hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. a united nations air—bridge is beginning to bring aid into haiti. efforts are continuing to form a transitional body to lead the country, following after the resignation of prime minister ariel henry, but violence and shortages are wreak havoc but violence and shortages are wreaking havoc amid the power vacuum. it's been over two weeks since a jailbreak triggered a state of emergency in the caribbean nation, with few resources for the police to properly fight back. and now, caught in the middle, are hundreds of thousands of people, made homeless by the fighting, amid dire shortages of food. the first group of us citizens evacuated from haiti are back on american soil, having been flown to miami in a charted plane. however, most haitians, of course, cannot leave. they are living in a country where gangs remain in control of much of the capital. the bodies of at least a dozen people were discovered in a wealthy suburb

of port—au—prince on monday, amid fighting with machete wielding militias, trying to protect their neighbourhoods. our latin america and carribean correspondent, will grant, is in cap—haitien and sent us this report. the grisly aftermath of a gang rampage. following a morning killing spree, in which the home of a judge was also attacked, at least a dozen bodies were left on the streets of a neighbourhood in port—au—prince. and this is supposedly the safe part of town. the latest violence serves as a reminder, if any were needed, that haiti remains closer to anarchy than stability, and that makes it almost impossible for so many here to lead anything that resembles their normal lives amid the chaos. just a day old, baby woodley�*s first cries are the same as those of children born anywhere — for food and for comfort. but as they get older, the children born in cap—haitien�*s maternity wing will find such essentials are farfrom guaranteed in haiti.

this woman tells me she would take her newborn boy out of the country altogether if she gets the chance, but she doesn't have the money to flee. as he shows us around dark and empty wards, dr clervil says the gangs�* control of the roads is making it impossible to find enough fuel to keep the lights on, let alone to bring in the drugs and equipment they need. translation: as you can see, we have beds and staff, - but often the patients just can't reach us because of their economic situation — or, more often than not, their safety. for some, it has had terrible consequences. this woman was eight and half months pregnant when she came into hospital. by then, she had dangerously high blood pressure and lost the baby. pre—eclampsia is treatable had she been properly monitored or the baby been delivered early. she knows her loss was avoidable.

the head of unicef has called the situation in haiti "horrific" and likened the lawlessness to the post—apocalyptic film, mad max. the security situation aside, the humanitarian need here is critical and the aid response so far has been painfully slow. the essential things of life are increasingly hard to find. in port—au—prince, this woman and her nine children have been forced from their home by the violence and she's struggling to provide the food water they need. "only god can change this place," she says, "because from where i'm sitting, "i can't see where any other change is coming from." the gangs have such a grip of haiti, they are, in essence, dictating what happens next in this country — who can govern it, who lives in it, and who dies. in washington on monday, the us state department's spokesman said a transitional council may be

in place in haiti later in the day, but it's nearly midnight here in washington, and there's no word of progress. will has more on the prospects for such a body. it is almost a week or over a week in fact since the us state department said that they thought council would be in place within 48 hours. it is still ambitious they would have it in place in the short—term. we are hearing it is in the offing but one has to think, what will it be able to achieve? in that violence was in the capital city that, there was also an attack on a charge�*s house and to me that is a pretty clear message delivered the political elite who would be president, who are making this sort of efforts to work out who will be in power, you know, the gangs are telling them, we're not sure we want any of you and we are not prepared to stop fighting unless we get some kind of we agree with who could

potentially for example give them an amnesty. here in the us, president biden has held his first phone call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in more than a month. washington described the conversation as businesslike. it comes amid a deepening rift between the two leaders over the war in gaza. us national security adviser, jake sullivan, said the president stressed the need to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. president biden is also reported to have voiced deep concerns over israel's plans to carry out an assault in the southern city of rafah, where around half of gaza's population is currently sheltering. the key goals israel wants to achieve in rafah can be achieved by other means. on the gold today, president biden asked benjamin netanyahu to send a team composed of military officials to washington in the coming days to hear us concerns about israel's rafah planning and provide an alternative approach

