this happens in war. a school shooting in finland leaves one child dead and two seriously injured. police say the suspect is just 12 years old. new research suggests rates of depression in people who've suffered a traumatic brain injury are ten times higher than in the general population. and the row between ethiopia and the british museum over stolen artifacts escalates — we have the latest. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. there's been international condemnation — after the death of seven aid workers in gaza. the charity — world central kitchen says — their convoy was bombed in an israeli air strike —

just after they'd unloaded food aid at a warehouse — they are now suspending its operations in gaza. the israeli military says it's conducting a review into the incident. the seven workers are from australia, britain, poland, a us—canadian dual citizen, as well as a palestinian. world leaders and foreign ministers are pressing israel — to clarify the circumstances surrounding their deaths. our correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, begins our coverage. there were no survivors. cars and aid convoy were hit directly. even with the world central kitchen logos clearly displayed, and, the us charity says, prior co—ordination with the israeli military. displaced gazans staying in tents nearby heard the blast and ran to try and help. translation: this is our situation. anyone who distributes aid or brings it to gaza is exposed to shelling and death, whether it is an international organisation or not.

distressed colleagues of the seven aid workers killed have been absorbing the shocking news. since the war began, their ngo has provided more than a0 million meals in gaza. australian lalzawmi frankcom, who appeared in a recent world central kitchen video, has been confirmed as one of the dead. there are reportedly british citizens too. the prime minister, rishi sunak, says he is shocked and saddened. they're doing fantastic work, bringing alleviation to the suffering that many are experiencing in gaza, they should be praised and commended for what they are doing. they need to be allowed do that work unhindered, and it is incumbent on israel to make sure they can do that, and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly there are questions that need to be answered. world central kitchen has been sending food to gaza from cyprus along a new sea route. the aid workers has just unloaded 100 tonnes from the latest shipment when they came under attack. israel's military says it is investigating. we are committed to

examining our operations thoroughly and transparently. i just spoke to wck founder chef jose andres, and expressed the deepest condolences of israel defense forces to the families and the entire world central kitchen family. in gaza, where bodies of the aid workers, locals and foreigners are being sent home for burial, world central kitchen says it's heartbroken and grieving, and these deaths will be felt more widely too. the charity's now paused its operations in the war—torn territory, where famine is looming. it says it will soon make decisions about the future of its work. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. we have an update on the main story. three of the staff of the world

kitchen killed in the air strike in gaza were british. we said in our introduction of a variety of nationals were killed but we did not know the numbers of british workers killed. it is three of the seven are british. that has come from a world central kitchen, confirming that three of the seven staff killed were british. we will have more on that element of that story in a few moments but in terms of the questions being raised. we have heard from world leaders asking serious questions of israel. the israeli prime minister also released this video message a short time ago. translation: unfortunately, | in the last day there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. this happens in war. we are checking this thoroughly.

we are in touch with the governments and we will do everything for this not to happen again. i'm joined now by unicef spokespersonjames elder. your reaction to this news of the deaths of seven aid workers? it is a senseless loss _ deaths of seven aid workers? it is a senseless loss and _ deaths of seven aid workers? it is a senseless loss and immense - deaths of seven aid workers? it 3 —. senseless loss and immense tragedy for their families who would no doubt have been worried for them every single day, that they are away, happy to get the odd message back and no doubt happy to hear about the work they were doing, incredible work. some of the front—line actions for people who are coming down from the north of the gaza strip, who had not seen food and sometimes anything like psychological help, that is what the colleagues at world kitchen were

doing, they would have been sharing the burden with families, and this is a senseless loss and it underscores there are a senseless loss is that families are suffering everyday in the gaza strip. innocent lives, beautiful innocent lives, and tens and thousands of them have been killed since this war began. we spoke to you last week on the programme— spoke to you last week on the rouramme . ., , ., programme and i gather you met with the team only — programme and i gather you met with the team only in _ programme and i gather you met with the team only in the _ programme and i gather you met with the team only in the last _ programme and i gather you met with the team only in the last couple - programme and i gather you met with the team only in the last couple of. the team only in the last couple of days, something like this for all aid workers must be shocking for you. aid workers must be shocking for ou. ,, . ., , , , ., aid workers must be shocking for ou. ,. ., , ,, ., ., you. such an impressive team, and i met them at — you. such an impressive team, and i met them at one _ you. such an impressive team, and i met them at one of _ you. such an impressive team, and i met them at one of their— you. such an impressive team, and i met them at one of their spaces - met them at one of their spaces which is at the final checkpoint at the coast there, they have psychological support for people, because people coming out of the north have suffered all types of humiliation and relentless bombardment and around al—shifa

