much ore on that story in a few minutes — but first, much more on that story in a few minutes — but first, it's time for sport. and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, tulsen. thanks, ben. there are three matches in the premier league at present with manchester city at home to aston villa in the late game — that's been under way just over 15 minutes. rodri in the last few minutes has put manchester city in front. second—placed arsenal are at home to relegation—threatened luton town. martin odegaard got them underweight very early in that one. a second added as well. they are 2—0 up against luton town. and brentford are hosting brighton. that one is yet to muster a goat yet. at half—time, it is goalless in that. all the latest on the bbc sport website.

in the german cup, bayer leverkusen are looking to keep their unbeaten season on track as they face fortuna dusseldorf for a place in the final. it is going for the well for them so far. just approaching half—time, leverkusen r 3—0 up. and the winner will play second—tier kaiserslauten in next month's decider. it's the opening leg of the coppa italia semifinal between fiorentina and atalanta. and that one shows no goals. goalless in that one, heading towards the break. and in the coupe de france, paris saint—germain and rennes are up against each other with the winner to face lyon in the final. that one also, no goals yet. chelsea have condemned abuse received by their captain conor gallagher as completely unacceptable and say a video clip with a young black mascot has been taken considerably out of context. the clip emerged after chelsea's 2—2 draw with burnley on saturday, it showed gallagher not acknowledging a high five from the child in the tunnel. the captain and the mascot then walked out onto the field together.

how is it possible to believe that the intention of conor is to ignore a mascot? come on. it makes me very, very sad because i know him. no—one deserves to be abused, but conor is a great, great kid and he cares about everything. i hate when people feel free to abuse on social media. it upsets me so much. luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation, has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation. he was detained on his arrival in madrid from the dominican republic. he is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. prosecutors are seeking a two—and—a—half—year jail term for mr rubiales, who denies any wrongdoing. separately, he's also due to go on trial for sexual assault for kissing playerjenni hermoso on the mouth after last summer's world cup final. four—time world champion sebastian vettel has hinted

he could be tempted to make a formula one comeback after revealing he has been talking to the boss of a major team. vettel, who won his four drivers�* titles with red bull between 2010 and 2013, left f1 at the end of the 2022 campaign after six years at ferrari and two with aston martin. not really. i mean, people ask and keep asking, but i've obviously retired, not to set a date on a comeback, but i also said you never know what happens. i think i'm still saying, i'm happy, life is good, but you never know with the opportunity opening up, it might be appealing. it's something to consider or think about, so obviously lots of stuff happening next year, it's still early, and obviously it does cross my mind eventually,

but not a priority at the minute. three games in the premier league and cut action across italy, germany and cut action across italy, germany and france, and you can head to the bbc website for all the latest on that, but that is all for now. —— cup action. tulsen, thank you. let's turn now to the investigation into the stabbing of an iranian journalist in london last week. pouria zeraati, who works for the uk—based persian—language tv channel iran international, was attacked outside his home. he has since been discharged from hospital. police say that three main suspects left the uk within hours of the attack. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. he survived, but despite the positive picture, pouria zeraati is said to be all too aware he could have been killed. police searching the street where he lives, where he was approached by a man asking for money, another grabbing his arms, the first stabbing his legs, before they ran off. an eyewitness who was just down the road told me that he was walking

along here when they came running towards him — two young men in their early 20s wearing black hooded tracksuits. he said they looked casual — calm, even. they got into a waiting car and drove off. but he got the number plate. the attack happened at wimbledon. police were able to track the car, a blue mazda, possibly using automatic number plate cameras and cctv, to new malden, where they found it abandoned. it's being forensically examined. from there, the three suspects travelled to heathrow airport. there are regular buses. it's also possible to get a train. scotland yard said they caught a flight out of the uk. detectives will have their passport details and say they've been identified. but for now, the police will not confirm where they went or discuss any possible motive. the concern is pouria zeraati was targeted as a prominent presenter for a tv station which is banned by the iranian regime.