to secure the egypt— gaza border without a major ground invasion. the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has said that israel is using starvation as a weapon of war. a new un backed report has warned that 1.1 million people in gaza, around half the population, are experiencing "catastrophic" shortages of food. israel has denied that it is hampering the delivery of aid. overnight, its troops raided the largest hospital in gaza, al shifa, for the fourth time. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports. sheer desperation in gaza city today and a tiny window of hope. this crush is to get a few kilograms of flour. most don't manage it. "there is nothing to eat or drink," she says. "children are dying." "there are massacres when planes drop aid "and people die."

the eu says israel is provoking famine and has turned gaza into a killing ground. gaza was, before the war, the greatest open—air prison. today, it's the greatest open—air graveyard. a graveyard for tens of thousands of people. and in that graveyard today, another round of battle — this time at al—shifa, gaza's largest hospital. teaming with the wounded in these recent pictures and home to many seeking shelter. now the israeli army is back again, hunting hamas, it says. soldiers shot their way in overnight, claiming they came under fire. doctors told the bbc,

three patients died because the electricity was cut off. the idf is conducting a high—precision operation in limited areas of shifa hospital. we know that senior hamas terrorists have regrouped inside the shifa hospital and are using it to command attacks against israel. the army has been here before. this was last november, showing tunnels under al—shifa and facing widespread condemnation for raiding a hospital. now it is back again for a fourth time — hardly a sign of victory. and again, war—weary families forced to flee the area around al—shifa. this young boy says, "we were sleeping when they started bombing. "they shelled our home and there was shooting. "afterwards they let us out.

"they addressed the men and took them to the tanks." in gaza now, no escape from bombs orfrom hunger. before the eyes of the world, famine closing in. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the humanitarian situation in gaza, i spoke to bushra khalidi, oxfam's lead policy advisor injerusalem. the situation in gaza appears to grow ever more dire and if the global body responsible for declaring famine reported that 1.1 million people were already starving and the rest of the people that could be in famine byjuly. what is the biggest challenge to getting eight in right now? i challenge to getting eight in right now?— right now? i mean, the challenges _ right now? i mean, the challenges are - right now? i mean, the challenges are so - right now? i mean, the - challenges are so amorous. from the items that are arbitrarily

rejected on a daily basis by israeli authorities, including many of oxfam items rejected and then accepted but this causes delays. —— are so numerous. but what it testing kids previously redacted. this causes delays and adds much additional costs on organisations like oxfam. there are seven crossings into gaza and only to still remain. there has been a pilot test of another one being opened but not all main roads are being explored and also there is no local economy in gaza. the use traders, and private sectors but that is no longer working because of these businesses have basically been nontrading and not being able to work and supply goods to the gaza strip as they used to before seven.

there are also restrictions on the number of humanitarian workers in, on the number of trucks that come in. there are hundreds of trucks currently waiting at the border trying to get in... waiting at the border trying to net in... . . ,, get in... can i ask you... you're — get in... can i ask you... you're talking _ get in... can i ask you... you're talking about - get in... can i ask you... you're talking about a i you're talking about a multitude of restrictions and problems that stopped aid coming in. israel says it is not using survation as a weapon. it says the un has created logistical challenges around eight deliveries. that hamas is dealing aid. a member of congress said gangs and hamas are now commandeering thatis hamas are now commandeering that is meant to get to innocent civilians. what can ou tell innocent civilians. what can you tell us _ innocent civilians. what can you tell us about _ innocent civilians. what can you tell us about that? - innocent civilians. what can you tell us about that? do i innocent civilians. what can i you tell us about that? do not have any evidence of this and nor have we seen any official or formal evidence of this occurring systematically, if thatis occurring systematically, if that is happening. oxfam's perspective, we have not encountered that and we have been working on the ground for more than 50 years in gaza and that has not yet been our

