we should two days are a moment when we should more the loss of these brave humanitarian workers including the three british citizens that tragically were killed. taiwan is hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years. nine people are dead, at least 800 injured. and luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation, has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation linked to the spanish super cup. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the north atlantic treaty. leaders have been discussing military aid going to ukraine and the setting up of a multi—billion dollar fund for the country. that is being largely seen as a move

to insulate nato from a possible donald trump presidency. let's take a listen. we can see there the ministers gathering, waiting to get the session under way at the moment. we are expecting, you can see yun stoltenberg there, to address the foreign ministers very shortly, and when that happens, we will take you back to brussels for that moment. israel is under increasing international pressure after seven aid workers including three uk citizens were killed in an israeli air strike on gaza. president biden has said he is "outraged and heartbroken" by the deaths. the uk foreign secretary david cameron said it's a "dreadful" event and he paid tribute to those killed, caling them "brave humanitarian workers". world central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers killed when a convoy carrying staff from the charity was hit on monday. three british men, john chapman,

james henderson and james kirby, were among them. they were working as security advisers. israel said the strike was "unintended" and promised to investigate. the family ofjames kirby, one of the three british nationals killed in the strike, have released a statement. they said they were heartbroken and that... there have been calls for britain to stop selling arms to israel following the deaths. prime minister rishi sunak said he was appalled by the israeli attack. graham satchell reports. i think there is abundant evidence now that israel has not been taking enough care to fulfil its obligations on the safety of civilians. and a country that gets arms from the uk has to comply

with international humanitarian law. that's a condition of the arms export license. so honestly, i think the time has come to send that signal. it won't change the course of the war. it would be a powerful political message and it mightjust stimulate debate in the us as well — which would be the real game—changer if the americans began to think about putting limits, restrictions on the use of american weapons in israel. well, the bbc�*s international editor jeremy bowen is in northern israel and gave us this update on the incident. well, a few more details are coming out in the press. there are reports which i can't personally confirm about the circumstances in which this happened. some suggestions that it might be the activities of a unit at the tactical level, rather than getting orders from on high. the thing is, all of this depends on getting some kind of investigation of the sort that the americans and others have been calling for.

what happened should not come as a great surprise, bearing in mind the numbers of people israel has been killing in the last six months in gaza, despite repeated strictures from president biden downwards that they should not be doing that, and that also includes more than 200 palestinians who have been working for the un in its aid operations. i'm joined now by sam rose who is the director of planning for unrwa, the united nations relief and works agency. i know you havejust i know you have just returned from gaza, can you give us some idea of the kind of coordination and communications that you have with the idf, in order to get aid in? thanks, lucy, for having me on. first of all let me express my condolences personally, but also on behalf of unrwa, for the tragic,

senseless deaths of the seven annoyance when workers in the last couple of days, yet another horror on top of the endless horrors that we have witnessed over the past six months. in response to your question, there is a wary well—developed, very involved process of coordinating aid, to get it into gaza. in many ways but this predated the conflict, a system of very harsh controls on aid going in, which predated the conflict, and have been stepped up massively since 7th october, both in terms of getting the aid into gaza, the checks that have to take place, the unloading, the reloading of aid shipments, the often rejection of entire trucks based on certain items being classified as rejected and non—kitajima, and then once aid is inside the rafah crossing, a very involved, very detailed process of distributing that aid around gaza.

—— known humanitarian. in which, depending on where the aid is directed towards the as well you authorities are either notified or, in more sensitive areas, where active conflict is taking place, or in a security situation which is more risky, there is a very active process of coordination that takes place over two or three days and is dependent on israel's approval for that mission to go ahead. 50. dependent on israel's approval for that mission to go ahead. so, there is a hiuh that mission to go ahead. so, there is a high level— that mission to go ahead. so, there is a high level of— that mission to go ahead. so, there is a high level of communication - that mission to go ahead. so, there| is a high level of communication and coordination, and the need for a transparent investigation is obvious, but i wonder if you feel that speaking to people from other aid agencies, that there is now a real risk that they will feel it is too dangerous to work there? i mean, we know the — too dangerous to work there? i mean, we know the risks _ too dangerous to work there? i mean, we know the risks that _ too dangerous to work there? i mean, we know the risks that we _ we know the risks that we are subjecting ourselves to in these environments, gaza is a very high risk environment, but yes, i think you're right, we've already seen the temporary suspension by a number of aid agencies on missions into some of these more risky areas. we have

