as the first ship bringing aid to gaza unloads its supplies, the us and un renew warnings about an israeli offensive in rafah. vaughan gething is set to succeed mark drakeford as the first minister of wales — making him the first black leader of a any european country. the indian navy rescues the crew of a hijacked ship in the indian ocean — 35 somali pirates surrender. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. we start with some breaking news. princess diana's brother, charles spencer, has told the bbc that he and his sister suffered violent punishments at home by a nanny referred to as "nanny forster". he said the punishments were "painful" and "really hurt", adding that violence against children damages them,

"whatever family they are born into". charles spencer also said the press attention suffered by his sister was "more dangerous" than the attention online focused on kate, the current princess of wales. princess diana's brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc�*s sunday with laura kuenssberg. earlier i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what was the main thrust of earl spencer's comments. well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. he has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of ii. he also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent

nanny, nanny forster. and this is what he had to say. really damaging violence to children is going to affect them, whatever house they come from, whatever family they're born into. and that nanny who did that to us, i mean, she used to crack our heads together if we're both found to have done something naughty — obviously, without my father's knowledge. but it really hurt. it wasn't a tap on the wrist. it was a cracking crunch, you know, and i remember it still, and i think it emphasises, again, the disconnect of parents. and i'm really not a critic of my parents. they did their best, like 98% of parents do. and i think, again, it wasjust normal. you leave it to the nanny to deal with this. i have two older sisters, and only later was it found out that a different nanny was punishing them by ladling laxatives down them, and my parents couldn't work out why they were constantly ill.

so you're dealing with a very unstructured world of privileged parents living parallel lives to their children. but you and diana and your other sisters were then brought up even in a home environment where staff nannies who were hired to look after you were hurting you. again, i don't think we realized that that was wrong. we knew it was painful and we knew it was something we wanted to avoid. but i think children don't know morality necessarily at that stage, or certainly the law. so it was something that we lived with. you can see there the sort of shocking revelations of what happened at home. but i think even more honest really is his description of what happened when he went to school. so he says that he had a headmaster who used to routinely beat him. he describes them as "sadistic thrashings for sexual gratification". and then he says that he was groomed by a 20—year—old assistant matron

who sexually abused him from the age of ii. and he says that this experience of childhood left him traumatised and angry, that he carried that anger with him throughout the whole of his adult life. he says that informed the way that he gave the eulogy for princess diana's funeral. you may remember in 1997, he was really angry in that eulogy at the establishment and the press, who he blamed for his sister's death. and he says that he can trace that right back to the way he was treated in childhood. he says he had an absolute hatred of injustice and non—truth. so a really fascinating insight, i think, into princess diana's brother. and did earl spencer have anything to say about the current princess of wales, who, of course, we haven't seen in public since her abdominal surgery? he did, but only in passing. so i think he was very clear in this interview that he didn't really want to talk about current members of the royal family. there are obvious comparisons between his sister, diana, princess of wales,

and catherine, princess of wales. both women subject to extraordinary kind of public scrutiny and intrusion, as you say. catherine is now the centre of this swirl of conspiracy theories, partly because she hasn't been seen since january after her surgery. and earl spencer was asked in this interview if the dangers of the online conspiracy world today are more potent than the press intrusion that surrounded his sister in the 1990s. and this was his reply. no, i think it was more dangerous back in the day. i think, yeah, if i look back to '97 and diana's death, i think that was so shocking, the circumstances of her death were so shocking that it did make the industry that supports the paparazzi really consider it more carefully what it could and couldn't do, not because they had a moraljudgment, but because it was unacceptable to the public.

it's interesting that you can you can see we're so far on from the events of 1997, but it's still very raw for charles spencer, exactly what happened to his sister then. so a really interesting interview that i think is on tomorrow morning on the bbc. and as graham said, the full interview with charles spencer will be broadcast on bbc one and available on the bbc iplayer for uk viewers on sunday at 9am gmt. talks aimed at securing a ceasefire and the release of hostages in gaza could resume on sunday in qatar. egyptian officials said hamas has presented a new proposal for a three—stage plan to end the fighting. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the proposal unrealistic, but has agreed to send israeli negotiators to qatar. it comes as the first maritime humanitarian aid shipment to gaza has been unloaded on to the shore, containing 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for gaza. the us charity behind the mission world central kitchen is carrying out the mission in co—operation