experience. furthermore, we have always worked through the united nations. they have been a co—ordinating body that we work through to get 18 and we usually reduce commercial supply routes and other crossings and some of those which remain closed since the sixth of october and furthermore they have been attacks on humanitarian convoys and humanitarian workers and actually humanitarian workers have been killed at an precedented rate in the last five months in gaza. does that at an unprecedented. this access question twice whether or not we are able to send our teams to the ground. furthermore oxfam has direct experience in storage facilities which we use and that has caused a great loss to the stocks we were stocking in those warehouses. in the south, that have been completely

destroyed by israeli airstrikes. so, it is not exactly our experience so far. the jewel list is arbitrary and does not meet with international standards either. as you are here in washington and holding meetings, what are you asking from the international community? first of all we're _ international community? first of all we're for _ international community? first of all we're for israel _ international community? first of all we're for israel to - of all we're for israel to abide by its international obligations. israel is the occupier, it occupies the palestinian territory, including gaza and has been for years and has been imposing a blockade on gaza, cutting of water, electricity and closing borders. we are asking for israel to abide by international legal obligations to protect gaza civilian population. when we are seeing famine looming in the north and the children are dying of hunger and starvation and that my family in gaza is living on

one meal a day, israel is not abiding by its duties and obligations to protect gaza civilian population from harm. by civilian population from harm. by providing water and basic services. the fact is, since the ninth of october, israel has kept the lines of electricity and water shut together and only allows very little water in and has close all the borders. only two remain partially operational and finally, it is a pedestrian crossing, it is not meant to meet the needs of two million people. so the fact that now the humanitarian team is having to respond to the daily needs to respond to the daily needs to 2.2 million people is unreasonable and should not... the body should not be placed on the humanitarian aid team. thank you forjoining us on bbc

news and we appreciate your perspective. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some stories in the uk. a senior member of rishi sunak�*s cabinet says conservative mps should stop speculating about ousting the prime minister. the business secretary kemi badenoch was speaking amid reports that some mps want the leader of the commons, penny mordaunt, to take over before the election, but ms badenoch told bbc breakfast that included only a small minority of mps. a court in liverpool has sentenced eight men for their involvement in violent disorder at a hotel housing asylum seekers. clashes erupted outside the suites hotel, in merseyside, last year. it had been providing temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. a large group had gathered and rocks and fireworks were thrown at police. the ring—leader of the group was given a 3.5—year prison term. and barack obama made a surprise visit to 10 downing street on monday. the former us president was in town for work related to his obama foundation, which empowers community leaders around the world. a spokesman for the prime minister said the visit was an informal

courtesy drop—in. the two men spoke for about an hour in the rishi sunak�*s private study. you're live with bbc news. the us denounced russia's presidential elections as neitherfree norfair, after president vladimir putin officially secured a fifth term on monday, without any serious challengers. mr putin addressed supporters in moscow's red square. he has another six—year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. the kremlin says he won more than 87% of the vote, but there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. so, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all? it's about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. vladimir vladimirovich putin! after the landslide came the love. vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero,

at a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. "long live russia," he cried. cue the national anthem, and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. earlier, we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin event. after all, a president who claims to have won 87% of the vote needs a decent audience. western leaders have dismissed russia's presidential vote as neitherfree norfair — a stage—managed election. but the kremlin couldn't care less what the west thinks, it paints a picture of a president who enjoys the overwhelming support of his people. down at the russian election commission, they'd counted all the votes and they presented all their figures.

so, it's six more years of president putin. but what does that mean for russia and for the world? it doesn't mean anything good for russia, for ukraine, for the world, because putin will continue this permanent war. putin will continue to suppress civil society inside his country. and in that sense, he becomes a full—blooded autocrat dictator. and yet the direction of travel for russia under vladimir putin is already clear. more confrontation abroad and repression at home. few here seem to believe that this election will bring a significant change. "if it's the same president", katya says, "then i don't think anything will be different." in a country that's been ruled by the same man for a quarter of a century,

