british women are owed apologies and compensation because of state pension changes. eu leaders are in brussels discussing whether profits from frozen russian assets could be used to help arm ukraine. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us has filed a landmark lawsuit against apple, which accuses the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition. in the lawsuit, the justice department alleges the company used its power to limit competitors as well as the options available to consumers. apple has vowed to "vigorously" fight the lawsuit and denies the claims.

the lawsuit was also brought by 17 us states. �* , , . , ., ., , us states. apple has maintained its ower not us states. apple has maintained its power not just _ us states. apple has maintained its power notjust because _ us states. apple has maintained its power notjust because of _ us states. apple has maintained its power notjust because of its - power notjust because of its superiority, but because of its unlawful, exclusionary behaviour. monopolies like apple's threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. they stifle innovation. they hurt producers and workers, and they increase costs for consumers. let's speak to tom smith, competition lawyer at geradin partners in london and former director of the uk s competition and markets authority. was this expected? yeah, it has been widely trailed. when the biden administration came in, they talked to anti—trust

agencies. so it was always a question of when and not if. 50 agencies. so it was always a question of when and not if. so not afraid to take _ question of when and not if. so not afraid to take on _ question of when and not if. so not afraid to take on some _ question of when and not if. so not afraid to take on some of _ question of when and not if. so not afraid to take on some of the - question of when and not if. so not afraid to take on some of the big i afraid to take on some of the big players. what is the aim of the us administration in this case? it looks like a massive, full frontal attack on apple? most profitable businesses. it accuses apple of monopolising consumers in all sorts of areas from the apps store to cloud gaming. it of areas from the apps store to cloud gaming-— cloud gaming. it is going to be hue. cloud gaming. it is going to be huge- we _ cloud gaming. it is going to be huge- we had _ cloud gaming. it is going to be huge. we had from _ cloud gaming. it is going to be huge. we had from our- cloud gaming. it is going to be i huge. we had from our business correspondent michelle fleury, talking about this walled garden approach where, from apple's perspective, they encourage everyone to use apple products and they make it easy to link between apple products and perhaps difficult to link to other phones. listening to the attorney general, that seems to be what the problem is.— be what the problem is. absolutely. a- le likes be what the problem is. absolutely. apple likes to _ be what the problem is. absolutely. apple likes to have _ be what the problem is. absolutely. apple likes to have overwhelming .

apple likes to have overwhelming control over everything that happens in its ecosystem, the walled garden. and agencies worry that that shuts out competition. the european commission found that the music streaming sector was worth $2 billion. there were all these arguments about apple having too much control. in the long run, apple is a very innovative company. the more competition is shut out, consumers lose out and overpay. there is a lengthy statement that was released by apple today. they said this would set a dangerous precedent, empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology and that they believe the lawsuit is wrong. do they have a point in terms of setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesnt setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like _ setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. _ setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. they _ setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. they are _ setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. they are also - setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. they are also in i setting a precedent? yeah, apple doesn't like it. they are also in a | doesn't like it. they are also in a fight with the european commission over the digital markets act and there is uk legislation about to be passed next month which will do similar things. apple is fighting

hard to the last man on all of these lawsuits. but it is losing again and again around the world. in korea, it lost a big case. in the netherlands, it lost, and in brussels. so it is fighting and it is really spending on lawyers, but it is losing. lats on lawyers, but it is losing. lots of employment _ on lawyers, but it is losing. lots of employment for _ on lawyers, but it is losing. lots of employment for lawyers when it comes to apple. give a sense of how damaging this potentially is for apple to have this lawsuit against it, regardless of the end result? the us lawsuit so wide—ranging. some of the lawsuits are narrow. the us lawsuit looks like it could be a real threat to apple. it's way too early to talk about the outcome and whether it splits up apple's business or imposes some uncomfortable remedies, but it is definitely a threat. tam

