hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it has recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who has been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it has been six months since palestinian gunmen stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100

israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their prime minister to go. he should resign after what happened six months ago. the war start, hamas and everything. he claimed that he wants to go to war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. for one israeli family, the hope is over. elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group injanuary and that special forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. during the attack in october, his father was killed, his mother was abducted but later released. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government

for his death, saying, "he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal "with hamas" and said the israeli leadership was cowardly. in gaza, a desperate wait for food, amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, i we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. israel is not only facing pressure from its allies, but also threats from its enemies. the army here is on high alert. there is anxiety about a possible iranian strike.

iran has vowed to respond to the death of a senior commander in damascus earlier this week in an attack iran has blamed on israel. both sides may still want to avoid a full—out war, but miscalculation is always a risk, and the consequences of an escalation unpredictable. meanwhile, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. others expected there include us central intelligence agency director bill burns and qatar's foreign minister. israel's war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation. the uk foreign office and ministry of defence said on saturday that a british royal navy ship will supply aid to gaza as part of an international effort to help set up a new humanitarian maritime corridor in early may. the news comes as british foreign minister david cameron warns of famine in the region.

in a statement, lord cameron says: with me is hani almadhoun, the director of philanthropy with unrwa usa. i should say you also have a new title as the co—founder of the gaza super kitchen. you have been working with your brother, is that correct, he was currently in northern gaza. you have set up a soup kitchen there. tell me a bit more about your operation how many people are currently being fed by it. great, thank you for having me again. so my brother is in north gaza with my family and my parents, and then we got tired of watching them eat pigeon food and rabbit food for the longest time. not enough aid is allowed in, and really this is an intentionalfamine that's happening, so we decided, hey, can we produce whatever we could locally, get

that? so we started cooking up some meals. the first day 120 families aided. now we're up to 620 families a day and basically we had making soups. we're not bringing in any aid because it is not coming. we source local ingredients wherever we can find them, but again, there is a large response that is needed. this is an initiative for us by us to provide food for families and friends.— to provide food for families and friends. looking, ithink, riaht and friends. looking, ithink, right now _ and friends. looking, ithink, right now at _ and friends. looking, ithink, right now at some _ and friends. looking, ithink, right now at some videos. . and friends. looking, ithink, right now at some videos. is| right now at some videos. is that your brother there? yes, my brother— that your brother there? yes, my brother mahmoud, - that your brother there? yes, my brother mahmoud, who i that your brother there? 133 my brother mahmoud, who made the news in december. he was disdained with these unclothed men and release a short time later, so it has really transformed him into something bigger about himself. so he has found his purpose by making soups and providing meals kids. we can see a line of people that behind your brother. what does it mean to them to have a hot meal served, in an area that has seen such a lack of food? , ., , ., food? yes, it actually mean survival- — food? yes, it actually mean survival. the _ food? yes, it actually mean survival. the first _ food? yes, it actually mean survival. the first day - food? yes, it actually mean survival. the first day he i survival. the first day he served food, it made the local news. everybody was talking

about it, it was on social media and telegram, and that tells you something is wrong. it shouldn't be such a big deal that people are making soup. he would love to get some flour and bake some bread for people, but those are not allowed in. this is not an accident. you know, i have read the area report. people are aware that there is a situation. the population of gaza in the north, they are surviving in 12% of their caloric intake. that is the equivalent of a soda bottle. that is what they are getting now. my brother is helping on the front line with the hunger, and we need a bigger, much larger response. where are you sourcing this food from? we know, of course, it's difficult to get supplies, even the basics.— it's difficult to get supplies, even the basics. right, so it used to be _ even the basics. right, so it used to be the _ even the basics. right, so it used to be the breadbasket| even the basics. right, so it i used to be the breadbasket of the gaza strip, so there is foraging. he goes around and get some green, coloured green, similar, swiss chard, comment mellow, and just chop them up and cook them. my mum helps out. but there are also something that he has left over. he has been getting more white beans, things like that,

more recently because sometimes they are air dropped or get into gaza somewhere. he always pays for it, and that's the tragedy. that the aid is not getting distributed through the existing mechanisms. i getting distributed through the existing mechanisms.- getting distributed through the existing mechanisms. i want to ask ou, existing mechanisms. i want to ask you, because _ existing mechanisms. i want to ask you, because we _ existing mechanisms. i want to ask you, because we heard - existing mechanisms. i want to ask you, because we heard this announcement from israel saying that they would open up new routes into gaza to allow aid in. we don't know exactly when they will open, but what kind of impact do you think that announcement will have on the humanitarian situation there? it will mean life or death. you know, the boy that passed away in the hospitaljust a few days ago will be able to survive. i have seen some footage, if is rarely allowed relief into north gaza. i want to believe it. our history always makes us question those announcements, but the action is where we are going to know, and we're waiting to see that. my family will survive. will have a proper meal in ramadan, and people have been hungry and starving both at the same time. we are trying, but there is a lot more response. there is at

