this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister rishi sunak is fined for failing to wear a seat belt as a passenger in a moving car. number 10 downing street says he apologised and would pay the fine western defence chiefs meet in germany fail to agree on the provision of advanced tanks to ukraine the americans say it's still under discussion. you may have heard the german minister of dependency earlier you may have heard the german minister of defense earlier that they have not made a decision on the provision of leopard tanks. it comes despite an emotional plea from president volodymyr zelensky via video link. also in the programme. a top un official has told the bbc

she believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in afghanistan. anti—abortion activists rally in washington for the fiftieth annual "march for life", calling for further restrictions on termination of pregnancies. we start with some breaking news here in the uk prime minister rishi sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car. mr sunak had previously apologised for what he called the �*brief error ofjudgement�* in a social media video as he carried out a series of visits in the north

of england on thursday. tonight, lancashire police said it had issued a 42yearold man in london with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. our political correspondent, david wallis lockhart, told me more about the background to the story. so of course rishi sunak was yesterday going across the north of england because he was announcing levelling up funding. so essentially government funding that was going to specific projects in different parts of the uk. and as part of him trying to get the government's message out about this, he recorded a video he posted on instagram. the video featured him in the back of the car talking about why he was visiting lancashire. now in the video he didn't have his seat belt on. many people picked up on this and it was put to the prime minister's official spokesman who said that he fully accepted it was a mistake and apologised and they called it a brief error ofjudgment, explaining that he only took off his seat belt to film the video.

but we did hear that lancashire police were looking into it and this evening they announced that they had decided it was worthy of a fixed penalty notice a fine for not wearing the seat belt. that's something rishi sunak could have decided to challenge, but has said that he accepts and will be paying the fine. we've heard that from number ten in the last ten or 15 minutes. of course, problematic on a couple of fronts for rishi sunak. number one, he wanted this visit that he took part in yesterday to be all about the fact that the government was giving money to projects across the uk. but of course here we are a little over 2a hours on talking about the fact he's been fined for not wearing a seat belt. and secondly, this is the second fine that rishi sunak has had in the past year because of course, when he was chancellor, he did get a fine as part of, if you remember, party gate, those gatherings that took place in downing street during a covid, when there was meant to be restrictions in place around

gatherings, he was fined over one of those meetings he attended that had some party food around for borisjohnson�*s birthday. so the second fine that rishi sunak will have to pay for a fixed penalty notice within 12 months. 0k, david, just to add here, we'rejust getting news from a number ten spokesperson said that the prime minister will pay the fine issued by lancashire, lancashire constabulary. it was an offer made by the the police and the statement goes on to say and fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologised. so that's the latest that's come from number ten. i wonder if we can move on to the next point this evening. there is of course another cabinet minister who is under pressure to resign. what can you tell us about that? that's right. so this is nadhim zahawi, who is the chairman of the conservative party. and as part of that role, he gets to attend cabinet.

and there have been some questions around nadhim zahawi, who used to be chancellor when borisjohnson was prime minister, some questions about his tax affairs. now, before nadhim zahawi entered politics, he was a very successful businessman and one of his ventures was co—founding the polling company yougov. and the questions that are circling him at the moment are about whether or not he tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company to hold shares in yougov. now the sun reported on sunday that mr. zahawi had agreed to make a seven figure sum payment to the tax authorities to settle a dispute. and there's been more reports that have come out today in the guardian saying that part of that included paying a penalty, taking the total tax bill. they report to almost £5 million. now, we have not been able to verify these claims, but mr. zahawi, spokesperson has not denied reports of a tax settlement.

he has been asked about it today, about the latest claim of a penalty, but has so far not responded. previously, the bbc was told that mr. zahawi his taxes are properly declared and paid in the uk. now remember, as we said, mr. zahawi did have a brief stint as chancellor over the summer where borisjohnson had announced he was resigning but stayed in office for a few months. he was education secretary before that. he still attends cabinet. certainly an awkward position for him and the labour party are trying to pile up the pressure. they are calling for mr zahawi to go, saying his story doesn't add up and i think we can expect the opposition to keep up that pressure going into the weekend. that was david wallace lockhart there. to new zealand where a new prime minister is set to coming after being the only nominee for labour.