uncomfortable remedies, but it is definitely a threat.— definitely a threat. tom smith, competition — definitely a threat. tom smith, competition lawyer _ definitely a threat. tom smith, competition lawyer at - definitely a threat. tom smith, competition lawyer at geradin. competition lawyer at geradin partners in london. in the middle east, israeli forces say they've killed 50 palestinian gunmen in continuing fighting around al—shifa hospital in gaza city. combat has raged for days in and around the complex, which is crowded with patients and displaced people. our bbc arabic team have been speaking to one of the women trapped inside the al—shifa hospital's complex. she told them doctors and journalists have been taken by the israeli soldiers. translation: i swear by god, they just take those _ who consider to be saboteurs of the hamas movement. they searched the medical staff and put them in the courtyard outside of al—shifa hospital. they left one or two males nurses in the hospital so they could look after injured patients inside. besides that, they took them all. there are no remaining journalists,

they arrested all of them. it's been two days without any food, water or electricity and people are on top of each other in complete darkness in the corridors. there are thousands of displaced people. we were starving when we went outside but when we arrived, some people that we know gave us something to eat and drink. we are starved and dehydrated and living in fear and terror. there were tanks and soldiers all around us and they were firing above and around us to frighten the elderly and the children. the head of the world health organization had this warning. gaza faces imminent _ organization had this warning. (1:12: faces imminent famine organization had this warning. (1:5.z5 faces imminent famine because organization had this warning. (1:5z5 faces imminent famine because so little food has been allowed in. up to i6% little food has been allowed in. up to i6% of children under five in northern gaza are now malnourished, compared with less than i% northern gaza are now malnourished, compared with less than 1% before the conflict began. virtually all

households are already skipping meals every day, and adults are reducing their meals so children eat. children are dying from the combined effects of malnutrition and the lack of adequate water and sanitation. meanwhile, the us secretary of state has flown to the middle east to discuss a post—war plan to govern and secure gaza. anthony blinken is in the egyptian capital, cairo, where he's meeting senior ministers from six arab states and the palestinian authority. mr blinken told reporters washington has submitted a draft resolution to the un security council calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza which is linked to the release of hostages — a shift in policy for the us. we have a resolution that we put

forward right now, that's before the united nations security council, that does call for an immediate ceasefire tied to the release of hostages. and we hope very much that countries will support that. i think that would send a strong message, a strong signal. of course, we stand with israel and its right to defend itself, to make sure that october 7th never happens again, but at the same time, it's imperative that the civilians who are in harm's way and who are suffering so terribly, that we focus on them, that we make them a priority, protecting the civilians, getting them humanitarian assistance. it's getting closer. i think the gaps are narrowing and i think an agreement is very much possible. we worked very hard with qatar, with egypt and with israel to put a strong proposal on the table. we did that, hamas wouldn't accept it, they came back with other requests, other demands. the negotiatiors are working on that right now.

here in the uk, the government should apologise and pay compensation to women affected by the increase in their retirement age — that's the recommendation from the ombudsman, which has been been looking at the impact of raising women's retirement age to bring it in line with men's. the report says the department for work and pensions hasn't acknowledged its failings, or put things right for those affected. campaigners say millions of women born in the 1950s have suffered financially because they weren't properly warned in advance about the changes. sanchia berg has the story. # heigh—ho, heigh—ho, it's off to court we go...# after years of protesting, a victory for women born in the 1950s. the government changed the age they would get their state pension, and didn't let them know in time to plan. our reaction today is, we're glad the report is finally out and with parliament. parliament actually decided to take the action to increase the state pension age for women, and they didn't do the job properly. the department for work and pensions

should have told us and they didn't. and is time important? 270,000 of us have died since we started this campaign eight or nine years ago, so one of us are dying every 30 minutes without justice, without knowing that now parliament have the decision to make good what it actually got wrong. many say they struggle with money, suffering financial hardship. what they did was absolutely wrong. they could have had a pen and a paper and an envelope and a stamp and sent it to all of us in 1995, was it, when they came up with this decision and let us all know, and we would have all been prepared. i want to ask you all to help... it was the post—war labour government, led by clement attlee, that brought in pensions for all, starting at 65 for men and 60 for women. ..so that we can buy what we need.

