#at # at waterloo napoleon did surrender. # and 50 years after abba's eurovision win, the city that hosted the 1974 competion marks a special moment in music history. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya. thank you very much indeed. qualifying for the women's european championship is under way — there have already been wins for romania over armenia and bulgaria have beaten kazakhstan. later the defending champions england start their campaign at home to sweden. france and the republic of ireland are the other two teams in what's a tough group, and the england manager, sarina wiegman knows their victory two years ago counts for nothing that was then. that was a great moment, but we all move on. there have been lots of things

happen in between that period — that time and now — and we're in a new situation now. of course, we know sweden very well — they know us very well, too. so we're preparing what we have seen lately from them, and what we want to do and how we want to play. max verstappen was fastest on day one of practice for the japanese grand prix. on—and—off rain wrecked second practice, but in the first session there was a marked improvement for the mercedes with both lewis hamilton and george russell finishing within half a second of verstappen. but williams�* awful start to the season conintined with american logan sargeant losing control at a high speed control at a high—speed corner and crashing out. thankfully he was ok, the car not so. a silly error, to be honest, one i shouldn't be making, especially in p1. but yeah, fortunately it wasn't like the mistakes last year, it wasn't over pushing. nevertheless, still left the team with some damage

but fortunately got away better than it could have been. ronda rowsey says she hid "concussions and neurological injuries" from ufc�*s governing body for years during her time as bantamweight champion. the american became the first woman tojoin ufc in 2012, defending her title six times before tasting defeat in 2015 to holly holm. rowsey says she finds it hard to watch that fight back and that the loss caused her to "self—assess" her career for the sake of her long—term health. it's hard looking back at footage in that match because i can see in my eyes that i am literally suffering from a neurological injury decades in the making and there is one point that i saw, mind you, i don't remember any of these things, i saw that i took a wild swing and i couldn't see where she was and i completely missed and kept going into the cage and fell into the cage and all this stuff.

people see that and they say this is ronda being outclassed. no, that's me with my brain not properly working. i was literally going into that match concussed, i fell down the stairs, knocked myself out, tore my acl two weeks before that fight. i was trying so hard just to block everything out and just be like you can just get through this, just get in there and do what you do and you are going to be fine. it's been revealed that the reigning tour de france winner, jonas vingegaard, suffered a collapsed lung in a crash yesterday. the 27—year—old dane also broke his collarbone and several ribs on a descent on stage four of the itzulia basque country race. his team say he's stable and had a good night and he remains in hospital. anthony kim has been giving a glimpse into how his life spiralled out of control in his 12 years away from golf. he's making his first tentative steps back into the sport having once been one of its biggest stars. he doesn't go into details but it's clear he fell into an addictive cycle of almost deadly behaviour.

when doctors are telling you that you may not have much time left, that's a pretty rude awakening. and i still think about it to this day when i'm out there and i get frustrated with my golf, you know, how far i've come. and other people don't need to know the journey. i'm going to share it and the people that find inspiration and strength from it, i hope it can influence them in a positive way. but yeah, i got to a point where i may not be here speaking to you guys. we wish him luck with _ here speaking to you guys. we wish him luck with his _ here speaking to you guys. we wish him luck with his comeback. - and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, tanya. let's bring you an update from the united states. we have heard from the us geological service that there has been an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 in the state of newjersey on

the east coast about five kilometres north—east of lebanon in newjersey. just for some geographical context, that's west of new york city and it is north of philadelphia. we don't have any more details accept that an earthquake of magnitude of 4.8 struck north—east of lebanon in new jersey. returning to our top story now and israel's military has described its strikes on a gaza aid convoy which killed seven humanitarian workers as a grave mistake stemming from a serious identification failure. officers involved have been sacked. findings of the investigation were released just hours after israel promised to open and expand crossings into gaza for aid, in response to a specific request from president biden. as the war approaches the six—month mark, pressure from the us on israel — a firm ally — is intensifying. let's speak now to karin von hippel, director general

