so we're likely to see some showers perhaps across south—west england, up through western wales, northern ireland and maybe into northern england. but many parts of scotland could stay largely dry. dry, too, across east anglia and central southern england. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the un investigates what is says is a "plausible case" of israel using "starvation as a weapon of war" in gaza. 134 mps and lords are urging the uk's foreign secretary to suspend the sale of arms to israel — we speak to the mp coordinating their efforts. one in five teachers reporting to have been hit by a pupil this year in england. we have a special report. the crisis deepens for europe's biggest water company — thames water — as shareholders refuse to inject extra money. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. hello from the bbc sport centre. the english football association has charged newcastle united midfielder sandro tonali with misconduct after alleged breaches of betting rules.

tonali has been charged with allegedly placing bets on football matches between august and october in 2023. his club newcastle say they aknowledge the misconduct charge and that the player retains the club's full support. the italian international has until the 5th of april to respond. tonali is currently serving a ten—month ban for betting offences whilst playing in italy. uefa has reacted to calls from several national team coaches, including england manager gareth southgate, on increasing the squad size for this summer's euros. southgate says there's been talk amongst coaches about wanting 26 players instead of 23, similar to the last euros when a larger squad was allowed as a precaution against covid. uefa said they had taken note and would listen to the views of coaches at a workshop on the 8th of april.

tottenham and korea forward son heung—min said it was the supporters who made him decide to continue representing the korean national team. son was reported to be considering his internationalfuture after korea were knocked out of the afc asian cup byjordan in the semifinals. the most vague part is i think the fans, which is giving such a big heart and so much love, i haven't seen that before. i don't want to disappoint them. ijust seen that before. i don't want to disappoint them. i just want to show them my happiness and my love towards the fans and showed the biggest respect. the german bundesliga returns on saturday after the international break with bayern munich hosting borussia dortmund in der klassiker. england captain harry kane is expected to be fit for bayern after missing england's two friendly internationals with an ankle problem. kane has scored 31 goals in 26 games since his move and needs 11 more to beat the bundesliga record held by robert lewandowski.

translation: i think it is an extraordinary _ translation: i think it is an extraordinary quoted - translation: i think it is an extraordinary quoted that. translation: | think it is an | extraordinary quoted that harry translation: | think it is an - extraordinary quoted that harry kane has in his first season at brian. he has in his first season at brian. he has scored 31 goals and i think he has scored 31 goals and i think he has a six or seven assists so it is extremely important for them in attack. we felt it ourselves not just since he has been at bayern but also is he was little. we also played against him a few games back then when he was there. we know about its quality. it's an x ordinary quota when you look at it. i think he has scored as many goals on his own as our top three players put together. to cricket, and match nine of the 2024 ipl season is under way. the rajastan royals are hosting the dehli capitals. dehli won the toss and elected to field. the royals are 142—4 after 17 overs. riyan parag has reached 50 which came offjust 3a balls. he is currently on 57. royals won their opening match,

while the capitals lost. in the miami open in the women's singles, victoria azarenka is through to the semifinals after taking three hours to beat yulia putintseva. she'll now play elena rybakina. meanwhile, american danielle collins beat caroline garcia 6—3, 6—2 to put her one more win away from reaching herfirst final. she's planning to retire from the wta tour at the end of the season because of health reasons. collins will face russian ekaterina alexandrova. defending champion daniil medvedev is through to the last four of the miami open after a straight sets victory over nicholas jarry. after taking the first set comfortably, six games to two, medvedev was made to work much harder by the chilean in the second, who forced a tie break. but it was the world number four who prevailed to extend his winning run at the miami open to nine matches. medvedev will face second seed jannik sinner in the semis after he ended thomas machac�*s impressive miami run in in straight sets.

it was machac�*s first masters quarterfinal, beating andy murray and andrey rublev along the way. however, sinner was a step too far for him, the italian beating machac 6—4, 6—2. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk, mps and peers have signed a letter urging the government to ban arms sales to israel. signed by more than 130 parliamentarians, it mentions actions taken by other countries, most recently canada, which announced last week it would bring all arms exports to israel to an end. let's speak to zarah sultana, who coordinated the letter and joins me now. thank you very much for your time. why don't you start by explaining why parliamentarians have got to this point?