least 300,000 palestinians in the north that are starved or close to starvation.- close to starvation. briefly, if ou close to starvation. briefly, if you don't _ close to starvation. briefly, if you don't mind, - close to starvation. briefly, if you don't mind, israel. if you don't mind, israel warned gazans, of course, to leave the north of the territory before it began its invasion. we saw this mass exodus to the south. could you just help us understand why people like your family and the many thousands decided to stay, despite the risks? the many thousands decided to stay, despite the risks?— despite the risks? the first one is the _ despite the risks? the first one is the history - despite the risks? the first one is the history of - despite the risks? the first one is the history of the i one is the history of the nakba. my family were refugees from 19118. they left in 19118 and were not allowed again. there is also the families who moved from the north to the south and were targeted, so my mum decided, hey, death is here, in the south, and in the north we are going to stay and preserve our dignity and our home. we have lost my brother and his family, so that is why they are still there. i hope that they remain safe for the time being. that they remain safe for the time being-— time being. director of philanthropy _ time being. director of philanthropy with i time being. director of i philanthropy with unwra time being. director of - philanthropy with unwra usa time being. director of _ philanthropy with unwra usa and other co—founder of the gaza

soup kitchen, which is cooking hot meals and feeding people in the community, thank you for coming in to speak with us. thank you for having me. with almost all of the ballots counted in slovakia's presidential election, government candidate peter pellegrini has won the election. slovak opposition candidate ivan korcok conceded defeat earlier and congratulated his rival once it appeared his lead was unassailable. mr pellegrini is seen as having more pro—kremlin views compared to mr korcok, who is a pro—western former diplomat. the role of president is seen as largely ceremonial but highly influential post, especially at a time when there are divisions over support to ukraine. for more on the election i spoke to our correspondent rob cameron in prague, in the neighbouring czech republic. just bring us up—to—date now with the latest. just bring us up-to-date now with the latest.— with the latest. yes, it looks like ivan _ with the latest. yes, it looks like ivan korcok _ with the latest. yes, it looks like ivan korcok has - with the latest. yes, it looks like ivan korcok has lost i with the latest. yes, it looks like ivan korcok has lost two j like ivan korcok has lost two pellegrini, as you say, the candidate of the populist nationalist governing coalition. it seems that mr

pellegrini has 153% of the vote to mr korcok�*s which is a far wider margin that had been suggested in the opinion polls running up to this second round of the elections. so that has been something of a surprise, and i think, really, it is the worst fears of the liberal pro—western opposition in slovakia coming to pass, because now the populist nationalist government, of which pellegrini four mr pellegrini is a part, he now controls the parliament, the government, and will soon have his man and the president's office. they believe and they fear that will give them free reign to create what they claim will be a sort of liberal democracy perhaps modelled along the lines of viktor orban's hungary, so they are certainly not celebrating this evening in bratislava. find certainly not celebrating this evening in bratislava. and what about when _ evening in bratislava. and what about when it _ evening in bratislava. and what about when it comes _ evening in bratislava. and what about when it comes to - evening in bratislava. and what i about when it comes to ukraine? we mentioned this is mostly a

ceremonial role, but what could pellegrini presidency mean for support to ukraine?— support to ukraine? well, it's certainly a — support to ukraine? well, it's certainly a ceremonial- support to ukraine? well, it's certainly a ceremonial role, . certainly a ceremonial role, but influential one, especially at a time when robert fico is making so many inroads on changing slovakia and, of course, slovakia only has one chamber of parliament, one house of parliament, so the role of president is very important. but on ukraine, i think what's happened here with the election of peter pellegrini as president, there will be in two or 2.5 months' time — there will be no senior slovak official who is unequivocally in favour of ukraine's right to defend its territory with weapons. since mr fico came to power in october and reversed the previous slovak government policy of giving ukraine everything it needs to defeat russia on the battlefield, there has been a substantial departure in policy on ukraine.