with the united arab emirates. speaking ahead of a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid into gaza. translation: we have a difficult situation. - it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on a larger scale. that will be a topic i also have to talk about. we are also concerned about the further advancement of military developments. in particular there is a danger that a large full—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties. which must be avoided at all costs. we will have to talk about the long—term perspective. the question of how a peaceful coexistence between a palestinian state and israel can succeed. our correspondent injerusalem, mark lowen, has been speaking to aid organisations

in gaza about the situation there. unicef, the un children's charity, says that one in three children under the age of two are acutely malnourished, and that figure is double what it was injanuary, so there is an urgent need for aid. a slight glimmer of hope with this ship now flooding the 200 tonnes of aid, being allowed to off—load. it's unclear how the aid will be distributed inside gaza itself, although the idf are saying they will provide some security for that distribution on the ground, which is much needed given the fact that civil order has broken down there and aid distribution, as we've seen, can turn into a fatal, disorderly incident. so the cypriots, who sent the first ship, are saying that a second ship is now ready to leave as well, carrying 240 tonnes of aid,

but really these are fractions of what is needed on the ground, and people are resorting to a maritime corridor and ships bringing in aid because trucks coming in of our land are being so heavily restricted, they have been so heavily restricted by israel over the last five and a half months of war. in order to get a little glimpse of that humanitarian situation on the ground, spoke to doctor margaret harris, a spokesperson for the world health organization, whojoined harris, a spokesperson for the world health organization, who joined from geneva and i asked her what her contacts on the corner gas are telling her. in contacts on the corner gas are telling her-— contacts on the corner gas are tellin: her. ., , , ., , telling her. in our meetings, people sa it's telling her. in our meetings, people say it's beyond _ telling her. in our meetings, people say it's beyond words, _ telling her. in our meetings, people say it's beyond words, it _ telling her. in our meetings, people say it's beyond words, it is - telling her. in our meetings, people say it's beyond words, it is misery l say it's beyond words, it is misery they— say it's beyond words, it is misery they have — say it's beyond words, it is misery they have never seen. my colleagues are people _ they have never seen. my colleagues are people who worked in the toughest places, in africa, and many wars toughest places, in africa, and many were and _ toughest places, in africa, and many wars and situations, and they have never _ wars and situations, and they have never seen — wars and situations, and they have never seen the speed and the horror on the _ never seen the speed and the horror on the misery that people are living in. on the misery that people are living in they— on the misery that people are living in they are — on the misery that people are living in. they are living massively crowded _ in. they are living massively crowded together, starving in places. — crowded together, starving in places, covered in human waste,

faeces, _ places, covered in human waste, faeces, navalto places, covered in human waste, faeces, naval to clean the place because — faeces, naval to clean the place because we can't even bring chlorine in. because we can't even bring chlorine in -- _ because we can't even bring chlorine in -- unable— because we can't even bring chlorine in. —— unable to clean the place. so it is good _ in. —— unable to clean the place. so it is good news to hear that at least — it is good news to hear that at least there is some movement towards a ceasefire _ least there is some movement towards a ceasefire because that is the only answer— a ceasefire because that is the only answer to— a ceasefire because that is the only answer to what we are seeing in gaza i’ilht answer to what we are seeing in gaza right now _ answer to what we are seeing in gaza riaht now. ., ., answer to what we are seeing in gaza riahtnow. ., ., ., , right now. doctor margaret harris, aintin: a right now. doctor margaret harris, painting a picture _ right now. doctor margaret harris, painting a picture there _ right now. doctor margaret harris, painting a picture there of- right now. doctor margaret harris, painting a picture there of the - painting a picture there of the emergency, the health emergency as she puts it in the disastrous situation facing people inside gaza, not least in rafah in the south of the gaza strip, where around half of the gaza strip, where around half of the entire population of gaza, probably around 1.4 million people, sheltering, and the israeli prime minister's office has green lit, we are told, military operation therefore israeli troops to enter rafah, which is what the israeli per minister has been running for several weeks. there would be powerless in terms of the numbers were sheltering there but also in terms of israel's international reputation which is taking a huge hit. the german foreign minister tweeted today that the large—scale