last year, an austrian man, magomed—husejn dovtae, was convicted of scouting out a possible attack on the headquarters of iran international. two other presenters have been threatened. police and the security services have foiled 15 plots against critics of iran. this attack looks more like a carefully planned attempt to terrorise than kill. pouria zeraati has told a friend he won't be silenced. tom symonds, bbc news, wimbledon. a state of emergency in haiti is set to end today with the country still in a state of limbo after the prime minister was forced to resign, leaving an interim government in place. gangs are still attacking businesses in the capital every day, torching pharmacies and vandalising schools. access to hospitals in the capital is dire, leaving many with no option but to flee. the un says 53,000 left port—au—prince between

the 8th and 27th of march. many of them are fleeing to rural regions which the un has warned are not equipped to deal with such a large influx of displaced people. let's cross over to port—au—prince and speak to etienne cote—paluck, the editor—in chief of haiti weekly magazine. thanks very much for being with us, etienne. just described the situation there at the moment. we feel like situation there at the moment. - feel like in a ghost city, in some ways. most of the city, there's not much cars and motorbikes, like there used to be. all the schools are still closed. all the offices are closed, most of them at least most of some markets, some gas stations too. it's a really dire situation round here. people are wondering

when that.. yesterday evening there was lots of shooting in port—au—prince, as on monday. some of the armed groups are trying to take over parts of the big symbolic place, the centre of the town. haiti, it's become accustomed to violence stop i've been there several times covering some of the violence over the years, but the people in port—au—prince but they have fled now because it is at a new level, isn't it? the sort of gang violence we have seen?- level, isn't it? the sort of gang violence we have seen? it is. it's been at a — violence we have seen? it is. it's been at a level— violence we have seen? it is. it's been at a level some _ violence we have seen? it is. it's been at a level some people - violence we have seen? it is. it's| been at a level some people have violence we have seen? it is. it's - been at a level some people have not seen their whole lifetime. it's something that has been going, like you said, for a long time, for least three orfour years. you cannot go in and out of the city freely. it caused real pain among the old population, because almost half of the country are now suffering from

malnutrition because of that, because the government has stopped almost all. everything is fully difficult and everybody is a bit scared about what's going to happen, because you never know if you take the streak, if you're going to go home afterwards, so we try not to go on the streets too much. most of the people are depending on their daily work to put some bread on the table every night. it does sound like terrifying anarchy. what is happening politically? because we heard about this transitional council that was promising to restore public and democratic order. is there any sign of that happening? it democratic order. is there any sign of that happening?— democratic order. is there any sign of that happening? it should happen in the next few _ of that happening? it should happen in the next few days. _ of that happening? it should happen in the next few days. we _ of that happening? it should happen in the next few days. we thought. in the next few days. we thought it would happen before, earlier this week, but it has not happened yet.

it's still not any government in power, but there's supposed to be a tradition in the next few days. we are all waiting to see when it's going to happen and we are waiting to see if it is going to have an effect on the streets, what is going to change. is the police going to be able to respond better to the situation? lots of questions and lots of minds here about what is going to happen. there are people outside of those seven seats, members, that are asking to get on the table. there's one famous politician in the south of the country that has to be, asked to sit at the table. country that has to be, asked to sit at the table-— at the table. that is the point. it is one thing _ at the table. that is the point. it is one thing whatever _ at the table. that is the point. it is one thing whatever the - is one thing whatever the politicians decide and whatever the politicians decide and whatever the politicians say, but it's another thing whether the people with the guns are going to put down their weapons and do what they are told. exactly, and it's the big issue that the people are criticising ariel henry for. two and a half years, he

was in power and he was the security situation got worse and he, county blocked more. people here waiting for something to be done to at least be able to walk in the streets, to send their children to school and in the hopes that one day maybe we will have a functioning city, and a functioning country. thank you so much. etienne cote—paluck, do stay safe, because as you've been telling us, it's a very dangerous city at the moment emma port—au—prince, but thank you for taking the time to talk to us. thanks, man. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

this week, it's the 75th birthday of nato, the military alliance founded in the wake of the second world war. well, it won't be an entirely happy birthday. nato foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels, considering how to guarantee

long—term arms supplies for ukraine, even if donald trump returns to the white house and tries to cuts them off. the question is, can nato trump—proof itself? one idea to give ukraine long term security comes from the nato secretary—general, jens stoltenberg. he's proposed a 100 billion euro fund to help ukraine defend itself against russia over the next five years. let's hear some of what mr stoltenberg had to say in brussels. support to ukraine should be less dependent on short—term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long—term nato commitments. by doing that, we will give ukraine what they need. and that is long—term, predictable, robust support. and that will also send a message to moscow that they cannot wait us out.

