more new on our top story, the investigation into the killings of seven aid workers in an israeli air strike. it found that the missile attack was the a "grave mistake". it acknolwedged mistaken identification, errors in decision—making and that it was contrary to standard operating procedures. two officers will be sacked and others formally diciplined. just hours earlier, the un human rights council has backed a resolution demanding a halt to all arms sales to israel, because of its conduct in the war in gaza. the vote, while not binding, comes from the un's top human rights body and will increase the diplomatic pressure on israel to change course. let's speak now to our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes.

tell us about the debate that went on before the vote. it tell us about the debate that went on before the vote.— on before the vote. it was a relatively — on before the vote. it was a relatively short _ on before the vote. it was a relatively short but - on before the vote. it was a - relatively short but impassioned debate in which very many countries, including some traditional friends including some traditional friends in europe of israel, talked about the absolute imperative to respect international law when waging this war, describing the humanitarian situation is utterly catastrophic, that was france, who didn't go quite as far as backing a weapon span but did abstain. belgium, finland and luxembourg, which showed immense support for israel after the 7th of october, voted for a weapons ban, as did much of the global south, african states, muslim countries. israel left rather diplomatically isolated. its ambassador described it as a dark day for the united

nations, this is what you would expect israel to side. inside government circles in israel there will be looking at the very few active votes of support they got today in geneva. and being somewhat concerned of what the next steps are. not a concerned of what the next steps are. nota binding concerned of what the next steps are. not a binding vote, concerned of what the next steps are. nota binding vote, but concerned of what the next steps are. not a binding vote, but it does reflect what governments are thinking and about whether they should continue supplying weapons to israel. if should continue supplying weapons to israel. , ., ., ., should continue supplying weapons to israel. ., ., . israel. if you are that concern took a hone israel. if you are that concern took a phone call— israel. if you are that concern took a phone call which _ israel. if you are that concern took a phone call which took— israel. if you are that concern took a phone call which took place - a phone call which took place between president biden and benjamin netanyahu which led to israel sent the more routes will be opened up for aid to be able to get into gaza, you see more concerning government circles about the diplomatic fight as well as the military fights on the ground. as well as the military fights on the ground-— as well as the military fights on the ground. absolutely. you can sense the _ the ground. absolutely. you can sense the pressure _ the ground. absolutely. you can sense the pressure now. - the ground. absolutely. you can sense the pressure now. it - the ground. absolutely. you can

sense the pressure now. it is . the ground. absolutely. you can| sense the pressure now. it is not the ground. absolutely. you can . sense the pressure now. it is not to say that israel does not have friends and supporters. nearly everybody here in geneva said israel has a right to defend itself, they demanded the immediate release of hostages, but they also said you defend yourself but within international law and when you have aid agencies, which i heard yesterday, doctors without borders, saying there are seeing increasing numbers of children in gaza being shot by drones, this is the concern that the international community has and we think that israel is starting to listen to. and we think that israel is starting to listen te— to listen to. imagine, thank you very much- _ let's speak to anna stavrianakis — professor of international relations at the university of sussex. give us your take on that votes. i

think the human rights council vote is a strong sign that the tide is turning. it is a strong signal of political concern. its goal is to encourage change amongst member states and it will really increase pressure on arms exporters. the key thing i would say about the uk, as a significant secondary arms supplier to israel, is that the uk should already have stopped supplying arms to israel a long time ago. the uk's own laws and rules that the government won't allow arms exports if there is a clear risk they might be used in a serious violation of international humanitarian law and i think we're well past that point. indie think we're well past that point. we heard the chairwoman the foreign affairs select committee in the uk saying earlier today that because of that point of law, that the uk

should be pulsing any arms sales to israel. do you think it is inevitable that the uk will need to be part of that diplomatic pressure? i would like to think so. i think at the moment the uk has a choice to make about whether to go with the will of what really is the international community, which is the member states of the united nations and the human rights council. the uk is an interesting position at the moment because the us, is the major military and political supporter of israel, itself wavering in the uk is an important partner in the f 35 combat aircraft programme is in a really good place now to push the us and to say we need to rethink our supplies to israel, because the international court ofjustice has found a plausible risk of genocide and the uk is a state party to the genocide convention and is legally obligated

