and the london eye gets its annual spring clean — join the staff braving heights of 135m to reach the glass pods on the iconic landmark. hello, i'm sarah campbell. the data watchdog is assessing a report that staff at the hospital where the princess of wales had surgery tried to view her private health information. the daily mirror claimed staff at the london clinic — which is frequently used by royals — "attempted to access her private medical reports". the information commissioners�* office confirmed it received a "breach report" and is making inquiries. the princess was admitted for abdominal surgery injanuary. details of her condition have not been disclosed, with royal officials saying she wished for her medical

information to remain private. here is the latest from simonjones. seen out and about at the weekend, the prince and princess of wales visiting their local farm shop in windsor. catherine's recovery from abdominal surgery seemingly going well. royal officials have always insisted she wants the precise details of her treatment to remain private. but this morning's mirror is reporting claims that while she was at the london clinic, at least one member of staff tried to access her medical notes without permission, allegedly breaching her confidentiality. catherine spent 13 nights at the private hospital injanuary. the data protection watchdog the information commissioner's office said it had received a report of a breach and was assessing the information. kensington palace said it was a matterfor the london clinic. in a statement, the clinic told the mirror...

the hospital also recently treated king charles for an enlarged prostate. he was there at the same time as catherine. the allegations will come as another blow to the royal family, who are trying to shift the focus away from weeks of online speculation and conspiracy theories about catherine's health during her continued absence from public engagements. not helped by the release of this photograph on mother's day, which was withdrawn by international picture agencies because it had been edited. catherine later apologised for any confusion. yesterday, prince william was in sheffield to promote his homelessness project. he spoke about the challenges faced by young families — a subject catherine has also taken an interest in. but this morning, the talk again is of catherine's health and her right to privacy.

that story is very much on the front pages. and you can follow this story live on bbc sounds — this morning nicky campbell is asking — kate: how much do we need to know? join the conversation and listen live on bbc radio 5 live on the bbc sounds app. now to sudan, with a conflict described as the war the world forgot. civilians caught up in the country's civil war have given graphic accounts to the bbc of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. top united nations officials have said the war has plunged the country into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history" and could trigger the world's largest hunger crisis. sudan — a predominantly muslim country — is situated in northeast africa. it is one of the continent's largest nations, but also

one of the poorest — with 46 million people living on an average annual income of$ 750. the fighting erupted in the capital khartoum in mid—april last year after two men, who once took control of the country in a power—sharing agreement, fell out. general abdel fattah al—burhan, the commander of the sudanese armed forces, is at odds with the head of the powerful paramilitary group rsf, general mohammed hamdan dagalo. within sudan also lies another humanitarian crisis. in the western region of darfur, where black african and arab communities have long been at loggerheads, witnesses accused the rsf of targeting and killing non—arabs, resulting in reports of hundreds of deaths. the rsf has repeatedly denied any involvement in the violence

in the region and has called for an independent international investigation. the united nations says that with 8.1 million people forcibly displaced, and tens of thousands killed, there are warnings of growing hunger. the un security council has called for a ceasefire in sudan, but an agreement is unlikely. bbc arabic�*s feras kilani has been given rare access with the sudanese army, and managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital khartoum and sent us this special report. the front line of a war the world has forgotten. sudanese army troops, celebrating success as they push towards the capital. a victory over their rivals, the rapid support forces. this market used to be the life of the city. now look at it. normal life here, destroyed.

we heard stories of rape, looting and indiscriminate violence at the hands of the rsf. this war is taking everything from people. millions across the country have had to leave their lives behind. few have stayed. 64—year—old mukhtar took us to see what used to be a town square, now a makeshift graveyard. translation: there are 150 people here. | i knew many of them. mohammed, abdullah, jalal. .. there's just me left. a moment to remember their names. for many, a grave is only a number.

the un says both sides face accusations of horrific abuses, even war crimes, claims both deny. the army was keen to show us the damage they say was inflicted to the city and its people by the rsf. they tightly controlled what we saw and where we went. children in sudan are facing a living nightmare. aid agencies one an entire generation is at risk. 300 families are crammed into the school here in port sudan. these classrooms should be full of children learning. instead, desperate people from across sudan are sheltering here for safety. but there are horrible stories hidden here. five people died of cholera and others are suffering from severe diseases. zubaida, a mother of

eight, has leukaemia. she hasn't been able to get her medication since the war erupted last april. translation: my last pills finished three days before the war. - from that moment on, i'm suffering. i'm in constant pain. i'm so tired. zubaida's husband is fighting in khartoum with the army. she hasn't heard from him for two months. this clinic feels like a front line of a humanitarian disaster the world doesn't know is happening. starving children getting a little help they can. we meet a woman who has lost all hope, struggling to keep her three—year—old daughter alive.