military offensive rafah would be unjustified and that more than 1 million people have nowhere left to go. president biden said a week ago that a military incursion into rafah would be a red line as far as he's concerned. so that would be a huge risk for israel to go into rafah. i think the prime minister plus back office has said they're ready to do so in order to increase pressure on hamas out of the ceasefire talks that are due to resume, we understand, on sunday, tomorrow, in doha. the israeli delegation are going to talk with qatari and egyptian officials. so that is a glimmer of progress, even though the israeli pros —— with the israeli prime minister's office have said the palestinian demands are unreasonable. a hostage situation is under way in newjersey following a shooting which left three people dead in nearby pennsylvania. the first incident took place in a suburb north of philadelphia. police are now dealing with an ongoing incident in the city of trenton,

newjersey. the police have said it's unknoen whether the shootings were "targeted or random". but they identified the suspect as a 26—year—old homeless man, known as andre gordon. he was believed to be carrying an assault rifle and police described him as "extremely dangerous." a short while ago the falls county police department gave a briefing about the incident. while this incident was still dynamic and unfolding to investigate reports that were coming in and assist us in securing the three different crime scenes that we had here in falls township, so my thanks to everyone who assisted us today. it was an outstanding team effort. we've had minor contacts in the past, but nothing that would indicate anything like this would happen. we know initially he was armed with a long gun. he may be armed with other weapons. i don't have specific information on that. it was a dynamic situation. at first, we weren't sure where the actor was or where he was going to end up. so out of an abundance of caution,

we wanted to keep everybody safe. and i think the community did a greatjob in honouring that. the indian navy says one of its warships has forced 35 somali pirates who had hijacked a cargo vessel in the indian ocean to surrender. a spokesman said all 17 crew of the hijacked maltese—flagged ship, mv ruen, were rescued without injury. with more on this let's talk to our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. what happened here? this ship was hi'acked off what happened here? this ship was hijacked off the _ what happened here? this ship was hijacked off the coach _ what happened here? this ship was hijacked off the coach of _ what happened here? this ship was hijacked off the coach of somalia i what happened here? this ship was hijacked off the coach of somalia in| hijacked off the coach of somalia in december, and since then the international maritime forces have been tracking the ship, and what happened was, a few days ago, another bangladeshi ship was hijacked by the pirates in the arabian sea and officials suspect this particular ship could have been used as a mother ship to go deeper into the ocean and hijack the mv

ruen. the navy said yesterday they were tracking this particular ship and today they have come out and said they have coerced the surrender of these 35 somali pirates off the coast of somalia. it seemed to be a very complex operation according to the indian navy spokesperson, where they had used long—range drones and maritime surveillance aircraft and also air dropping of marine commandos, like the equivalent of navy seals, before they can convince these pirates to surrender, and all 17 crew members, they are from angola, bulgaria and myanmar, they have been rescued.— have been rescued. many somalis in coastal areas — have been rescued. many somalis in coastal areas complain _ have been rescued. many somalis in coastal areas complain about - have been rescued. many somalis in coastal areas complain about the - coastal areas complain about the illegal fishing activities of foreign vessels in their seas. a significant is the issue of illegal fishing off the coast of somalia?

many somalis have been talking about how, because in the absence of bigger vessels, how, because in the absence of biggervessels, how how, because in the absence of bigger vessels, how the international ships, and exploit the marine wealth that has been a long—standing complaint. in fact, some people even accuse this bangladeshi ship of what it was doing. what it shows is that the heightened activity of piracy since last december, and we also know the us led force has already been tackling through the attacks on commercial vehicles in the red sea, but india is not part of that us led force but it is doing, along with other international partners, it is doing surveillance activities in western and southern arabian sea to protect ships, commercial vessels, so that they can carry on with their cargo and other work, and it's also deployed 12 warships in this region, projecting a power. what is important here is that whether the

international maritime traffic should be pretty, how it can be protected now because of this increase in piracy because since 2017 there was no major incident of piracy, this is a real worry for the shipping companies.— piracy, this is a real worry for the shipping companies. thank you very much for the _ shipping companies. thank you very much for the update _ shipping companies. thank you very much for the update and _ shipping companies. thank you very much for the update and without - much for the update and without context too. —— with that context. vaughan gething will become europe's first black leader — after winning the welsh labour leadership election. the outgoing first minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. the result of the leadership election was very close. vaughan gething, currently the economy minister, won with 51.7% of the vote. his opponent, the education minister jeremy miles, received 48.3%. our political editor chris mason was watching the announcement and sent this report. the two contenders had just been told the results, but the rest of us had to wait. vaughan gething's wife