why parliamentarians have got to this oint? x: i: :: :: why parliamentarians have got to this oint? g; :: :: :: ., , ., , why parliamentarians have got to this oint? ,': i: i: i: ., , ., , ., this point? 32,000 palestinians have died. 70% this point? 32,000 palestinians have died- 70% of — this point? 32,000 palestinians have died. 70% of those _ this point? 32,000 palestinians have died. 70% of those women _ this point? 32,000 palestinians have died. 70% of those women and - died. 70% of those women and children. 80% of infrastructure, civilian infrastructure in gaza including schools and universities and hospitals has been destroyed by the brutal bombardment of israel in gaza. what we are seeing also is starvation being used as a weapon of war. famine is a reality in gaza. children are dying of hunger. we are seeing flagrant violations of international law and unless our government acts we are complicit in that through our arms deals with israel. 50 that through our arms deals with israel. , ., that through our arms deals with israel, , ., ., that through our arms deals with israel. , ., ., ., that through our arms deals with israel. , ., . ., ., , israel. so you are in no doubt in our israel. so you are in no doubt in your mind _ israel. so you are in no doubt in your mind that _ israel. so you are in no doubt in your mind that you _ israel. so you are in no doubt in your mind that you support - israel. so you are in no doubt in| your mind that you support what israel. so you are in no doubt in - your mind that you support what the un was saying to the bbc about the use of food, starvation as a tactic, no doubt in your mind, you will have heard what the israelis have said in response, dismissing that, blaming it in part on the united nations and others, talking about hamas

interfering with the distribution of aid, no doubt though in your mind? numerous aid agencies have reported this. even david cameron has admitted it that israel is stopping aid deliveries from being spread out throughout gaza and we know that famine is prevalent in the area right now. we are hearing that from people who are living there, working there. what we see as parliamentarians is a government complicity. we are not impartial. we have an active role in what is going on and we can play a role in stopping this. so when we look at the violations of international law and we look at the icj's interim ruling which said there is a possible risk of genocide, we have to do everything we can and at the moment we are simply not doing enough. moment we are simply not doing enou:h. , , ., , enough. just remind our viewers in terms of the _ enough. just remind our viewers in terms of the uk, _ enough. just remind our viewers in terms of the uk, what _ enough. just remind our viewers in terms of the uk, what arms - enough. just remind our viewers in terms of the uk, what arms or - enough. just remind our viewers in| terms of the uk, what arms or part does britain actually exported to israel and would you also recognise

that even if the uk government went along with what you are asking, nothing really counts unless the us also applies the same sort of measure and that is absolutely not going to happen? in measure and that is absolutely not going to happen?— going to happen? in terms of our arms sales _ going to happen? in terms of our arms sales with _ going to happen? in terms of our arms sales with israel, _ going to happen? in terms of our arms sales with israel, since - going to happen? in terms of our| arms sales with israel, since 2015 the uk has licensed £1189 million of closed arms export licences to israel. it is a large number but there is also more licences that have gone under our open export licences, which we do not know the true figures of. this includes an estimated 336 money in pounds per israeli f 35 fighter jets. estimated 336 money in pounds per israeli f 35 fighterjets. so when we see the bombing in gaza it is very possible that that is happening using fighterjets very possible that that is happening using fighter jets that very possible that that is happening using fighterjets that had components that are being made here in britain and those pictures, their horrific pictures of children, of people dying, being stuck in the rubble, we have to ask is our government can present on this and

those numbers are huge. the government can present on this and those numbers are huge.— government can present on this and those numbers are huge. the point i made about— those numbers are huge. the point i made about this _ those numbers are huge. the point i made about this coming _ those numbers are huge. the point i made about this coming to - those numbers are huge. the point i made about this coming to nothing l made about this coming to nothing unless the us were to mirror a move like that. what is your response to that? ~ ., like that. what is your response to that? ~ g, a, a, , like that. what is your response to that? a g, a, a, , , like that. what is your response to that? a a, a, a, , , that? we have already seen the netherlands. — that? we have already seen the netherlands, belgium, - that? we have already seen the netherlands, belgium, spain i that? we have already seen the i netherlands, belgium, spain and numerous countries including canada most recently take action on arms. the uk is lagging far behind. we have recently at the un security council voted for a ceasefire. but his empty words unless we are implementing and enforcing actions to enact that and i think this would be really important to measure in that and also encouraging our partners in the us to follow course but we can't stay silent and continuous. it is actually and complicit in an the barbaric horrific violence we are seeing in gaza. ~ ., ., ., , gaza. we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining _ gaza. we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining us _ gaza. we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining us in _ gaza. we have to leave it there, but thanks forjoining us in the - thanks forjoining us in the programme. thank you. in india, deepening religious polarisation and increasing islamophobia have marked narendra modi's second term in power. ahead of the general election —