mr higgins is expected to be confirmed as the new leader died the meeting of labourers 64 lawmakers on sunday. he is currently at the police, education, public service and serves as the leader of the house. a major meeting of western allies to arrange support for ukraine has taken place in germany. there have been pledges of missiles, defences, armour and combat vehicles, but, the allies weren't able to agree on the sending heavy tanks ukraine's government says it needs to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopardtwo tanks, to be exported to ukraine, which isn't a member of nato. germany's new defence minister has said no decision has been made adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together.

the uk has commited to sending 14 �*challenger 2�* tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an "extremely dangerous" escalation. the bbc�*sjessica parker reports. this is what kyiv wants, but can't yet have. german—made leopard 2 tanks, as part of hopes for hundreds of western battle tanks to help defend their country and take back their land. britain broke the mould, pledging 14 challengers. but for ukraine, that alone isn't enough. hundreds of thank yous are not hundreds of tanks. all of us can use thousands of words in discussions. but i cannot put words instead of guns that are needed against russian artillery. it was a direct appeal to this meeting of defence chiefs. but berlin gets to decide where tanks made in germany can go, even those bought by other countries.

minister, why is berlin so hesitant on this issue? we are not really hesitating, we are just very carefully balancing the pros and cons. we are not talking just about delivering anything to anybody, this is a new kind of measure we would choose. domestic politics, germany's past and a fear of escalating the conflict may all play into berlin's caution. but this meeting was about more than tanks, with much wider pledges of military aid and an air of urgency. they've not made a decision on the provision of leopard tanks. what we're really focused on is making sure that ukraine has a capability that it needs to be successful right now. the nato military alliance sees this as a pivotal moment. there is a need for support to ukraine, to enable them not only to survive but actually to retake

territory to win this war. but there is a lot of talk about a russian spring offensive. do you think ukraine can take back territory this year? absolutely. that's the reason why nato allies and partners are providing significantly more support to ukraine. this frontline ukrainian unit is using a soviet—era tank. they're worn and hungry for more modern equipment, anticipating bigger battles to come. jessica parker, bbc news, in ramstein. to what extent have western countries committed. or correspondent james countries committed. or correspondentjames landing has correspondent james landing has more. ~ , , ., more. western powers have given ukraine for— more. western powers have given ukraine for weapons _ more. western powers have given ukraine for weapons at _ more. western powers have given ukraine for weapons at different l ukraine for weapons at different times. at the start, portable anti—tank weapons were crucial in helping ukraine resist the russian

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had to be rescheduled, including some operations. they've also warned the strikes are making it harder to get through the increasing backlog in hospital treatment. a top un official has told the bbc she believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in afghanistan. deputy secretary—general amina mohammed has been in kabul for a four—day visit to urge the taliban to reconsider. she's been speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. a space to call their own. their own shops, run by afghan women for afghan women. but a new taliban edict shut down a training programme here. all of us crisis. this, their response. whole life crisis.

these four women, all university—educated, lost theirjobs, the life they knew and loved. our future is very dark. it's not bright. do you see any light? no. we are here because we really want to hear your voices. that's why the un's second in command is here, amina mohammed, its most senior woman, trying to change taliban government edicts barring women from work and education. that's why she headed to the southern province of kandahar to meet some of the most conservative taliban leaders. we are going to use this to push the door wider and not allow to it close. and not allow it to close, because it would close on the women of afghanistan and that is not an option we will even table. the council of islamic scholars, explaining their strict interpretation of women's

rights within islam. so strict it's been criticised by many islamic countries. miss mohammed, a muslim herself, made her case too. how did it go? tough. tough? tough. as in, no meeting of minds? i think that there is a distance to be covered. we have come little closer to understanding why they took the decision. and there is some hope. but it's tough. hope, because in her visit, under tight security, she also met taliban who say they do want to engage on these issues. so she has ended her mission believing she has made some progress. but this is the beginning of a dialogue, not the end. lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: forget life on mars ,

could there be some onjupiter? we meet the scientists about to launch a spacecraft to find out. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill, in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him the butcher of lyon. klaus altmann is being heldj on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france.

