port—au—prince. and in iceland, 3 state of emergency after another volcanic eruption, the fourth since december. welcome to the programme. i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with russia, which is holding the third and final day of voting in a presidential election that's expected to keep vladimir putin in power for another six years. supporters of the late opposition leader alexei navalny have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. the rolling protest has been dubbed �*noon against putin'. graham satchell has this report.

in the snowy city 50 miles north of moscow, officials are going door to door, this is the final day of the russian presidential election and everyone including the sick and elderly will get a chance to vote. this person is 87 and she is worried about the war in ukraine. i is worried about the war in ukraine-— is worried about the war in ukraine. i wish this special operation _ ukraine. i wish this special operation would _ ukraine. i wish this special operation would end - ukraine. i wish this special operation would end and i ukraine. i wish this special operation would end and it ukraine. i wish this special. operation would end and it is ukraine. i wish this special- operation would end and it is a pity that people are dying, what a pity. can you imagine how many people are dying, but i am elderly and i'm very worried about this.- i am elderly and i'm very worried about this. the war is the main _ worried about this. the war is the main focus _ worried about this. the war is the main focus of _ worried about this. the war is the main focus of the - worried about this. the war is| the main focus of the election. president putin has entered into a referendum on his handling of the conflict and in his words, how he has protected russia from what he as facets in ukraine. translation: , u, in ukraine. translation: , h, ., in ukraine. translation: , ., ., translation: they came to vote for a man that _ translation: they came to vote for a man that does _ translation: they came to vote for a man that does everything i for a man that does everything to ensure there is no war in the world, that our country

lives on prospers and that there is no fascism anywhere, nor in ukraine or any parts of the world. nor in ukraine or any parts of the world-— the world. there have been occasional— the world. there have been occasional sporadic - the world. there have been| occasional sporadic protests but they are tiny in number. this election like all in russia, is tightly controlled. we should not even call them elections. it is a song and dance procedure of how putin will become president again, but it is the first time in wartime, so that is why they need this to show it is a referendum on putin, on his actions, on his future six years, and that is why they really make it into a giant show of support.- really make it into a giant show of support. later this morning. _ show of support. later this morning, supporters - show of support. later this morning, supporters of. show of support. later this| morning, supporters of the show of support. later this - morning, supporters of the dead opposition leader navalny are planning a protest but this will not change the outcome because the opponents of vladimir putin are either in exile, injail or dead.

graham satchell, bbc news. let's speak to robert english, associate professor of international relations at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. thank you forjoining us on the programme. i guess it's fair that it was expected to be a smooth protest for vladimir putin to be re—elected. what did you make of the acts of vandalism at polling stations? you know, if i was putin, i would be pretty nervous right now. i've raised the stakes so high and so hard to rig the outcome in my favour and because i made this election absolutely a clear, decisive referendum on my war in ukraine, any signs of broad dissent would be humiliating, right? anything less than overwhelming and obvious mass public support truly

embarrassing. it may not work out that way but with the early signs and early cracks in the facade and if the protest for normality is called for, it would in theory eight ladder me putin —— alexi navalny. haw putin -- alexi navalny. how likely will — putin -- alexi navalny. how likely will it _ putin -- alexi navalny. how likely will it be _ putin -- alexi navalny. how likely will it be that - putin -- alexi navalny. how likely will it be that they - likely will it be that they come out and protest? i don't know the _ come out and protest? i don't know the answer _ come out and protest? i don't know the answer to _ come out and protest? i don't know the answer to that. - come out and protest? i don't i know the answer to that. coming out in protest is a little simpler than it would otherwise be and when alexei navalny called for in february and her widow has called for them to come out at noon to vote and vote in the polling station, just like gathering like a flash mob at that hour, they

are protesting silently. there is nothing that says it cannot vote. in fact, they are being encouraged to vote but by doing it at this prearranged hour, they are sending a silent but powerful message. if only doesn't do this in major cities, it will have fizzled but if hundreds calm, and it's happening all over the country and people capture this on their cellphones and share the images, that would be a defeat for putin. obviously symbolic, he will hold onto power but it will be a crack in his arm are. a crack in his armour but is expected that vladimir putin will win the election and by a significant margin. what else do you think he hopes to gain with these elections? what sort of message would he want to send to the rest of the world? he wants to send a message to the rest of the world that he has overwhelming public support

but even more important, he needs to send that message and haveit needs to send that message and have it reaffirmed at home and i think it is at home where it is most worrying for him. abroad we know perfectly well that a population inundated with propaganda, with $1 billion or more spent on getting out the vote with patriotic festivals, with prizes and concerts, he has staked so much on this that anything less than total victory will show him as we get home and it will not result in his overthrow anytime soon, but it will be a significant crack in his armour in what otherwise has been months of relative success on the battlefield, on the economic front, this would be a slight reversal.— be a slight reversal. thank ou. be a slight reversal. thank yom robert _ be a slight reversal. thank you. robert english, - be a slight reversal. thank you. robert english, from| be a slight reversal. thank. you. robert english, from the university of southern california. meanwhile, russian authorities say an oil refinery in the krasnodar region, just east of crimea, has been attacked by ukraine.