to try to prevent genocide. thank ou ve to try to prevent genocide. thank you very much- — to try to prevent genocide. thank you very much. let _ to try to prevent genocide. thank you very much. let me _ to try to prevent genocide. thank you very much. let me recap - to try to prevent genocide. thank you very much. let me recap for| to try to prevent genocide. thank i you very much. let me recap for you to key lines of the statement released by the israel defense forces a short while ago as a result of their investigation into that incident in which seven employees of the world central kitchen were killed during a humanitarian operation in the gaza strip. the idf found that the missile attack was the a "grave mistake". it acknolwedged mistaken identification, errors in decision—making and that it was contrary to standard operating procedures. one of the commanders mistakenly assumed that the gunman were in the

vehicles and that these were hamas gun men. the forces they state did not identify the vehicles in question is being associated with world central kitchen, so they said there was a misidentification by forces, a misclassification of the event, they then used a message that —— misidentification again of the vehicles with the resulting strike leading to the deaths of seven innocents humanitarian aid workers. the statement is quite detailed. it talks about a number of israeli soldiers who will be either dismissed from theirjobs or disciplined. they send their deep sorrow and condolences to the families of the victims and the world central kitchen organisation. the parents of the american—canadian man who was among the seven aid

workers killed in the israeli air strike in gaza have told the bbc they regard it as a "crime". john flickinger and sylvia labrecque paid tribute to their son jacob flickinger as a loyal and devoted humanitarian worker. they told our correspondent in washington tom bateman they rejected israel's explanation of a tragic mistake and have called for an independent investigation. the idf knew exactly who they were and where they were and they were targeted as they were leaving, after they dropped the food aid at a known humanitarian warehouse. they were chased down, in a sense, after the first vehicle was hit. people fled from that vehicle and they were targeted again. the idf continued firing on trucks that were clearly marked with the bright logo of the world central kitchen. they continued firing

until all aid workers were dead. israel claims it was a tragic accident and i think there needs to be an independent investigation. if it is a tragic accident, as they claim, then i think the idf is inept and incompetent and i think israel owes the families and the world an explanation. do you accept that explanation they have given so far that they say, that it was a mistake? i think that is a joke. they say it to protect themself. but, i mean, you know, i think it was meant. they wanted to do it, in a way that they want to keep on starving refugees out there. when you heard the israeli prime minister say that this happens in war, in relation to the death of your son and these other aid workers,

what went through your mind? that is an irresponsible comment. anyone looking at the situation, 200 aid workers killed delivering in the process of delivering food aid to starving populations. what does that look like to you? it looks like using food as a weapon. and i know this is a few days in and i cannot imagine how things are feeling for you. how do you feel about the hole this leaves in your life going ahead now? there is definitely a hole in my heart. when i first heard the news ofjacob's death, as i said, i was crushed and shattered and what i thought of immediately was sandy, jacob's life partner and his son who is only 18 months old.

their dreams have been completely shattered. the only thing that i think will help us tremendously is jasper. knowing that through jasper there is still part ofjacob's life, you know? and that is one main reason why we are doing what we are doing right now. i'm an old man. jacob was a young man and sandy is a young woman, they had their whole lives ahead of them. so what my mind went to was that... ..all of his hopes and dreams, sandy's hopes and dreams for the future, the life they were building together was destroyed. my father was killed. my father was us military and served in world war ii, the korean war.

he was a fighter pilot and died when my mother was pregnant with me, i never met him and i grew up without having a father. and now my grandson will grow up without having his father. ati:30pm ati:30me ati:30pm i will at 1:30pm i will be interviewing lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the idf and we will bring that to viewers in the uk a little bit later. scientists believe they've learned why asthma causes so much damage to people. their research shows cells lining the airways are squeezed to destruction during an attack. they are hoping to develop new drugs that might help break the cycle of harm caused by the condition.