hospital, people have seen unspeakable things, then they come out and they get food, and there is something about these colleagues, they knew the dangers, they wanted to be there, and when i say they knew the dangers, they knew this is a difficult place to work, you have bad sanitation. i left a friend who has severe hepatitis. but you do not expect this. you have to trust the occupying power and you have to trust israel you are allowed to move and you are only moving in that convoy as we have done many times, and the armoured vehicle is good up to a point, but here we are, here we are. ., to a point, but here we are, here we are, ., ., , to a point, but here we are, here we are. ., , .,, to a point, but here we are, here we are. ., , w are. for those people watching around the _ are. for those people watching around the world _ are. for those people watching around the world who - are. for those people watching around the world who do - are. for those people watching around the world who do not . are. for those people watching . around the world who do not know are. for those people watching - around the world who do not know how aid agencies operate on the ground, we are seeing images of the vehicles

on our screens right now and they were clearly marked. the aid agencies do let israelis know what they are planning on the routes they are going to use, so is it common practice? are going to use, so is it common ractice? , . , practice? very much. it is essential. _ practice? very much. it is essential. you _ practice? very much. it is essential. you cannot - practice? very much. it is l essential. you cannot move practice? very much. it is - essential. you cannot move in the middle area, you cannot move without that approval, you seek the approval and it might take a day or three days, but you seek the approval two days, but you seek the approval two days before minimum and you get the approval and you move to a designated spot and it is called a waiting area, and then you might waiting area, and then you might wait again for another clearance and then you move again, it is laborious and painstaking, it is an active military zone, but once you start to move, in the central delivery of food to people facing famine, you do so in the hope that despite the horrors you have seen that day, and the injuries to children, you do so

with the knowledge that you will not get a missile attack. and yet, here we are. families would have assumed they would be safe. aha, we are. families would have assumed they would be safe.— they would be safe. a final thought. world central— they would be safe. a final thought. world central kitchen _ they would be safe. a final thought. world central kitchen have - they would be safe. a final thought. l world central kitchen have suspended their operations and they had been at the forefront of that operation of bringing in aid via the sea, the new route, so this is the question, is it a coincidence, is it the fog of war or something more sinister? honestly, i don't know, and i cannot speak to intent. we have heard many apologies around this, but the facts remain we have certainly seen a restriction on aid which is why we have an imminent famine and why we see 13,000 children reportedly killed, these two numbers do not occur when all due care is given to children and civilians or in this case those people who have travelled

across the world to try and help others. , ., , across the world to try and help others. , . , ~ ., ., ., others. james aldo, thanks for “oininu others. james aldo, thanks for joining us- _ others. james aldo, thanks for joining us- -- _ others. james aldo, thanks for joining us. -- elder. _ iranian state media says 13 people are now confimed to have been killed in a suspected israeli air strike on the iranian embassy in damascus. the iranian supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says monday's attack — in which two senior commanders in iran's powerful revolutionary guards were killed — will not go unpunished. we will get more on that story but now we have the us secretary of state antony blinken talking about the main story we have been covering. the main story we have been covering-— the main story we have been coverina. , . , ., covering. they have been doing extraordinary _ covering. they have been doing extraordinary brave _ covering. they have been doing extraordinary brave work - covering. they have been doing i extraordinary brave work everyday and critical work to try to make sure that people in need get what they need, starting with the most basic thing of all, food, to

survive. the victims of the strike yesterday join a survive. the victims of the strike yesterdayjoin a record number of humanitarian workers who have been killed in this particular conflict. these people are heroes. they run into the fire, not away from it. they show the best of what humanity has to offer. when the going gets tough. they have to be protected. we should not have a situation where people who are simply trying to help are themselves at great risk. we have spoken directly to the israeli government about this particular incident and we have urged a swift and thorough and impartial investigation. to understand exactly what happened. and as we have

