this is bbc world news today, i'm karin giannone. our top stories: demanding action on gun control — survivors of the school shooting in florida plan to march on the us capital. a showdown at the munich security conference, as israel and iran trade insults — and threats. to the tyrants of tehran — do not test israel's resolve. iran will respond, we will respond seriously, and i believe it would be a response that people will be sorry. brought to a halt by a blizzard — rescuers postpone the search for a downed passenger plane in iran. as many as 66 people are feared dead. and... all in black on the red carpet. the stars of cinema show their support for the a campaign against sexual harrassment. iamjane

i amjane hill at the royal i am jane hill at the royal albert hall in london where that ceremony is continuing. join me in half an hourfor is continuing. join me in half an hour for a is continuing. join me in half an hourfor a special is continuing. join me in half an hour for a special programme with all the winners. hello and welcome to world news today. a group of american teenagers who survived a school shooting in florida on wednesday have announced a national march on washington to demand political action on gun control. they say they're determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three staff members were killed, will be a turning point in the national debate on guns. organisers say they want to shame politicians who take contributions from the pro—gun lobby, the national rifle association. a former pupil, 19—year—old nikolas cruz, has admitted carrying out wednesday's attack, using a semi automatic rifle he purchased legally. david willis is in washington. what is the message these students

wa nt to what is the message these students want to bring to america's leaders? it is interesting, because after this florida shooting, it seemed the national debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern that has followed in the past. you know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing. but now we have these stu d e nts nothing. but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. these are people who, of course, to remember the columbine massacre back in 1999. they weren't born at that particular time, but unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of bringing fact about, including this scheme to hold a march on the capital, washington, dc, next month. that is going to be called the march

for lives. separately, they are planning a school walk out on the 20th of april, that marks the 19th anniversary of the columbine massacre. and there is a big rally planned for wednesday in the florida capital, tallahassee. all basically to advance the cause for tighter gun control laws here in america. what do opinion polls show lately over the divide in america over the issue of gun control? well they appear to show there is a majority in favour of some sort of tightening of the gun control laws here. but that said, president trump, who got the early backing of the national rifle association, thought to have donated about $30 million to his cause, has said quite emphatically that he would never infringe on the right to bear arms. indeed,

that he would never infringe on the right to beararms. indeed, in that he would never infringe on the right to bear arms. indeed, in a tweet to date he blamed the democrats for failing to press tougher gun control laws when they had control of congress in the early days of barack obama. but the president is to meet with high school students this week, listening session the white house is. it will be interesting to see what comes out of that. david willetts in washington, thank you. israel's prime minister has warned that he is ready to act against iran, calling it greatest threat to his nation and the world. benjamin netanyahu made his remarks at an international security conference in munich, a week after the first known direct military engagement between them. israel shot down an iranian stealth drone that entered its airspace from syria, and then bombed the iranian vehicle that controlled the drone. mr netanyahu warned iran not to test israeli resolve. here's a piece of that iranian drone, or what's left of it after we shot it down. i brought it here so you could see it for yourself.

mr zarif, do you recognise this? you should — it's yours. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of tehran — do not test israel's resolve. iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif mentioned there, said mr netanyahu's speech was an attempt to undermine the landmark nuclear deal in 2015 between his country and several global powers. i can assure you that if iran's interests are not secured, iran will respond. we'll respond seriously and i believe it would be a response that people will be sorry for taking the erroneous actions they did. we will not be the first ones to violate an agreement for which all of us tried, in spite of netanyahu's attempts, to achieve.

we achieved it in spite of him, we implemented it in spite of him, and the world will maintain that agreement, in spite of his delusional attempts. earlier, iasked kasra naji, of bbc persian, how real was the tension between israel and iran? it's very real, actually. and what we've seen in the last three days in this conference, in this hotel behind me... in fact, a lot of people who did speak, some of the leaders of the countries, top officials, strategists who spoke, they spoke about the real danger of a conflict breaking out in that region, particularly because of the worrying developments in syria. there are people here who believe syria today poses the greatest threat to world peace, in effect, and what has happened eight days ago between iran and israel lends itself to that, in a sense that when that iranian

drone went over into israel and the consequent actions of the israeli air force has raised the tension to a new level. tension between iran and israel. at the opening of this conference three days ago, we had the general secretary of the un, who said tension between, on the border of lebanon and israel is also very, very high. but he was of the opinion that neither iran nor hezbollah in southern lebanon nor israel want to see a conflict breaking out, a war breaking out. although here this morning, there were talks of the possibility of a full—scale war breaking out here if they don't watch it. kasra, we believe that incident, that drone incident you mentioned eight days ago, that was the first direct military confrontation that

