea of what is probably happening _ ground. give me an idea of what is probably happening as _ ground. give me an idea of what is probably happening as we - ground. give me an idea of what is probably happening as we are - probably happening as we are speaking now. does of the aid have to be inspected again by the israelis or has it been inspected already before the start of this journey? it already before the start of this “ourne ? . , already before the start of this “ourne ? .,, , , . , ., journey? it was inspected before we started from — journey? it was inspected before we started from cyprus. _ journey? it was inspected before we started from cyprus. i _ journey? it was inspected before we started from cyprus. i don't - journey? it was inspected before we started from cyprus. i don't know. journey? it was inspected before we started from cyprus. i don't know if| started from cyprus. i don't know if it will happen again, i don't think so because once it was inspected we couldn't even get inside or outside of the ship and step on the barge so since mooring it is completely secured. d0 since mooring it is completely secured. ., ., , since mooring it is completely secured. ., ., secured. do you have any idea because this _ secured. do you have any idea because this of _ secured. do you have any idea because this of course - secured. do you have any idea because this of course an - secured. do you have any idea - because this of course an operation together with world kitchen. in terms of the distribution where are you hoping this aid ends up in

gazza. whereabouts and how's it going to be distributed, do you know? i going to be distributed, do you know? ., ., ., �* ., , know? i am afraid i can't answer those questions. _ know? i am afraid i can't answer those questions. this _ know? i am afraid i can't answer those questions. this is - know? i am afraid i can't answer those questions. this is a - know? i am afraid i can't answer those questions. this is a joint l those questions. this is a joint operation but i think we only fill this gap at sea, from the moment we link this barge to the ground. they are the ones taking on the food on the responsibility on how to distribute this food. i the responsibility on how to distribute this food.- the responsibility on how to distribute this food. i know a second operation _ distribute this food. i know a second operation is - distribute this food. i know a second operation is being . distribute this food. i know a - second operation is being planned. do you have any idea how frequently this route could be used, potentially? it this route could be used, potentially?— this route could be used, potentially? this route could be used, otentiall ? , , ., , potentially? it is 'ust a tiny part ofthe potentially? it is 'ust a tiny part of the dairy — potentially? it isjust a tiny part of the daily needs _ potentially? it isjust a tiny part of the daily needs but - potentially? it isjust a tiny part of the daily needs but we - potentially? it isjust a tiny part of the daily needs but we havel potentially? it isjust a tiny part i of the daily needs but we have to think of it as a test and we are doing it so open arms obviously is a small ship but the bigger ships can come closer and then we can transfer

the boats and repeat this last part of the operation. we can bring a lot of the operation. we can bring a lot of food if this operation goes well, this is just a test and probably we can continue and scale it up. has a can continue and scale it up. as a test that has _ can continue and scale it up. as a test that has worked _ can continue and scale it up. as a test that has worked so _ can continue and scale it up. as a test that has worked so far? it i can continue and scale it up. as a test that has worked so far? it is| test that has worked so far? it is workin: test that has worked so far? it is working so _ test that has worked so far? it is working so far. _ test that has worked so far? it 3 working so far. now we are just waiting to disembark at the foot. it is good a view to give us an update because people will be watching very closely this journey of the ship so thank you so much forjoining us today. the israeli military says it is investigating claims that its forces opened fire on crowds awaiting aid trucks in gaza city and found them to be false. it was said more than 20 people were killed at

an incident. the idf has blamed palestinian gunmen firing on civilians some of whom they said were trying to loot the vehicles. there have been reports of a deadly incident last night in northern gaza when palestinians were waiting to get aid. footage has emerged online claiming to be from the aftermath of the incident. two very graphic videos appeared on social media showing a large number of casualties. this is one of those videos. we have blurred the footage because it is too graphic to show you. we have been unable to verify the location but we know they both showed the same scene of chaos and dead bodies and work shared online last night. we also saw bags of aid to being carried on from one of the clips. doctors at a hospital nearby have told the bbc that a large number of people were brought in last night. the bbc have been in contact with one doctor who has been

treating patients at that hospital. he said, we face a lot of injuries, chest and abdomen injuries by gunshot or explosive injuries. in their statement the israeli army the idf said armed palestinians opened fire while gazan civilians were awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy. the idf say they did not open fire at the aid convoy and a review of our operational systems and idf forces on the ground found that no tank fire, air strike or gunfire was carried out towards the gazan civilians. there have been several reports of killings at the roundabout in recent weeks. we will continue to investigate this incident has more information emerges. around the world the uk, you're watching bbc news.

