this is bbc news, the headlines: health officials in gaza say four palestinians have died during protests to mark the first anniversary of the weekly demonstrations along the border with israel. tens of thousands of people attended rallies organised by the militant group hamas, throwing stones hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. and petrol bombs at israeli forces. in the last hour, the israeli army says it's targeted the anti—corru ption candidate, a number of hamas military posts, zuzana caputova, has won after five rockets were fired the presidential election from gaza into israel. in slovakia, making her the country's first female head of state. it comes after palestinian authorities said four protestors ms caputova defeated a high—profile diplomat, died on the border marosh sebjovich from the governing party. earlier on saturday. they were taking part in demonstrations to mark one year since weekly protests began about the declared right of return for palestinian refugees to homes that are now in israel. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been to the border. a warning: his report does contain distressing images.

he throws a rock, an israeli sniper fires back, a bullet at the leg. another palestinian joins the thousands with wounds, from a year of protests at gaza's boundary fence. week after week, they have come back here. this pair got engaged after meeting at the protest last year. we palestinians have the right to live. we here in gaza, we are oppressed people. we want to live our life, we want to feed our children. the protest began over the palestinian right to return to ancestral homes in the land that is now israel, but they've become about much more, a venting of anger over the crippling state of life in gaza. nearly 200 people have been shot dead since last march. last year, an israeli soldier was killed by a palestinian sniper. the protesters are currently less than 100 metres

from the perimeter fence. the israelis, so far, they've mostly been firing tear gas at the protesters, and you can see people here who are throwing rocks back, some have been burning tyres. from the snipers‘s nest, they watch. israel deployed thousands of extra troops today, explosives and petrol bombs were thrown at them, they said. they feared attempts to breach the fence and hurt civilians. in this event today, we've had approximately 40,000 demonstrators and rioters but the key difference being — is hamas obviously making a choice here, deploying people on the ground and making sure that there were less rioters coming towards the fence. hamas is the militant group which controls gaza. its leaders were in the crowds today, its security men controlling the protesters — part of an arrangement with israel to calm tensions, after fears a military flareup earlier this week could slip out of control.

the stakes are high. hamas is under pressure, israel has closely fought elections in ten days hinging on security. the tension shows few signs of abating, just yet. tom bateman, bbc news, gaza. slovakia has its first female head of state after the anti—corru ption candidate, zuzana chaputova, won the presidential election in slovakia. ms chaputova defeated experienced and high—profile diplomat marosh shepjovich, from the governing party. it was slovakia's first major political poll since the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, which plunged the country into political crisis a year ago. rob cameron is in bratislava and gave us this update. this is really remarkable political achievement, a political victory by com plete achievement, a political victory by complete political novice. she comes from legal background, she has the experience of a lawyer who has been

fighting transparency and anticorruption fighting transparency and anticorru ption cases but fighting transparency and anticorruption cases but she has almost no experience in politics and here she is elected this evening in slovakia the country's first female president. the man she beat that post is a man who has vast diplomatic and political experience, he is one of six vice presidents of the european commission and it is her message that change is possible in slovakia, that she wanted a slovakia of humanism, of humanist, liberal, tolerant values and also, a slovakia that valued truth, that really struck a chord amongst voters here in slovakia. let's get some of the day's other news now. in mozambique, the authorities say the number of cases of cholera in the port of beira has doubled over the past 48 hours. 271 people have now been infected with the disease since cyclone idai struck beira two weeks ago. government and aid workers are seeking to contain the spread of cholera. facebook chief mark zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content. in a washington post article,

he's written that the responsibility for monitoring harmful content is too great for firms alone. he's calling for new laws to cover harmful content, election integrity, privacy, and data. it comes two weeks after a gunman used facebook to livestream his —— facebook to livestream his terror attack on mosques in christchurch, new zealand. prime minister theresa may is understood to be considering asking mps to vote for a fourth time on the withdrawal agreement she negotiated to leave the european union. on friday, her deal was defeated by 58 votes. on monday, the house of commons will test whether there's support for alternative brexit plans, in a second round of what are called indicative or advisory votes. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. there is clear frustration in westminster. still on show the day after mps rejected theresa may's brexit plan — again. the question now is what happens next?