nearly 50 years later, the conservative prime ministerjohn major decided that should change to 65 for all — a change that was accelerated by the coalition government. that led to confusion for some, ignorance, then hardship for many. the ombudsman said the women should be compensated but it also said the department for work and pensions had made it clear it would not comply. the ombudsman said this was unacceptable. in a statement, the department for work and pensions said it would consider the ombudsman�*s report and respond in due course. it said the government had always been committed to supporting all pensioners in a sustainable way. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back to bbc news with me, sarah campbell. we are going straight back to the middle east. the israeli army says it has killed 90 gunmen in its operations around the al—shifa hospital complex in gaza city. israeli forces returned to al—shifa last week to displace hamas fighters, who they said had returned to the hospital after a previous raid early in the war. hamas has denied that it has been using the al—shifa is a military base. speak to our military correspondent mark lowe and. it is difficult to get a handle on what is going on, but clearly, fighting is intensifying around this important hospital? intensifying around this important hosital? ., ., intensifying around this important hosital? . ., ., ., hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that the _ hospital? yeah, and once again, suggesting that the israeli - hospital? yeah, and once again, l suggesting that the israeli military campaign in gaza is not going according to the initial plan, because the israeli military first entered al—shifa hospital, gaza's largest, in november. you might

remember the scenes of intense fighting around it back then, which was followed by israel's claims and videos and photos that it was pumping out, suggesting that hamas had used al—shifa as a command centre, in israel's words, had dug tunnels under the hospital and stashed weapons inside it. the israelis said thatjustified their attack on medical facilities. israelis said thatjustified their attack on medicalfacilities. we israelis said thatjustified their attack on medical facilities. we are now four months on from that and the israeli military are having to go back into al—shifa with another raid. that shows how hamas has regrouped in the north is the israeli military has moved further south into the combat operations in other southern cities. it's bad news for the israelis that there military are having to go back to al—shifa to finish thejob. these really are having to go back to al—shifa to finish the job. these really defence forces say they have killed 150 terrorists, in the words, since the operation began a few days ago. they

can ak—47s and ammunitions inside the al—shifa hospital and they say they have killed hamas' head of internal security there. they have released video purportedly showing firing towards israeli coming from the al—shifa hospital, which once again backed up their claim that the medicalfacilities are again backed up their claim that the medical facilities are being again backed up their claim that the medicalfacilities are being used for attacks against them, which is something hamas have consistently denied. �* , something hamas have consistently denied. �*, ., ., ~ ., something hamas have consistently denied. �*, . . ~ . �* ., , denied. let's also talk about antony blinken, the — denied. let's also talk about antony blinken, the us _ denied. let's also talk about antony blinken, the us secretary _ denied. let's also talk about antony blinken, the us secretary of - denied. let's also talk about antony blinken, the us secretary of state, | blinken, the us secretary of state, who is in the region again. we are also hearing that in the next hour, we are going to hearfrom also hearing that in the next hour, we are going to hear from the also hearing that in the next hour, we are going to hearfrom the us ambassador to the un, due to give a press conference about the new draft resolution which the us has put forward, which again reflects the change in tone of the us towards what is happening in israel at the moment? ., what is happening in israel at the moment? . ~ what is happening in israel at the moment? ., �* ., ,�* ~' what is happening in israel at the moment? . ~ ~ moment? yeah, antony blinken says the us is going _ moment? yeah, antony blinken says the us is going to — moment? yeah, antony blinken says

the us is going to circulate _ moment? yeah, antony blinken says the us is going to circulate a - moment? yeah, antony blinken says the us is going to circulate a draft i the us is going to circulate a draft un resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, linked to the release of the hostages. the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas on the 7th of october. bear in mind that the us has vetoed three previous un resolutions calling for a cessation of hostilities in gaza. so the fact that they are now circulating a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire shows the change in tone from the us towards israel. the us is becoming exasperated by benjamin netanyahu's government and his insistence on pushing the israeli army, as he says, into rafah in southern gaza, where 1.5 army, as he says, into rafah in southern gaza, where1.5 million gazans are sheltering. he says he has approved israel's plan to do that. the biden administration is very aware of the growing frustration and anger of many democrat voters in particular at the biden administration's perceived support for benjamin netanyahu as the civilian casualties in gaza and