we've seen between the two. that's right. that was the first one, direct one, for a very long time. i don't remember it, i mean the last time we had hezbollah in southern lebanon getting into conflict. but it shows how the situation in syria is leading to all sorts of problems that is very dangerous and increases the real danger of an outbreak of conflict. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... a fire has hit the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism. footage posted online showed flames billowing from the ancient compounds. chinese state media has given few details but insisted the blaze was quickly put out and no

relics harmed. it is more than 1300 yea rs relics harmed. it is more than 1300 years old. a russian athlete is suspected of failing a doping test at the winter olympics in south korea. the athlete hasn't be officially named but some russian media outlets suggest the curling bronze medallist alexander krushelnitsky. russia is banned from the games for doping but individual russian athletes can compete under a neutral banner. latvia's finance minister has called on the country's central bank governor to step aside, after he was detained by the anti—corru ption agency on saturday. ilmars rimsevics has been head of the bank since 2001 and is also a member of the european central bank. the government has not said why the governor was detained. a memorial service for zimbabwe's opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai has been held in the capital harare, four days after he died from cancer. politicians from across the political divide gathered at the church to pay tribute to mr tsvangirai, alongside hundreds of supporters wearing the red colours of the movement for democratic change.

his body was flown back from south africa, where he'd been receiving treatment. our correspondent has been watching events in harare. on this overcast day, hundreds of opposition supporters, leaders from across the political divide, as well as diplomats and representatives from some african countries, have gathered here to bid farewell to morgan tsvangirai. the speakers that were in this church service remembered his contribution to democracy in this country. they say that he is an icon who should be honoured, but there's also been reference to the fact that in his death, his supporters should now the night behind one leader. —— should now unite behind one leader. you'll know that thre have been disputes over who the rightful successor is to morgan tsvangirai amongst the three vice presidents. so the speakers are saying they should use his death to unite. shingai nyoka, bbc news, harare. rescue teams in western iran

searching for a passenger plane that disappeared with more than 60 people on board have called off their search for the night because of heavy snow. families have been gathering at a mosque close to the airport to get information about their loved ones. it is feared there are no sui’vivoi’s. their loved ones. it is feared there are no survivors. the plane went down in the mountains during a flight down in the mountains during a flight from the capital tehran to the south—western city. flight from the capital tehran to the south-western city. according to iranian state tv, they have called off the rescue operation. it is night there, very cold. the weather conditions are very severe. the teams that tried earlier on to go to the crash site were unable to do so and they were sent back halfway through, because the blizzard is so severe that they couldn't reach anywhere near the crash site. and all the while the relatives were told first of all everyone had been killed and then they said, we are

not so sure. this must be absolute torment for them. it is, and u nfortu nately torment for them. it is, and unfortunately the whole messy process of giving information is going on, there is no exact knowledge of the number of people who were on board. the figure bandied about over 65 or 66. that has added to the misery of these relatives who are waiting. some even tried to take the initiative of going up themselves, and then of course they were stopped by the officials because they were endangering their own health. they will probably have a very difficult night, waiting until tomorrow morning to find out what has happened. more widely, what is the iranian air safety record like? the difficulties over recent years of maintaining error plays under sanctions must have been considerable? obviously yes, because of sanctions there is a very ageing fleet in iran. this particular plane

was 25 years old, but there's also a question of mismanagement in cases like this. a lot of air crashes are due to human error, pilot error, and some of them to do with weather conditions, but also there is a sizeable number of them which because of technical problems. when you have an ageing fleet by iran has, that hasn't been updated, you haven't been able to purchase new planes, that risk goes higher and higher. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... we will have the latest from the winter olympics. the austrian skier marcel hirscher has taken another gold. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in

the task it was sent to perform. malcolm was murdered and had a terrible effect on the morale of the people, terrible repercussions in the streets. as the airlift got underway, there was no let up in the eruption itself. lava streams from lower in the greater flow down to dc on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night—time launch. this is bbc world news today, i'm karin giannone. the latest headlines: survivors of the latest school

shooting in the united states are organising a march on the national capital to press for action on gun control. israel's prime minister says iran is the world's greatest threat. it responds by coldingham benjamin netanyahu responds by coldingham benjamin neta nyahu delusional. responds by coldingham benjamin netanyahu delusional. —— by calling benjamin netanyahu delusional. more now from the munich security conference. as well as discussing tensions in the middle east he event has also reminded the world about the ongoing conflict in ukraine. a report has described the situation in ukraine as ‘a stumbling block in the path to better relations‘ between russia and the west. a reminder of some of the key points in that conflict. nearly four years ago, russia annexes the southern ukrainian region of crimea. it follows a controversial referendum on its status. moscow's actions are roundly criticised by the international community. by april 2014, heavy fighting is well underway in eastern ukraine between pro—russian separatists and the ukrainian army. kiev insists some of the pro—russian fighters are actually russian nationals, specifically sent