seen now for the past couple of weeks a rejection by the israeli authorities on unrwa going on missions to take food to the north. world central kitchen was one of the two other organisations able to deliver at scale to the north, delivering hundreds of thousands of meals per day, so as well as the tragedy that is impacting them and their staff, what this means in terms of the population of gaza, i.i terms of the population of gaza, 1.1 million of whom are facing catastrophic hunger, ecently devastating.— catastrophic hunger, ecently devastatina. . . , devastating. and can i particularly ask ou devastating. and can i particularly ask you about— devastating. and can i particularly ask you about what _ devastating. and can i particularly ask you about what is _ devastating. and can i particularly ask you about what is happening l devastating. and can i particularly| ask you about what is happening in the north and how difficult it is and how crucial it was for the world central kitchen to try and get some of their aid up to the north? absolutely. i mean, ora of their aid up to the north? absolutely. i mean, or a has to be co—ordinated and approved, all eight missions to the north have to be approved by the israeli authorities, there are essentially three large—scale aid organisations able to deliver aid at scale to the

north. unrwa, world central kitchen and the world food programme. as i mentioned, unrwa's mission is to the north, the organisation that i work for, which has by far the largest footprint in gaza, has been prohibited and banned from entering the north, or its mission requests have been rejected for the past couple of weeks. that leaves two other lifelines, world central kitchen and the world food programme. so, ata kitchen and the world food programme. so, at a time when we as an international community, when israel as the occupying power and a party to the conflict, has an obligation and a demand from the international court ofjustice, the un's international court ofjustice, the un's highestjudicial body, to increase flows of aid, the tragic and horrific events of the last couple of days are directly limiting that aid and limiting the ability of an organisation able to deliver at scale to the north from delivering on that mission. find

scale to the north from delivering on that mission.— on that mission. and the obvious answer to — on that mission. and the obvious answer to this _ on that mission. and the obvious answer to this question - on that mission. and the obvious answer to this question i - on that mission. and the obvious answer to this question i am - on that mission. and the obvious i answer to this question i am about to ask you is of course a ceasefire, beyond that, can you think of something in your role in the amount of coordination that you are having to take part in, that you can see would make a real difference to the safety of aid workers that could be put in place quite quickly? we have a s stem put in place quite quickly? we have a system in — put in place quite quickly? we have a system in place. _ put in place quite quickly? we have a system in place, it— put in place quite quickly? we have a system in place, it would - put in place quite quickly? we have a system in place, it would seem . a system in place, it would seem that this system is not working, given the events of previous days, and let me also mention the previous killings of aid workers inside gaza, as i think your correspondent mentioned, almost 200 have now been killed, 176 of those from unrwa, so, we have identified the problem, what we have identified the problem, what we need is a solution. i think it is incumbent on upon member states who are supporting the aid operation and also providing certain supplies, to put pressure on the israeli authorities, and it is incumbent upon them to adhere to their

obligations under international law. and what we're seeing... sam. obligations under international law. and what we're seeing. . ._ obligations under international law. and what we're seeing... sam, i am so sor , and what we're seeing... sam, i am so sorry. we — and what we're seeing... sam, i am so sorry. we have — and what we're seeing... sam, i am so sorry, we have to _ and what we're seeing... sam, i am so sorry, we have to interrupted - so sorry, we have to interrupted because we are going to go live to brussels now, you're watching jens stoltenberg, the head of nato, opening this meeting of foreign ministers. ~ ., , w opening this meeting of foreign ministers. ~ ., , ., ministers. women, peace and security- _ ministers. women, peace and security- all— ministers. women, peace and security. all of _ ministers. women, peace and security. all of this _ ministers. women, peace and| security. all of this contributes ministers. women, peace and . security. all of this contributes to what we have been safeguarding together successfully for 75 years. this ends the public part of the meeting, i thank the media for joining us at the top of the meeting, and the meeting continues in just a meeting, and the meeting continues injust a moment. to ship meeting, and the meeting continues in just a moment. to ship so much to the press. —— thank you so much to the press. studio: we were perhaps expecting a little more from jens stoltenberg, he did address the media outside nato hq just a few hours ago. foreign ministers meeting to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the north atlantic to, and of

course, top of their agenda, is the military aid going to ukraine, the setting up of a multibillion—dollar fund for the country. lots of talk amongst those foreign ministers about how they insulate nato from changes in governance across europe and also a possible second presidency from donald trump. so, lots to discuss in brussels and we will be returning to brussels and nato hq shortly. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's turn to taiwan, which has been hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years. at least nine people have been killed and over 800 have been injured. the quake had a magnitude of 7.4. the deaths all occured in hualien county, a mountainous region near the epicentre with many killed by falling boulders.