the current president, a liberal president, she had been maintaining a very strong pro— ukrainian stance, but she will leave office in two months to be replaced by mr macro dominic pellegrini, who is seen as very much an ally of robert fico, the prime minister, and so kyiv will have lost at least the official support of the slovak government. so after hungary, it seems that ukraine has now lost, officially at least, slovakia as an unequivocal ally in their military campaign against russia.— in their military campaign against russia. in their military campaign auainst russia. ., ., ., against russia. rob cameron for us in prague _ against russia. rob cameron for us in prague following _ against russia. rob cameron for us in prague following that i us in prague following that closely fought presidential election in slovakia, thank you very much. tens of thousands of people joined a rally in the hungarian capital, budapest, against the right—wing government led by viktor orban. the protest was led by peter magyar, a lawyer who was previously close to the administration. in recent weeks he has emerged as a leading challenger to the prime minister. mr magyar said he will launch

a party to contest elections to the european parliament injune. one opinion poll suggests that even before it has officially founded, mr magyar�*s new party is already the third most popular in hungarian politics. the change is starting today. the change is starting today. the hungarian people are fed up with the corrupt government, and now the change is coming. the spring is here, the time is here, and we will take back the control and the power. seven people were killed in two russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor reported that iranian—made drones hit several buildings, including a residential blocks of flats, early on saturday morning. 11 people were injured. shortly after, president volodymyr zelensky said that ukraine could run out of air defence missiles if russia keeps up its intense long—range bombing operations. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford shared an update from kyiv.

well, there are constant strikes on kharkiv at the moment. you know, it is becoming increasingly regular to hear of missile and drone attacks against ukraine's second city up in the north—east of the country. certainly, we know that seven people were killed early this morning. so the first missile struck some time after midnight. two s—300 russian missiles, according to the ukrainian authorities, fired at kharkiv, killing residents in a residential area of the city and wounding other people there. they then talk about a wave of drones that were launched by russia, again at kharkiv city centre. they say those were shot down by ukraine's air defences, and of course, when that happens it means fragments fall to the ground, they explode, more people are injured, more buildings are damaged. we know about nine residential buildings, blocks of flats, that have been badly damaged in this latest attack on kharkiv. but it is, as you say,

the latest of many. certainly, we don't know exactly what the russians were targeting. they say it was a military target. we do know, though, in recent days the energy system in kharkiv has come under direct and sustained attack and that that city is now living with blackouts, rolling blackouts, people without power for at least six hours every day. india's government is denying accusations by canada's spy agency that it interferred in two canadian federal elections. the report by the canadian security intelligence service was released as part of an ongoing inquiry into foreign interference in candian elections, initially triggered by alleged actions by china. but on friday canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, said the alleged interference was more widespread and long—running obviously the question of foreign interference is one thatis foreign interference is one that is extremely important, and that's why as a government we put in place significant measures to ensure that, for example, our elections continue to be free and fair, despite what we have known for years is ongoing attempts at

interference by various foreign actors. this has been going on for years and decades, notjust in our democracies but in our businesses, in our academic institutions and, particularly, institutions and, particularly, in they are spirit communities who are vulnerable to interference and negative engagement from their home countries —— diaspora communities. earlier i spoke to raffy boudjikanian, a senior reporter covering politics at canada's cbc news. it's a pleasure to have you here. just first off, can you tell us more about what's in these documents that were recently released, and why canada now seem so confident that a couple of different foreign nations, including india, attempted to interfere in its federal elections? happy to be here. — in its federal elections? happy to be here, carl. _ in its federal elections? happy to be here, carl. so _ in its federal elections? happy to be here, carl. so the i to be here, carl. so the documents were released by canada's spy agency, csis, in the course of this public enquiry into foreign interference. they are what csis calls unclassified

intelligence summaries. they do have a caveat about as long as my arm essentially saying they could be uncorroborated or single sourced or incomplete. however, they do allege that india and pakistan tried to interfere in the last two canadian federal elections, in 2019 and 2021. so a little bit of a surprise here because the reason we're having this public enquiry has largely due to concerns over china interfering in those two elections, but now we are seeing that there may be more to this. the documents say india, for example, in 2021 was using a proxy agent to try to funnel illicit funds into the campaigns of pro— india candidates, candidates who may not have even known that this was happening to them, in order to get them elected versus others who may have had more pro pakistan views or may have been sympathetic to the