i'm joined by the lead researcher of this study, professorjody rosenblatt from king's college london. we are we a re really we are really interested to find out more about this. many millions of people around the world are affected ljy people around the world are affected by this condition. the latest figures from the world health organization suggested there were more than 450,000 deaths from asthma in the year. why has this specific aspect —— aspect, how the lining of the lungs is affected. why has this not been studied in detail before? i don't know, it is a curious question. the field get stuck on different tracks and people get stuck in those tracks. people were always aware, people who suffer from asthma are very aware what's life—threatening situation an asthma attack case. it clamps down your

airways to you can't breathe, causes wheezing, mucus secretion, but it also causes inflammation. a lot of people turn to studying the inflammatory aspect of it. for the past 50 or 60 years that has been focused more on anti—inflammatories, which do help quite a bit, and also ways to open up the airways. opening up ways to open up the airways. opening up their ways alone was not enough, it still cost a lot of damage in the airways. because the cells aren't aligning, they are like skin that is around your airways that gives you a barrier between you and the outside world, having this one dude is no good for you over the long run. it keeps getting wounded and wounded and you have this wound is where you should have a barrier and now it is easier to get infections, colds, that can bring on more asthma attacks and then you get into this

vicious cycle. attacks and then you get into this vicious cycle-— vicious cycle. you are trying to stop that _ vicious cycle. you are trying to stop that from _ vicious cycle. you are trying to stop that from happening - vicious cycle. you are trying to stop that from happening in i vicious cycle. you are trying to l stop that from happening in the first place, to cut off that process from happening. what is next in terms of the steps she would take to explore whether this could be expanded out and be safe and effective for general use for asthma sufferers? in effective for general use for asthma sufferers? . ., . ., sufferers? in mice we found we can block this by _ sufferers? in mice we found we can block this by knowing _ sufferers? in mice we found we can block this by knowing this - sufferers? in mice we found we can block this by knowing this pathwayl block this by knowing this pathway that we identified some years ago. we can block the destruction in the mice. now we are poised to look at humans. one of the first things, i am always thinking about first do no harm, so we need to make sure that this compound, which doesn't seem to be causing any problems in the mice, but they only live for two years, so we need to make sure it is not going to cause harm in humans. we hope that we could use it early on and it will prevent you having asthma attacks in the future and then maybe

you would use it briefly and that would be ideal, that we could just stop the whole cycle. would be ideal, that we could 'ust stop the whole cyclei stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you _ stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you so _ stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you so much _ stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you so much for— stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you so much for your - stop the whole cycle. professor, thank you so much for your time today. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

it's one of those songs you can't help sing along to and it's going to be played all over brighton this weekend to mark a special moment in music history. fiona lamdin has more. a piece of boxing memoribilia from one of the greatest fights ever is going up for auction. these are muhammad ali's white satin

boxing trunks from his epic thrilla in manila bout with rivaljoe frazier. it's expected they could sell for up to $6 million. he wore them in his bruising victory over frazier in the philippines in october 1975. the shorts go under the hammer next week. it's one of those songs you can't help sing along to and it's going to be played all over brighton this weekend to mark a special moment in music history. fiona lamdin has more. a very good evening to you. and from me, david vine, welcome to the eurovision song contest of 1974. and welcome to a saturday night out in brighton.

