we'll have the latest. sam bankman—fried, the 32—year—old once known as the crypto king, is sentenced to prison. the white house approves money to help the us state of maryland respond to the deadly collpase of a bridge in baltimore. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you've very welcome. let's start in the middle east, where the syrian defence ministry says israel carried out an air strike on the city of aleppo. reports say at least 36 people — including some hezbollah fighters — were killed. syrian officials say aleppo had also come under fire from drones launched by what it called "terrorist groups". a british—based monitoring group the syrian observatory for human rights said the strikes targeted weapons stores near aleppo international airport. contacted by the afp news agency, the israeli military

said it would "not comment on reports in the foreign media". the international court ofjustice has ordered israel to take all necessary action to ensure that basic food supplies reach palestinians facing hunger in gaza. thejudges said the israeli military must not violate the international convention on genocide. it's the world court's strongest language yet on the war. it's also ordering israel to open more land crossings to allow aid into the strip. but the icj does not have any power to enforce its ruling. meanwhile, aid agencies are concerned for patients at gaza hospitals that now face daily israeli bombardment. for more on the situation, i spoke to the medical director of medglobal nahreen ahmed. she returned from her second mission to gaza last week. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on bbc news.

you are just back from gaza and you were in various locations. talk us through all of that, but let's start with northern gaza. what did you see there? we're hearing desperate reports of people starving to death. yes, i should just highlight how challenging it is to reach the north. we have to co—operate with un agencies to join convoys to go up to the north side so access is really limited. what i witnessed going from south to north was the landscape is entirely decimated, the roads are very challenging and need very specific high—utility vehicles to access the north and we saw people just absolutely starving. we saw children, every child i saw has evidence of malnutrition. the death count for

malnutrition has risen to 27 and that's probably just what we know. to collect that data has been extremely challenging. people are not able to access consistently food for their children, for themselves. we are seeing malnutrition in pregnant and lactating women. when i walked through the halls of one hospital, the desperation on the faces of mothers and children is heartbreaking. mothers telling us because they themselves are malnourished they can't feed their children. the most vulnerable population are pregnant, lactating women and children under two. the health effects of malnutrition are devastating. the worst being death. is a quick process once the salvation kicks in and it is painful. unfortunately the challenge of distributing food and aid in the north

as well as the access issues. on that point, if there were to be a ceasefire, could those impacts be reversed? the tricky thing about malnutrition is it is not just about providing food and being the end of it. when somebody has severe or moderate malnutrition they need monitored so there needs to be the access not only to food but direct monitoring for those being refed because there is consequences of refeeding too quickly when someone is severely malnourished so it's notjust about bringing food but health aid and i worry that we are beyond the point of that, if aid was to rush up there, that this could be reversed quickly. i think that the effects of starvation and malnutrition are so far past the point where we can reverse it quickly, but we need to do what we can to get aid and food distributed equitably in gaza. in terms of the hospitals that you were in in the north and in the south as well, just how functional are they? we're hearing about the

shortage of medical supplies. currently most hospitals are referred to as partially functional which means that there are some services available but not all. there are six partially functional hospitals in the north and six in the south. that number has reduced from when i was there injanuary which means that hospitals that were previously partially functional, there are less of them now, as hospitals come under siege. and after working in nasser hospital myself injanuary and again working with our staff and some of our volunteers in al—aqsa hospital, several hospitals in the middle, south and north, we noticed that absolutely crucial supplies are missing. for example, at one hospital in the north we have heard that there are severe fractures and trauma injuries coming in that require certain tools to fix for orthopaedic surgeons and those are nails and external fixators. because of the lack

of availability of them, doctors are working with engineers that are available in the area to come up with a way to do that and make them themselves. we're also hearing about terrible wound infections where the proper antibiotics are not available which means people are dying from preventable causes, treatable causes. this is devastating and lack of supplies for especially maternal child health is devastating. one of our volunteers who worked in a maternity centre, i had a chance to sit with her and some other obstetricians and to hear about the absolute devastating lack of supplies and the lack of space, it is notjust supplies but lack of space for patients, hospitals are overflowing, patients that are giving birth by having to leave the hospital after two hours if you can imagine that, just because there is not enough space to accommodate the number of deliveries happening at several hospitals in gaza. you travel around war zones training medical professionals how to operate in conflict.