as yet, members of the government can't give any real clarity. i think what we have to do is to make sure that we deliver on the will of the people at the referendum. we have to keep trying. some still argue the prime minister's brexit deal is the best option. it's obviously very disappointing that the government lost yesterday. i think that's, you know, put the country in some difficulty and i think the best way forward is the prime minister's deal, but we'll see what the options are. so will she put her deal back again? well, we'll see, obviously the cabinet will need to consider what the next steps forward will be. the ayes to the right, 286. the noes to the left, 344. yesterday's rejection of the brexit plan was smaller than the two previous efforts, but still substantial. on monday, mps will vote on alternatives to the prime minister's plan. last time, parliament could not agree on any one option, but having another public vote or keeping close to the eu

in a customs union proved most popular. the government's waiting to see if mps can agree a way forward, but isn't clear if that will change its direction. the customs union doesn't actually reflect or respect what was in our own manifesto but we've got to look at what parliament coalesces around next week. but i think the best way to go forward is to be looking at getting that withdrawal agreement approved. but the labour leader, campaigning in newport today, is holding firm against the prime minister's plan, calling for further compromise or an election. the absolute priority at the moment is to end this chaos that this government has brought us to by their endlessly running down the clock and basically bullying and threatening people. the bullying hasn't worked, the threats hasn't worked. it's time now for the sensible people to take over. today there were protests along the irish border by those concerned about brexit and what it might mean here. at the same time, elsewhere, others are pressing the government to walk away without a deal.

two weeks until the uk's new planned exit date and finding a solution seems as hard as ever. alex forsyth, bbc news. meanwhile, senior conservatives have rallied around the former attorney general and high—profile remain campaigner, dominic grieve, after his local party made moves to deselect him. mr grieve, who has called for a further referendum on eu membership, lost a vote of confidence by his local conservative association. he blamed what he called an orchestrated campaign by pro—brexit figures in his beaconsfield constituency. now, it's no surprise that brexit and conservative party infighting is dominating the sunday newspaper front pages here in the uk. let's take a look at a few. the sunday times is focusing on the split within the cabinet. they say both leave and remain supporting ministers are set to abandon theresa may over brexit. the observer is reporting that may is also facing a rebellion over a potential snap election. the sunday telegraph front page follows that thread.

their headline reads "snap election under may would annihilate tories". the mail on sunday, "no 10 at war over ‘suicidal election'", it's reporting the results of the paper's own polling, which now givesjeremy corbyn‘s labour a five point lead over the conservatives. now, earlier, we spoke to james rampton, features writer for the independent. he explained what options parliament would look at again on monday. i think the one that has the most chance, two or three will be brought back in by the speaker, at his behest which ones are allowed through. whichever has most chance, that is the customs union. that only fell by eight votes last week.

and i think if they have another have at that, that might well go through. again it is only an indicative vote, an advisory to the government. if parliament wants to make it law, they will have to legislate that, it will be a longer, more byzantine process. however, there will be fierce opposition from hardline brexiteers, who have proven so difficult for the government in this process. it is interesting that the tories seem to be in terror of a general election, many with marginal seats, really, really worried that they would be wiped out if there were a general election. i think there's a backlash against what's seen as the self—indulgent psychodrama that's been gripping the tory party and many electors are fed up with the way in which the conservatives have seemed so self—absorbed about that. and the mail on sunday is saying that some within the party are saying that it would be suicidal to call an election, that they would be completely annihilated, and the irony is that there's now way of mrs may getting an election unless she asked labour to bring in a vote of no

confidence against her and asked her party to vote for that. the irony, yeah. and that's a completely bizarre, unprecedented situation. it shows the completely uncharted waters that we're in now. now, a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds‘s worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers, who advertise online, sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they pay. colin campbell has the story. how much is here? it's £10,500... he wants to sell me £10,000 worth of construction material receipts for £800, and boasts they can be used as a way to work around paying income tax.

an illicit black—market trade, i contacted dealers posing as a self—employed builder, seeking to use the receipts to evade tax and fraudulently claim back vat. with a ring binderfull of construction material receipts, this polish builder wanted £2,500 for £30,000 worth of receipts. pay cash? another rogue trader, this time decorating receipts. these guys are essentially committing tax fraud. i showed the footage to a tax expert. it's a crime because what it's doing is enabling people to reduce their tax bill and their vat bill illegally, because they haven't actually incurred the expense that they're

going to claim for. i found more than a dozen dealers advertising the receipts on uk—based polish classified ad sites. hmrc says it's committed to ensuring all companies and individuals pay the right tax at the right time, and will pursue those who fail to do so. 0k, great. all the dealers we spoke to had a ready supply of receipts. i'm actually a journalist from the bbc. but none wanted to discuss their illicit trade. what you're doing is criminal. it's fraudulent. you are helping people cheat the tax system, aren't you? no. vat? self—assessment? you're helping people cheat their tax. i don't know. you've got £30,000 worth of receipts here. a previously hidden crime, now a brazen illicit trade that's hard to combat. another form of tax evasion, cheating the country

of much—needed revenue. colin campbell, bbc news. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: palestinians in gaza have held a day of protests to mark the first anniversary of weekly demonstrations on the boundary with israel. in an effort to overcome the brexit deadlock, the uk's prime minister considers bringing her proposed deal back to parliament for a fourth time, as mps debate alternatives to her deal on monday. the state department says it's ending foreign assistance programmes to el salvador, guatemala and honduras, as directed by president trump. announcing that he was ending the payments, mr trump insisted that the three central american countries "hadn't done a thing" for america. democrats say the move could make immigration problems worse and are threatening to try to block it. ken baker is chief executive officer of glasswing.