which is due to begin next month — people from the muslim community, which constitutes india's largest minority, have told the bbc they feel they are being marginalised and suppressed. the government denies the allegations. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports from northern india — a warning that her report contains images that some viewers may find distressing. out on the streets of the capital, delhi, a policeman assaulted muslims offering prayers. just outside goa, a muslim man was beaten by a mob, forced to chant the name of a hindu deity. and injaipur in the north—west, a family devastated by perhaps the most chilling incident of violence against muslims in india. umesa begum's husband,

the father of their five children, mohammed asgar ali, was among three muslim passengers shot dead by a railway policeman on a train. "if his killer was a muslim, he would have been hanged by now, "but that won't happen, because he's a hindu," asgar�*s daughter, amina, said. "no—one can return my father to us." the constable filmed here, standing with a foot on asgar�*s bloodied body. a man who's meant to protect people issues a threat seemingly to india's muslims. "we know your masters are in pakistan, "but if you want to live here, vote for prime minister modi." the policeman is being tried for murder, but it's rattled the community. india is home to one of the largest muslim populations in the world, and while religious fault lines have

often stoked tensions, the sense of anxiety within the muslim minority has rarely ever been as deep as it is now under mr modi's government. evidence that points to a pattern of persecution is often found in rubble. human rights groups have recently raised concerns about what they say are illegal demolitions, targeted specifically at muslim homes, businesses and places of worship in different parts of india. behind me here is the debris of a mosque in south delhi. next to it, there was a muslim religious school. now, historians have said that this mosque was at least 600 years old. the government, however, says these were illegal structures and destroyed it all. the school was home to dozens of children, most of them orphans, seen in these videos filmed

by their teachers before the demolition. they're now scattered. we met this 12—year—old, temporarily housed at another islamic school. "i feel fear whenever i think of that moment," he said "of bulldozers and policemen. they forced us out and didn't allow us to take even our shoes. it was a cold winter morning." the indian government didn't respond to the bbc�*s questions. but we met zafar islam, a muslim spokesman from the prime minister's party. it is the opposition parties who are using muslim community as a shield. they are feeling the heat. muslim community is absolutely comfortable. they're happy. but some people have told us this. we have recorded this. ordinary people, not political parties. if one were people say such thing,

it cannot be true for the entire community. the ruling party doesn't have a single mp from the country's largest minority. just one more factor that contributes to the unease we found on the ground. there is a very major sense of insecurity here. for example, if you take your mic and you walk around here, there won't be many people who would be looking to talk to you. the most beautiful thing about india is its diversity, but that is now being crushed and the main victims are muslims. critics see the upcoming election as an inflection point for india's long cherished secular ideals. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. breaking news from new york. that sentencing that has just happened of the ftx founder sam bankman—fried. he hasjust been the ftx founder sam bankman—fried. he has just been sentenced in that courthouse you see there on your screens, to 20 years in prison for

multibillion—dollarfraud. 20 years, those detailsjust multibillion—dollarfraud. 20 years, those details just coming into us. we knew the prosecutors were pushing for between a0 and 50 years. we already knew that was unlikely an hour or so ago, but we have waited to find out the exact details of the sentence. that has come 20 years in prison for sam bankman—fried. that conviction, we had at last year, for fraud, money—laundering. we heard on the court in the last three minutes from the judge, the court in the last three minutes from thejudge, a lack of remorse for the terrible crimes that in part one of the reasons that the judge came to that tariff of 20 years. these are the pictures from previous court appearances. sam bankman—fried there. after the collapse of his

scheme and billions of dollars of investors' money into ftx, before it collapsed. we heard about his extravagant lifestyle. but that collapse happened and so many people losing all their money. one british investor talking to the bbc saying that they had invested more than $2 million worth of holdings on the exchange when it collapsed. i am just hearing that reuters is marking a correction to what they have reported. apparently that tariff is 25 years. an immediate correction from the reuters news agency, that jail sentence has beenjust handed down, it is 25 years. let me tell you a little more of the detail, the judge talking about the lack of remorse. thejudge providing a harsh