there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. in the us, the 50th annual antiabortion event �*march for life' is taking place for the first time since roe vs wade was overturned. the 1973 supreme court decision in the case gave rise to one of the largest antiabortion marches in the world. year after year, the march for life has drawn tens of thousands of antiabortion protesters to flood the us capital. earlier our washington correspondent nomia iqbak gave this update. it is a key march and that this is the first time they have marched since the roe v wade was overturned.

they've been marching every year since 1973. but today they're seeing this march as a sort of celebration, happy about the fact that the legislation has been overturned. but all of them, when you stop and ask them, they do say that their work is not over. so behind me is congress. and actually, usually on the marches, they they don't come to congress. they go straight to the supreme court, which is just to the left of me. but they're not going there this time because, of course, the supreme court has given them what they wanted. by coming to congress, they're making the symbolic point that their argument is no longer a legal one. this is now a legislative argument. they want more to be done because remember, up to 12 to 13 republican led states have got near bans on abortions, whereas there is still fights happening legally in other states for abortion to be for a ban on abortion to be enforced. so as far as the marchers here are concerned, their work isn't over.

nomia, you said there is there is more to be done. there are some states that have allowed women the right to seek an abortion. where are we in terms of cases that are pending or states that are taking that next step? where are we with the story? well, as i mentioned, there are 12, 13, up to 13 republican led states which have got a near ban on abortion. you've got a couple of states where abortion hasn't been banned, but it's unavailable. and then there are other states, of course, as i mentioned, where there are still fights going on to try. and what a lot of activists want to do is what they disagree, and i should say is what the cutoff point is on when a woman should be allowed to have a termination. the other thing that i think is really crucial to point out is that there are lots of states which have upheld abortion rights. they've enshrined it into their constitution, which we saw in the midterm elections.

we're talking about deeply conservative states like kentucky, also kansas. and so i think that has actually empowered the pro—choice movement. and they think that actually what it comes when it comes down to it, not all americans are on the same page that many americans don't agree with roe v wade being overturned. the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan are to stay in custody until the 27th of february after a romanian court extended their police detention. the pair are being held while police investigate allegations of trafficking and rape, which both deny. meanwhile, teenage girls have told the bbc how the brothers contacted them online, apparently using a standard formula. our correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from bucharest. what have they told you? you don't normally need an american diplomat to tell you what andrew tate is thinking. and the consul general wasn't here to talk,

but to visit the us citizens being held by romanian police. any evidence prosecutors may have against andrew tate or his brother is still a well—guarded secret. neither man has yet been charged. but their public image has been complicated by criticism over the things they say and the way they behave online. daria was 16 when she says she received a private message on instagram two years ago from andrew tate's account. it read, simply, "romanian girl," followed by a strawberry emoji. it was very obvious we were high school girls. we had our high schools in our bio and everything. i feel like he was just trying to find girls that seemed as innocent or naive as possible, in my opinion. daria, who's now at university in the uk, says it's important she speak out because so many young men idolise andrew tate. this is a big problem, because we can't wake up in 20 years with,

like, two million andrew tates. in a video, andrew tate outlined his method for approaching women online. sometimes, cos like i said, intrigue, i'll put a completely pointless emoji on the end. some cherries, or an orange, or a strawberry. because it doesn't mean anything. he also recommends asking a woman "why do i never see you, where are you hiding?" 99% of them say, "i'm not hiding," he explains. this woman had an exchange that seems to follow this script. she showed me messages apparently from andrew's brother, tristan, sent when she was 17 years old. "you're beautiful," he says. "i feel i've seen you around town before. where have you been hiding?" as andrew tate predicts, she replies, "i didn't hide." translation: i knew he was writing i the same thing to a lot of girls, i including a friend of mine. he used the same approach, always starting the conversation

with exactly the same line — "you're beautiful." in publicity for his online courses in manipulating and exploiting women, andrew tate has said his job was to meet a girl, sleep with her, get her to fall in love with me to the point where she'd do anything i say and then get her working on webcam so we could become rich together. with the tates now starved of the spotlight themselves, police have until the end of february to sift their potential crimes from the public image. to see williamson bbc news. major tim peake, the first briton to visit the international space station, is retiring from his role as an astronaut with the european space agency. he spent six months on the space station in 2015 — where his work included a spacewalk to repair the power supply.