she could barely tell us the rsf stole her home, stole her life. families clinging on for survival, but it could get a lot worse. so we're facing right now a lethal combination of displacement, mass displacement, hunger and disease outbreaks, and that's putting sudan on the brink of famine. the world has been distracted with other wars, other suffering, but the appeal from here is clear: the world is being urged not to forget sudan. feras killani, bbc news, sudan. let's speak to mukesh kapila, the former un co—ordinator for sudan whilst the genocide in darfur was being conducted. it's hard watching that report from feras killani, very clearly saying that this is the war the world has forgotten. take us through the

beginnings of how the situation has deteriorated since april last year, seemingly, as feras killani said, noticing due to so many other conflicts happening elsewhere. weill. conflicts happening elsewhere. well, saddam was heading _ conflicts happening elsewhere. -ii saddam was heading towards a transition from military to civilian rule —— sudan was heading towards a transition from military to civilian rule. then the two men armed groups, the sudanese army and the rapid support forces, fell apart in terms of how to share power, which meant the civilians who were holding the country together this time last year were pushed aside. since then, the two armed groups have been fighting each other inch by inch over the country, and the result has been the world's greatest displacement and

famine like micro conditions in many parts of the country, as well as habits of disease and terrible things and human rights atrocities, particularly in and around khartoum and the western states of the darfur region. and the western states of the darfur re . ion. and the western states of the darfur reuion. h, , ., ., and the western states of the darfur reuion. , . , ., ., ., region. the statistics are worth reiterating. _ region. the statistics are worth reiterating, the _ region. the statistics are worth reiterating, the united - region. the statistics are worth reiterating, the united nations| reiterating, the united nations saying the 8.1 million people have been forcibly displaced and thousands killed. ~ , ,., , ~ been forcibly displaced and thousands killed. ~ , , ~ ., thousands killed. absolutely. we are used to terrible _ thousands killed. absolutely. we are used to terrible statistics _ thousands killed. absolutely. we are used to terrible statistics from - used to terrible statistics from around the world, but people forget that sudan is a very large country with a population of around 50 million. so we are talking about roughly half the population at least, that is a minimum estimate, which is suffering in some way or other. the lucky ones are those who have managed to get out, but then the neighbouring countries are hosting an increasing number of refugees, and the neighbouring

countries are also unstable and poon countries are also unstable and poor. so you are almost going from the frying pan into the fire. and there doesn't appear to be a political solution on the horizon. yeah, a ceasefire looking unlikely at the moment. take us through the logistics of, in a country the size of sudan, trying to get aid in with all the violence going on. how difficult has not proved for the agency is trying to do that? the lo . istics agency is trying to do that? the logistics are _ agency is trying to do that? tue: logistics are horrendous. agency is trying to do that? tte: logistics are horrendous. firstly, the distances involved. food is difficult to import into sudan because the air routes are not working and that is also not a cost—effective way to bring in aid, as we are also discovering in gaza. and then because there is a hodgepodge of control of physical areas along the routes, it means the

aid convoys have to negotiate almost every kilometre of the journey. and because command and control arrangements on the two sides is not to be relied upon, this is a bit of pot luck as to whether or not your aid gets through. along the way, those bringing the aid and the truck drivers accompanying them are immensely courageous. they are putting their own lives in danger. record numbers of aid workers have been killed and it is unsurprising that stories of looting of food aid are common, because these warring groups are also hungry, and brutality has become such a hallmark of this crisis that the rules of war don't appear to apply any more. and because there is no accountability, the warring groups can do their terrible stuff, particularly

targeting civilians, with impunity. finally, it seems such a hopeless situation. what can the rest of the world do, what needs to be done? well, it was right to call for a ceasefire but quite honestly, calls for a ceasefire, as we have discovered in gaza, are worthless unless there is a political solution in the offing. because the two sides are unable to prosecute this war without having external sponsors, the number one issue is to put pressure on the supporters of both sides to stop arming them, to stop encouraging them and to stop making capital out of the misery of the people of sudan. having done that, there has to be a much more diplomatic effort in terms of a political solution that works for all parts of the country. finding

the right formula which is a win—win for both sides and reverts the country to civilian rule is where the effort needs to happen. i'm afraid there are no short cuts. diplomats sometimes want a quick win, to sign a piece of paper to declare a temporary ceasefire. from my experience of sudan in similar situations over many years, that usually unravels if it isn't based on a solid foundation. in this case, it also includes accountability and justice for the atrocities, including genocidal atrocities to which sudan has been no stranger in the past few years.— the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank ou the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank you for— the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank you for your _ the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank you for your time. _ the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank you for your time. that - the past few years. mukesh kapila, thank you for your time. that was l the past few years. mukesh kapila, j thank you for your time. that was a former un coordinator for sudan. let's return to our top story, which is that the data watchdog is assessing a report that staff at the hospital where the princess of wales