russians are starting to forget what change looks like. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has been getting reaction from ukrainians of the election result and has more from kyiv. when ukrainians refer to the russian presidential election they do it in quotation marks. they call it the so—called election because everyone knew vladimir putin was staying in the kremlin and what it means for ukraine is very clear, mock missile strikes, more drone attacks, more devastation and more dark nights like this when the curfew falls in towns like this, up in the north of ukraine, when it suddenly becomes extremely dark. for years in moscow, the kremlin has been building up this idea that russia is and that putin is russia but think for ukraine putin is all of those names

synonymous with great suffering. the war, the full—scale invasion of ukraine for vladimir putin has become the defining event of his presidency and it is still going on. we near the russian border, and not that far from here that has been intense shelling with lots of people evacuating the villages and they have no idea when they going to be going back there. people arriving from occupied areas from eastern and southern ukraine who have been living under russian rule that for some time and they have been because they do not want to become part of a country that has invaded them. this war has attained life in ukraine upside down and out vladimir putin is in the kremlin for at least another six years, they have been celebrating that in moscow in a red square but for ukraine, it means nothing good at all. let's turn to some other news from around the world. ethiopia's biggest commercial bank is scrambling to recover large sums of money after what it called

a "systems glitch". customers at the commercial bank of ethiopia discovered early on saturday that they could take out more cash than they had in their accounts. local media is reporting that more than $40 million was withdrawn or transferred to other banks. it took several hours for the bank to stop further transactions. donald trump's lawyers say the former us president is unable to obtain a multi—million dollar bond that would allow him to appeal against a judgement in his civilfraud case in new york. mr trump now has to find almost half a billion dollars in cash, or the new york state authorities can start seizing his properties. the lawyers said negotiations with thirty bond companies had been unsuccessful. the fourth volcanic eruption in as many months in the southwest of iceland appears to be subsiding, but a state of emergency is still in force. the flow of lava has slowed down, and the huge 3 kilometre fissure that opened late on saturday has got markedly smaller. scientists believe the area is entering a new volcanic era that could last for decades or even centuries. lawmakers in the gambia have voted in favour of overturning a ban on female genital mutilation — potentially removing legal protections for millions of girls. the ban was first

introduced in 2015. human rights activists say that repealing it will undo decades of work to end the female genital mutilation or fgm. according to the country's health survey, three—quarter of women between 15 and 49 have undergone the practice. the bill now heads to the committees before a final vote in three months' time. a short while ago i spoke to jaha dukureh, the founder of the safe hands for girls organization in the gambia, which works to protect young women and girls from female genital mutilation. i began by asking her about the impact of the practice and adjuster wanting you may find some details of setting. it adjuster wanting you may find some details of setting. it has had a lot of— some details of setting. it has had a lot of impact. _ some details of setting. it has had a lot of impact. when - some details of setting. it has had a lot of impact. when i i some details of setting. it has. had a lot of impact. when i was about ten years, i had sister that died from the practice of female genital mutilation and all my life i have lived with the consequences of this practice. a lot of women who have experienced female genital mutilation complain about various things, from infection

and you have to remember that the people who perform the practice of fgm are not trained physicians. these are local women who have no medical training whatsoever, using whatever tools are available to them, cutting innocent girls. so at the end of the day, the impact, the psychological, emotional, physical impact are lifelong and women have to continue facing them.- lifelong and women have to continue facing them. what does this fi . ht continue facing them. what does this fight mean _ continue facing them. what does this fight mean to _ continue facing them. what does this fight mean to you _ this fight mean to you personally? it this fight mean to you personally?— personally? it is very personal. _ personally? it is very personal, especially| personally? it is very i personal, especially the personally? it is very - personal, especially the fact they are invalidating the voices of survivors. i feel like it is a personal attack because i have never been paid by any western government to say that fgm is bad. i have seen the promise i have faith in my life. i went through fgm when i was 15 years old i was forced to get married and when that happened, the type of fgm i went through meant i was sealed and the seal had to be

