a wave of russian missiles hit ukraine the day after germany and the us said they would send tanks to the country. people fled for shelter in the capital's underground. germany said it wants to get the tanks to ukraine within weeks i don't have any hints that it could be too late. i think we will deliver all our parts at the latest maybe at the end of march. we'll be live in ukraine for the latest. also this lunchtime. at least nine people are killed in an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank. israel says it was aiming to arrest a member of the banned islamichhad. more than 4,000 physiotherapists in england become the latest nhs health care staff to go

strike over pay. scotland's first minister says a trans woman convicted of rape won't now be imprisoned at the women—only jail where's she currently being held. and scouring our coastlines for waste — why some of the plastic that's washing up is decades old. coming up on the bbc news channel, controversy at the australian open after novak djokovic�*s father is filmed posing for photos with the vladimir putin supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. russia has hit ukraine with another wave of missile strikes,

this time during the morning rush hour, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the capital kyiv. ukrainian officials also said critical infrastructure was damaged in the black sea region of 0desa. the strikes come the day after germany and the us confirmed they would send leopard and abrams tanks to the country. this morning the german defence minister said he wanted his country's vehicles there by the end of march. russia has condemned the announcement as a "blatant provocation". jon donnison has the latest. this morning, in ukraine was my capital, once again, underground was the place to be with people seeking shelter in the city's metro station. it seems to be yesterday's announcement that germany and the us had agreed to send tanks like this to ukraine which has provoked this latest wave of russian attacks. for

kyiv, the latest support cannot come soon enough. translation: the keno is seed and soon enough. translation: the keno is speed and volume. _ soon enough. translation: the keno is speed and volume. the _ soon enough. translation: the keno is speed and volume. the speed - soon enough. translation: the keno is speed and volume. the speed of- is speed and volume. the speed of supplying tanks to ukraine and the quantity of tank support. this morning. _ quantity of tank support. this morning, meeting _ quantity of tank support. this morning, meeting his troops, the german defence minister denied his country's leopard tanks would not arrive in time for a possible russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints _ russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that _ russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that it _ russian spring offensive. i don't have any hints that it could - russian spring offensive. i don't l have any hints that it could be too late. i think we will deliver all our parts at the latest may at the end of march. and for everything that i know, this is early enough. the america abrams tanks could take considerably longer to be in operation, possibly up to a year. on russian state tv, they were dismissive of the latest western military support. calling the us abrams batted, and the german

leopards toothless cats. and ukrainian forces have begun losing some territory in the east. here they are just outside the town of soledar, recently recaptured by the russians. it's one of the reasons kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks. kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks— kyiv says says it needs more than just tanks-— kyiv says says it needs more than 'ust tanks. ~ ., ,., ., .,, , just tanks. we also need to open up su lies of just tanks. we also need to open up supplies of long-range _ just tanks. we also need to open up supplies of long-range missiles - just tanks. we also need to open up supplies of long-range missiles to l supplies of long—range missiles to ukraine and the supply of aircraft. this is our dream and it's an important task for all of us. it’s important task for all of us. it's almost a year _ important task for all of us. it's almost a year since moscow launched its invasion and the toll continues to mount. these are the makeshift graves of russian fighters. many more will likely die on both sides, before this war is over. let's talk to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse who is in kyiv. should we assume that these missile strikes are a direct result of the announcement around tanks? mast announcement around tanks? most --eole announcement around tanks? most peeple here — announcement around tanks? most peeple here are _ announcement around tanks? i’j�*if?3ii people here are making that connection. and i think it's justified cynicism, to be honest

with you. because, this is russia, partly, continuing its tactic of targeting ukraine's infrastructure, to deprive people of water and energy, to effectively try and make them give up on the wall, to lessen their appetites to fight. thus far, it has not worked. but also, russia doesn't seem to be letting up on this strategy. there are questions overjust how long it can keep this up, how many drones or missiles does it have. but this morning once again, we along with many across the city were underground, we were told 30 missiles were in the air and half were shut down, but they were drone strikes in the early hours. this is also a significant moment for ukraine, notjust about also a significant moment for ukraine, not just about the political coup for kyiv, but it does create the possibility that it could get the tanks it needs to prevail in this conflict and repel russia

completely. you have heard a lot there that it is going to take time and time for ukraine is costly, because it's not going to stop fighting and that comes with the losses. , . , fighting and that comes with the losses. , ., , ., ~ fighting and that comes with the losses. , . , ., ~' , ., fighting and that comes with the losses. �* ., , ., ~ i., g. , losses. james, thank you, james waterhouse- _ at least nine palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed by an israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank, according to palestinian officials, who also accused the forces of using tear gas in a children's the israeli military said security forces entered the town ofjenin to arrest a member of the armed group islamichhad. our middle east correspondent tom bateman sent this report. a storm of gunfire and tear gas in a packed urban refugee camp. israel's raid began early this morning. more than 100 military vehicles entered the camp, say witnesses. it is the most deadly single israeli raid intojenin since a new wave of violence hit the region last spring. translation: we heard gunshots. we fled into thejenin club and we stayed under siege