over the border. byjuly 2014, matters escalate sharply, after malaysia airlines flight mh17 is blown out of the sky by a surface to air missile fired in rebel held territory. initially, pro—russian rebels prevent a proper investigation. after various failed ceasefire attempts, eu foreign ministers extend sanctions against russia injune 2015, much to the ire of president putin. renewed hostilities in the summer of 2016 see a sharp spike in civilian casualties, that's according to the un high commissionerfor human rights. as president trump assumes power, nikki haley, america's ambassador to the un, condemns russia's aggressive actions in ukraine. fighting continues with no sign of a political breakthrough. let's speak to the global affairs analyst, michael bociurkiw. he formerly worked for the osce — the organization for security and cooperation in europe — as spokesman for its special monitoring mission to ukraine. welcome. how farfrom

welcome. how far from any kind of resolution is the situation in ukraine? they are talking about a peacekeeping mission coming to ukraine, 28,000 troops, but there is no peace in ukraine. 10,000 people have died. the daily explosions going to the thousands on sundays. there is a lot of displacement of people. it is a very violent scene. by people. it is a very violent scene. by now we would have thought that some of those steps would have been applied. the main one is the withdrawal of heavy weapons. read any onc report and you will see every weapons along the contact line. how do we treat peace when the russians haven't admitted they are party to the conflict? and they keep denying they are. given what you say, the severity of the fighting still, it seems remarkable the situation seems to keep slipping from the world's consciousness. situation seems to keep slipping from the world's consciousnessm does. i think the reason is there is

so much happening around the world, like yemen and correa. another reason i think is foreign journalists, including your own bbc correspondent in kiev, isn't able to go across the contact linux or near it to report what's going on. in today's world without images and interviews, it is very difficult to get a interviews, it is very difficult to geta grip interviews, it is very difficult to get a grip on things right in the middle of the conflict zone. we have talked about before the toll it's taken on the civilians living in the middle of all this. it is an urban wa rfa re middle of all this. it is an urban warfare type of situation. the casualties are very high because the sides are firing into very densely populated areas. another big setback is the ukrainian mobile phone services have been cut off in the conflict zone and the rebel side has introduced their own russian service. for example, now people can't even get notifications of social payments from the ukrainian side, very tough on them stopped by one of the defining moments and most

appalling tragedies over the years of this conflict with the downing of that passenger jet, mh17. of this conflict with the downing of that passengerjet, mh17. you were among the first on the actual crash site. you are heavily involved in the aftermath. is the situation any nearer to getting any kind of justice? the investigation team has done incredible work in terms of identifying what has happened, they identified about 100 people of interest. the next step will be to name them and to bring them to justice. i spoke to families today here in the united kingdom and the netherlands. they used the word impatient because they want the trial to go ahead in the netherlands. the problem is, it very unlikely because most of the suspects are russian, very unlikely russia will extradite them for trial. remind us of the conclusion of the investigators? a missile brought it down. they found that it

was a missile that came from the russian side of the border into ukraine, it went up with devastating consequences. do ukraine, it went up with devastating consequences. do you see anything changing in the situation in eastern ukraine in 2018 or will it maintain this awful stalemate? it is looking very, very bad at the moment. the peacekeeping force could be good but i think as the american representative said, the rebels have to withdraw. there has to be peace and then a peacekeeping mission can come in to make this transition happen, to make elections happen and things like that. at the moment, the violence is so intense right now that there is a very, very little hope it could end any time soon. michael, thank you very much for coming in. we are going to turn to all the sports development now. thank you. the winter olympics is where we start. austria's marcel hirscher won a second olympic gold medal with victory in the men's giant slalom on sunday.

he's been a dominant figure on the world cup skiing circuit but before pyeonchang his best olympic result was slalom silver in 2014. nick marshall mccormack rounds up the action. his trademark start is brilliant, powerful, and just listen to the sweet sound of him carving his way down the mountain. marcel hirscher already had 55 world cup wins before today but his two gold medals here strengthen his claim to be regarded as the best male ski racer of all time. the 28 rolled won by 1.27 seconds from the norwegian. the bronze seconds from the norwegian. the bro nze we nt seconds from the norwegian. the bronze went to france. norway struck early with a brilliant first run, claiming gold in the freestyle men's slopestyle. the american took silver and canada claims surprise their