throughout this conflict, we have impressed on the israelis the imperative of doing more to protect innocent civilian lives, be they palestinian children or women and men, oraid palestinian children or women and men, or aid workers, palestinian children or women and men, oraid workers, as palestinian children or women and men, or aid workers, as well as to get more humanitarian assistance to more people more effectively. we have touched on a number of other issues. we have an extraordinary convergence between france and the us on the major challenges of our time, and we are cooperating together to make sure of a free and open indo—pacific, a region where countries are free to choose their own path and their own partners and where problems are dealt with openly,... he where problems are dealt with openly,...— where problems are dealt with oenl ,... , ., ., ., ., openly,... he is moving on to other areas so we — openly,... he is moving on to other areas so we will _ openly,... he is moving on to other areas so we will leave _ openly,... he is moving on to other areas so we will leave antony - areas so we will leave antony blinken but he was talking about the need to protect aid workers and he said you cannot have a situation

where those who supply relief to human beings are at risk and he says they want a swift and thorough and impartial investigation and they are pressing that israel needs to do more to protect civilian lives and to get more aid into gaza. we will have more reaction to that over the next little while. we can pick up now where we left off. 13 people confirmed to have been killed in the israeli air strike on the iranian embassy in damascus. let's speak to alex vatanka, who is director of the iran programme at the middle east institute in dc. your colleague is quoted as saying the attack is more consequential than the 2020 attack which killed qasem soleimani. do you share that basic analysis of what we have seen

over the weekend? ihla basic analysis of what we have seen over the weekend?— basic analysis of what we have seen over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious. — over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious. and _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is going - over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is going to - very serious, and what is going to be different in terms of iranian reactions compared to what happened in 2020, january, 2020, depends on what iran decides to do next and if i look at the trend and the israeli proxy conflict, during the course of the last decade, especially on syrian soil, what we have seen is, step—by—step escalation, yes, but what you have had fundamentally is the iranian decision to avoid direct conflict with israel and i'm not sure we are about to see a change on that issue on the behalf of iran. in terms of the israeli response, they never directly respond to say if they are responsible but the defence minister today said they operate everywhere every day in order to prevent our enemies from gaining strength and we make it clear to anyone who threatens us that the

price for such action will be a big one, he said. so you can interpret what is being said in that. what are the risks for israel with action like this? ~ ., the risks for israel with action like this? ~ . , ., , ., like this? what the israelis are t in: to like this? what the israelis are trying to do — like this? what the israelis are trying to do is _ like this? what the israelis are trying to do is to _ like this? what the israelis are trying to do is to at _ like this? what the israelis are trying to do is to at least - like this? what the israelis are trying to do is to at least deterj trying to do is to at least deter iran and what we had in the last few days before the attack on the iranian embassy, damascus last week, iranian embassy, damascus last week, i think it was friday, the iranian leadership including top members of the revolutionary guards, where the seven iranians came from, who were killed, they hosted senior members of various palestinian factions and one has to assume that part of that is to strategise militarily against what needs to be done against israel, so iran is notjust an innocent bystanderfor israel, so iran is notjust an innocent bystander for israel, they are very much helping palestinians

and the israeli actions are not meant to start a war with iran but they are meant to change the calculation is. in they are meant to change the calculation is.— calculation is. in terms of the calculations, _ calculation is. in terms of the calculations, a _ calculation is. in terms of the calculations, a final _ calculation is. in terms of the calculations, a final question | calculation is. in terms of the i calculations, a final question in terms of the likely response from iran, what do you anticipate? i look at this in terms _ iran, what do you anticipate? i look at this in terms of— iran, what do you anticipate? i look at this in terms of the _ iran, what do you anticipate? i look at this in terms of the big _ iran, what do you anticipate? i look at this in terms of the big picture i at this in terms of the big picture and the israel iran proxy conflict started in 1979 so this is a proxy conflict which is about 45 years old. iran does not consider this a conflict between iran and israel, they consider it a potential conflict with the us, because the iranian position is that israel is an american proxy in the middle east so when they are talking about going to war with israel, potentially it could be much bigger than israel which is why they are so cautious in terms of their next steps.— terms of their next steps. thanks for “oininr terms of their next steps. thanks forjoining us- —

it is worth returning to the breaking news of the last few minutes. news from world central kitchen, the aid charity confirming to the uk that three of the staff killed, three of the staff were british workers. more reaction to that breaking development on the programme in the next little while. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here, new research suggests that rates of depression in people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are ten times higher than in the general population. now, a major new study has started across nine trauma centres in england to see if giving antidepressant medication to patients straight after an accident can dramatically improve their lives. 0ur health reporter jim reed has more details. so this video was three hours before the accident.