after it was closed for renovation the student flat has been given a new lease of life by surrey university's forensic investigation force. here, students put to the practical skills they learn in lectures to the test.- practical skills they learn in lectures to the test. they have crime scene — lectures to the test. they have crime scene every _ lectures to the test. they have crime scene every single - lectures to the test. they have | crime scene every single week. lectures to the test. they have - crime scene every single week. we don't want to just teach them theory but to be able to really apply that and then go forwards in their chosen career path. and then go forwards in their chosen career path-— and then go forwards in their chosen career path. estimated time of death early saturday _ career path. estimated time of death early saturday morning. _ career path. estimated time of death early saturday morning. pathology i early saturday morning. pathology report? _ early saturday morning. pathology reort? �* ., , early saturday morning. pathology reort? . ., , ., report? and to give it its grand o enin: , report? and to give it its grand opening, somebody _ report? and to give it its grand opening, somebody who - report? and to give it its grand opening, somebody who is - report? and to give it its grand opening, somebody who is no | report? and to give it its grand - opening, somebody who is no stranger to a crime scene, actress blend of lesson. ——

a judge in the us state of georgia has ruled that one of the state's district attorneys — fani t willis — can continue to lead the prosecution against donald trump for alleged election meddling. defence lawyers had argued that a romantic relationship between ms willis and the special prosecutor she hired, nathan wade, compromised the integrity of the case. if ms willis had been removed it could have delayed proceedings for many months. mr trump's lawyers have not said if they will appeal against the decision. let's speak to our correspondent in washington — nomia iqbal. she has following this story in washington and tell me more about the ruling and the background to the ruling. the ruling and the background to the rulina. ., , ., , ., ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to — ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try and _ ruling. donald trump and his legal team sought to try and remove - ruling. donald trump and his legal. team sought to try and remove fani t willis from the case arguing that her relationship with the chief prosecutor who she hired had compromised the integrity of it. they both had had a romantic relationship. then we got this hearing that was very public where both fani t willis and nathan wade

gave evidence. in the end it didn't go in donald trump's weight. donald trump still wants this case to be thrown out. it is a 23 page ruling thatjudge scott mccarthy gave. but he was critical of miss willis and said she had committed a tremendous lapse ofjudgment by engaging in an affair with mr wade and also called her testimony, and there was a hearing last month, unprofessional. mr trump hearing last month, unprofessional. mrtrump claimed hearing last month, unprofessional. mr trump claimed this relationship she had, she benefited financially but both of them denied there were any financial benefits. they said they went on holidays together and split the cost and so forth. mr mccarthy says there wasn't enough evidence to suggest there was an actual conflict—of—interest, that you have to have evidence, it can't just be the appearance of it, but he did say in order to resolve the

appearance of impropriety, one of them has to step down. either fani willis has to recuse herself or nathan wade has two, but in theory the case should go ahead in august which is when prosecutors want it to begin. it which is when prosecutors want it to be . in. , , , ., begin. it is interesting you end there because _ begin. it is interesting you end there because if _ begin. it is interesting you end there because if the _ begin. it is interesting you end there because if the decision i begin. it is interesting you end j there because if the decision is made in one of the other steps aside, does that mean the original timeline for the case remains in place? because what we have seen with these multiple cases donald trump is facing, one of the principal tactics are simply delay. i would be shocked if it goes ahead the dates of the prosecution. with all the other criminal cases there are delays to them, even the one in new york that was due to take place in two weeks on the 21st of march, due to alleged hush money payments, yesterday the district attorney in that case said that he would be fine with a month long delay and so the