these are some of the latest pictures we have — you can see some buildings are leaning dangerously and some train lines have been damaged. nga pham was in taipei when the earthquake happened. i was making my coffee, the first thing i do every day when everything starts shaking and rattling. it was really, really scary. i have to admit that i was, like thinking, "what should i do? what should i do?" normally, before an earthquake, we receive so—called presidential alert from the office of the president telling us what to expect and what to do. but this time there was nothing from them. so it adds to the scariness of the situation. i was holding onto my bookcase trying to steady myself, because everything else was falling off the bookcases, the books and my glassware and plates, etc.

and i could hear people screaming, you know, they were also frantically looking for information and trying to decide what to do. let's take a look at what more we know. taiwanese authorities have confirmed that over 120 people are known to be trapped as a result of the earthquake with dozens trapped inside tunnels. and there have been more than 100 aftershocks recorded so far. japan has pledged to offer "any assistance necessary to taiwan, our neighbour across the sea, in times of difficulty". more now from our correspondent in taipei rupert wingfield hayes, who is also the bbc�*s former correspondent in tokyo. here in taipei a lot of young people have never experienced an earthquake like this, it has been a quarter of a century, so, a lot of young people won't have any memory of an earthquake on this scale, and so, a lot of people are very scared by this because they not experienced it before. i this because they not experienced it before. g ., ., before. i lived in japan for ten ears

before. i lived in japan for ten years and _ before. i lived in japan for ten years and i — before. i lived in japan for ten years and i have _ before. i lived in japan for ten years and i have experienced | before. i lived in japan for ten - years and i have experienced many, many earthquakes in that time, i have to say even for me, this morning, this was one of the biggest if not the biggest that i can remember. so, ithink if not the biggest that i can remember. so, i think it has been a very scary experience for everybody who has been through it today, but you know, if there is a plus point, it is that 25 years ago more than 2000 people were killed when a similar sized earthquake hit taiwan. today we're talking about a number of people dead, but a relatively small number of people so far and we hope that it stays a small number of people. buildings have stood up much better because of the changes that have taken place in the last 25 years to building codes and building standards, to resist earthquakes after the experience of the last one. let's speak to jan camenzind broomby who's a journalist and is in hualien which is the epicentre of the earthquake. good to see you safe and well. tell us about what it was like when the earthquake struck. dag

us about what it was like when the earthquake struck.— earthquake struck. dog route the earthquake _ earthquake struck. dog route the earthquake struck _ earthquake struck. dog route the earthquake struckjust _ earthquake struck. dog route the | earthquake struckjust kilometres off of the east coast of taiwan, close to the city of hualien, the county of hualien which surrounds the city has been the location where most of the damage has been done, most of the damage has been done, most of the 800 people who have been injured have been injured there. and there are reports that there are 50 people trapped in minibuses in a tourist destination in the mountains behind the city. that is in a gorge. buildings here in hualien collapsing, several residential buildings, one of them just over my shoulder, lapsed, sinking to the ground, videos circulating on social media showing children being lifted out of the rubble of these places. —— collapsed. many people are still missing and injured here, and many after—shocks are still to come, the japanese meteorological agency was reporting earlier today. hesse japanese meteorological agency was reporting earlier today.— reporting earlier today. have you felt those after-shocks? - reporting earlier today. have you felt those after-shocks? we - reporting earlier today. have you | felt those after-shocks? we have been, we felt those after-shocks? we have been. we have — felt those after-shocks? we have been, we have been _ felt those after-shocks? we have been, we have been speaking - felt those after-shocks? we have been, we have been speaking to l been, we have been speaking to people who have failed them, we spoke to a local hospital owner here, she said that for her, at

first she wasn't scared of the earthquake, earthquakes are very normal in taiwan, to some extent, but then itjust didn't stop, she said, it kept on going and going and there have been 50 after—shocks she was saying in the last few hours. a village opposite where she is living has been surrounded by rubble that fell down from the mountains. so, those after—shocks still very much present here. those after-shocks still very much present here-— those after-shocks still very much present here. you have mentioned ja an, present here. you have mentioned japan. they — present here. you have mentioned japan. they have — present here. you have mentioned japan, they have offered _ present here. you have mentioned japan, they have offered to - present here. you have mentioned japan, they have offered to help i present here. you have mentioned| japan, they have offered to help as well, how does it seem that the emergency services are coping given the scale of the disaster? 1aruieiiii. emergency services are coping given the scale of the disaster?— the scale of the disaster? well, you miaht be the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able _ the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able to _ the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able to see _ the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able to see behind - the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able to see behind me - the scale of the disaster? well, you might be able to see behind me the soldiers that have been brought in by taiwan, the first responders here, the army being brought into make sure that things are kept under control and of course to go through those buildings and find people who are still missing. things seem to be relatively under control at the moment. one big problem that the taiwanese people are facing is that the road which leads from hualien to taipei, the capital of taiwan, is blocked, the one artery that goes