four years ago, shannon was working on this building site in east london. i don't remember what happened to me, but from reports i was hit on the left hand side of my head with a digger. i was told i was going to die, but i was given a chance, had surgery, then i was in a coma for three weeks. she needed operations to repair the damage to her body. the full impact, though, was not always visible. it took a real impact on my mental health. i wasn't going out, i wasn't taking care of myself. ijust completely let go of myself. i put on weight. yeah, it was just, any self respect i had wasjust, wasjust gone. hi shannon, it's nice to see you, come and take a seat. every six months shannon's progress

is checked by a psychiatrist. how have your headaches been? headaches, i've not had any. a head injury can change the way the brain works, affecting thinking skills, memory, and personality. in particular mood, depression, is something which we see very commonly after traumatic brain injury, in around 50% of people. that is around ten times higher than we see in the background population without brain injury, so it's a really significant problem. now, a large—scale study is being run at this and eight other major trauma centres. this commonly used antidepressant is being given very quickly after the injury itself. the hope is it might better protect the brain from long—term damage. up to now, most of the research has been on the treatment of depression once it's set in, which we know can be difficult. this would be one of the first large—scale studies in the world, to prevent it from happening in the first place. five years ago, shaun was knocked off his motorbike

on his way home for dinner. broke all my left side, broke my leg, broke a couple of fingers, and i had a bleed on the brain. he now volunteers here at the charity headway east london. we're waiting on rice though. he has had to come to terms with differences to his brain and his personality. things that you used to do make you feel depressed in a way, like, because i want to be that guy, i want to be on that side of that guy, i want to be that guy again, but that's the hardest thing. you just have to accept a new person in your life. group therapy, like this art class, is one route to recovery. it's hoped new approaches to medication might help as well, as the nhs tries to better treat a complex injury to this most fragile part of the body. jim reed, bbc news. let's speak to professor khalida ismail, who is the lead researcher

on the trial. how quickly after a brain injury are you talking about administering antidepressants and for how long? the plan is to administer the antidepressant within four weeks of the head injury and we would like patients to stay on the treatment for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, _ for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, why - for up to about 12 months. explain to me, scientifically, why that - to me, scientifically, why that might work? is it about establishing new pathways in the brain? describe why what you are suggesting might work. we why what you are suggesting might work. ~ ., ., ':: :: , why what you are suggesting might work. ~ ., ., ':: ::f , why what you are suggesting might work. ., ., '::::f, work. we are not 100% sure exactly wh a work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic _ work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic brain _ work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic brain injury - work. we are not 10096 sure exactly why a traumatic brain injury could . why a traumatic brain injury could lead to depression but research needs to be conducted and this study we will aim to demonstrate the way

giving a very targeted antidepressant can help in the first place, and if we can establish that, some of the theories that are being considered is that head injuries lead to a bruising of the brain and it may lead to inflammation which may be disrupting the normal mood pathways that are in our brain and that may be then lead on to depression and other mental health symptoms like irritability and poor concentration and sleep disturbance and the idea is that this commonly used antidepressant may either reduce the inflammation or perhaps help prevent the breakdown of the normal mood chemicals which are in the brain. i normal mood chemicals which are in the brain. ., , , normal mood chemicals which are in the brain. . , , ., normal mood chemicals which are in the brain. . ,, ., , , the brain. i assume it would be used in addition to — the brain. i assume it would be used in addition to a _ the brain. i assume it would be used in addition to a variety _ the brain. i assume it would be used in addition to a variety of— in addition to a variety of therapies and we saw in the piece we just ran, one man who talked about having to learn about his new self,