how does what you've seen in gaza compare to those other war zones, conflict areas you've been in? it is incomparable. this is by far the worst disaster i've ever seen and the hardest part of that is this is man—made. what we're seeing, the devastation, injuries, the extremely high volume of children, women and children being affected, the fact that you have so many people that cannot leave, in other crisis and conflict zones we've been to, we been able see people evacuate to get to safety. but you hear people saying in gaza that there is no where safe in gaza which is extremely true, the fact that you have nearly 1.7, 1.8 million people in rafah, an extremely small area. it is disastrous and evolving into a public health crisis given the increase in things like acute water

bloody diarrhoea, respiratory infections, hepatitis a, this is all a consequence of having so many people crammed into a small space without the ability to safely leave. that's incredibly unprecedented. thank you for describing to us the situation in gaza. the medical director of medglobal, dr nahreen ahmed. based on interviews with 60 former pows, the un has found credible evidence that russian soldiers have been torturing ukrainian prisoners to extract military information. "the most common methods of torture included beatings, "electric shocks, threats of execution, mock executions "and positional torture. "guards often beat the pows, used stun guns to give them "electric shocks, forced them to stand for prolonged periods "in stress and painful positions, or sometimes exposed "them to cold by forcing them to walk naked and barefoot "outside in the winter period. the un says this is not in

compliance with international law, and made several recommendations to address the treatment and conditions of prisoners of war. as us journalist evan gershkovich marks a year in russian detention, the kremlin says it won't talk publicly about the possibility of any prisoner exchange. mr gershkovich was arrested in russia last year on suspicion of espionage. moscow accuses the wall street journal reporter of trying to obtain military secrets while reporting on russia's war in ukraine. mr gershkovich, the wall street journal, and the us government all deny accusations of any wrongdoing. a russian court on tuesday extended his pre—trial detention at a high—security prison in moscow by another three months. my colleague, sumi somaskanda, spoke to evan's sister, danielle, and wall street journal assistant editor paul beckett about their efforts to bring him home. great to see you again. thanks forjoining us. danielle, we

talked in december, first of all, how are you and your family?— all, how are you and your famil ? ~ ., ., ., family? we are holding on. in this ast family? we are holding on. in this past year _ family? we are holding on. in this past year we _ family? we are holding on. in this past year we have - family? we are holding on. in this past year we have been l this past year we have been learning about being advocates for evan and we are continuing to move forward, continuing to trust that the white house is taking us very seriously and that there is a team of experts working on this, and with the help of the wall streetjournal and the global community of journalists, are continuing to keep the spotlight on evan. there has been such solidarity also among the community of journalists, as he said. to follow up with you, how is a evan? i know three letters you have contact.— have contact. yes. it is really hard for _ have contact. yes. it is really hard for him _ have contact. yes. it is really hard for him but _ have contact. yes. it is really hard for him but we're - have contact. yes. it is really hard for him but we're so - have contact. yes. it is really i hard for him but we're so proud of him. he is very resilient and working really hard to stay strong. he worries about us. we

try to make sure that he knows that we are doing well and he even recently sent women in his life some bouquets for international women's day, much the act, which was really nice. paul, his detention was extended for a fifth time this week. what can you tell us about that? it week. what can you tell us about that?— about that? it is a pattern with sent _ about that? it is a pattern with sent is _ about that? it is a pattern with sent is the _ about that? it is a pattern with sent is the start - about that? it is a pattern with sent is the start of. about that? it is a pattern i with sent is the start of this, every— with sent is the start of this, every two _ with sent is the start of this, every two or three months russians_ every two or three months russians produce him in court and ask— russians produce him in court and ask for more time to investigate. we have not seen any evidence through that whole process — any evidence through that whole process. now it's been extended for another three months which means— for another three months which means we — for another three months which means we don't know when we'll have _ means we don't know when we'll have a _ means we don't know when we'll have a trait _ means we don't know when we'll have a trail. it is foggy when you — have a trail. it is foggy when you look_ have a trail. it is foggy when you look and that just increases the urgency of bringing him home and increases the urgency of the us and russian _ the urgency of the us and russian governments and any other— russian governments and any other government that can be helpful— other government that can be helpful to figure out where to -et helpful to figure out where to get him — helpful to figure out where to get him back.—