had her abdominal surgery i tried to view her private health information. our correspondent simonjones is outside the hospital in central london. what can you tell us about this assessment? well, going into hospitalfor major surgery can be traumatic at the best of times, but while you are there, to think someone might access your private medical records without permission can really add to the stress. there will be pressure on the clinic today to explain what it is doing to investigate these allegations catherine's medical records were accessed by someone who didn't have permission, which would be a criminal offence. on the website of the clinic, it makes it clear that it has been proud to treat what it calls some of the most prominent people in history including actors, politicians and

members of the royal family. in january, it was a real vote of confidence in medical staff here that not one but two members of the royal family, king charles and catherine, chose to come here for their medical treatment at the same time. now catherine's stay here is under scrutiny. she has made it clear all along that she wanted her privacy to be maintained, but now there are questions over that. the information commissioner's office, the uk watchdog for this sort of personal data, is examining a report of a breach here and assessing the information. of a breach here and assessing the information-— of a breach here and assessing the information. ,, ., g ., , , information. simon jones, we will be back to you — information. simon jones, we will be back to you later _ information. simon jones, we will be back to you later if _ information. simon jones, we will be back to you later if there _ information. simon jones, we will be back to you later if there are - information. simon jones, we will be back to you later if there are any - back to you later if there are any development. and you can follow this story live on bbc sounds — this morning nicky campbell is asking — kate: how much do we need to know? join the conversation and listen live on bbc radio five live on the bbc sounds app.

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you're watching bbc news. uk inflation drops to the lowest level in over two years — according to the new figures from the office for national statistics. consumer prices rose by a weaker—than—expected 3.4% in the year to february. this is a slowing from a 4% increase in january. all of this falls short of the bank of england's target 2%. many economists had predicted the drop and said it would further expectations that the bank of england will cut interest rates later in the year. here is chancellorjeremy hunt. we are firmly on track to bring inflation down to its target of 2%. this is the lowest headline rate for two and half years.

but most encouragingly, food inflation, which was nearly 20% a year ago, is nowjust 5%. what this shows is that the plan to bring inflation down, it was over 11% when rishi sunak became prime minister, nowjust 3.4%, that plan is working, but we do need to stick to it and see it right the way through. more on that throughout the programme. forthe more on that throughout the programme. for the moment, more on that throughout the programme. forthe moment, let's more on that throughout the programme. for the moment, let's go to the middle east. our correspondent anna foster is in east jerusalem. antony blinken, the secretary of state, made another trip to the region this morning. we also had news this morning that israel says its forces have killed about 90 gunmen during a raid on the al—shifa hospital in gaza. what more can you tell us? al-shifa hospital in gaza. what more can you tell us?— can you tell us? they have been u -adatin can you tell us? they have been updating those _ can you tell us? they have been updating those figures - can you tell us? they have been

updating those figures since - can you tell us? they have been| updating those figures since this last radon al—shifa hospital in gaza, the biggest hospital. it is not the latest time it has been raided, but the latest figures say and 90 gunmen were killed and around 160 arrested in the latest raid. let me read you the statement from the israel defence forces. they said over the past day, our troops have eliminated terrorists were venting harm to civilians, patients, medical teams and medical equipment. israel has faced international pressure in the last few days since launching that operation again in al—shifa hospital. hamas accused israel of violating international law because, of course, hospitals are protected areas, particularly during times of war. but israel said it had received compelling information that hamas had regrouped and was once more using al—shifa hospital as a command and control centre.

these raids happen every evening. in the latest ones, dozens of palestinians are reported to have been killed in northern and central gaza. palestinian media say many of the victims had been organising security for aid deliveries. we know gaza is in a state of civil breakdown and people have been trying to take food from the aid convoys even as they are moving. no comments yet on those overnight strikes and the death tolls from that. but of course, there are warnings of the humanitarian crisis which continue. you mentioned antony blinken, the us secretary of state, who is once again in the middle east over the next couple of days. it will be his sixth visit here, perhaps against the backdrop of talks that are happening again in qatar. he will be visiting both saudi arabia, where he will be talking about gaza's long—term