at the royal united services institute and former senior official for the us department of state for the obama administration. welcome to bbc news. where do the events of this week leave the us�*s relationship with israel? it is events of this week leave the us's relationship with israel?— relationship with israel? it is in a oor relationship with israel? it is in a poor state. _ relationship with israel? it is in a poor state. it's — relationship with israel? it is in a poor state, it's probably - relationship with israel? it is in a poor state, it's probably the - relationship with israel? it is in a l poor state, it's probably the worst poor state, its probably the worst relationship the two countries have had in a very long time. it isn't the only time they have been at odds over policy in israel. i don't see this as a permanent fracture but it is certainly a challenge. the biden administration has been trying behind—the—scenes to have pretty frank conversations so far with the israelis and that has not worked, and that's why they are becoming more public about the messages they have been sending to the israeli government. figs have been sending to the israeli government-— have been sending to the israeli covernment. ~ , . , , government. as an inside yourself, how do you — government. as an inside yourself, how do you see _ government. as an inside yourself, how do you see the _ government. as an inside yourself,

how do you see the tone _ government. as an inside yourself, how do you see the tone internally| how do you see the tone internally at the state department having changed? i remembera at the state department having changed? i remember a few months ago we were reporting on officials who behind—the—scenes were unhappy with the position that the president and the position that the president and the secretary of state antony blinken were taking when it comes to israel because, of course, the us always steadfastly stands by israel. but we have seen that tone now changing. was this week the real tipping point? it is changing. was this week the real tipping point?— tipping point? it is hard to say. i think it has _ tipping point? it is hard to say. i think it has been _ tipping point? it is hard to say. i think it has been a _ tipping point? it is hard to say. i think it has been a gradual- tipping point? it is hard to say. i i think it has been a gradual change. yes, they are pushing harder now, it isn't over yet, they still approve some weapons sales only a few days ago. so i think it will take more obduracy on the side of the israelis for the americans to take something more dramatic like weapon sales but they are talking about not giving them any weapons unless you allow humanitarian aid through. but is not the first time. don't forget when

obama was president, netanyahu came to speak to a republican—led congress which was a market show of disrespect to the us government. it isn't the first time netanyahu uses his own platform to push back. he does it to gain support back at home with the right wing of his party that he is notjust a puppet of the united states. i think there is always an accusation that the israeli government is a puppet. but israeli government is a puppet. but i don't think it will help israel over the long term. that being said, i don't think change will happen quickly in israel until netanyahu leaves. that may happen sometime later in may when the knesset reconvenes after the holidays. benny gantz is talking about possibly pushing to leave the coalition and possibly running himself. and so there is lots of potential change that could happen but not right away, not in the next few days, anyway, or even in the next few weeks. it will take some time still.

wejust weeks. it will take some time still. we just heard weeks. it will take some time still. wejust heard on weeks. it will take some time still. we just heard on x and weeks. it will take some time still. wejust heard on x and aide weeks. it will take some time still. we just heard on x and aide to iran's president warning the us in a message not to get dragged in to what it describes as israeli prime minister netanyahu's trap. iran is a key part of this equation. how far could the us go in terms of trying to make sure that israel does ensure for example that aid gets through to gaza, at the same time trying to make sure it keeps the us on side given the regional dynamics in countries like iran? the given the regional dynamics in countries like iran?— given the regional dynamics in countries like iran? the us and iran have been sending _ countries like iran? the us and iran have been sending messages - countries like iran? the us and iran have been sending messages backl countries like iran? the us and iran i have been sending messages back and forth the entire time. this conflict since october. neither of them want to expand the war. neither the iranians nor the americans. and so there's been lots of back channelling going on between the two countries. iran of course as we know has supported almost every militant group in the region, many of which

are surrounding israel. you have hezbollah, hamas, and then nearby the who —— houthis and then groups in syria as well. iran is playing a very dangerous game, pushing to the limits but it hasn't pushed so far. it is not clear to me whether israel might not in the coming weeks or months open a second front in the north with lebanon because, well, with hezbollah really, because they don't feel safe with where hezbollah is right now, there has been lots of back and forth rocket fire. this war may go on for some time and it may expand. but at the moment the other powers, iran, and the other regional powers, iran, and the other regional powers, are really trying to be very careful and trying to prevent this becoming an all—out war. karin careful and trying to prevent this becoming an all-out war. karin von hi el, becoming an all-out war. karin von hippel, thank _ becoming an all-out war. karin von hippel, thank you _ becoming an all-out war. karin von hippel, thank you for _ becoming an all-out war. karin von hippel, thank you for sharing - becoming an all-out war. karin von hippel, thank you for sharing your i hippel, thank you for sharing your personal insights. the leader of the scottish labour party, anas sarwar, has said uk arms sales to israel should stop today.