and son on the front row — always good to have a book with you just in case dad's work thing on a saturday drags on a bit. and now we turn to the oscar bit. and the winner... and the winner... ..is vaughan gething. mr gething celebrated his 50th yesterday, and winning the welsh labour leadership today. we turn a page in the book of our nation's history. a history that we write together. notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because the generational dial hasjumped too. and i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. smiles and applause, yes, but questions too about a £200,000 donation vaughan gething accepted from a company run by a man who was convicted twice for environmental offences. the loser, jeremy miles, left pretty sharpish, writing on social media, "trust must be continually earned,"

which sounds like a barb at the donation and vaughan gething. i think at the end of the day it was a race between two disciples of drakeford. they were both in his cabinet and are responsible for the longest waiting times in the uk, the worst educational outcomes and the weakest economy of uk nations. that is there a record and it doesn't seem like anything will change as a result. —— that is their record. plaid cymru are in a co—operation agreement with the labour government here but they reckoned the donation stinks. one way to clear it up would be to pay the money back, because while he says he has done nothing wrong, it doesn't really pass the smell test. vaughan gething insists he's done everything by the book. let's talk about that £200,000 donation, have you spent it all? we have spent a lot of money through the campaign on volunteers, staff, on the work you need to do to run a campaign. is that what swung it for you, huge amounts of money? i think what swung it for us is the fact we persuaded members that they could believe in me.

lots of hard work goes into running a more than three months campaign... and lots of money? it's an indivisible part of modern politics. another striking part of modern political leadership — diversity. growing up, you don't see yourself as different until you realise that the world doesn't see you differently. until you realise that the world does see you differently. and that really happened going into secondary school, looking more and more at the world i was growing up in, recognising that people saw me differently to my classmates. from schoolboy to first minister, vaughan gething will take on his newjob on wednesday. that was our political editor chris mason with that report. russia has accused ukraine of trying to interrupt the russian elections by stepping up attacks on its territory. a second day of voting is taking place in russia's presidential election. vladimir putin is expected to win a further six years in power, as his only serious opponents are either in prison, in exile, or dead. there have been sporadic acts of protest in russia.

at various poll stations, people have poured dye into ballot boxes or set them aflame. former russian president dmitry medvedev referred to the protesters as "traitors" and called their acts "direct assistance to degenerates who are shelling our cities today". his remarks come as shops and schools have been closed in the russian city of belgorod after bombardments that authorities there have blamed on ukraine. the belgorod governor said two people were killed — as voting continues. i spoke to catherine belton, the author of putin's people, and asked why this election is so important to vladamir putin. he knows he's going to win it. he knows that everyone is going to come up with the result that he wants. otherwise they will face punishment as well. but on the other hand, he also he's a lawyer. he likes to keep a veneer of legitimacy and he wants a good victory. he's expecting 80% of the vote to persuade everyone else

in the elite that the nation is behind him. so any kind of glimpse of protests, anything that's happening that's outside of that kind of victory parade for him kind of impinges a little on his authority, which is why he's gone to such great lengths to eradicate the field of any opposition at all. there are other candidates standing against him. why do they make the effort to take part when they have no chance of succeeding? it sounds to me like they're forced to. they're not really given a choice. you know, russia is a democracy in name only. it certainly doesn't exist. everyone in the lower house of parliament basically rubber stamps the kremlin's every decision. so you've got the communist party candidate, he already lost to putin last time round when questioned,