it provides community building and education programmes to stop violence all over central america. 35% of its funding comes from the us government. thank you forjoining us. do you know if your funding will be cut? thank you forjoining us. do you know if your funding will be cut7m is sometimes complicated to understand where in the process this withdrawal will have its impact that oui’ withdrawal will have its impact that our hope is that it will not because, to be honest, both republicans and the democrats understand and realise the importance of foreign aid, especially to the northern triangle. so you have not heard from anyone yet about what may happen to this portion of your funding? no, not yet. i am sure these kind of aid programmes are multifaceted. specifically with immigration, does

it stop people leaving these three countries in seeking another life in mexico or the us? essentially our organisation has a goal, ironically, objectively ironically, is very similarto objectively ironically, is very similar to that of the current administration. we want to keep people thriving and safe in honduras el salvador and guatemala every day to ensure we empower communities. and we think these programmes beat the governments, be it the police, they have an m packed on slowing migration. but challenges are great as well. the violence in the region from gangs and others are impactful as well. so we have seen in our programmes impact but the challenge is great as well. many people watching may say well... how much of

an effect can these programmes have since we still see pictures of many people leaving these countries. and heading for a better life elsewhere. when we talk about the circumstances of people, one thing that gets lost is that people think that migration, they always take the side of migration, what is the impact on the united states? what about the impact it has on these countries? there is a brain drain and it is critical to stop the migration and we have to deal with the problem at its source. 0nce deal with the problem at its source. once you go to the border, want to talk about politics that's involved it is too late. it is too late then. you have to deal with the root causes of the migration. so, briefly, what do you think needs to happen next? what would you like to see to deal with this brain drain and migration that happens in these

countries? i think the us has to continue the road it has been on which is on both the republican and democrat side, to invest more in the region and try to invest in education and other initiatives, trader continue to support the provider —— private sector, to invest in the region and in its people. that needs to continue because once people migrate it exacerbates the challenges. 0nce they have left, the road to the us is difficult and it causes a lot of stress and one area we need to reunify them within the community after they are sent back. really, the main solution is to try to make this... to meet this challenge at its source. in these three countries are making progress in many ways but

there are serious challenges that need to be addressed, yes. still quite a lot to unpick with this issue, iam quite a lot to unpick with this issue, i am sure. thank you so much. the venezuelan opposition leader juan guaido has been leading another day of demonstrations against the government and its failure to prevent the repeated energy blackouts across the country — some lasting days. pro—government marches have also taken place in the capital, caracas, with thousands protesting against what the government has described as a foreign—led attempted coup by the opposition. will grant reports from caracas. every day in venezuela seems to start with the same basic question at the moment — is the electricity back? and more often than not in recent days, the answer has been no. this city, caracas, the capital, as well as swathes of the country have been hit with rolling blackouts, and that has prompted supporters of the opposition leader, juan guaido, to take to the streets on saturday. not only are they protesting the ongoing power cuts, they want the president nicolas maduro out of office, they want the self—declared interim president, juan guaido, installed

in the presidential palace, m i raflo res. mr guaido said president maduro was keeping people in darkness. of course, the supporters of the president say quite the opposite. they also turned out, saying that anything that's going on with the electricity grid in venezuela at the moment is the result of acts of sabotage carried out by the opposition or by washington. in the meantime, the red cross has said that it will try to bring in, in about two weeks' time, supplies of aid and much—needed medicines. they estimate they may be able to help about 650,000 people, and with it a tacit acceptance by the maduro government that there is indeed a humanitarian crisis taking place in venezuela. pope francis is in morocco to promote inter—faith dialogue in a country that projects itself as a bastion of moderate islam. the pope has met king mohammed

and visited a school for imams — said to be a first for a pope. bbc arabic‘s mouna ba is in the capital rabat. hundreds of people have lined up here to get a glimpse of the pope, who arrived earlier at this institute. it is institute mohammed vi to teach imams from morocco, other african countries, and from europe as well, tolerant islam. an institute that is backed by king mohammed vi. earlier, the pope had praised morocco's efforts to promote peaceful islam and rejects extremism. he also talked about cooperation in building a world of greater solidarity to promote inter—religious dialogue. translation: i am grateful that my visit offers a significant opportunity for advancing inter—religious dialogue and mutual understanding between followers of our two religions. the courage to encounter one another and extend the hand of friendship is a pathway of peace