get him back. paul, the last time we _ get him back. paul, the last time we spoke _ get him back. paul, the last time we spoke we _ get him back. paul, the last| time we spoke we discussed get him back. paul, the last - time we spoke we discussed the prospect of a possible swap for evan. where do those discussions stand now? we saw in early december— discussions stand now? we saw in early december the - discussions stand now? we saw in early december the state - in early december the state department saying they made an offer for— department saying they made an offer for evan and paul whelan who has— offer for evan and paul whelan who has been there for five years _ and the russians rejected it. since then we've seen him twice, one at his annual press conference at the end of his interview with tucker carlson. we know there are conversations pulling on. it is appropriate that those happen quietly and secretly and we are not privy to them but we are confident that they are happening and we hope that they bear fruit soon. danielle, what has communication been like with the white house is the process has been ongoing?— the white house is the process has been ongoing? we've heard several times _ has been ongoing? we've heard several times that _ has been ongoing? we've heard several times that the - has been ongoing? we've heard several times that the white - several times that the white house has made statements.

that they are serious about getting evan home which is wonderful to hear, but we know that this is a conversation that's between governments, but we are very grateful to have contact from the team, and we are able to meet and speak with president biden, and he personally promised our family that he is going to get evan home, so we just have to keep our faith in that promise. danielle, one year of evan in custody. how does this moment feel for you and your family? it is very hard, as i'm sure you— it is very hard, as i'm sure you can— it is very hard, as i'm sure you can imagine, but we have no choice _ you can imagine, but we have no choice but — you can imagine, but we have no choice but tojust you can imagine, but we have no choice but to just continue to hold — choice but to just continue to hold on— choice but to just continue to hold on and be strong and just continue — hold on and be strong and just continue to have faith that we will get — continue to have faith that we will get him home. it has been a year— will get him home. it has been a year of— will get him home. it has been a year of holding our breath, waiting, _ a year of holding our breath, waiting, and a lot of unknowns, but we're — waiting, and a lot of unknowns, but we're just going to have to continue — but we're just going to have to continue to fight and just

believe _ continue to fight and just believe we're going to get back home — believe we're going to get back home. . ., , ., ,~/ home. paul, what message do you think is important _ home. paul, what message do you think is important for— home. paul, what message do you think is important for all— home. paul, what message do you think is important for all of - think is important for all of us to have and also give forth marking a year of evan in custody?— marking a year of evan in custod ? ~ ., , ., custody? would be grateful if --eole custody? would be grateful if peeple could _ custody? would be grateful if people could talk _ custody? would be grateful if people could talk to - custody? would be grateful if people could talk to evan, . custody? would be grateful if| people could talk to evan, get to know him a bit, we have a treasure trove of material on a website and him so we are gratefulfor website and him so we are grateful for all the thoughts and for defenders of press freedom to view the case as an attack notjust on evan's freedom but freedom of the press worldwide. what happens to him was the declaration of fundamental freedoms that you, i had all our colleagues and journalists around the world rely on to do theirjobs to get fact —based views. it is a moment to think about him, think about the cause but ultimately when it is one year and one day we will need to bring up our efforts to bring home. ,, . ., ., home. such an important message- _ home. such an important message. paul—

home. such an important message. paul and - home. such an important. message. paul and danielle, thank message. pauland danielle, thank you, both, the being with us on bbc news.— us on bbc news. thank you so much. thank— us on bbc news. thank you so much. thank you _ us on bbc news. thank you so much. thank you so _ us on bbc news. thank you so much. thank you so much - us on bbc news. thank you so much. thank you so much forl much. thank you so much for havin: much. thank you so much for having us- — back here in the us, in new york, the founder of the bankrupt crypto currency exchange ftx, sam bankman—fried, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. a federaljudge at manhattan court house ruled that the 32—year—old knew he acted criminally but had shown no remorse. mr bankman—fried, who's expected to appeal the sentence, apologised for his actions but did not admit to criminal wrongdoing. he was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last year. before his firm's collapse in 2022, the former billionaire became a celebrity atop a crypto empire. prosecutors said he raided customer accounts for bribes, illegal political donations and risky investments. our business correspondent, michelle fleury, has more. thejudge had to decide a couple of things and took into account age, losses involved an