separatist sikh movement in india. ~' ., separatist sikh movement in india. ~ ., _ separatist sikh movement in india. ~ ., ., . india. do we know, by chance, how successful _ india. do we know, by chance, how successful these - india. do we know, by chance, how successful these alleged i how successful these alleged attempts at election interference work? so attempts at election interference work? ,, ,, ., , interference work? so csis does sa in interference work? so csis does say in one _ interference work? so csis does say in one of— interference work? so csis does say in one of these _ interference work? so csis does say in one of these documents l say in one of these documents that india was one of the biggest foreign threats actors in canada in 2021. it does not say, though, that india was successful at doing this. i should note that national security officials in this country have repeatedly said that although there was foreign interference in both of the last two elections, it never rose to threaten the overall result of those elections themselves. as for pakistan, csis actually says it was a more limited actor but that it did try in 2019 especially to get more pro pakistan candidates elected — sort of the reverse of what india was doing. but that csis undertook some sort of threat reduction

measure, unclear exactly what that was, but it says that that measure was successful in mitigating what pakistan was trying to do. mitigating what pakistan was trying to do— mitigating what pakistan was trying to do. when it comes to india, of course, _ trying to do. when it comes to india, of course, this - trying to do. when it comes to india, of course, this is - trying to do. when it comes to india, of course, this is a i india, of course, this is a country that doesn't exactly have the best relations with canada right now. how is india responding to these reports? yes, relations have been strained with india for the last few months. there have been a lot of headlines about how a sikh activist was killed in canada, with prime minister trudeau accusing agents of the indian government of having a hand in that, india not taking too well so all. it also has not taken well to these allegations, these ones in these csis documents, stating that it does not try to intervene in the democratic process of other countries, of canada, and that to the contrary, it is canada that's been trying to intervene in india's affairs, and it has

said this repeatedly and has asked canada to stop. we also reach out to pakistan's embassy here in ottawa but have not heard back from them yet. senior reporter with canada's cbc, thank you very much. earlier this week, uganda's constitutional court refused to overturn a law restricting lgbtq rights. the law, which is considered one of the harshest in the world, was adopted in may last year. it imposes life imprisonment for consensual same—sex relationships and the death penalty for so—called "aggravated" cases. courtjudges have struck down certain sections of the law but refuse to overturn it, saying it reflects the country's values. there is broad support for the law among ugandans, despite international criticism. activists say abuses against lgbtq people are increasing, with an advocacy group reporting 306 human rights violations since the passage of the law. a short while ago i spoke to frank mugisha, one of the leading lgbtq rights activists in uganda, who petitioned the court.

thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you were one of the petitioners in the effort to overturn this law. what was your reaction when uganda's constitutional court for the most part decided to uphold this anti— lgbtq law? most part decided to uphold this anti- lgbtq law? thank you so much for— this anti- lgbtq law? thank you so much for having _ this anti- lgbtq law? thank you so much for having me. - this anti- lgbtq law? thank you so much for having me. i- this anti- lgbtq law? thank you so much for having me. i was i so much for having me. i was very disappointed, not only as a petitioner, but also as a ugandan, and as a ugandan lgbtq activist, i was disappointed in thejudiciary, thejudges in my country, that they upheld the majority of this anti—gay legislation based on people's reactions. it was totally based on conspiracy theories. they say they were doing this because of the ugandan public. imaginejudges ruling in favour of the public and forgetting

about the law. so i was very disappointed that the judges decided to go on the side of the majority and punish the minority. the majority and punish the minori . ., the majority and punish the minority-— the majority and punish the minori . ., ., ., ~ ., minority. i want to talk about the effects — minority. i want to talk about the effects of _ minority. i want to talk about the effects of this _ minority. i want to talk about the effects of this law, i the effects of this law, potentially, and this is something you recently said. you said it's like judges something you recently said. you said it's likejudges have told ugandans, go and get violent towards the lgbtq community. what do you think this law means, and how is it already affecting people there are in uganda? this already affecting people there are in uganda?— are in uganda? this law has already been _ are in uganda? this law has already been created. i are in uganda? this law has already been created. prior| are in uganda? this law has l already been created. prior to the introduction of this legislation, the anti—gay christian groups have radicalised ugandans into hatred. and so it ugandans have been lamenting this legislation in terms of violence towards the community. we have seen many people get thrown out of their homes. we have seen people lose employment and education, and these are non—state actors. but on the

other hand they are also state actors implement in this law. for instance, we have had people who have been arrested, who have been tortured. when they are in police custody. and you have an arm of the government that is the judiciary coming up with such a ruling, it means they are telling ugandans, go and act. part of the court ruling did strike down some measures in this law. can you explain what was taken out of the law and what was your reaction to that? is that at least a small victory for you?- is that at least a small victory for you? is that at least a small victo for ou? ~ , , �* victory for you? well, yes, i'm lad victory for you? well, yes, i'm glad that— victory for you? well, yes, i'm glad that from _ victory for you? well, yes, i'm glad that from the _ victory for you? well, yes, i'm glad that from the work i victory for you? well, yes, i'm glad that from the work we i victory for you? well, yes, i'm| glad that from the work we did with our lawyers, the lgbtq community and members of civil society, that some parts were taken out. but you see, the parts that were taken out were aimed at making sure lgbtq, one, don't get discriminated when accessing health services.