they said the ukrainian drones were neutralised but a fire broke out at the slavyansk refinery as a result of falling debris. officials said one person died during the attack. residents in the local town reported hearing at least five explosions. estonia's prime minister, kaja kallas, has told the bbc that russia's president putin should be taken seriously over his nuclear threats, but also warns that such threats are a trap that western nations should be wary of. prime minister kallas has also addressed concerns over the upcoming presidential election in the united states and that a trump presidency which abandoned ukraine would be giving a victory to russia. she told my colleague sumi somaskanda that the world should not ignore frightening messages from president putin. of course we have to take everything seriously, what he says. he has been threatening

with the nuclear war for quite some time. but it has only been words. he is very good at sewing fear in our societies and really listening what we are afraid of giving you the fears that you have, ok, you are afraid of nuclear war so i will give out this kind of signal, and the public goes oh, no! we can't do that! it is a trap. a trap of self deterrence because if we are afraid, then we start to self deter, and thatis we start to self deter, and that is what vladimir putin wants. we also won't have to think what he is afraid of and he is afraid of going to war with nato, and he does not want that. and we don't want that, either. ., ., , that. and we don't want that, either. . ., , , ., ., either. that was the estonian prime minister. _

the uk defence secretary, grant shapps, had to abandon a trip to the southern ukrainian city of odesa last week, after he was warned moscow had gained knowledge of his travel plans. the sunday times said a last minute intelligence assessment deemed the security risk too great. it follows an incident last week when an raf plane mr shapps was travelling in between the uk and poland had its gps signaljammed while flying close to russian territory. talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between israel and hamas, as well as the release of hostages could resume on sunday in qatar as fears remain over the prospect of a large—scale invasion of rafah. egyptian officials said hamas has presented a new proposal for a three—stage plan to end the fighting. israel's prime minister,

benjamin netanyahu, has called the proposal unrealistic, but agreed to send israeli negotiators to qatar. meanwhile, a humanitarian aid shipment carrying 200 tonnes of food from cyprus has been unloaded onto gaza's shore. it's the first time in two decades that the sea route has been used. it's unclear, though, how the food will be distributed. speaking before a two—day trip to the middle east, the german chancellor olaf scholz urged israel to allow unlimited humanitarian aid into gaza. translation: we have a difficult situation. - it is necessary for aid to reach gaza on the larger scale. that is a topic i also have to talk about. we have concern about the further enhancement of military developments. in particular, there is a danger that the large—scale offensive in rafah will result in many terrible civilian casualties, which must be avoided

at all costs. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. what's the latest on the humanitarian situation? it seems for the past few weeks we have been talking about talks, can we be optimistic about this fresh row expected to happen? i about this fresh row expected to happen?— to happen? i think something miaht to happen? i think something might happen _ to happen? i think something might happen this _ to happen? i think something might happen this time - to happen? i think something i might happen this time because there is more pressured, firstly, on benjamin netanyahu after many criticisms on him delaying and reaching a deal, putting peoples lives at risk in gaza, from inside israel, from the hostage families and other political parties, who make demonstrations almost every day. there was a big one injerusalem and tel aviv, so there is more pressure on benjamin netanyahu to urge the team and the chief of mossad to

reach a deal. there is pressure on hamas after the palestinian president, said they did not consult any other factions before the attack. there is pressure on both sides to reach a deal. it will not be easy but it is to ease tension on the humanitarian levels inside gaza. ., , humanitarian levels inside gaza. ., ., ., , gaza. those humanitarian levels that ou gaza. those humanitarian levels that you mention, _ gaza. those humanitarian levels that you mention, the _ gaza. those humanitarian levels that you mention, the spanish i that you mention, the spanish aid shift arrived on the shoreline and is offloading cargo and how will that be distributed and will aid reach cars are? it distributed and will aid reach cars are? , distributed and will aid reach cars are?— cars are? it is problematic, and there _ cars are? it is problematic, and there are _ cars are? it is problematic, and there are several - cars are? it is problematic, and there are several un . and there are several un organisations saying that the safest, most efficient and effective route is the land route. it is good news that there are 13 aid trucks that went to northern gaza from the