"now, are you going to be a better president than putin?" he doesn't even answer the question. so they're there to sort of basically show and present this veneer, this facade of democracy. and really, they're just putin's pals. in egypt, one of the oldest and most prestigious film studios in the arab world has been destroyed by a majorfire in cairo. several buildings near al—ahram studio in the giza district of cairo also had to be evacuated as the fire spread to them. no casualties were reported, but some people had to be treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. many egyptian films and television series have been produced at the studio since it was founded 80 years ago. let's hear from an eyewitness. translation: the fire reached the upper floors in those - buildings then spread. all those buildings burned down. then the ambulances and fire trucks arrived. this is a cinematography studio where tv shows used to film series in ramadan. the place is always active and nobody knows what happened. some say it's due to a short circuit

while others say something strange happened inside. india has announced the date of its national elections. voting will take place for several weeks from the 19th of april. the current hindu nationalist prime minister narendra modi is expected to win a third term. there are around 968 million eligible voters in india. samira hussain sent us this update. india is the world's largest democracy, and in these upcoming elections, there are 968 million eligible voters. in order for all of those people to be able to cast a ballot, voting will take place over several weeks. ballot, voting will take place over severalweeks. it's ballot, voting will take place over several weeks. it's going to be broken down into several different phases, and the results of the elections are expected on the 4th of june. on the one hand, you have prime minister narendra modi and his

party, the bjp. they are looking very strong coming into these elections. the main opposition party, the congress, is trying to mount a counter to the might of the bjp, and they have aligned themselves with more than two dozen other smaller political parties to try and push back against the bjp government. but so far, they haven't really been able to gain much traction. forthe really been able to gain much traction. for the prime minister, who is seeking his third consecutive term in office, they are looking, rather the bjp party is looking to increase the number of seats that they already have in parliament. part of the strategy for them to do thatis part of the strategy for them to do that is to concentrate their efforts in these southern parts of the country, where they haven't been able to make inroads against some very strong regional parties. these elections are not only going to be

watched by people within the country, it is certainly going to be an election that is watched by countries around the world. here in the uk — technical glitches mean supermarket deliveries are suffering severe delays. supermarket sainsbury�*s says it will not be able to fulfil the "vast majority" of online deliveries today. customers have been contacting the supermarket on social media to report issues with their online orders. sainsbury�*s says it was caused by an overnight software update — tesco —says it�* also working to fix a technical issue that has meant it has had to cancel some of its online tomorrow is going to be a warmer day. today felt a lot chillier across south—eastern parts of the country, but we have all seen the cloud increasing and there has been some rain and drizzle in the air as well. low pressure is staying probably out to the west, but well ahead of it, this cloud is getting

thrown our way, and these weather fronts will bring the wetter weather and that is pushing east. it will clear away from northern areas overnight, but across england and wales, coming up from the south—west, we will see rain developing more widely by the early hours. not welcome rain by any means. eight or nine celsius, but where the cloud breaks later in northern scotland, temperatures down to three orfour celsius. unlike today, tomorrow is going to be an improving picture, where we will see the rain clearing, sunshine coming through and that could lead to a few showers here and there. the rain should not last too long in wales, but you can expect a wet start in the midlands first thing. the cloud will then break, sunny spells will develop, leading to a few showers, mainly for the northern half of the uk. the winds will be quite light and it will be a warmer day. compared with today temperatures will be three or four degrees higher. in the milder air on sunday night,

a couple of weakening weather fronts moving in from the west. they won't bring much rain at all. that's the extent of any cloud and rain early on monday. that moves away, and we will see some sunshine coming through. then the next weather system arrives out in the west, northern ireland, strengthening the winds through the irish sea and into westernmost parts of scotland. it is a southerly wind, hence those higher than normal temperatures, peaking at 15 or 16 celsius. the wind is coming from a long way south, hence those higher temperatures. but the potentialfor more rain. this area of low pressure is going to track north and it will take the rain overnight across the northern half of the uk, and then clear away north on tuesday. following that, there will be a few showers, but then it will dry up with some sunshine. still some rain hanging on in the south and south—west. those temperatures not changing much, 13—16 celsius.

princess diana and his brother charles spencer has told the bbc that he and his sister suffered violent punishment at home by a nanny referred to as mandy foster. he also said the press attention

suffered by his sister was more dangerous then the attention all mind focused on catherine. talks aims at securing a cease—fire and release of hostages in gaza could resume on saturday —— sunday presenting a new proposal to end the fighting. israel has agreed to send negotiators the indian navy says one of its warships as forts somali who hijacked and the indian ocean to surrender. a spokesperson said all 17 were rescued without injury. one of the oldest and most prestigious film studios in the arab world has been destroyed by a fire. buildings near cairo were evacuated. now on bbc news it is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday —