this is bbc news, the headlines. 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. ajudge rules a judge rules an attorney can continue prosecuting donald trump in the georgia election interference case. and we show you the incredible images from this year's british wildlife photography awards.

some of those stories coming up in a moment or two, let's head back to the middle east. israel deployed thousands of police across the old city in occupied eastjerusalem as muslim worshippers marked the first friday of ramadan. with tensions soaring over the gaza war, palestinians in the west bank crossed israeli checkpoints, to reachjerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. our correspondent anna foster said the morning had passed off peacefully amid tight security. thousands of people are coming out of damascus gate now in eastjerusalem after the first friday prayers of ramadan. it appears to have been quite peaceful, there were concerns that violent clashes that we have seen in previous years might have been repeated here, but you can see there is a strong security presence. you can seejust behind me, this regular gate post at damascus gate where israeli forces are based. there have been many hundreds of them inside the old city this morning while people went into prey. you might notice as well the people who are passing around me

are children around the age of ten, women over the age of 50 and men over the age of 55. there were real restrictions on the numbers and type of people who could come into prey because, of course, a place like this during a time of war raised real concerns about security. in fact, even from early this morning, the roads around this area were sealed off, israeli police and soldiers were there with weapons readied. let me to show you around here as well, the area where people leave, you can see again at the top, the security post. we have seen soldiers there with their weapons readied as people head out. many of these people now heading back to the occupied west bank, back through the checkpoints that many of them haven't had access to since the war began on the seventh of october. earlier, anna spoke to an imam outside al—aqsa. all muslims all over the world, they are called from muhammad to go to al—aqsa mosque. they are reading in the koran

that there is a mosque called al—aqsa mosque under israeli occupation. so we hope to go. i was imam at al—aqsa mosque and i was arrested from there several times and i am prevented from going there. so from bethlehem, if you go to a hill, you can see al—aqsa mosque from the hill. here to our border of bethlehem, only one kilometre you will be injerusalem, if you can. but the walls stop you, the checkpoints stop you, the soldiers stop you, you need special permission. special permission only from the israeli security. the israeli security doesn't give anyone. are you concerned that on friday, when we have the first friday prayers that we might see again, violence around al—aqsa? the violence coming from the other side.

the israelis, when the soldiers stop in front of prayers, soldiers with their weapons stand against and in front of prayers who is going to pray. this is the violence. people may be very sad and they stand back, but the violence, when they stop you from your worshipping this is a very bad kind of violence, to stop you from going to pray. this is the real violence. when you are seeing what's happening in gaza at the moment to palestinians there, what is in your thoughts? what is you're your message to people in gaza now? no message to gaza. the message is to the uk government because it is a great government. they can do. it's shame, shame for the great governments to allow this

massacre to continue. they must stop it soon. i can't say anything to gaza. anna a n na foster anna foster sending that report earlier. gaza's health ministry said 20 people had been killed while waiting for aid. israel denies involvement and accuses armed palestinians of firing up the crowd. bbc verify�*s merlyn thomas has more. there have been reports of a deadly incident last night in northern gaza where palestinians were waiting to get aid. footageemerged online, claiming to be

from the aftermath of the incident at kuwaiti roundabout here on salahadin road. now, two very graphic videos appeared on social media showing a large number of casualties. this is one of those videos we've blurred some of the footage as it's too graphic to show you. we've been unable to verify the location, but we know that they both show the same scene of chaos and dead bodies and that they were first shared online late last night. we also see what appear to be bags of aid being carried in one of the clips. doctors at al—shifa 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 called dr. moataz herrera, 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. now, in their statement, the israeli army, the idf, said that armed palestinians opened fire while gazan civilians are awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy. the idf said they did not open fire