straight up to the capital, the road that most of the supplies would have been going down is no longer accessible. the government has increased the number of flights and boats and ferries into hualien to bring aid in. people in the city, for them, this is a normal occurrence, to some extent. it might be the biggest earthquake in the last 25 years but for them, they are determined to get back to life as normal. you can see around me hear people gathering, walking around, observing debris, taking photos and speaking to one another, as rupert wingfield—hayes was saying, the death toll significantly lower than the last big earthquake that we felt here in 1999, only nine people dead here in 1999, only nine people dead here and people here will be hoping that that number does not rise much further. and perhaps that is a reflection on the changes to the building code. thank you very much forjoining us. and a reminder we have a special live page with the latest on the earthquake in taiwan — along with some of the dramatic video of the moment it hit —

on the bbc news website or app. let's return to the nato meeting, foreign ministers have gathered in brussels and the meeting has just been opened byjens stoltenberg, as we were seeing. we can get the insights now of sir richard sherriff, former deputy supreme allied commander europe, whojoins us and is watching events very closely, i'm sure. we saw us and is watching events very closely, i'm sure. we sanens stoltenberg saying earlier today that for him the priority was that nato can ensure the reliable arms supply to ukraine for the long haul. what is the best way of nato making sure that happens?— sure that happens? well, this reruires sure that happens? well, this requires a _ sure that happens? well, this requires a clear— sure that happens? well, this requires a clear nato - sure that happens? well, this| requires a clear nato strategy, which of course has got to be supported by all 32 member states, which lays out a pathway to a vision which lays out a pathway to a vision which nato needs to set, and in my view that, that vision should be a europe with ukraine as a nato

member, because that is the only way that the transatlantic region is going to remain safe from the threat of a resurgent russia. and for that to happen, that needs clarity, it needs leadership and it needs the buy in of all 32 member states. but what is most important and most interesting here is that it is effectively nato taking the lead for the provision of lethal aid to ukraine, which has not yet happened. it has been very much of the american lead up until now, this is i think nato recognising the real threat of a trump presidency to nato and taking the necessary steps to ensure that ukraine continues to get, or gets what it needs, because it is not getting what it needs right now. it is not getting what it needs right now-— it is not getting what it needs riahtnow. ,,. , right now. more specifically could that involve _ right now. more specifically could that involve something _ right now. more specifically could that involve something like - right now. more specifically could l that involve something like moving the ukraine defence contact group set up by the americans to be under the umbrella of the control of nato? i think it does, i think it is exacted at. and as i say, this is

nato taking the lead, with a strategy to bring nato to ensure that europe is safe, that ukraine is part of nato, and that ukraine gets the means it needs in order to achieve the conditions for ukrainian membership, which ultimately means defeat of russia, and we are a long way short of that. you defeat of russia, and we are a long way short of that.— way short of that. you have said before that _ way short of that. you have said before that nato _ way short of that. you have said before that nato and _ way short of that. you have said before that nato and europe - way short of that. you have said i before that nato and europe needs way short of that. you have said - before that nato and europe needs to before that nato and europe needs to be ready for a worst—case scenario, what is that scenario? be ready for a worst-case scenario, what is that scenario?— what is that scenario? well, the worst-case _ what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario _ what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is - what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is a - what is that scenario? well, the worst-case scenario is a war - what is that scenario? well, the - worst-case scenario is a war between worst—case scenario is a war between nato and russia. which nato needs to do everything it can to avoid that, and the way to avoid that is to deter it and the way to deter russia, and the only way that russia is going to be deterred, is if nato mobilises its capability across the board. mobilising its military industrial base to provide ukraine with the weapons, the ammunition, the aircraft, the capabilities it needs, as well as nato member states

looking to their own armed forces and building them up so that they are prepared for that worst—case. i'm afraid we're a very, very long way away from that at the moment. what about the financials, the commitment from member states to a certain amount of spending? itruieiiii. certain amount of spending? well, the financials _ certain amount of spending? well, the financials are _ certain amount of spending? well, the financials are fundamental- the financials are fundamental because without the means, the necessary means, you are not going to get the sort of strategy that is required, because strategy requires means as well as ways. and the ways have to be funded. and there is a lot of talk about percentages and the like, what i would say is, it is all very well, for example, the times ran a leader couple of days ago talking about the importance of moving to 3% of gdp by 2030, great idea, but too late. this should have started a long time ago. and worst—case coming back to your earlier question, to avoid that, the means need to be found now. across nato. and that means making significant sacrifices, but above