it appears to be a step further than that taken by the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy — who said sales should stop if government lawyers believe israel risks breaching international law. here's mr sarwar. let me be really clear, if there are breaches of international humanitarian law, then they should not be sales of arms to israel. i clearly believe that there have been breaches of international law. it is a breach of international law to withhold food, electricity, medicine, essential supplies from the population. that's happening right now in gaza. it is in breach of international law to target schools, hospitals, aid workers. tragically, three uk nationals losing their lives in recent days which is in breach of international law. if international law has been breached there should not be sales of arms to israel. fast—food giant mcdonald's is to buy back all its israeli restaurants because of boycotts of the chain in response to the war in gaza. sales have slumped in many countries

after the company's israel—based franchisee gave away thousands of free meals to israeli soldiers. emer mccarthy has more from the newsroom. mcdonald's says it has reached an agreement with local franchisee alonyal for the return of its 225 outlets across israel. it said in a statement, "we thank alonya for building the mcdonald's business and brand in israel over the past 30 years. mcdonald's remains committed to the israeli market and to ensuring a positive employee and customer experience in the market going forward." mcdonald's was criticised after alonyal started giving away thousands of free meals to israeli soldiers back in october. this triggered boycotts across a number of muslim majority countries including malaysia and pakistan. they issued statements in distancing themselves from the golden arches for its perceived support of israel. back injanuary, mcdonald's said the conflict had meaningfully impacted performance in some overseas markets leading to it missing key sales targets. its ceo called the backlash

disheartening and ill—founded, blaming it on disinformation. while the terms of this transaction haven't been disclosed, its 5,000 employees across israel are set to be retained. emer mccarthy there. here in the uk — a senior conservative mp has told the times newspaper that he shared the personal phone numbers of fellow politicians to a man he met on a dating app, after he was "manipulated" by him. william wragg said the man he sent the messages to had "compromising" information on him. the bbc has attempted to contact mr wragg but he has not responded. the incident has raised concerns about the security of mps and data breaches at the heart of government. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. can i ask the leader of the house...?

this is william wragg, a conservative mp with connections across parliament. he is now at the centre of a scandal at westminster about pictures shared on a dating app, and sharing the phone numbers of other mps. mr wragg has told the times that he met a man on the dating app grindr. they sent each other pictures. the man later started, we are told, asking for contact details for others in parliament. mr wragg told the paper, "they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. they would ask for people. i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told them to stop. he has manipulated me and now i've hurt other people." mr wragg has been contacted by the bbc, but we haven't had a response. he remains a conservative mp. the events of the last few days have been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cybersecurity.

i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened in this incident, especially about mps' telephone numbers being passed onto unknown sources. that is really concerning. but it's now been suggested at least 12 people have become involved, with unsolicited flirtatious messages from someone identifying as charlie or abbie. one former mp spoke to the bbc yesterday, saying they'd been contacted out of the blue last month, with a message saying, "miss you in westminster." the last part of that message was, "westminster misses you." and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed thinking i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messager claimed to have worked for william wragg, and later sent an explicit picture, which led the former mp to block the number.

questions now, though, over how many people in parliament may have been impacted. leicestershire police says it's investigating a complaint of malicious communication. more on that story on the bbc news website. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're watching bbc news with rajini vaidyanathan. a major investigation into fraud linked to the eu's post—pandemic recovery fund has led to more than 20 arrests in italy, austria, romania and slovakia. in italy — the biggest recipient of the fund — police seized assets including villas, luxury cars, watches and jewellery — with a total value of more than 600 million euros. let's speak to andres ritter, deputy chief prosecutor at the european public prosecutor's office — which coordinated the raids and the arrests.

we are talking about a raid which involve things like relics as, luxury cars, cartierjewellery, this was money that was meant to go towards the covid recovery fund. tell us what exactly happened. —— rolexes. it tell us what exactly happened. -- rolexes. , _, , rolexes. it is the recovery funding post-covid — rolexes. it is the recovery funding post-covid and — rolexes. it is the recovery funding post-covid and it _ rolexes. it is the recovery funding post-covid and it was _ rolexes. it is the recovery funding post-covid and it was instigated . rolexes. it is the recovery funding | post-covid and it was instigated by post—covid and it was instigated by the european union for recovery after the pandemic. 750 billion euros being spent on this funding across europe. the case we are talking about is a case in which we had a programme in italy in which four measures on digitalisation, enhancement of the competitiveness, that there is money being funded, small and medium enterprises being funded, and what actually happened, or what is common to many of those kind of criminalfraud or what is common to many of those kind of criminal fraud schemes