impact on the victims and also the message of deterrent and he settled on 25 years for sam bankman—fried, sending him to prison for that time. it was less than lawyers who had been prosecuting the case had asked for who wanted ao—is years and by contrast lawyers for mr bankman—fried said he should get less than seven years. judge lewis kaplan decided that splitting the difference somewhere in the middle was the way to go. the judge clearly thought that although mr bankman—fried has autism, as he said in court, sometimes he can be a bit socially awkward, the judge clearly thought this was a serious crime and wanted to send the message of deterrent and was also not convinced that mr bankman—fried had shown enough remorse and he was not convinced that he might not try to essentially cheat people potentially again. that is why he settled on this lengthy sentence, one that white—collar

lawyers, professors have been telling me seemed to be the sort of right amount, but it felt right at them and one that would be hard to challenge. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news around the uk. three prisoners and three staff from lewes prison in east sussex have been taken to hospital for suspected food poisoning. emergency teams were sent to the jail at about midday. it's understood a number of people became ill soon after after eating a curry served after a maundy thursday service. a man has been arrested in connection with the death of the gogglebox star george gilbey. the ao—year—old who was a self—employed electrician died at work after falling from a height. essex police said a man in his 40s had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. the former england cricket captain freddie flintoff is returning to television after his top gear accident.

he was injured at the programme's test track at dunsfold park aerodrome in surrey in december 2022. he'll be back on television for the second series of the bbc one cricket documentary, freddie flintoff�*s field of dreams. you're live with bbc news. the biden administration has approved maryland's request for $60 million in aid for recovery efforts after a bridge in baltimore collapsed when it was hit by a cargo ship. this is a live look at the site of the bridge collapse, where divers have so far found the bodies of two people in a red pick—up truck underwater. eight workers were on the bridge when it was hit by the cargo ship dali, plunging them into the waters below. two were rescued on the day, but the search continues for four other men who were working on the bridge repairing potholes. all are now presumed dead. investigators say the container

ship that crashed, and still remains in the patapsco river, was carrying more than 700 tons of hazardous materials. the jobs of at least 8,000 workers at the port of baltimore are affected by the collapse of the bridge. maryland state governor wes moore outlined what's next. first, we need to continue to focus on recovery. because it is our obligation to bring a sense of closure to these families. second, we need to clear the channel and open vessel traffic to the port because the health of the maryland economy and the national economy depends on it. third, we need to take care of all the people who have been affected by this process and that means the families, that means the workers, that means the businesses, that means the first responders. that means everybody.

and in the military, one of the things we were taught is you always take care of your people. we're going to make sure in this moment we take care of our people. and fourth, we need to rebuild the francis scott key bridge. a new un report has described the situation in haiti as cataclysmic, with more than 1,500 people murdered in the country so far this year. the un human rights commissioner, volker turk, says that gang violence and poor governance have brought state institutions close to collapse. the un estimates that the gangs now control more than 80% of the capital, port—au—prince. the report published on thursday found a significant increase in sexual violence and the abuse of children. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, sent this report. the numbers in this un report are staggering, finding 1500 people have been killed in the first four months of this year and more than 800 people have been injured in the un says the

numbers are generally going on around direction. this is a country on the brink of famine. it says there is rampant sexual violence against women and young children are being recruited and abused in gangs where they are trapped in the cycle but it's really hard to get out of. earlier today i spoke to this young woman of 22 who lives here in cap—haitien, herfamily is in port—au—prince and she is of course deeply anxious about that and she said her father wanted anxious about that and she said herfather wanted her to anxious about that and she said her father wanted her to get out of port—au—prince to have a chance at life. she knows people who are from educated families, churchgoing families who still and not falling into the trap of gangs and gang violence is one of the things that this new presidential transitional council have to tackle along with poverty and all the other immediate issues that haiti is facing. in the long—term the that wants to restore democracy and order. it will appoint interim protest and eventually hold parliamentary elections. ——

interim prime minister. at least 45 people have died in a bus crash in south africa, after careering off a bridge into a ravine and bursting into flames. an eight—year—old girl is the only survivor. she's been taken to hospital with serious injuries. the vechicle's driver lost control and collided with barriers on the bridge before crashing off it, according to a statement by the transport department. to the spanish island of ibiza now. the tourist hot spot has highlighted spain's struggle with rising housing costs, exacerbated by an influx of foreign visitors. guy hedgecoe reports. ibiza is preparing for the summer tourist season. its beaches and resorts have long been a magnet for holiday—makers. but its success has helped create a housing crisis. across the balearic islands, rental costs have increased by nearly 20% over the last yearalone, and in ibiza the increases have