assessment, saying it was clear that bankman—fried was motivated by a drive to be politically influential. he said despite protestations of sorrow about customer losses. he had never said a word of remorse for the commission of terrible crimes. some stinging comments from the judge. commission of terrible crimes. some stinging comments from thejudge. he also cited the now infamous interview from november 2022 in which he said expletive regulators. he said he keeps returning to caroline ellison's's testimony, his former girlfriend, in which they were willing to flip a coin on the destruction of the world. some of the testimony that clearly landed with the judge. the testimony that clearly landed with thejudge. he the testimony that clearly landed with the judge. he was citing two or three bits of the key evidence that he heard through the trial. but 25

years is what the court has just issued down. we were talking a little earlier to our guest, an expert on the crypto industry, talking about the damage that bankman—fried had on the whole crypto industry, over about a year or so, crypto industry, over about a year orso, bankman—fried crypto industry, over about a year or so, bankman—fried sentenced in the last few minutes to 25 years. joe tidy or cyber correspondentjust getting into place beside me. he has been with me over the last hour or so, as we anticipated the sentence. it has come and we had talked the last time about an hour or so ago when we knew the prosecutors are going between a0 and 50 years. in the end landing on 25. yes. going between 40 and 50 years. in the end landing on 25.— going between 40 and 50 years. in the end landing on 25.- i l the end landing on 25. yes. 20. i think there _ the end landing on 25. yes. 20. i think there has _ the end landing on 25. yes. 20. i think there has been _ the end landing on 25. yes. 20. i think there has been a _ the end landing on 25. yes. 20. i think there has been a correctionj think there has been a correction of. i think there has been a correction of. .. . think there has been a correction of. ., , .,

think there has been a correction of. ., , ., of. i was in a lift! i suppose in a sense it is _ of. i was in a lift! i suppose in a sense it is halfway _ of. i was in a lift! i suppose in a sense it is halfway between - of. i was in a lift! i suppose in a sense it is halfway between the j of. i was in a lift! i suppose in a - sense it is halfway between the two. what is interesting is when he was arrested there was talk of a maximum sentence of 110 years or something. we thought this would be one of the biggest sentences in us financial crime history. that very quickly was readjusted and then even going into today we knew it wouldn't be anything like that. thejudge made very clearfrom anything like that. thejudge made very clear from the early discussions in court this morning that it would be less than 50. i think 25, there will be a sigh of relief, almost from both sides, because the prosecutors will have wanted more but there could have been a lot more as well from the defence side as well. they tried to portray today, sam bankman—fried is a mass cake out of his depth, made some big mistakes. he took with a stand and said repeatedly he is sorry for the damage he caused but was adamant that none of it was deliberate and that the money would

be returned and has been recovered. but the judge according to the comments we hearfrom our reporter in court, he spoke at length about the ambition of sam bankman—fried and also in his words his lack of remorse. judge lewis kaplan said bankman—fried was motivated by a drive to be politically influential. this was all out front, his idea that he just wanted to make money and give to charity. we that he just wanted to make money and give to charity.— and give to charity. we know the amounts of _ and give to charity. we know the amounts of money _ and give to charity. we know the amounts of money that - and give to charity. we know the amounts of money that was - and give to charity. we know the - amounts of money that was involved. we know about the individual investors. so tell me more about where that money went and what happens now, have they lost everything, those investors? that happens now, have they lost everything, those investors? at the moment yes. _ everything, those investors? at the moment yes. they _ everything, those investors? at the moment yes, they are _ everything, those investors? at the moment yes, they are still - everything, those investors? at the moment yes, they are still out - everything, those investors? at the moment yes, they are still out of i moment yes, they are still out of pocket but the cheap crime here was that sam bankman—fried had two companies, ftx, really successful crypto currency exchange, and exchange, finance, the biggest in the world, they allow you to exchange your dollars in points and euros, whatever currency have normal value, into crypto currencies like bitcoin and there are thousands of

other crypto currencies of course, so ftx was the second biggest, bankman—fried built it up with the big social media influence brand he has and also he is a high—flying executive and a south face of crypto as he portrayed himself. his other company was called alameda research, effectively a hedge fund making big risky bets on crypto currencies. he took the money from ftx customers, which was meant to be safe in their crypto wallets, and use that to make these bets for alameda research which went wrong. everything was going fine and the companies were flying high until the crypto currency crash, summer 2022, and people started asking questions of his company. it was discovered that he was using a crypto currency token that he had invented himself, just made up, anyone can make a crypto currency, we could be one together, we could make it tomorrow, youtube tutorials about how to make these