mount, now more than 32,000 people killed there according to the hamas run health ministry. so the biden administration is clearly trying to show that the us is taking a tougher line now. there is talk potentially of arms embargo is and they stop to arms shipments going to israel from some western countries. there is a fear from some some western countries. there is a fearfrom some in israel that the us could follow. so there is a definite shift going on now in terms of that relationship, and the us israeli relationship, and the us israeli relationship is at its most acrimonious that it has been probably in living memory. mark lowen, thank— probably in living memory. mark lowen, thank you. _ probably in living memory. mark lowen, thank you. just - probably in living memory. mark lowen, thank you. just a - probably in living memory. mark lowen, thank you. just a reminder that we are expecting to hear in the next while from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, who make give more details about this us draft resolution. european union leaders are meeting in brussels, where they are discussing the israel—gaza war

as well as the war in ukraine. they're examining this question — could the profits from frozen russian financial assets be used to pay for weapons for ukraine? ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky is also expected to take part. in kyiv, at least 13 people are reported to have been injured, as the city came under missile attack during the night. mr zelensky is expected to ask the west to show the "political will" to deliver air defence systems. the head of the united nations children's agency, unicef, says it is unable to get enough aid into haiti and that "many, many people" are suffering from serious hunger and malnutrition. this comes as gangs still control more than 80% of the capital port—au—prince and the country lacks a functioning government. our central america and caribbean correspondent will grant reports. to describe some of the living conditions in port—au—prince as

"precarious" is an understatement. this 20—year—old student and her family had to flee their home because of gang violence and now live in a temporary camp inside an abandoned theatre. on some days, she says, they do not eat at all. "i go to school with no food, spend the day hungry and then go to bed with nothing in my stomach," she says. now she sees no choice but to abandon her studies. the daily struggle to find enough food in haiti is nothing new. the difference now is the scale of the emergency in food insecurity. potentially millions of people are in danger of falling into malnutrition and already do not know when or where the next meal is coming from. there are some success stories. this child was deemed dangerously malnourished a few weeks ago, but a local ngo, second mile, was

able to hospitalise him and he is thankfully putting on weight. over the years, their residential malnutrition centre has pulled hundreds of children back from the brink. mothers typically spend four weeks at the centre receiving urgent care for their malnourished children, and instruction on providing high nutrition on a limited budget. the ngo says it's had huge success, with just 1% of children being readmitted after they leave. with aid still barely making it into haiti, this work is crucial, but the ngo fears mistakes of the 2010 earthquake disaster response could be repeated in this crisis. a lot of these larger ngos fly in and fly out and they are handed all of these supplies and all of this aid and suddenly all of these funds to now hire all of these people. you are actually hiring from all of these local ngos when you could just help pay their staff members and help

and give them the aid to distribute. tilling the land in haiti is dry, thankless work. climate change has meant crops of maize and beans often yield poor harvests or fail altogether. as haiti unravels, it is clear malnutrition is no longer a temporary passing crisis here and aid alone will not solve it. rather, it is becoming the norm and are parts of the country's dire new reality. will grant, bbc news, haiti. joining me now is the regional director for latin america and the caribbean for goal global — a humanitarian aid programme — phil gelman. what is really stark from that report from haiti is that there were already severe problems before this latest crisis?—

latest crisis? yes, that's correct. malnutrition _ latest crisis? yes, that's correct. malnutrition rates _ latest crisis? yes, that's correct. malnutrition rates have - latest crisis? yes, that's correct. malnutrition rates have been - latest crisis? yes, that's correct. | malnutrition rates have been high over the last couple of years and we kick off of a more severe crisis in port—au—prince particularly was in 2022 with a combination of high inflation, gang violence and then the return of a cholera epidemic. it really created a much more severe food insecurity situation in the greater metropolitan area of port—au—prince. a lot of work over the past year stabilised that situation, and now there is a lot of uncertainty over the limitations being imposed over the current chaotic situation on the streets. could those numbers begin to creep back up after they were brought under control during 2023? iagiliat