or what is common to many of those kind of criminalfraud schemes is that you had several people who were owners of different companies which were only created to receive this european funding. so they had a lot of criminal enablers, they had accountants working with them who actually provided the documents saying they were active companies, with merit and fulfil the requirements for getting this european money, this european funding, and which actually were only created to defraud the european taxpayer. this only created to defraud the european taxa er. , , ~ ., only created to defraud the european taxa er. , , ~' . . , taxpayer. this sounds like a really sophisticated _ taxpayer. this sounds like a really sophisticated scan _ taxpayer. this sounds like a really sophisticated scan with _ taxpayer. this sounds like a really| sophisticated scan with companies that were really able to kind of full people who were giving the money to them. how did you uncover what was going on? this money to them. how did you uncover what was going on?— what was going on? as you said, 750 billion euros. _ what was going on? as you said, 750 billion euros. this _ what was going on? as you said, 750 billion euros. this attracts _ what was going on? as you said, 750 billion euros. this attracts not - billion euros. this attracts not only individual fraudsters, billion euros. this attracts not only individualfraudsters, this attracts criminal organisations and associations. in this case the italian police were looking

proactively into those for the national funding and establishing also by open source intelligence whether you would have several beneficiaries who would own the same companies. having established a group of people who actually were receiving money from different companies, from different shell companies, from different shell companies, which according to the personal assignations appeared to be enacted and created only for this purpose, they presented the case to the european public prosecution office and we took over this case and coordinated the rate and the investigations in those four remember stage which you mention, italy, austria, slovakia and romania. italy, austria, slovakia and romania-— italy, austria, slovakia and romania. �* , ., ~ , ., romania. andres ritter, thank you for takin: romania. andres ritter, thank you fortaking us— romania. andres ritter, thank you for taking us through _ romania. andres ritter, thank you for taking us through what - romania. andres ritter, thank you for taking us through what sounds | for taking us through what sounds like a very sophisticated scan. more than 20 suspects arrested across a number of countries. i'm sure we will come back to you as you investigation proceeds. but for now, thank you. than? investigation proceeds. but for now, thank ou. �* , , ,

investigation proceeds. but for now, i thank you-— as thank you. any time, my pleasure. as we mentioned — thank you. any time, my pleasure. as we mentioned earlier, _ thank you. any time, my pleasure. as we mentioned earlier, that _ we mentioned earlier, that developing story coming from the united states, new york city there, there is the famous skyline. we have been hearing that a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck the new york city region on friday morning according to the us geological survey. it shook buildings and of course surprised people because it is an area that such seismic activity. the quake's epicentre was actually in newjersey, not in new york, which you can see there. no damage was immediately reported. the european mediterranean seismological centre initially actually measured the quake at 5.5 on the richter scale. but as we have been saying, the latest reports say it was a 4.7. it was felt across the region but it is believed that it struck in new jersey. we will have more on that story as we get it.

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. that song is in my head, stay with us 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. it 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 at 18 or 19 degrees.

it's still quite chilly across the north. that rain pushes its way northwards across scotland. 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. that takes us into saturday. 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 is likely to cause some impacts on saturday. 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 70mph across the north and the west, so this could be disruptive. despite that, with the sunshine around and 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 isobars 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 it 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.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel's investigation into the killing of seven aid workers — the idf admits it was a grave mistake and sacks two officers. we need to ensure that humanitarian organisations like the world central kitchen can conduct their activity, their essential humanitarian activity. we have clearly failed in this instance. new aid routes into gaza are to be opened after the us threatens a change

in policy towards israel. in in policy towards israel. the last few minutes, an earthquake in the last few minutes, an earthquake measuring 4.8 has shaken new york and the surrounding area. the parent firm of the uk's largest water company defaults on a loan worth hundreds of millions of pounds. hello, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. lets go to that developing story which is coming to us from new york, and that is reports that there has been an earthquake which struck new jersey, and the impact has been reported in new york city. you can see the new york skyline there. we can go straight to our correspondent in new york, john southworth, to get the very latest. just tell us the very latest about what you know, and

did you feel it yourself?