50 years ago, brighton was electric with eurovision fever. waterloo by abba for sweden. watch this one. as they strutted on to the stage in platform heels and satin knickerbockers, these swedish artists were still relatively unknown. # oh, yeah, and i have met my destiny in quite a similarway..#. even after they'd performed, some of thejudges still weren't convinced. i know it sounds odd now, but they made no impression on us at all. # waterloo...#. we gave them no votes. some old folk in monaco, who were on theirjury, they gave them no votes. greece gave them no votes. belgium gave them no votes. five countries out of the 17 gave abba no votes. sweden, five votes. and then the results were in. abba.

we won! it was one of those moments, you know, when life changes from one day to another. suddenly, the world is open to us. the whole world is open. # waterloo...#. and that was that. overnight, they became a household name, dominating the charts for decades to come. jacqui was there. she was 15 and remembers everything. the lift door opened and out came these zany costumes. but more importantly, men in silver platform boots, lilacs, pearls, satin, silk. and we alljust stopped. # waterloo. # i was defeated. # you won the war. # waterloo...#. well, 50 years on, brighton is remembering and celebrating the eurovision glory. and this drag bus will be touring the city, making sure abba is played

from every street corner, making it absolutely impossible not to sing along. # whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, waterloo. # finally facing my waterloo. # waterloo, i was defeated. # you won the war...#. and just around the corner, more abba. brighton gay men's chorus getting ready for this weekend. # waterloo, couldn't escape if i wanted to...# back outside the dome, where it all started, a special plaque. sandra and frank travelled from belgium to see it. we love very much abba, - and we are following them all over the world, also for an event l like this, so it's unbelievable. five decades on, they're still arguably the biggest stars eurovision has ever created.

let's speak to james rowe, who is the host of the euro trip, a podcast on all things eurovision. james, good to have you with us. it clearly didn't take their careers any harm, did it? ida. clearly didn't take their careers any harm, did it?— clearly didn't take their careers any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imaaine any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imagine 50 _ any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imagine 50 years _ any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imagine 50 years ago _ any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imagine 50 years ago telling - any harm, did it? no, clearly not! imagine 50 years ago telling the i imagine 50 years ago telling the members of abba that we would still be talking about them now, still listening to their music. it is a fairy tale story, isn't it? i don't think anybody back then would believe that they have gone on to achieve. ida believe that they have gone on to achieve. ., ., ., , ., , ., believe that they have gone on to achieve. ., ., ., , ., , . achieve. no one has really done such achieve. no one has really done such a thin to achieve. no one has really done such a thing to such _ achieve. no one has really done such a thing to such a _ achieve. no one has really done such a thing to such a scale _ achieve. no one has really done such a thing to such a scale since, - achieve. no one has really done such a thing to such a scale since, have i a thing to such a scale since, have they? when you think about eurovision obviously others have gone on to big

success, but nothing compared to abba. nine number one singles they have had. you have artists like celine dion who won for switzerland backin celine dion who won for switzerland back in the 1980s. more recently, we had manner skin for italy and they exploded onto the scene. they are now huge in america, huge for the youth audience. there are some artists who go on to big success, but nothing compared to abba back in 1974. , ., ., , . ., 1974. yes, that longevity. what did that to intern _ 1974. yes, that longevity. what did that to intern for _ 1974. yes, that longevity. what did that to intern for eurovision, - 1974. yes, that longevity. what did that to intern for eurovision, do - that to intern for eurovision, do you think? it that to intern for eurovision, do you think?— that to intern for eurovision, do ou think? ., ~ ., ., you think? it worked hand in hand, reall . you think? it worked hand in hand, really. eurovision _ you think? it worked hand in hand, really. eurovision back— you think? it worked hand in hand, really. eurovision back in _ you think? it worked hand in hand, really. eurovision back in the - you think? it worked hand in hand, j really. eurovision back in the 1970s was a huge event, it was being hosted in brighton. what it did in that year, it managed to help abba. a lot of people were watching in the uk. because the british music scene