what he could do and what he couldn't, so i assume any sort of link with medication is done more or less in parallel?— less in parallel? absolutely. the idea is to give _ less in parallel? absolutely. the idea is to give the _ less in parallel? absolutely. the| idea is to give the antidepressant early so the patient has the best chance of the best recovery possible and if there is any hidden depression or a chance that depression or a chance that depression could develop, it will be reduced to a minimum so rehabilitation can be optimised. so, yes. rehabilitation can be optimised. so, es. ., , ., ., rehabilitation can be optimised. so, es. ., ., ., ., ., yes. professor we have got to leave it there but — yes. professor we have got to leave it there but thanks _ yes. professor we have got to leave it there but thanks for _ yes. professor we have got to leave it there but thanks forjoining - yes. professor we have got to leave it there but thanks forjoining us. i it there but thanks forjoining us. really interesting story and interesting research.- really interesting story and interesting research. we have the latest lines coming from the middle east and the israeli defence minister said following the strike on the aid team in gaza, israel will open a joint situation

room to coordinate aid distribution with the military. so a significant development with the defence minister now saying that israel will open a joint coordination of the aid distribution. wejust open a joint coordination of the aid distribution. we just spoke to our guest from unicef talking about how aid groups deal with their deliveries on the ground and the obvious risks and difficulties. this is the latest israeli response to the news that a strike has killed seven aid workers in gaza. we will have more on that and the rest of the headline stories injust have more on that and the rest of the headline stories in just a moment. hello there. there's been a lot of cloud around today and whilst we'll see some sunshine in the next few days, there will be some more rain as well. this is the rainfall accumulation. as you can see, we're all going to get some rain through the rest of this week. the wettest weather over the hills in the west

and into central southern scotland. it won't be as wet in the far north of scotland, perhaps, but it's quite cold here. temperatures struggling to around six or seven degrees, whereas with some brighter skies in between the showers in england and wales, 1a or 15 is likely. those showers are going to fade away because we've got this rain coming up from the southwest that's going to head northwards overnight, eventually into southern scotland and northern ireland. some patchy rain further north in scotland as well. so keeping a lot of cloud overnight should keep the temperatures a bit higher than last night, maybe no lower than ten or 11 degrees in the south. we've got that rain heading into northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. some wet weather for a while here and the rain could be followed by some heavy showers in northern england. the odd shower further south in england and wales where we're seeing some sunshine around it as well. these are the temperatures. they're not really changing very much, but it's still quite cold across many parts of scotland. and that's because we've got this north easterly wind. but it's south—westerly winds that will bring wet weather

in from the south west. again, as we head later on into the week, another area of low pressure moving in, bringing some outbreaks of rain on wednesday night, heading away during thursday. we may see things becoming a bit drier and brighter. hopefully some sunshine around. not too many showers, but more rain arrives again in the southwest during the afternoon. those temperatures reaching 1a, perhaps 16 degrees in the southeast of england. still disappointingly chilly in that north easterly wind in scotland. and that's going to be the story through the rest of the week. further south, the winds are more from the southwest, hence the higher temperatures. but we've got all the wet weather coming in from the southwest as well. and by friday, there's another area of low pressure, this one taking more of a northerly track. it will take the wetter weather into scotland and northern ireland. and for a while there could be some snow over the scottish mountains before temperatures rise. we've got a few showers coming into england. wales drier further east and not quite as windy, but some gales are likely through the irish sea. temperatures are slowly rising in scotland, higher temperatures

in england and wales, but some windy and warm weather for saturday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: seven aid workers, including three britons, have been killed in an israeli air strike in gaza. benjamin netanyahu says it was a tragic and unintentional mistake. anthony blinken calls for a swift

and independent investigation. tens of thousands of people with type—1 diabetes in england are to be offered a new technology, dubbed an artificial pancreas, this is bbc news. are to be offered a new technology, dubbed an artificial pancreas, to help manage the condition. we'll find out more. and we have the latest as the row between ethiopia and the british museum over stolen artifacts escalates. sport and for a full round—up, let's head to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. england all—rounder ben stokes has asked to not be considered for selection for this summer's t20 world cup to focus on his fitness. stokes says he wants to use the break to ensure he can be "the all—rounder i want to be" across all formats. he had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five—test series in india. the 32—year—old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month.