number two, when accessing health services. numbertwo, lgbtq persons when accessing health services. number two, lgbtq persons are not discriminated if they are seeking employment. lgbtq are allowed to rent houses, but you cannot say that there won't be that kind of discrimination when you are saying people should not be able to express themselves as lgbtq persons. the executive director of sexual minorities uganda, and one of the country's leading lgbt queue rights activist, thank you very much for speaking with us —— lgbtq. thank you for having me. let's turn to some important news around the world: taiwan condemned the bolivian government for sending a message of sympathy for the island's recent earthquake to the chinese government in beijing. china claims taiwan as part of its own territory and insists other nations should take the same position. taiwan's foreign minister accused bolivia of acting as the puppet of beijing. and italy's mount etna has been sending rare smoke rings into the sicilian sky.

a new crater opened on the summit of europe's largest active volcano, leading to an unusual display of vortex rings. they're made of gases and propelled upwards by a circular vent in the volcano. stay with us for more right here on bbc news. hello there. on saturday we saw two sides to storm kathleen. on the one hand, across eastern england with some weeks and sign, temperatures reach 21 celsius in suffolk, the warmest day of the year so far. further west, though, those winds were a lot stronger. gusts of 60 or 70 mph and some large waves as well. and storm kathleen is still on the scene, tracking northwards to the west of the uk. still going to bring with it some windy weather on sunday, and they will be some further sunshine, but also some

showers. it's not going to be quite as warm as it was on saturday. going to start with a bit of early rain to clear away from north—east england in southeast scotland, and then more showers will come in from the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. we will see some wet weather arriving in wales, pushing through parts of the midlands and northern england, later into the southwest of england. the best of the dry weather and sunshine probably through east anglia and the southeast of england, but it's going to be a windy day. the strongest of the wind is likely to be on the far north—west of scotland, over 60 mph. temperatures are going to be lower than they were on saturday, but a pleasant 16 or 17 in the southeast and across east anglia in the sunshine. now, storm kathleen weakens by monday to the north of scotland. we are going to find our next area of low pressure moving in from the south. and this one is going to bring with it some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. that's mainly going to run northwards of the western side of the uk, but we will see some rain for northern england, southern scotland and northern scotland likely to be dry. the winds becoming lighter and we will

get some sunshine and dry weatherfor get some sunshine and dry weather for awhile through the midlands and across eastern parts of england. again, temperatures 16 or 17 degrees. by temperatures 16 or 17 degrees. by the end of the day it's not going to be as windy, but our area of low pressure is likely to deepen overnight and the winds strengthen again towards the southwest of england and through the english channel into the channel islands. we still got some cloud, with outbreaks of outbreaks of rain left over on tuesday to push steadily is across england and wales. and some further showers to the north—west of scotland. the wind direction is changing to a north—westerly, and that's going to bring with it some colder air. going to bring with it some colderair. so going to bring with it some colder air. so maximum temperatures on tuesday are only ten to 12 celsius. now, that colder air shouldn't last too long. during wednesday and into the thursday wind direction changes. we'll get milder southwesterly winds, but that brings with it the chance of some more rain.

voice—over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i've been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is reinventing itself for the 21st century. this time i go to glyndebourne in the english countryside to find out why it's a unique place that offers more than opera.

we've got beautiful grounds and gardens and lakes, a wonderful visual art gallery and then a wonderful opera. glyndebourne may be a historic venue, but it is also trying to make opera fit for the future by being a pioneer in sustainability. we were the first arts organisation to put up a wind turbine. we're running on wind. glyndebourne, as an icon in operatic sustainability, has really got a very strong place. and glyndebourne is embracing a drive towards greater diversity. it's about making sure that diverse communities have access to opera. if we keep opening the door, more people will come into it. but does innovation, sustainability and diversity matter, or do audiences really only care about great opera performances?