at the aid convoy in kuwait square. they said a review of our operational systems and the idf forces on the ground found that no tank fire, air strike or gunfire was carried out toward the gazan civilians at the aid convoy. there have been several reports of killings at the kuwaiti roundabout in recent weeks. we'll continue to investigate this incident as more information emerges. a judge overseeing the georgia election meddling case against donald trump has rejected an attempt by the former us president to have the lawyer leading the prosecution disqualified. judge scott mcafee ruled that fani willis can continue to prosecute mr trump and 18 others, despite a romantic relationship between her and the special prosecutor she hired, nathan wade. i spoke to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who told us more about the background to the ruling. well, donald trump and his legal team sought to try and remove fani willis of 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. so then we got this sort of hearing, which was very public, where both fani willis and nathan wade gave evidence and so forth. and in the end, it didn't go in donald trump's way. donald trump wanted this, and he still wants this case to be thrown out. it was a 23 page ruling that scott, thatjudge mcafee scott, judge scott mcafee gave, but he was critical of ms willis. he said, i'm just going to quote, matthew, that she had committed a tremendous lapse injudgment by engaging in an affair with mr. wade and also called her testimony, which, as i mentioned, that there was this hearing last month unprofessional. mr trump claimed that this relationship she had, she benefited financially. but both of them, ms willis and mr wade, denied there were any benefits, any sort of financial benefits. they said when they went on holidays together, they split the cost and so forth.

but mr mcafee said that there wasn't enough evidence to suggest that there was an actual conflict of interest, that you you have to have evidence. it can'tjust be the appearance of it. however, he did say in order to resolve that appearance of impropriety, one of them has to step down. either fani willis has to recuse herself or nathan wade has to. and we understand that the judge will decide that. but in theory, the case should go ahead in august, which is when prosecutors want it to begin. well, it's interesting you end there, because if that decision is made, one or other does step aside. does that mean the the original timeline for this case remains in place? because what we've seen with these multiple cases that donald trump is facing, one of the principal tactics is simply delay. i'd be shocked if it goes ahead, the dates that the prosecutors. but if you look at all the other criminal cases,

there are delays to them. even the one in new york, which was due to happen in two weeks on the 25th of march. this is to do with alleged hush money payment. yesterday, the district attorney in that case said that he would be fine with a month long delay. and so the one case that we thought, yes, that's definitely going to go ahead is now also somewhat in limbo. and yes, you're correct, donald trump's tactic and it has been throughout his career, even before he got into politics, when he's been involved in various litigation, has been delay, delay, delay. and in response to this ruling, he did originally say that he respected the ruling, although his campaign team is now releasing lots of emails attacking fani willis and repeating the claims that they've made about her. he has said that he is going to continue exploring all legal options to try and get this case thrown out. around the world and across the uk,

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you're live with bbc news. the chancellorjeremy hunt says the conservative party is absolutely transparent about the donations it receives. but so far the party has neither confirmed nor denied reports it's been given another £5 million by the businessman frank hester, on top of the ten million he's already donated. mr hester has been widely accused of racism after allegedly saying the mp diane abbott makes him want to hate all black women. and that she should be shot. the tech boss apologised for making what he said "rude" comments about her. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. learning to use a camera on a visit to the university of sunderland, the chancellor and prime minister can't escape the glare of scrutiny over donations to the party. this week, they said that comments made by one of the conservatives' biggest donors were racist, but now it's emerged that they may have received a further

£5 million from the same man, a claim that the chancellor didn't deny. we follow all the right procedures when it comes to declaring our donations. and when the time is right, we will declare any donations that we have received recently. frank hester donated £10 million to the conservative party last year. that's a fifth of all donations. any further money wouldn't need to be declared until april and published by the electoral commission injune. mr hester has apologised for what he described as rude comments about the mp diane abbott, after it was reported that he said that seeing her on tv made him "want to hate all black women" and "she should be shot". on a visit to inspect water quality in greater manchester today, the liberal democrat leader took the opportunity to suggest that the conservative party should stop mr hester�*s money from flowing into its account. i think the conservative party