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zimbabwe has declared a state of disaster over a drought that has left more than 2.5 million people facing hunger. it becomes the third country in southern africa after zambia and malawi to declare an emergency following one of the region's worst drought in years. president emmerson mnangagwa says the country needs $2 billion to combat the effects of drought. police in finland have been questioning a 12—year—old boy after a school shooting in which a child was killed and two others were seriously wounded. police in finland have been questioning a 12—year—old boy others were seriously wounded. the attack happened in the city of vantar north of helsinki, on monday morning. officers say the motive is still unclear. egypt's president abdel fattah al—sisi begins his third term in office today after an election where he faced no serious challengers. during his inauguration speech the president emphasized his intention to maximize the economic role of the suez canal. an advert posted by katie price on instagram which promoted a low—calorie diet has been banned by the advertising watchdog. the video posted last august detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. the advertising standards authority said the ad was "irresponsible" and must not appear again.

price has since taken down the advert from her instagram account. now i want to show you some pictures out of south korea. hundreds of people braved heavy rain to bid a tearful farwell to bid a tearful farewell to the first giant panda born in the country. fu bao has left the zoo she was born in 2020 in a high—tech truck to return to china. last month thousands for the rest of this week, low pressure is really in charge of our weather. we have got low pressure after low pressure system coming pressure system rattling in from the atlantic

into the south—west and pushing north—eastwards, each one bringing some rain, some heavy rain, and as we head into the weekend you will see the squeeze on the isobars, it is going to be windy, particularly on saturday, with some of us having some gales. so, with all that rain on the rainfall accumulation chart you can see a lot of dark blues and also some of the lighter greens. so we're looking for some parts in excess of 50 millimetres, two inches of rain. what we have at the moment is a slow moving weather front across the north of the country, slowly pushing out of northern england into southern and central scotland. rain easing across northern ireland, brightening up a touch behind before the next band of rain comes in from the south—west with strengthening winds. still brisk winds accentuating the cool feel across the north—east, where we will hang on to cloud and rain on and off through the day. now through the evening and overnight a lot of this rain peters out, but there will be a lot of cloud around, still some mountain top snow and the rain in the south—west will continue to push slowly northwards and eastwards. temperature—wise it's going to be colder in the north, twos, threes and fours. come further south and we're

looking at between six and a milder ten degrees. so tomorrow we start with this rain across southern england and wales. it's going to be pushing in the direction of the south—east and east anglia. a lot of cloud producing some drizzle, some showers. and then more rain comes in from the south—west as the next area of low pressure arrives. temperatures still chilly in the brisk wind in the north—east, it's six in lerwick...to 15 in london. as we head on into friday, further rain to come across the north of the country. it's going to be windy. this rain is going to be heavy and persistent in scotland. northern ireland, there'll be some showers around as well. temperatures — five in the north to 16 or 17 as we push down towards the south. so, more of us will be in the milder air, the air coming up from the south, as it will do on saturday. on saturday, quite a lot of dry weather around. some showers in the west. the rain continuing to edge further north, but it is going to be a windy day. gales with exposure, gusty winds wherever you are. and we could well see 20 degrees somewhere in the south—east and east anglia.

this is bbc news. the headlines... outrage from president biden at the deaths of seven international aid workers in an israeli air strike on gaza. the three british aid workers killed in the strike have been named — foreign secretary david cameron called for an urgent and transparent investigation. the dreadful events over the last

two days are a moment when we should taiwan is hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years — nine people are dead and at least 800 injured. and luis rubiales — the former president of the spanish football federation — has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation linked to the spanish super cup. let's return to brussels and our top story this hour that nato foreign ministers are meeting to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the north atlantic treaty. he had been looking at military aid. and the setting of a multi—billion dollar fund for the country. that's being largely seen as a move to insulate nato from a possible donald trump presidency. before the meeting got under way we heard from foreign secretary lord cameron, urging allies to continue their support of ukraine. it is important we keep a focus on ukraine, and that's why i'm

here at the nato meetings for the next two days.