been even sharper. there are several reasons for the steep rise in rental costs. higher interest rates and a higher cost of living have discouraged people from buying property. that, in turn, has led to an increase in demand for rented accommodation, pushing up rental rates. tourism is also a major factor. last year, 3.7 million people visited ibiza and the neighbouring island of formentera. many stay in flats, pushing up rental prices and keeping locals out of the housing market. this man is a chef, and although he has work, he has been sleeping in his car for the last three years. something many workers on the island now resort to. translation: in ibiza, - accommodation is very expensive and is getting more and more expensive. the cost of renting is completely out of kilter

with what you earn. when you have been living this long in a car, there comes a moment when you say, "i cannot do this any more. "i need a home." local activists are demanding that this phenomenon be stopped. translation: the problem we have is that the island'sl housing is not being used for the purpose for which it was built. it is being used as a speculative business and for tourism. this situation is affecting local businesses. the old beach disco and restaurant is preparing for the high season. but finding staff in ibiza or from elsewhere is not easy. i already have friends - on the island whose rent has doubled in the last year, - so when you look at workers coming to the island, it is a massive factorl and well—known, so i think it will ultimately affect people i coming to the island and getting workers| to come to ibiza.

the local authorities say the housing crisis is caused by homeowners who break the law by offering their properties to rent for short periods. the problem is that you are much more money renting for days or for weeks than if you rent according to the law, which is at least six months. and you have a lot of people are now renting illegally — offering their properties illegally. as the high season approaches, the question is whether ibiza's success as a tourism destination can be sustained when housing is such a problem. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, ibiza. that is it from the moment. you can noise keep up—to—date on our website, bbc.com/news. can noise keep up—to—date on ourwebsite, bbc.com/news. from all the team here in washington, thank you for watching. i am caitriona perry. stay with us here on bbc news. take care. hello there.

well, with british summertime just around the corner, thursday was a stark reminder ofjust how fickle british weather can be. yes, we had some snow, some of it settling for a time in northern ireland on thursday. it was a wild day, wet and windy for many as well. and in fact in wiltshire we had over a0 millimetres of rain in a 24—hour period. now it's all due to low pressure that's anchored itself to the southwest and that low is still going to be with us during the day on friday. the showers, hopefully few and further between in comparison to thursday's weather. and we'll start off on a relatively quiet note for good friday with a few scattered showers around, but they'll become more widespread as we go through the day, drifting their way steadily north into the afternoon. so some of the showers could still be quite potent from time to time. the winds quite blustery, but with a little more sunshine, a little more warmth, 9—11; degrees celsius our overall high. move out of good friday into the start of the weekend and it looks likely that

saturday and sunday will continue to be a little bit quieter. the low just shifts further away, the isobars open up, the winds will fall light. we'll need to keep an eye on this frontal system, which could bring some rain towards kent and perhaps suffolk, first thing on saturday morning and maybe a little more cloud. but generally, it will be a quieter day with more sunshine coming through, showers more isolated. there will be some moving through scotland and maybe a longer spell of rain across the channel isles and down through south west england by the end of the afternoon. but temperatures in the sunshine, 15 degrees celsius — a pleasant day for many on saturday. easter sunday continues with that quieter story, perhaps more frequent showers out to the west on sunday. but on the whole, there will be some drier weather from time to time with some sunshine and again, some warmth with temperatures around 13—15 degrees quite widely. so as we move into monday, though, easter monday, we could see a change to something a little bit more unsettled once again, with low pressure never too far away.

and we will see some spells of wetter weather, particularly across central and southern england. so looking further ahead from monday onwards, that unsettled theme is set to continue. longer spells of rain never too far away. take care.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur and today i am in guyana, south america, a country of some 800,000 people which right now can claim to have the fastest growing economy in the world. the reason — oil, vast reserves of the stuff located offshore. my guest today is guyana's president, irfaan ali. his country's new—found oil riches have stoked tensions with neighbouring venezuela. they've also raised questions about this country's vulnerability to climate change. so is oil really a blessing or a curse?