he's now taking on the role of ambassador for the space agency. meanwhile scientists from the european space agency are putting the final touches to an ambitious mission tojupiter�*s icy moons, in the hope they may find primitive signs of life. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. bleak yet beautiful, the giant moons ofjupiter, covered in a thick crust of ice, but hidden beneath hints of vast oceans where life could thrive. now a mission is getting ready to make an epic journey to study them. at airbus in toulouse in france, engineers are putting the finishing touches to the spacecraft. it is called thejupiter icy moons explorer, orjuice. this is a number of scientific instruments that we have onjuice. they range from a radar that will see beneath the ice to lasers creating 3d models of the surface and high resolution cameras. these oceans could sustain

the necessary conditions necessary to support the emergence of primitive forms of life in these oceans and it is this environment that we want to further investigate. juice will travel more than four billion miles before it arrives at its destination in eight years' time. the spacecraft will visit three ofjupiter�*s moons. it will fly around ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system. its ocean could contain more water than all of the earth's oceans put together. it will also study callisto, whose ancient surface is covered in craters. this moon could harbour life, but that is not as likely as on europa, where the spacecraft will be trying to spot plumes of water vapour erupting from beneath its icy crust. i don't think we are expecting to go there and find schools of fish in the ocean, but to be honest with you, we really don't know, and i think that is it. we are at the very beginning of our understanding and ourjourney

towards understanding the habitability of these environments. the next step is to pack the spacecraft up ready for its launch in april. scientists hope we will finally discover what lies beneath the surface of these mysterious moons and whether it is possible for life to exist elsewhere in our solar system. rebecca morelle, bbc news, toulouse. hello. many of us spent friday with blue skies overhead, a bright end to the week, but a cold end to the week. still some snow on the ground for this weather watcher in the highlands, but there is a change that will start to take place, a slow change, with a bank of cloud pushing in from the north—west, some south—westerly winds bringing something milder. they will develop across northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the night. some rain and maybe some snow

on the leading—edge, but by six again, temperatures for belfast and stornoway will be up at six or seven celsius. further south and east, a cold and frosty start to saturday. so quite a split in the feel of the weather for the weekend. southern and eastern parts of the uk staying in the grip of the cold air. further north and west, this mild air trying to move south eastwards, but taking quite a while to do so, making very slow progress. so the south and east is set to stay colder with some fog around as well. further north and west, milder but cloudier with some outbreaks of rain. fog could cause issues in east wales, the west midlands and the west country, freezing fog to start saturday morning. some of that can be dense and floaty clear, and there could be some slippery, icy conditions. but broadly speaking we will see some spells of sunshine for england and wales, the odd shower gracing the far south—east. further north and west,

scotland and northern ireland seeing more cloud and splashes of rain, but the mildest of the weather, nine or 10 degrees in parts of north—west scotland. saturday night and into sunday, this next frontal system will bring outbreaks of rain. high pressure to the south—east, could bring some fog forming which could be slow to clear. eastern and south—eastern parts of england, once that has cleared, should see some sunshine. further north and west, some cloud but highs of 11 degrees. temperatures in some places no higher than three or 4 degrees in the south and east. it looks like that mild weather will eventually reach the south east corner, but not for long because it could turn colder again from the north by the end of next week.

this is bbc world news, the headlines. the british prime minister rishi sunak is fined for failing to wear a seatbelt as a passenger in a moving car — number 10 downing street says he apologised and would pay the fine. western defence chiefs fail to agree on the provision of advanced tanks to ukraine — the americans say it's still under discussion. a top un official has told the bbc she believes progress is being made towards reversing bans on women taking part in public life in afghanistan.