one case we thought, that is definitely going to go ahead, is now also somewhat in limbo. donald trump's tactics throughout his career and even before he got into politics when involved with various litigation has been delay, delay. and in response to this ruling he originally said he respected the ruling although his campaign team is releasing lots of e—mails attacking fani willis competing the claims made about her. he said they're going to continue working all legal options to try and get this case thrown out. options to try and get this case thrown out-— options to try and get this case thrown out. life in washington, thank you _ thrown out. life in washington, thank you very _ thrown out. life in washington, thank you very much. _ now, we have a visual treat for you. the winners have been announced of this year's british wildlife photography awards. as you would imagine, some stunning images to show you. this was the overall winner — an incredible image of a football covered in barnacles taken by ryan

stalker. there were hundreds of entries across multiple catagories. one of the judges is one of thejudges isjoining me. welcome to bbc news. you can see straightaway why this particular picture won the overall category. tell me more about how he actually got this shot. tell me more about how he actually got this shot-— tell me more about how he actually got this shot. what's amazing about this shot is not _ got this shot. what's amazing about this shot is notjust _ got this shot. what's amazing about this shot is not just the _ got this shot. what's amazing about this shot is notjust the technical- this shot is notjust the technical ability of the photographer to have got such a fantastic above and below shot, above the surface and below, but it is also the intrigue. so these footballs are used by fifa in leagues around the world so it could have come from anywhere. we know goose barnacles are not native to the uk so they could have travelled hundreds or thousands of miles before they washed up onto the shore in weymouth. there are lots of aspects to this shot and it highlights the amount of rubbish we

have in our oceans and although this has been used in a positive way by the goose barnacles, you could say, they do have a tendency to attach to any kind of flotsam and have even been found attached to parts of a spaceship. 8 million tonnes goes into ocean every year so what happens when it starts decomposing and rotting? it happens when it starts decomposing and rottin: ? _, , happens when it starts decomposing and rottin: ? .., , ., happens when it starts decomposing and rottina? , ., ., , and rotting? it comes with a really owerful and rotting? it comes with a really powerful message. _ and rotting? it comes with a really powerful message. you _ and rotting? it comes with a really powerful message. you had - and rotting? it comes with a really powerful message. you had a - powerful message. you had a wonderful selection for all of the judges to go through, many come with an explanation, so you have the kit running across eight misty lake, in part to encourage young people to get involved with nature. how important are messages that come along side the actual photos and the pictures? i along side the actual photos and the ictures? ~' ,., . ,, along side the actual photos and the ictures? ~' . ,, , ., , pictures? i think the back stories ofthe pictures? i think the back stories of the images — pictures? i think the back stories of the images are _ pictures? i think the back stories of the images are as _ pictures? i think the back stories of the images are as important l pictures? i think the back stories | of the images are as important as the image itself and people need to understand, we have such amazing flora and fauna around the uk and a

lot of people may be don't realise and we have to be fairly hardy sometimes to capture these images because not everybody is built for spending overnight in a cold winter to capture a shot from a hide in a woodland so there is a lot of determination that goes into getting these images and how they have actually done that is as important in some ways is the image itself. the animal behaviour category, i will put the winner on the screen, three frogs competing to mate with a female, what a fantastic picture that is. how much do the judges know it is a picture taken by chance or setting up and waiting and planning? there is always a lot of patience involved in getting the perfect shot. what i love about this shot is the low camera level so he has shot across the water and basically had that focus line of all with the frogs in focus. you can get some really amusing behaviour at this

time of year when we suddenly find frogs and our ponds and gardens, the males fighting over the female, so it has taken a long time for them to be still enough in the water to get that shot. compositionally it is perfect with the role of thirds, so they are in the top third and then room below in the photo for the reflections to drop down through the image which i think is beautiful. tote image which i think is beautiful. we -ut image which i think is beautiful. we ut on image which i think is beautiful. we put on momentarily a picture of slime because of the world of slime mould is fascinating. that is what the photographer who took the set. it is a beautiful picture but an unusual picture. it it is a beautiful picture but an unusual picture.— it is a beautiful picture but an unusual picture. it is unusual in most people — unusual picture. it is unusual in most people probably - unusual picture. it is unusual in most people probably wouldn't| unusual picture. it is unusual in - most people probably wouldn't notice it if you walked along a woodland path and the slime mould was on the path and the slime mould was on the path beside you because it is only about a millimetre wide, absolutely tiny, so this is an incredibly technical shot in the photographer has had to use a huge amount of magnification to photograph this and with the large magnification you use