post—war future. talking about gaza's long—term post—warfuture. he will talking about gaza's long—term post—war future. he will also talking about gaza's long—term post—warfuture. he will also be in egypt tomorrow, which is a key broker of their ceasefire talks. it might sound strange to be talking about the future of gaza post—war when there isn't even a ceasefire agreement in place, but mr blinken has been continuing in these visits to the middle east and continuing dialogue with various leaders and looking notjust the short—term, but the longer term as well. we know an israeli team will be travelling to the us at the start of next week to talk more about that is rarely planned ground offensive in rafah at the southern tip of gaza. that is the southern tip of gaza. that is the area where more than half of gaza's population has been displaced. there are concerns from the us that military occupation on the us that military occupation on the ground in rafah would lead to significant casualties. we had the us national security adviser speaking yesterday and he was saying that israel's argument, which is

that israel's argument, which is that they cannot eradicate hamas from gaza without targeting the remaining hamas are senior leaders who are believed to be in rafah, in the tunnels underneath, israel says thatis the tunnels underneath, israel says that is essential. but the us and others are looking for other ways to carry that out because of the logistical issues of trying to move 1.4 million people away from rafah in the south. so an israeli team will be going to the us to try and explain those plans. the us have said they want to see plans before they would agree to support any ground operation in rafah. we also know that israel's defence minister yoav gallant, who is due to make a trip to washington next week, will again be discussing israel's future military plans with israel's biggest diplomatic and military ally, the us. ~ ., diplomatic and military ally, the

a federal appeals court has issued an order effectively blocking texas from one of the toughest immigration laws in the us. it comes hours after it came to effect temporarily after a us supreme court ruling. the law allows state officials to arrest and deport people suspected of illegally crossing into the us from mexico. stay with us on bbc news. there is plenty more to come. hello again. it has been a pretty cloudy and wet start to the day. through the course of the day, you will find some of us will hang on to the cloud and also some rain, but it will brighten up and will continue to do so through the afternoon

on the north and west. it is also going to be mild. this is what we have got left of this morning's rain across parts of northern england, in towards the wash, the midlands, parts of wales and the south—west. to the north of that, brightening up with more sunshine developing. to the south, if we see more breaks in the cloud and more sunshine coming through, we could actually reach 18 degrees today, higher than you would expect at this time of year. through this evening and overnight, the dregs of that weather front clear the south. clear skies following on behind and an early frost in the north, before the next batch of rain arrives with strengthening winds. our overnight lows tonight, 4—8 degrees, north to south. we pick up that band of rain tomorrow as it sinks southwards but clearer skies ahead of it. still the dregs of the weather front in the south producing some cloud and it is going to be windy, especially so across the northern half of the country and especially the far north of scotland. temperatures tomorrow, 9—16 degrees, so still relatively mild, particularly so in the south. but then things start to change, as this cold front sinks south, taking rain with it. the wind changes direction and you can see from the squeeze on the isobars, it is going to be windy in the north, with gales

across the north west. it will remain fairly cloudy for much of the day across southern counties, but we are looking at a fair bit of sunshine but a lot of showers, especially in northern and western scotland and northern ireland, some of those heavy with hail, potentially thunder, and wintry on the hills. as we head into the weekend, look at the blue right the way across the country, indicating colder conditions coming our way until monday. the wind changing to more of a northerly. during the course of saturday, still a fair bit of dry weather around, some brightness and sunshine, but a lot of showers and significant wind chill. some of the showers will be wintry on the hills and at lower levels, once again, we are looking at a mixture of rain, some thunder and lightning, possibly even some sleet in the heavier downpours. into sunday, still some showers. the focus of those

will be in the east.

this is bbc news — the headlines. an investigation reportedly begins at the clinic in london which treated the princess of wales over claims staff tried to access her private medical records. millions of people at risk of dying from diseases and starvation in sudan after 11 months of civil war. we'll have a special report. there's been a further slowdown in the rate at which prices are increasing, with uk inflation dropping to the lowest level in over two years. and the london eye gets its

annual spring clean. staff brave heights of 135m to reach the glass pods on the iconic landmark. amazing pictures, as long as you don't have a fear of heights. we will see them in a bit. first, a hearing is taking place later at the high court in central london in a case which has been brought by the duke of sussex against the publisher of the sun — news group newspapers. let's speak to our correspondent sean dilley who is at the high court. hello. prince harry, the duke of sussex,is hello. prince harry, the duke of sussex, is involved in several court cases. it is sometimes hard to keep track so give us the details of this one. what do we know? filth. track so give us the details of this one. what do we know?— one. what do we know? oh, my goodness. _ one. what do we know? oh, my goodness. you _ one. what do we know? oh, my goodness, you could _ one. what do we know? oh, my goodness, you could fill - one. what do we know? oh, my goodness, you could fill a - one. what do we know? oh, my i goodness, you could fill a calendar with them. some of the court cases have now been closed off, for

instance, back in december,