is so big, but what it did for eurovision in return, gave the contest, this group who they can signpost to year after year we often talk about who the legacy are to star, who went on to big success and every year we always talk about abba. of course we want to talk about some of the newer artists and we do every year, but to have abba 50 years on, we can still signpost to them and show how big of a group they went on to become because of eurovision. ~ ., ., they went on to become because of eurovision-— eurovision. what do you think it is been about _ eurovision. what do you think it is been about the _ eurovision. what do you think it is been about the four _ eurovision. what do you think it is been about the four of _ eurovision. what do you think it is been about the four of them - eurovision. what do you think it is been about the four of them thatl eurovision. what do you think it is i been about the four of them that has given them this longevity, this massive success? it given them this longevity, this massive success?— given them this longevity, this massive success? it is so hard to ut our massive success? it is so hard to put your finger — massive success? it is so hard to put your finger on, _ massive success? it is so hard to put your finger on, isn't - massive success? it is so hard to put your finger on, isn't it? - massive success? it is so hard to put your finger on, isn't it? i - put yourfinger on, isn't it? i suppose the chemistry between the four of them, the two couples. my parents, your parents, everybody cost black parents are watching i would have listened to their music.

it gets passed on through the generations. the music is upbeat, it is really fun, you hear it at weddings and parties. thank you so much for talking _ weddings and parties. thank you so much for talking to _ weddings and parties. thank you so much for talking to us, _ weddings and parties. thank you so much for talking to us, james. - stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we saw some very big temperature contrasts from north to south across the country this morning. it was cold with some disruptive snow across scotland through the morning period. it stays rather grey here with further outbreaks of rain, stays on the chilly side as well. but for northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, a lovely bright afternoon to come. plenty of sunshine around, a few passing showers being blown

on a very brisk south—westerly wind and very mild for the time of year, 18 or 19 degrees. it's still quite chilly across the north, but rain pushes its way northwards across scotland. and then through the night we see the next batch of wet, windy weather spreading up from the south. some of this rain could be quite heavy in the north and the west as it pushes its way northwards. by the end of the night, though, temperatures will be lifting even across scotland. so turning milder here but very mild further south. so that takes us into saturday. then this deepening area of low pressure hurtling towards the west of ireland has been named by the irish met service storm kathleen, as it's across ireland where we'll see the biggest impacts with the winds. but it's the feel of the weather as we head through saturday. it's dragging in some very warm air from southern climes. it could be up to 21 or 22 degrees across eastern england on saturday, despite the strong wind. so storm kathleen might cause some impacts on saturday to northern and western parts of the uk could see some travel disruption, especially to the ferries around irish sea coasts. that rain pushes its way northwards early in the morning across scotland and we'll see further showers across western areas. a few of them trying to get in towards the east, but a lot of dry

weather around and plenty of sunshine, too, despite the widespread gales. it's going to feel very warm indeed, but gusts could be up to 60, maybe 70 miles an hour across the north and the west. so this could be disruptive. but despite that, with the sunshine around those warm southerly winds, it could be up to 21 or 22 degrees in the east of england, mid to high teens across scotland. so much warmer there as well. saturday night stays very windy. storm kathleen passes to the north—west of scotland, a real squeeze in the east of us here as we move into sunday. so we could see severe gales across the hebrides for a time on sunday. elsewhere, it stays very windy. we'll see more showers in the mix, some of them heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in. there will be some sunshine around, too, but won't be quite as warm on sunday as what we have on saturday. but still, those temperatures are above the seasonal average. it stays unsettled into next week. we could see another spell of windy, wet weather for southern britain and then just signs of it perhaps settling down by the end of the week.

today at one... israel gives its first detailed account of why it attacked a convoy of aid workers in gaza. seven aid workers were killed — three of them british. the israeli military now says it's sacked two senior officers. meanwhle, after pressure from the united states, israel has now opened up more aid routes into gaza. also this lunchtime... more misery for rail passengers as train drivers stage another round of strikes over

pay and conditions. i think it's terrible. i think we've not been notified enough about it. we've just got a taxi and the taxi driver didn't even mention it or anything. nhs consultants in england end their year—long pay dispute with the government. # my, my, at waterloo napoleon did surrender. # oh, yeah...# and 50 years on from the moment a little known pop group from sweden took the world by storm. and coming up on bbc news, the european championship qualifiers get under way for the home nations today, with the defending champions england taking on sweden at wembley. good afternoon.

the israeli military has sacked two senior officers after the air