a lot of depth of field and becomes very shallow so he has had to use 160 images stacked to get this shot into focus. i 160 images stacked to get this shot into focus. ., ., , ., :: into focus. i have only got 40 seconds left _ into focus. i have only got 40 seconds left and _ into focus. i have only got 40 seconds left and i _ into focus. i have only got 40 seconds left and i want - into focus. i have only got 40 seconds left and i want to - into focus. i have only got 40 - seconds left and i want to squeeze in the last set of pictures. it strikes me always, it must be incredibly difficult for the judges because there are so many different types of pictures you're looking at, just very briefly in terms of an answer. ~ . . just very briefly in terms of an answer. ~ ., ., ., ., answer. we all have our own speciality — answer. we all have our own speciality areas. _ answer. we all have our own speciality areas. i— answer. we all have our own speciality areas. i am - answer. we all have our own speciality areas. i am very i answer. we all have our own - speciality areas. i am very proud to be one of six judges so i speciality areas. i am very proud to be one of sixjudges so i am actually the underwater specialist but then we have a lot of topside photographers is as well, they all have their own area of expertise. tote have their own area of expertise. we are out of time but thanks for your time, thank you. the weekend is going to bring us some ups and downs weather—wise not least in terms of temperatures. it

will be a frosty start, the temperature on saturday morning down to —2 for some but sunday afternoon reaches 16, a mild end and along the way some rain but also spells of sunshine. today we have this area of low pressure pushing eastwards, this frontal system moving south eastwards across the uk, generally a lot of cloud out there but some bright and sunny spells developing. northern ireland having a decent afternoon, showers in the mix, some heavy particularly towards the south. temperature wise by the end of the afternoon killing off across the northern half of the uk and that sets us up for what will be a cold night. the cloud will tend to break up night. the cloud will tend to break up with lengthy clear spells, if you mist and fog patches around. cloud and rain to the south—west corner, parts of wales later in the night. that will hold the temperature up but elsewhere frosty with lows of —1 or —2. a chilly start under this ridge of high pressure but then we

see this next frontal system pushing in from the west. that will bring cloud and rain for some of us. through the day on saturday more and more of the smile they are works its way into the mix so for many places the temperature will come up quite nicely through the day, a sunny and chilly start across northern and eastern parts, further west some cloud and splashes of rain, a lot of rain not particularly heavy and we see is more intense burst for a time in northern ireland moving into south—west scotland, the wind picking up and western parts with the temperature rising through the day, 12 in london, plymouth by the end of the afternoon and threw saturday night this band of rain wriggles its way through with heavy bursts and places and we continue to feed milder air into the mix. by sunday morning a very different start to the day with the temperature in double digits for many places, frost free to start sunday. with that a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain and eastern parts.

that tends to clear and then spells of sunshine but also some showers and some could be on the heavy side. a very mild end to the weekend, the temperature for sunday afternoon, 13-16. and the weekend, temperatures for sunday afternoon, 13—16 .

live from london. this is bbc news. israel sends a delegation back to qatar for ceasefire talks — despite branding hamas' proposals unrealistic. meanwhile benjamin netanyahu approves plans for a military operation in rafah.

an aid ship — with 20 tons of food and medical supplies — arrives off the coast of gaza. this operation, the amount of food that we have brought is not enough, it is just a tiny part of the daily needs, we have to consider it as a test. russia heads to the polls — with vladimir putin certain to secure his fifth term as president — with any sort of dissent crushed. at least 16 people are killed in russian strikes in odesa — as the leaders of germany, france and poland hold emergency talks on ukraine. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. let's turn now to the middle east. an israeli team is travelling to qatar for new talks on a possible ceasefire and hostage deal.

israel's pm — benjamin netanyahu has downplayed the chances of a truce