taken off and i had to continue my marriage on the same name. almost ten years ago we fought for this country to outlaw the practice of fgm and now they are fattening everything we have worked so hard. jdhd have worked so hard. jaha dukureh — have worked so hard. jaha dukureh speaking - have worked so hard. jaha dukureh speaking to i have worked so hard. jaha dukureh speaking to us earlier. if the bill does pass, the gambia would be the first nation to go back on the banning of fgm. a new photograph that appears to show catherine, the princess of wales, has been published just over a week after she admitted editing an official portrait of her and her children. the sun newspaper has printed the picture and in it appears the princess is smiling and walking alongside prince william. the paper says the photo was taken at a farmer's market in windsor. the princess has not been seen in public since attending a christmas day church service. she underwent abdominal surgery injanuary. and before we go, world renowned street artist banksy has confirmed that he is indeed the creator

of a new artwork that appeared in north london on sunday. the artwork shows green paint splattered on a wall, behind a cut—back tree, with the image of a person in the corner with what looks like a hose. crowds have already been flocking to the site to snap a photo of the green tree piece. that's all for now. i'm sumi somaskanda. we'll be back in 30 minutes with more from washington. thank you so much for watching bbc news. hello. where the sun has put in an appearance over the last couple of days, we have felt some spring warmth. certainly, it has been a mild start to the week, but there is a change on the way. it will turn colder later in the week, and between now and then we have some spells of wind and rain to contend with — the wettest and windiest weather towards the north and the west of the uk. this chart shows the rainfall we are expecting to accumulate through the course of this week.

you can see the green colours just showing up there, in western scotland, indicating more than 50mm of rain, and there is a bit of rain to take us through the first part of tuesday along the line of this weather front. notice this front wriggles back out into the atlantic — another pulse of rain to come through tuesday night and into wednesday. but in the short term, the first piece of that weather front, if you like, lingering across parts of southeast england. some clouds, some spots of rain, and then that next pulse of wet weather pushes in across the southwest of england later on. but elsewhere, early cloud will break up to give some spells of sunshine, just the odd rogue shower and feeling very mild, even warm with highs of 17 celsius. but through tuesday night, here comes the rain, pushing its way northwards and eastwards. we might hold on to something a little bit drier and clearer towards the southeast corner and certainly up towards the northwest of scotland, where it will be cold to start wednesday morning. could even be some fog patches here, but mild further south and east. and for many, quite a soggy starts to wednesday. these outbreaks of rain just moving northwards and eastwards as the day wears on.

i think the skies will tend to brighten in many places. we will see some spells of sunshine developing, particularly towards the southeast of england, where it will feel very warm indeed at 17 celsius, but also for northern ireland and western scotland. here, though, a somewhat chillier feel to the weather. briefly, a ridge of high pressure will build, but that won't last long. we see this next weather system bringing wet and windy weather, particularly across the north of the uk during thursday. and as that clears for friday and into the weekend, well, the winds change direction and start to come down from the north, and that will make it feel significantly colder. temperatures on the thermometer lower than they have been, could even see some wintry showers over higher ground in the north. but factor in the strength of the wind, the wind chill is going to make it feel really very cold indeed. and those chillier conditions extend all the way south across the uk for the weekend.

nvidia's new super chip. ai in overdrive. nvidia introduces its latest chip as the company maintains its lead in the world of artificial intelliengce computing. and how a water crisis is threatening a city known as the silicon valley of india.

hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. nvidia has unveiled its latest chip that could transcend generative ai technology to the next level. the new processor could scale up the company's dominance in the chipmaking industry. our north american business correspondent erin delmore has the details. nvidia unveiled its new graphics processing unit at a developers conference in california on monday. it is meant to build on the success of the company �*s existing gpus which are in demand around the world. nvidia makes powerful chips that are used to develop ai technology and the blackwell is expected to allow more advanced ai models to be built. it is also expected to be a boon for the company which has ridden ai enthusiasm to the top of the market. at the developers conference in california on monday the ceo

of the company called generative ai the defining technology of our time.