should hang its head in shame if it doesn't give these donations back, and i think anyone in the election who receives a leaflet from the conservatives should throw it in the bin, because they know it was paid for by someone who said in a conversation that an mp should be shot. that is a complete disgrace. and if there were any doubt that the election campaigning is ramping up, this is how the labour party chose to mark rishi sunak ruling out a general election on may 2nd. chicken squawks. the prime minister will be hoping that the noise about his party's funding doesn't roll on until polling day. hannah miller, bbc news, westminster. 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 categories. i spoke to jane morgan — one of thejudgesjoins me on the programme and jane told us more about how ryan stalker got this shot. what is amazing about this shot is notjust what is amazing about this shot is not just the technical ability what is amazing about this shot is notjust the technical ability of the photographer to have got such a fantastic above and the below shot, above the surface and below, but also it is 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 of thousands of miles before they washed up onto the shore in weymouth where ryan found it and photographed it. there are lots of aspects to this shot and it also highlights the amount of rubbish we have in our oceans and although this has been used in a positive way by the goose barnacles, maybe you could say, they do have a tendency to attach themselves to any kind of

flotsam and have been found attached to chunks of space ship, but basically 8 million tonnes goes into our oceans every year so what happens when it starts decomposing and rotting. 50 happens when it starts decomposing and rottina. _, , happens when it starts decomposing and rottina. .., , ., and rotting. so it comes with a really powerful _ and rotting. so it comes with a really powerful message. - and rotting. so it comes with a really powerful message. you | and rotting. so it comes with a i really powerful message. you had and rotting. so it comes with a - really powerful message. you had a wonderful selection, all of the judges going through, and many come with an explanation so you have a leak at 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, a lot of people maybe don't realise and you have to be 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 to actually read how they have actually done that is as important in some ways is the image itself. as important in some ways is the image itself-— as important in some ways is the image itself. the animal behaviour cate . o , image itself. the animal behaviour category. i — image itself. the animal behaviour category. i will _ image itself. the animal behaviour category. i will put _ image itself. the animal behaviour category, i will put the _ image itself. the animal behaviour category, i will put the picture - image itself. the animal behaviour category, i will put the picture on | category, i will put the picture on the screen, three frogs competing to mate with a female. what a fantastic picture that is. how much do the judges know a picture taken by chance or setting up and waiting and planning? chance or setting up and waiting and ”lannin ? , chance or setting up and waiting and ”lannin? ,., ., ., ., planning? there is always a lot of atients planning? there is always a lot of patients involved _ planning? there is always a lot of patients involved in _ planning? there is always a lot of patients involved in getting - planning? there is always a lot of patients involved in getting the i patients involved in getting the perfect shot and 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 the frogs and focus. you can get some really amusing behaviour at the sort of year, when we suddenly find frogs and their ponds and gardens, all 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 because it is a rule of thirds so you have them in the top third and then room below the photo for the reflection to drop down through the image which i think is beautiful. life 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 sly and i will put it back on the screen because the world of slime mould is fascinating, that's what jason who took this shot said. a beautiful picture but an 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 beside you because it is only about a millimetre wide, absolutely tiny, so it is an incredibly technical shot photographer had to use a huge amount of magnification to photograph this and with a large magnification you lose a lot of depth of field and it becomes very shallow so he has actor had to use 160 images stacked to get this shot into focus. , ., ~ ., .,

160 images stacked to get this shot into focus. , ., a, ., ., ~ ., into focus. jane morgan talking to me earlier in _ into focus. jane morgan talking to me earlier in the _ into focus. jane morgan talking to me earlier in the programme. - i want to take you back to the russian elections because i told you earlier vladimir putin had voted and we have pictures of that. he was actually voting online but these are the pictures put out with the russian president voting and you will see that go—ahead of course, absolute certainty given the way that all sorts of opposition has been crushed inside russia, absolute certainty that he will win this election but three days of voting ahead for the russians. let me take you from those pictures to the live pictures in moscow, a voting station, because we know there is a protest planned at noon on sunday but a very quite seen there at the moment. some of the latest pictures here on bbc news. let's turn to a story making headlines here in the uk. violent online content is now