that was jens stoltenberg. the uk foreign secretary lord david cameron said nato is getting stronger, with sweden and finland joining. but he also urged the allies to ensure they spend enough on defence. the most important thing we can do to make sure this alliance continues to grow and continues to strengthen is to ensure that we all spend over 2% of our gdp on defence. many more countries are now doing that, but we need every country to do that. frankly, that's the best thing we can do to make sure the nato summit in washington this summer is a success and it's also the best way to prepare for the american elections in the autumn, whatever their outcome may be. let's speak to patrick bury, former nato analyst and defence expert at the university of bath. thank you very much for being with us. so nato looking at ways to trump prove itself, as some of the commentators have been saying, to

create perhaps this long—term fund for ukraine so that it is notjust temporary fix every few months —— trump—proof. is that going to work, in terms of helping ukraine? find in terms of helping ukraine? and evenin: , in terms of helping ukraine? and evening. ben- — in terms of helping ukraine? and evening, ben. i— in terms of helping ukraine? fific evening, ben. ithink in terms of helping ukraine? fific evening, ben. i think the in terms of helping ukraine? fific evening, ben. i think the way that the funding has evolved since the invasion a couple of years ago of ukraine is that of course the nations gave big amount of money and weapons and stuff as they could in separate tranches and always with the view again on not excluding the situation and idea of trying to manage the risk of escalation with russia, so that's how it's evolved, and i think whatjen stoltenberg is saying is it does need to go into a more structured and long—term approach because what's happened with the delay in the 60 billion which is coming from the us, hopefully, because of it being delayed by elements of their publican party in congress, is it created a window of opportunity now for russia to basically sees

momentum and potentially in early summer offensive —— republican party. but it is that window of opportunity, the delay in the fund, which means if you're reliant on these tranches coming of which can be held up by political vagaries in the chain situation, it must get something more structured, because russia has put his economy on a 75% more footing, and it's ready to basically outspend at least ukraine on this unless the waistcoats behind it. whether it can actually trump—proof that's another thing entirely. that's based on the second of powers of the future american presidents to come out of whatever potential agreement is actually made, and i would presume that it would make it more difficult for them to get out, but they could probably still get out, would not be, it would just be more difficult. 0bviously be, it would just be more difficult. obviously the united states is the mixed member of nato. how worried you nato allies are as they meet at the moment to celebrate their birth

date about the prospect of donald trump coming back to the white house —— biggest member popular he did not have many from the words to say about nato over the years. he's also talking about stopping weapons and supplies to ukraine. he: is, and it's been through his circle, people of that he. the funding to ukraine the day after he gets in. it should be election rhetoric. we don't know. i think they are worried. if you look at the amount of total aid that has gone to ukraine, the non—us nato allies have put about $100 million, but the us on its own, including economic and humanitarian aid, have put in 75 million, so it is the biggest player and the only military that has the production capacity to meet ukrainian needs in the short term, so therefore if the us was to pull out, it would be horrific in the medium—term and russian would capitalise on it, because the

european defence industrial base would have to probably about triple on its defence spending, triple to make up the shortfall left by the us, so it's very serious. hopefully the money comes through. i think its discussion of delays which is really important too. if you look at what hungry are doing, they have said from this nato meeting today, we are not sure about this, we want to make sure it is defensive, not offensive, but really one of their major things has been delay, delaying a survey held up the 50 billion in eu aid, recently, that they will know is a delay they cannot stop —— they cannot stop the process, but a delay is weakening the ukrainian physician. is weakening the ukrainian physician-— is weakening the ukrainian -h sician. , _, , physician. some interesting comments from lord cameron. _ physician. some interesting comments from lord cameron. he _ physician. some interesting comments from lord cameron. he has _ physician. some interesting comments from lord cameron. he has been - from lord cameron. he has been making a speech at that nato summit and he says the west needs to win the organ for ukraine again. he has compared it to what you're faced in

the 1930s. he said what we face todayis the 1930s. he said what we face today is a simple as then. we have a tyrant in europe trying to redraw borders by force. is that when nato is facing, a kind of argument that it has to win now? i is facing, a kind of argument that it has to win now?— it has to win now? i think this is bi aer it has to win now? i think this is bigger than _ it has to win now? i think this is bigger than nato, _ it has to win now? i think this is bigger than nato, to be - it has to win now? i think this is bigger than nato, to be honest| it has to win now? i think this is - bigger than nato, to be honest with you. i think nato is augusti at the forefront of it, but i think david cameron is right there. people need to understand there are two schools of thought. 0ne to understand there are two schools of thought. one is this is basically an internal civil war, that nato pushed too far against russia and that we have nothing to fear from putin. certainly the people in eastern europe don't feel that way at all! they've been warning about this for years and years. the other argument is this is fundamental to the future of european security, potentially the surging outcome of the rest of the century, when you look at the alliance is happening now with iran into a lesser degree china, and nato is very, very important to that. i would certainly