currencies and he did that and use the value of that which is, of course it has no value, it was just a floating currency, tobacco companies. that is when people started asking questions, when it was revealed he was doing this large—scale fraud. about $8 billion was thought to be missing. they have recovered about 7 billion so far. and they expect most of it to be returned to customers but that is the value of money they lost at the time, not what it would be worth now. ., ., , ., ., , now. the authorities have always talked about _ now. the authorities have always talked about the _ now. the authorities have always talked about the crypto - now. the authorities have always talked about the crypto sphere i now. the authorities have always| talked about the crypto sphere as being unregulated and given so many warnings over the years, but since all of this, as there been any sort of look again and new regulations put into place with you look nothing concrete. nothing yet. there are more and more— concrete. nothing yet. there are more and more ,. ,, ., , ,, more and more discussions in the us and uk and — more and more discussions in the us and uk and europe, _ more and more discussions in the us and uk and europe, about _ more and more discussions in the us and uk and europe, about how- more and more discussions in the us and uk and europe, about how you l and uk and europe, about how you address regulate the currency and there are discussions about for example why don't you regulate the stable coins which is a particular kind of crypto currency that is pegged to the value of for example

the us dollar, but there has been no change materially since sam bankman—fried's down for that we have seen so far that will change the regulation of landscape. however what we are seeing increasingly is the sort of regulation by prosecution. if you can't have an industry that is regulated, you can do is prosecute people who look to be flouting the law.— be flouting the law. thank you for that snapshot _ be flouting the law. thank you for that snapshot analysis. _ be flouting the law. thank you for that snapshot analysis. stay - be flouting the law. thank you for that snapshot analysis. stay with | be flouting the law. thank you for. that snapshot analysis. stay with me because we will be back here shortly to talk more about those events in new york. let me take you back to allow pictures in manhattan, the cortege there, because that is where we have heard in the last few minutes writers making that adjustment, the sentence handed down, 25 years for sam bankman—fried. we expect reaction outside the courthouse in the next little while, so when you rejoin us after a short break we will have more on this breaking story on bbc news.

hello there, good afternoon. it won't be completely dry this weekend. there's always a chance of some further showers, longer spells of rain, but a lot of dry weather around. today though, blustery showers pushing northwards, longer spells of rain at times, and coastal gales. towards the south coast of england and across the channel islands, there could be some gusts of around 60 to 65 miles an hour. a deep area of low pressure descending, the showers and the rain spiralling around it. we're seeing some particularly heavy downpours of rain across eastern areas of northern ireland. but here the rain should largely clear as we head through the rest of the afternoon, some showers arriving, perhaps again by the time we get to the end of the day. this rain will be pushing into central, eventually northern areas of scotland. otherwise, these thundery showers just pushing northward, squally gusts of wind in association with those showers, perhaps some hail at times. temperatures for most in double figures, but cooler across northern ireland and also eastern scotland, with quite a brisk easterly blowing here. now, as we head through this evening and overnight, a lot of showers around. watch out for some icy

stretches as the skies clear across northern ireland. and there could be some longer spells of rain perhaps edging into north—western scotland as well. some clearer spells too across the midlands, into north wales and perhaps for northern england into tomorrow morning. now, tomorrow, a much simpler day of weather in that most of us will be seeing sunshine and showers. that rain will clear away from north—west scotland, the western isles as we head through the afternoon. and temperatures will be just that little bit higher. just watch out for some thunder, some hail in some of those showers. it's still going to be quite blustery as well, with a brisk south—westerly wind blowing across england and wales. but the winds will lighten as we head through the easter weekend, as that low pressure pushes a little further westwards. and we will be between low pressure systems. but there could possibly be some rain grazing the south—east of england, east anglia, as we head through saturday. certainly a bit more cloud here, but some sunshine elsewhere. the focus for any showers will tend to be in the north and the west. temperatures climbing, so widely in double figures, 12 to 15 celsius. the air will feel milder and the winds will be lighter. and it's the same again really

as we head into easter sunday. so we're likely to see some showers perhaps across south—west england, up through western wales, northern ireland and maybe into northern england. but many parts of scotland could stay largely dry. dry, too, across east anglia and central southern england. bye— bye.

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in the last p minutes... the former billionaire crypto boss — sam bankman—fried — has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for one of the biggest financial crimes in us history. these the live pictures from outside the manhattan central court where he has just been sentenced. we will have more reaction here on the programme. the un investigates, what is says, is a "plausible case" of israel using "starvation as a weapon of war" in gaza. scotland could become the first uk nation to provide terminally—ill people with assistance to end their lives. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live. let's start without breaking news in new york.