south for the first time without disruption in many months, and distributed aid because some civilians with starving to death. this 200 tons of aid from the outside, through the sea passage is very promising but still according to the un, is not the efficient ways so it helps but it is not the solution in the opinion of this organisation, the only way is a ceasefire. that is the only way to make a breakthrough regarding health issues, food, and other problems facing people in gaza. police in haiti are trying to crack down on the gangs which have taken control of most of the capital, port—au—prince. police have killed a number of gang members in an operation to clear parts of the city. the united nations has

described the security situation as tense and volatile and warns that increasing numbers of children in haiti are going hungry as unrest continues. facilities have closed due to the ongoing violence, and haitians are now facing soaring prices for food and other essentials. our central america and carribean correspondent, will grant, gave us this update on reports that police in haiti have been trying to arrest the leader of the gangs controlling most of the capital. it appears there was quite an extensive swat team operation in an area of the capital. that is where it is known to be one of the strongholds of �*barbecue'. clearly they were trying to either capture him or kill him but they were successful in neither of those attempts. there were a number of casualties on the side of the gangs by all accounts but if anything it is going to beget more violence. we have heard today of more shooting in the capital and a quite fierce response from the gangs to the operation by the police. it sort of paints the picture

of what is going on. a cat and mouse game is going on in the neighbourhoods where the police are obviously outnumbered by the gangs at this stage unless they get serious reinforcements in the coming weeks and months. by by all accounts, it is becoming extremely serious in port—au—prince, and here where we are, the fact that there are so many people arriving from the capital whichever way they can. we've seen just now, while we were waiting to come on air, a bus coming from port—au—prince. there are very few running because it is so dangerous and it had to go out of its way because of the police operation and the response of the gangs, adding hours to the journey. extremely frightening for those on the

bus and travelling this way but it is less frightening to get here then make the journey then it is to remain home. we are seeing more than 360,000 internally displaced people and the aid to deal with this humanitarian agency, it is simply not coming in at the pace, it is a trickle, if that. donald trump has held his first campaign rally since wrapping up the republican party's nomination for this year's us presidential election. at the rally in dayton, ohio, mrtrump focused on immigration and promised the biggest deportation of illegal migrants in america's history if he's returned to the white house. he also set out his other main priorities as stopping inflation, drilling for oil, and preventing world war three. after we win the presidency, i will have the horrible war

between russia and ukraine settled, and we will restore peace through strength. that is what we need, peace through strength. and i will pass the trump reciprocal trade act. if china or any other country makes us pay 200% tariff, which they do, we will make them pay a reciprocal tariff of 100 or 200%. and our reporter carl nasman was at the trump rally in ohio and sent this update. donald trump, boarding his private plane and getting ready to leave ohio, after an hour—long speech, his first rally since essentially wrapping up the republican presidential nomination. this address going hard on immigration and the border, criticising current presidentjoe biden for what he says his failed immigration policies. trump said during the rally that if he were elected this country would see its biggest deportation of migrants

in its history. ohio is trump country and this is a state that is increasingly red, one that trump has won in the past two presidential elections so he doesn't necessarily need to be campaigning here but he is here to support his preferred candidate in the republican senate race, bernie moreno, a controversialfigure, towards the far right of the spectrum, similar views to trump on immigration and he said he would support eliminating all us military aid to ukraine. this is a closely watched race because if the republicans are to retake the senate seat in ohio, they could likely retake control of the senate. it would be good news for the republicans and so donald trump hoping to rally his base here in ohio, to not only return to the white house but to return control of congress back to the republicans. princess diana's brother, earl spencer, has told the bbc that the press attention

suffered by his sister was more dangerous than the scrutiny faced by catherine, the current princess of wales. in an interview for today's sunday with laura kuenssberg program, earl spencer has also revealed details about the violent punishments that he and his sister endured when they were young. here's laura kuenssberg. i always believed the press would kill her in the end, but not even i could imagine that they would take such a direct hand in her death. charles spencer's fury at the way the press treated his sister, diana, made him famous. it is a point to remember... his anger at her funeral, raw, after years of intrusion and pain. ..a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age. decades later, there's been a frenzy around the current princess of wales, kate — even around a family photo. but does the rumour and online speculation compare to what diana endured?