place. less than half a point between the ukrainian and china. roger federer has called this "one of the best weeks of my life" after winning the rotterdam open and reistating himself as world number one for the first time since 2012. the 36—year—old, is now the oldest number one in history and he thrashed bulgaria's grigor dimitrov 6—2, 6—2 in a one—sided final that lasted less than an hour. this was federer‘s 97th career title and in the open era, only americanjimmy connors has won more with 109. it's been unbelievable. i can't believe it. my 97th title, back to world number one after all these yea rs. world number one after all these years. it's definitely one of those weeks i will never forget in my life. very, very special. to football... totte n ha m

were stunned by a late goal from rochdale who are bottom of the third tier in england. the last 16 tie finished 2—2 meaning they'll have to replay at wembley stadium. harry kane looked to have won it with a penalty two minutes from the end but steve davies' dramatic injury—time equaliser forced the tie to a replay with the winner to face either swansea city or sheffield wednesday in the quarterfinals. i know very well what happens if you, if you believe that this tie was winning and that happened, because it was tight and i think we conceded two clear chances. gareth bale started up front with cristiano ronaldo for real madrid in their clash at real betis as they look to stay in touch with runaway leaders barcelona in the spanish primera division. the reigning champions are currently fourth, 20 points behind barca going into this match they are currently 4—2 up with about

12 minutes remaining. dabo from asensio. cristiano ronaldo also picking up a goal. second placed atletico madrid won against athletic bilbao. england beat new zealand in theirfinal match of the triangular twenty 20 series but failed to qualify for the final against australia. the black caps go through with a better overall run—rate. darvid malan's half century and captain eoin morgan's unbeaten 80 took them to 194 for seven but new zealand knew reaching 175 would ensure their run rate was good enough but they fell two runs short of winning the match. that is your sport for now. thank you very much. we will see you later. let's bring you up to date with what we're hearing from the ba fta with what we're hearing from the bafta awards, underway in london. the past few minutes, francis

mcdormand has won best actress for three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. that has just won best film and gary oldman has taken the lead actor bafta for his film betrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour. like other award shows this season, the stars were asked to wear black. there was plenty of speculation about whether one of the guests, the duchess of cambridge might go along with that, but as you can see, she opted for a green dress with a black ribbon. many other act but many other actresses, including lupita nyong'o and angelina jolie, chose to wear black to show support for the time's up movement, which is campaigning for an end to sexism and inequality. for all of this year's winners, join us for all of this year's winners, join us for our bafta special coming up here on bbc news in a few moments time. good evening. sunshine was much more

limited today. there was a very different look to the weather out there. we have seen a lot of cloud spilling on from the west, bringing some rain and drizzle. upstream, we see a few breaks in the cloud. those could emerge across western parts of the uk tomorrow in a change of all teams, perhaps. in those breaks in the cloud, we have this milder air and those temperatures could push up to 13 or so. a mild night tonight. still one or two breaks towards east anglia, but this cloud is continuing to push very slowly eastwards. still some rain and drizzle. it becomes lighter and more patchy. there will be quite a bit of mist and hill fog in the rain and typical temperatures 5-7d. no in the rain and typical temperatures 5—7d. no frost by monday morning. instead, we have two weather fronts getting close to the uk. most rain coming on the first one, and it's inbetweeners two fronts we will get the break in the cloud. but a change

of fortu nes the break in the cloud. but a change of fortunes because eastern scotland and england likely to be dull and wrapped with rain and drizzle. further west, we could see a little sunshine, especially around coastal areas and perhaps across northern ireland ahead of the next weather front, bringing the next area of rain later on. but a mild day, 10-13, rain later on. but a mild day, 10—13, cooler in the east, where we have rain and drizzle. that will still be around overnight tomorrow night. you can see the two main areas of rain converging, they cloud breaks later in northern ireland and across western scotland, perhaps north wales in north—west england. turning a little chilly, not too cold because there will be a breeze. milder underneath the cloud as we head into tuesday and probably a chilly wind blowing across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east. eastern england seeing some outbreaks of rain on tuesday through the afternoon that peters out, and further west across england and wales and to scotland and northern ireland, more likely to see some sunshine at times. still some decent temperatures, about ten or

11, but colder in eastern england. we will find things drying up because high pressure is building in across the uk. it will keep these weather fronts at bay. this is quite a change of type, we haven't seen much high pressure over the past few weeks. it does mean that after a mild start to the week, it will term that was colder. but it should become dry in most areas. goodbye. hello. welcome to the royal albert hall in london. we are about to bring you the results of the british academy film awards which have taken place here tonight. there has been quite a striking move in the results tonight because martin mcdonagh‘s film three billboards outside ebbing, missouri has unusually, in our recollection, taking the award for best film and best british film. some very interesting revelations. let's discuss all of tonight's events with jason solomons who was