back up after they were brought under control during 2023? what is the situation _ under control during 2023? what is the situation at _ under control during 2023? what is the situation at the _ under control during 2023? what is the situation at the moment, - under control during 2023? what is the situation at the moment, how i the situation at the moment, how difficult is it to get aid to the people who desperately need it? well, it's an interesting situation. our security team, every day, had to take a temperature check of conditions in the various areas of the country in which we operate. we have programming in the far north—west, and the far south—west in addition to port—au—prince. even in addition to port—au—prince. even in those most remote areas, the conditions vary dramatically. within port—au—prince, which is a sprawling city, you also see wide divergence in terms of conditions. this week, we have a paradoxical situation where some of the areas that have been under gang control for a number of years and where we have worked with local authorities and neighbourhood leaders to get aid in, we have been able to continue our

work. perhaps not at 100%, but we were able to continue, while elsewhere, where the confrontation has arrived over the last several days, the situation is much greater. our office there has been closed for the last five days where we have been able to do some work in the lower part of the city. the conditions in the lower part of the city, some neighbourhoods may be more stable than others. but the overall checkpoints at the southern and northern entrances to the city difficult for goods to move either into or out of the metropolitan area. for example, i mentioned that we were able to do some work in one of our areas we were able to do some work in one of ourareas in we were able to do some work in one of our areas in port—au—prince distributing food vouchers for people who have malnourished

children in their households. we could do that work safely, but we are not sure whether the shops will have the surprise people are looking for or whether the conditions get them —— allow them to go shopping. sorry to interrupt, we have to leave it there, but it's good to hear your thoughts. thank you for talking to us. stay with us on bbc news. at this time of year with light winds and some sunshine, we can get some spring warmth, and that was what we had yesterday. warmest day of the year so far, just shy of 19 degrees in surrey and it wasn't a bad start today. surrey is one of the areas where we could see the highest values again. different story further north and west. in east renfrewshire, we have seen some sharp showers, tied into this area of low pressure. along the southern flank, plenty of isobars, so strong to gale force gusts of winds as

well. this has been the progress of the rain so far today. it is light and drizzly as it moves across wales and drizzly as it moves across wales and north—west england, but we have some heavier bursts across western scotland and northern ireland accompanied by gusts of winds in excess of 50 to 60 miles an hour. some brightness at the end of the day in the final. cloudy with some glimpses of sunshine from time to time. that will have an effect on what we get is our highest values. but 17 degrees is not out of the question. tonight, our weatherfront question. tonight, our weather front will continue question. tonight, our weatherfront will continue to sink southwards, so a blanket of cloud is holding temperatures up. clearer skies and a few scattered showers further north. we start tomorrow bright and breezy, with gales or severe gales developing across the far north of scotland and a rash of showers here. early morning rain across the south—east of england were gradually either way, south—east of england were gradually eitherway, but south—east of england were gradually either way, but it will take its time doing so. brighter skies behind and temperatures down a little. that

is the story as we go into the weekend. the milder air is going to be squeezed over to the near continent. low pressure dominates the start of the weekend and the wind direction will play its part. it is going to be a blustery day. gusty winds widely, and that we are driving a rash of showers from the north and west. and yes, with elevation, there could be wintry showers as well. if you dodge showers as well. if you dodge showers and get some shelter, then some sunshine. it will not feel too bad, but you can see the wind gusts of 30 to a0 miles an hour, and that will make it feel fresher than we have seen of late. a bit quieter as we going to sunday and hopefully fewer showers around as well. whatever you're doing, have a great weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us files a landmark lawsuit against apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market. israeli forces say they've killed 50 palestinian gunmen in continuing fighting around al—shifa hospital in gaza city. research shows pregnant women working in extreme heat at a greater risk of miscarriage and stillbirth. the bank of england has kept interest rates unchanged at 5.25% for the fifth time in a row.

an ai tool tested by an nhs hospital trust successfully identified tiny signs of breast cancer in women which had been missed by human doctors. time for the business news with ben thompson. we start with the lawsuit against apple which accuses the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition. in the lawsuit, thejustice department alleges that company used its power to limit competitors as well as options available to consumers. apple has vowed to vigorously fight the lawsuit and denies the claims. it is the third time the company has been sued by the justice it is the third time the company has been sued by thejustice department since 2009. let's talk to michelle fleury in new york. give us a sense of what is being alleged here and quite how significant this case

could prove to be.