and harmony for humanity, whereas extremism and hatred cause division and destruction. also on the pope's agenda is the meeting with a group of migrants in a centre that was established by a catholic humanitarian organisation in the capital, rabat. also a mass that will be attended by about 10,000 people. mickjagger has said he is "devastated" to let down fans after the rolling stones announced they were postponing a tour of the us and canada. the band say the frontman needs medical treatment. but this isn't the first time a tour like this has been hit by illness as ramzan karmali reports. he may seem full of energy and ever useful but 75—year—old mick jagger had it off his bands at north

american tour. in a statement on twitter, the man said —— band said... the european leg of the tour had been seen by over 1.5 million fa ns had been seen by over 1.5 million fans and made the ban on eye watering $237 million. a decision like this cannot be taken lightly but it is not the first time they have pulled out of the tour. they cancel their australian and new zealand tour following the death of mickjagger‘s partner. zealand tour following the death of mick jagger's partner. they zealand tour following the death of mickjagger‘s partner. they received a pay—out from their insurance company. just last month former black sabbath lead singer cancelled a number of gigs after being hospitalised with pneumonia. and younger performers are not immune either. adele cancelled the final two shows of her world tour after

damaging her vocal cords. pop star justin bieber cancelled the last 14 shows of his tour in 2017 saying he wa nted shows of his tour in 2017 saying he wanted his mind, heart and soul to be sustainable. the rolling stones began their tour in germany in 2017 before travelling throughout europe over the last two years. the north american leg was set to start in miami next month and finish in canada in june. jagger expects to make a full recovery and told fans to keep hold of their tickets because he hopes he can provide them with satisfaction in the future. all across the world — famous landmarks have descended into darkness — albeit only for sixty minutes — as part of a global call for action on climate change. earth hour takes place every year — and nearly 200 countries and territories take part. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. hong kong is renowned for its iconic skyline. but even here they sometimes have

to turn out the lights. victoria harbour suddenly a lot less illuminated than normal. and the fight against climate change was the inspiration. we need to find a balance with this planet. it has finite resources and we believe that there are things that people can do, that cities can do, to help us achieve a sustainable future. earth hour began over ten years ago in australia. so it was no surprise to see sydney taking part. both the city's famous harbour bridge and the opera house cast into darkness. the big switch off taking place at 8:30 in the evening, local time. dozens of countries, thousands of cities. this is mumbai's main railway terminus. 0r here in moscow. the kremlin, for an hour at least, becoming a place of shadows.

in greece, the acropolis, which long predated electric light, an island of darkness in the centre of athens. and in paris, the eiffel tower celebrating its 130th birthday was briefly extinguished like a candle. so many places, one special hour. but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. we've got quite a change in our weather compared with yesterday, when temperatures reach 20 celsius in kew in greater london. the wind of change is blowing, and that is going to be blowing cooler air across england and wales, such that temperatures will drop by about nine degrees in the capital, highs of 11 degrees or so. the change is brought about by this area of cloud,

this cold front that continues to journey southwards, still bringing the threat of perhaps a little bit of patchy rain over the next few hours across wales, the midlands, east anglia, and into south—east england. further north, if you are heading outside, where there is certainly a chill in the air with a widespread frost developing in the countryside, particularly in scotland, where we are looking at temperatures getting down to about —4 degrees celsius. if you are heading out the next two hours also wrap up warm, it will be cold. plenty of sunshine across northern areas of the uk, through scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that is probably where the best of the weather will be. across wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england, more cloud than we had on saturday and a chill easterly wind as well, temperatures of 11 celsius in london compared to the 20 we had yesterday. you will notice that change for sure. looking at the weather picture through sunday evening and overnight, the skies will tend to clear, and the wind will fall. a recipe for things turning cold once again.

patchy frost developing in the countryside, so a chilly start to the new working week. on monday, a lot of dry weather to come across england, wales and eastern areas of scotland. there will be some change in the weather to the north—west where cloud will thicken, outbreaks of rain moving into northern ireland and western scotland and turning progressively heavier as we go through the day, cold enough even for some snow over the hills in scotland. moving southwards, the wind coming up from the south, 13 or 14 celsius, probably not feeling too bad. but things get colder as we had to tuesday, a cold front swinging eastwards across the uk, taking a band of rain with it and introducing bitterly cold north—westerly winds. the rain will clear to a mixture of sunshine and showers on tuesday, the showers could be heavy, thundery and potentially wintry. we could see some snow across some of the hills, particularly in the north and west of the uk. and it will be cold, just 6 degrees celsius for the north of scotland, factoring in the wind it will feel like quite a cold

april day. just a reminder, if you haven't already done so, the clocks go 00:29:07,736 --> 2147483051:51:18,583 forward to british 2147483051:51:18,583 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 summer time on sunday.