be in second camper. i will do much more worried... i don't think in the short to medium—term brushwood have the capability to try and do something again in the next three to five years, if it wins in ukraine, even mix into pf, you think the rest of europe is going to be safe in the long term when russia has put its economy on a war footing? i really don't think selling the long—term. all right, patrick bury, thank you for your time all right, patrick bury, thank you foryourtime —— i all right, patrick bury, thank you for your time —— i really don't think so any long—term. well, ukraine not only needs weapons, it needs more troops on the front line. and while nato leaders met in brussels, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky signed into law a bill which lowers the age at which ukrainians can be drafted into the military to fight — it'll be reduced from 27 to 25. ukraine's parliament approved the bill a year ago, but it did not come into force because mr zelensky did not sign it. russia enjoys a huge advantage in manpower, and president zelensky said in december the army wants to mobilize up to half a million troops to fight russian

forces in ukraine. inna sovsun is a ukrainian mp and joins me now from kyiv. what difference do you think this will make in terms of lowering the age for your recruits to the army? the main difference _ recruits to the army? the main difference able _ recruits to the army? the main difference able make, - recruits to the army? the main difference able make, it - recruits to the army? the main l difference able make, it basically increases the pool of people, of man that we can choose from, and this is significant number, and we hope that this will allow us to increase the number of people who are mobilised into the army, hopefully it will also allow us to allow some of the people who have already been serving for two years to demobilise and get back to theirfamilies. for two years to demobilise and get back to their families. thus creating the sense of more justice in this society. this is one of the biggest requests on the side of the military, is that they are getting tired and they want to be replaced by someone else, so we need to

increase the pool from which we are selecting, so that is why the parliament, myself included, we voted for the bill and we are very happy president finally did sign it. i know some of the families of those who have been serving are quite angry that they have been on the front lines along and have not been replaced and i think your partner has been serving. is that right? yeah, he is serving from the one of the score and i very much understand the score and i very much understand the feelings of those families. —— day one of the war. it is an immense burden to feel. it's a huge burden of course mainly for those serving, but of course also for the families, for the children who have not been able to have their parents present, dads mainly, present in their lives for two years now. so i think that we are trying to balance out the military needs, because of course we need manpower on the front line, because russian assault is non—stopping, it is ongoing and it is increasing, but also the demands

forjustice and the society were different people participate in the defence on more equal terms than what we have been seeing for the last two years. £31!" what we have been seeing for the last two veere— what we have been seeing for the last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting — last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting to _ last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting to go _ last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting to go to _ last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting to go to fight, - last two years. our young ukrainians still wanting to go to fight, to - still wanting to go to fight, to defend their country? 0r still wanting to go to fight, to defend their country? or do you sense a reluctance as they have seen some of the horrors of the front line? :, ,:, , some of the horrors of the front line? ., , ., , some of the horrors of the front line? :, , ., , :,, some of the horrors of the front line? , ., , .,,._ line? nobody wants to serve, nobody wants to go — line? nobody wants to serve, nobody wants to go to _ line? nobody wants to serve, nobody wants to go to be _ line? nobody wants to serve, nobody wants to go to be killed _ line? nobody wants to serve, nobody wants to go to be killed by _ wants to go to be killed by russians. it's not something that you are looking forward to. i think thatis you are looking forward to. i think that is understandable. so of course it is not the best option and nobody is looking forward for that, but people understand that this is the only way to protect our country, and we have been reminded of that basically daily over the last ten days, over here in kevin, we have several alerts which led to further targets being hit or trying to hit some targets in kyiv —— over here in kyiv. the russians are remaining us daily we need to protect our country, because they are not going