no, i think it was more dangerous back in the day. the circumstances of her death were so shocking that it did make the industry that supports the paparazzi really consider more carefully what it could and couldn't do. not because they had a moraljudgement, but because it was unacceptable. he's publishing a memoir about appalling, violent and sexual abuse he suffered at boarding school. sent away at the age of eight, he became a victim. innocent family snaps mask the darker secrets of what went on. he even told me he and his sister were physically hurt by a nanny known as nanny foster, as young children. and their elder sisters were punished with laxatives by a different nanny, too. she used to crack our heads together if we were 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. 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 realised that that was wrong. charles spencer may come from one of the wealthiest families in the land, but privilege is no guarantee of happiness. aristocracy — no protection from abuse. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the full interview with charles spencer will be broadcast on bbc one and available on the bbc iplayerfor uk viewers on sunday at 9am gmt. councils in england will have to carry out leaflet drops, run online surveys and hold in—person meetings if they want to introduce new low traffic neighbourhoods, under government guidance

being published today. councils who want to introduce traffic restrictions will have to show they have support from residents, businesses and emergency services before any changes can be introduced. 0ur political reporter leila nathoo has more. low traffic neighbourhoods, or ltns, are designed to reduced residential traffic on roads, and they are loved by some who see quiet streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists and improved air quality but anchor others who think roots are being disrupted and schemes poorly imposed. ministers have now issued draft guidance for councils which from the summer will require them to consider whether residents support ltns being brought in. they say leaflet drops, online surveys and imprisoned meetings should be used to inform and engage opinion. a review found these

traffic management schemes could provide benefits to air quality but highlighted concerns on the impact on disabled people, potential delays to emergency service vehicles, and high numbers of penalty notices being served. residents felt fewer than 20% of people felt they influence decisions. local authorities have now been warned if they failed to ensure communities are behind schemes, they could see future funding withdrawn. local authorities really do need to get local residential buying from residences and businesses from their inception. that is the best way to get community to buy in to any scheme local authorities introducing. it has been mixed across the country but bringing in a standard that says let's get the community in early, that's really thrusted out and have good conversations, and deliver a scheme that has got good potential and good results across the communities, that is the best way to get a good

transport scheme in place. councils will separately be told they should only introduce 20 miles an hour limits in specific areas such as outside schools. the local government association says governments have already consulted on ltns and say ministers are trying to dictate to communities how they use their streets. leila nathoo, bbc news. lets take you live to iceland now, where a state on the reykjanes peninsula, the fourth since december. among those being asked to leave the area are residents of the town of grindavik, which has been badly affected by the continuing flare—ups. iceland's airspace remains open, but the nearby blue lagoon, one of the country's most popular tourist attractions, has been evacuated. st patrick's day festivities are under way across the united states, with thousands in new york turning out to celebrate irish heritage. manhattan's fifth

avenue turned green on saturday as large crowds cheered on marchers in the annual st patrick's day parade. the event, which dates to 1762, is one of the world's largest irish heritage festivities. in atlanta, thousands lined the streets as floats, dancers and musicians took part in the city's annual st patrick's parade. some breaking news, apparently a polling station in zaporizhzhia have been attacked by forces, and this is been reported by the reuters news agency. hello there. at last, some beautiful spring sunshine for much of the uk on saturday, including

here in cumbria. it wasn't long before we saw the cloud thicken from the west before outbreaks of rain moving northwards and eastwards. this will come down as rain over wales for a time into central and southern england and eastern england so a soggy start to the day but it is a mild one, milder than it was on saturday morning. temperatures between 5—11 degrees. double figures in the south still. a mild start of the day, more sunshine on offer throughout the day on sunday but also a few showers in the afternoon. it's a very wet start for parts of southern england. the heavy rain clears over the north sea. here it should brighten up by lunchtime and perhaps more sunshine developing. sunny spells elsewhere. coastal and hill fog for a time across the west. it will cloud over northern ireland in the afternoon. outbreaks of rain here, some of the shower is heavy and thundery the northern england but mild again, we could see 17 celsius in east anglia as we head through the afternoon. looking to the west again as we had through sunday

night and into monday, various weather fronts approaching. these are fizzling out. there will be rain in the north and west throughout the night and then it is a bit of patchy cloud as we head through much of monday. for most of us on monday it will stay dry, clouding over, outbreaks of rain over northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the day. the air is still mild. again, temperatures will peak in the mid teens for many. keeping that mild air heading through monday and tuesday with that southwesterly wind. on tuesday we are likely to see more heavy rain across the north and the west. so for northern ireland and the western scotland. elsewhere i think it'll stay largely dry as we had throughout the day. a lot of the cloud will break up and we will see brighter spells developing. all eyes out towards the southwest by the time we get to the end of tuesday because this rain could cause some problems perhaps on wednesday. but the air is still very mild on tuesday, 12—16 celsius. it could turn cooler as we head through wednesday and thursday. it stays unsettled, more rain forecast at times. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a third day of voting in russia. vladimir putin is predicted to win, with his main opposition either barred from running or dead. but supporters of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, are still

hoping to make their votes count — for anyone but putin. in haiti, police clash with gang members as authorities try to regain control of the capital, port—au—prince. police say several gang members have been killed in an operation to clear roadblocks and seize weapons. and in iceland a state of emergency after another volcanic eruption, the fourth since december. it is thought to be the most powerful so far. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst.

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