unavoidable for children in the uk with many being exposed to it while still in primary school according to a new 0fcom report. the regulator is urging social media companies to strengthen child protection on their platforms. a technology reporter has this report. platforms. a technology reporter has this re ort. ., . ., i. this report. how much time do you think ou this report. how much time do you think you spend — this report. how much time do you think you spend on _ this report. how much time do you think you spend on your _ this report. how much time do you think you spend on your phone - this report. how much time do you think you spend on your phone a i this report. how much time do you i think you spend on your phone a even prince william _ think you spend on your phone a even prince william is _ think you spend on your phone a even prince william is asking these questions when meeting with a group of schoolchildren at a west london youth centre yesterday.— of schoolchildren at a west london youth centre yesterday. that's quite a lot! i bet youth centre yesterday. that's quite a lot! i bet you _ youth centre yesterday. that's quite a lot! i bet you feel _ youth centre yesterday. that's quite a lot! i bet you feel better— youth centre yesterday. that's quite a lot! i bet you feel better coming i a lot! i bet you feel better coming here. ~ . ., ., here. when children are on their smartphones — here. when children are on their smartphones the _ here. when children are on their smartphones the innocence - here. when children are on their smartphones the innocence can | here. when children are on their- smartphones the innocence can soon be compromised. 0fcom say out of the 247 be compromised. 0fcom say out of the 2117 children it spoke to, all of them had encountered a range of violence including gaming content, verbal discrimination and fighting and all of them, some as young as eight, had seen these posts pop up on social media, video sharing and messaging sites, many before the minimum age requirements. children

should not feel _ minimum age requirements. children should not feel that _ minimum age requirements. children should not feel that seriously - should not feel that seriously harmful content, whether it is violence, content about eating disorders are suicide or self injury should be an inevitable or unavoidable part of their lives online. today's research really sets out clearly that the platforms are just needing to do more. so out clearly that the platforms are just needing to do more. so what can be done to prevent _ just needing to do more. so what can be done to prevent this _ just needing to do more. so what can be done to prevent this type - just needing to do more. so what can be done to prevent this type of - be done to prevent this type of harm? from this research a lot of the children didn't know and felt they had no control over it. they also said they had no trust in the reporting systems on social media platforms. the children in this research said that they wanted the internet to be a safe place to be but many had to rely on themselves to keep it that way rather than the adults in charge. when a child has been exposed to violence it is really too late, it cannot be unseen. esther ghey knows that all too well. her daughter was murdered after their killers were able to access violent content. i

after their killers were able to access violent content. i would like to see phones _ access violent content. i would like to see phones that _ access violent content. i would like to see phones that are _ access violent content. i would like to see phones that are made - access violent content. i would like i to see phones that are made suitable for young _ to see phones that are made suitable for young people and i really think if this_ for young people and i really think if this was— for young people and i really think if this was in place before this could — if this was in place before this could have prevented what happened to breanna. children are much more tech savvy— to breanna. children are much more tech savvy and i wasn't aware of what _ tech savvy and i wasn't aware of what breanna was looking at online. 0ther— what breanna was looking at online. other studies had similar messaging. 0ne other studies had similar messaging. one said suicide, self—harm and eating disorder content was prolific and another said cyber bullying had and another said cyber bullying had a negative impact on children's health. all make for grim reading but the recurring theme here was the children's lack of trust and confidence in reporting these problems online. mps have been debating a bill to crack down on puppy debating a bill to crack down on puppy smuggling. debating a bill to crack down on puppy smuggling, a bill which would stop puppies and kittens from younger than six months being brought into the uk. it was first pledged by the government more than two and a half years ago. it has the support of several major animal charities but organisations which rescue dogs from abroad have some concerns. helen catt reports. just a few weeks ago,

five—month—old puppies zonic, leo and togo were in romania and life was looking very different. puppies of that age are very vulnerable in romania. the shelters aren't heated, they're not lighted. they don't have regular veterinary care. no dog over there receives prompt veterinary care, so it is significantly riskier. rachel's not—for—profit dog rescue has brought them to merseyside with their mum magda. she says all the dogs which she imports are jabbed and tested for diseases. she thinks the law does need tightening, but under proposed changes, these puppies wouldn't yet be able to be in the uk, and that worries her. i believe that there is a need for change. what i would hate is for hard—working, not—for—profit rescues who are desperately needed within the countries that they operate to fall foul of that, and those dogs to suffer. several major animal welfare charities do support raising the minimum age to six months and have been campaigning for it for years. this bill is really going to help to crack down on the age at which puppies can be brought into this country, meaning they're not being taken away

from their mothers too early. they're not being exposed at such a young age to so many illnesses and so many potential things that could cause behavioural problems later in life. and it also means that it's making them less marketable to the people who are exploiting their cute puppy charms. the proposed new law will also close a loophole on mutilations like ear cropping. it's currently perfectly legal to import an animal which has been mutilated like this in a way that would be against the law here. the government first promised to make these changes in 2021, but dropped its own legislation last year. it is expected to back this bill, which is being brought by a conservative mp. we really are a nation of animal lovers, a parliament of pet lovers, and this legislation will ensure that the uk is leading the world when it comes to animal welfare. it's still not completely guaranteed that the bans will make it into law before an election, but animal welfare charities hope this may finally move the long promised crackdown on those who import puppies without care

for their welfare a step closer. helen catt, bbc news. we will get weather details in a moment but i want to take you through what we have in the five o'clock hour, really busy error. plenty from the middle east so the very latest on that israeli delegation being sent back to qatar in the hope of getting a new ceasefire and hostage deal. we will also have news on apparently the israelis getting the green light for their operations in rafah, the american still saying they haven't seen any sort of plan. we will also get more on the aid shipment by boat which is off the coast of gaza and currently being unloaded. we are talking to the organisers of that relief efforts are plenty more on that. the latest on russia's presidential election, we have seen vladimir putin casting his vote

online, those of the pictures of the russian president. no doubt he will win this with all opposition being crushed. we also have a fascinating report on a new way to actually stop arctic ice from melting so we have that exclusive report here on the programme. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. the weekend is going to bring us some ups and downs weather wise, not least in terms of the temperatures. it will be a cold and in places frosty start, temperatures for saturday morning down around minus two celsius for some. but by the end of the weekend, sunday afternoon, 16 degrees, a mild end. and along the way, we'll see some rain. yes, but also some spells of sunshine. today, we've got this area of low pressure pushing eastwards, this frontal system moving its way south eastwards across the uk. generally, there is quite a lot of cloud out there, but some bright, sunny spells developing northern ireland, having a decent sort of afternoon, some showers in the mix, some of which will be heavy, particularly down towards the south. temperature wise, by the end of the afternoon, when it will be cooling off actually across the northern half of the uk.

and that sets us up for what will be quite a cold night because the cloud will tend to break up. we'll see some lengthy, clear spells, few mist and fog patches around some cloud and rain into the southwest corner parts of wales later in the night that'll hold the temperatures up, but elsewhere will be cold. will be frosty, those lows of minus one or minus two celsius. so 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, will bring rain for some of us. but as we go through the day on saturday, more and more of this mild air will work its way into the mix. so for many places, actually, temperatures will come up quite nicely through the day. a sunny and rather chilly start across northern and eastern parts. further west, some clouds, some splashes of rain, a lot of the rain not particularly heavy. i think we will see some slightly more intense bursts for a time in northern ireland moving into southwest scotland. the winds picking up in western parts and temperatures rising through the day. 12 degrees in london, norwich, plymouth by the end of the afternoon.

and as we move through saturday night, this band of rain wriggles its way through and we see some quite heavy bursts in places where we will continue to feed milder air into the mix. so by sunday morning, a very different start to the day. temperatures in double digits for many places, frost free to start sunday. with that, a lot of clouds, some outbreaks of rain to start the day in eastern parts. that rain will tend to clear. then we'll see some spells of sunshine, but also some showers. and one or two of those could be on the heavy side, but a very mild end to the weekend. temperatures for sunday afternoon, 13 to 16 degrees. 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 tonnes of food and medical supplies arrives off the coast of gaza. russia heads to the polls — with vladimir putin certain to secure his fifth term as president — with any sort of dissent crushed. at least 20 people are killed in russian strikes in 0desa — as the leaders of germany, france and poland hold emergency talks on ukraine. and in a warming world — can we stop the arctic�*s sea ice from melting away? we have a special report on a group of researchers trying to do just that. hello, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. 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

in gaza, after hamas gave what it called a "comprehensive