to stop. so that creates the motivation for people who are planning to continue living here in ukraine — the only way to do that is to serve and to protect the country. so it's not like... we are not having huge queues of people willing to get mobilised, but there is an absolute majority understand why thatis absolute majority understand why that is needed and why different people need to get into the army. and just briefly, we've got about a minute left, however many troops you throw onto the front line, russia will always have more manpower, i suppose, but also the need for ukraine's weapons as we were discussing with ourjust talking about nato. it's notjust manpower, it's weaponry. about nato. it's not 'ust manpower, it-s weaponry.— it's weaponry. that is true. we would never — it's weaponry. that is true. we would never win _ it's weaponry. that is true. we would never win the _ it's weaponry. that is true. we would never win the war - it's weaponry. that is true. we l would never win the war because it's weaponry. that is true. we - would never win the war because we will get a bigger army for some even if we mobilise all the people in ukraine and russia will mobilise all russian citizens, we will never win my numbers, we will win with technology, and that technology is available with the nato member states. and he nato member states recognise russians the threat to the

block so the best way to fight against this biggest threat is to provide weapons, more than technological weapons, to ukraine. 0f technological weapons, to ukraine. of course there is a growing frustration here in ukraine that that technology is not being provided or the numbers of the weapons that are being provided are just not enough, but that is the only way to win. we will never win by being a bigger army. fik. only way to win. we will never win by being a bigger army. 0k. thank ou so by being a bigger army. 0k. thank you so much. _ by being a bigger army. 0k. thank you so much, inna _ by being a bigger army. 0k. thank you so much, inna sovsun, - by being a bigger army. 0k. thank. you so much, inna sovsun, ukrainian member of parliament, joining us there from kyiv. you are watching bbc news. hello there. the coldest, wettest weather today was across scotland. we're all going to see some rain in the next few days, but we should all see some higher temperatures as well. now, at the moment, all the weather is rattling in from the atlantic, that's going to bring us some rain later tomorrow. that's going to bring us some rain overnight tonight, that's going to be pushing its way into england and wales. could be some heavier bursts of rain for a while along the south coast,

where it's going to be gusty winds, may even be a rumble of thunder. but it should be turning drierfurther north, particularly in scotland, but it's still quite cold air here, so temperatures could be as low as 2 degrees or so. it's going to be another chilly day in scotland tomorrow. looks like it's going to be quite cloudy, a little bit dampness in the air as well. similar picture for northern ireland and the far north of england. once the overnight rain clears the south—east, we should brighten up further south with some sunshine, the odd shower, ahead of some more rain arriving in the south—west in the afternoon. but ahead of that, temperatures could reach 15 or even 16 degrees. but again, it's a struggle despite lighter winds in scotland — temperatures here only around 6—7 at best. the winds will pick up overnight, though, on thursday night into friday morning. and we've got more bands of rain coming northwards and eastwards across the uk. we'll start with most of the rain early in the morning on friday in northern scotland and maybe some snow over the mountains as well. but that moves away, we get showers following on — a lot of blustery, heavy ones out to the west.

further east, it should be drier with more in the way of sunshine. still quite cold across northern scotland, but temperatures lifting elsewhere likely to make 17—18 through the midlands and eastern parts of england. there's another area of low pressure arriving for saturday and this one is going to be much deeper. the winds are going to be a lot stronger and there may well be some travel disruption as well. the rain that gets swept northwards overnight should clear away from scotland on saturday morning, and then again around the low which is tracking to the west of ireland we'll see some sunshine, but also some showers and some stronger winds as well. it will be a windy day on saturday, particularly for the western side of the uk. it is a southerly wind so temperatures will be higher, even in scotland, but it's across eastern parts of england that we could see temperatures reaching 20 celsius. that would make it the warmest day of the year so far. now, so far, the highest temperature we've seen this year was recorded injanuary in scotland — 19.9 celsius, very different from what we're seeing right now.

hello, i'm ben brown and you're watching the context on bbc news. they have to do that in accordance with international humanitarian law. protect civilian lives. sadly, too many civilians have already lost their lives. get more aid into gaza, that's what we are consistently calling for. clearly, that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers. this is why we want answers, really,

from the israeli government. look, humanitarians and civilians should never be paying _ the consequences of war. this is a basic - principle of humanity. the claim of israel, or of the israeli army, that there was no intention, that it was a mistake, that it was by chance, all of those sound now quite ridiculous. 0ur panel tonight: caroline flint, former labour cabinet minister and kurt bardella, republican rising star—turned—democratic strategist. first, the latest headlines. the bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in israeli drone strikes in gaza have been taken

to egypt, as international