there for three hours. the army besieged us in the club, and we heard the sounds of clashes. after about an hour, military bulldozers destroyed cars on both sides of the road. then they destroyed the club's wall. palestinians say that for some time, the israelis stopped ambulances reaching the wounded. describing the situation as critical. in the aftermath, another part ofjenin camp scene part ofjenin camp scene seen is reduced to wreckage. the israeli army says it surrounded the building to capture islamichhad militants. a huge gunfight then erupted. the children's ward of a local hospital was hit by tear gas, say health officials, and palestinian leaders have called for urgent international help, calling this a massacre. israel says it acted based on precise intelligence of major attacks by islamichhad. the army raids have been near nightly for months now, as israel says it's been acting to stem the worst spate of attacks

in years against its citizens. it had already been a deadly month for palestinians in the occupied west bank, with 20 killed so far injanuary militants and civilians. translation: a boy like this should have been able - to have his childhood. what happened to that right? in dheisheh refugee camp, during a raid last week, soldiers shot dead a 13—year—old boy, omar khmour. the army said some palestinians threw stones, petrol bombs and explosive devices, but gave no specific account of why the teenager was shot. at the family home, neighbours arrived to mourn. translation: if a boy hits me with a stone, l should i get a pistol and shoot him? there are things that the mind can't comprehend. it's beyond belief. to kill a child, to kill a boy, i'm helpless. i'm speechless. here, nationalflags hang beside those of the pflp, a political and armed faction seen

by palestinians as part of their resistance, listed by israel and the west as a terrorist group. america's top diplomat arrives in the region in days. the us has already said it is deeply concerned about escalating violence. it worries, too, about the political crisis in israel, as fears mount of a much further flare up. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the prime minister is meeting his cabinet at his country residence chequers this lunchtime with questions still being asked about two of his senior ministers. the conservative party chair nadhim zahawi is being investigated over his tax affairs, and the deputy prime minsiter dominic raab is facing claims of bullying. our chief political corrrespondent nick eardley is at westminster. rishi sunak presumably wants to focus on policy at this meeting but

it is all overshadowed by personalities?— it is all overshadowed by personalities? yes, jane, as ministers — personalities? yes, jane, as ministers sit _ personalities? yes, jane, as ministers sit around - personalities? yes, jane, as ministers sit around that. personalities? yes, jane, as l ministers sit around that table round about now, they want to talk about how they turn their fortunes around in the polls. but the backdrop is pretty difficult for rishi sunak. because those questions that have been swirling around westminster all week are not going away. let's take nadhim zahawi, the tory chairman, first. his hands are largely tied by the investigation that's going on from the pm's ethics adviser. but another intervention this morning that is going to be pretty difficult for mr zahawi. remember, we know, he paid a penalty to settle a tax bill. the head of hmrc, the taxman, has been giving evidence to mps this morning and he says, i can't talk about mr zahawi's case, but you don't get tax penalties for innocent errors. another uncomfortable moment for mr zahawi. secondly, dominic raab, the

deputy prime minister. we have known for awhile that he is being investigated over allegations of bullying. this morning the guardian newspaper is reporting that at least dozen people are now involved in those complaints. —— two dozen people. we have not managed to verify that figure and the government will not comment but one source close to the process says they think that figure is right. although rishi sunak wants to talk about policy and figure out ways of getting his party and the government back on the front foot, there is a crowd still hanging over his cabinet that will be very hard to shake off. —— there —— our that will be very hard to shake off. —— our clouds hanging over his cabinet. the number of cars made in the uk last year was the lowest since the 19505. just 775,000 new cars rolled off the production line, 10% fewer than the year before. the society of motor manufacturers and traders says the uk doesn't have a coherent post—brexit strategy for making it an attractive place to

invest in the auromotive industry. here's our business correspondent marc ashdown. archive: the newest cars in the world are l on show at earls court. in its heyday the automotive industry was a driving force of the uk economy, but not since the days of pathe news in 1956 has it produced so few cars. last year has claimed an unwanted place in the record books as the least productive 12 months for half a century. just 775,000 cars were built in uk factories in 2022. that's nearly 100,000 fewer than in 2021, but a drop of 40% compared to 2019, before the pandemic. last year was undeniably bad, the worst year since the 19505. a combination of international factors and domestic factors. the global industry suffered from shortage of supply parts, especially semiconductors. domestically we saw the effects of the closure of one of the plants in swindon and also the temporary cessation of production of one

at ellesmere port as it moves to electrified vehicles. put that together, really difficult year. voice over: it's time i to power up the future. this year hasn't got off to a great start either, with the collapse of battery start—up britishvolt. the firm had planned to build a giant factory here in northumberland to make electric car batteries but the project ran out of money. it's not all doom and gloom though. manufacturers do think they can get back to making a million vehicles a year by 2025. much will depend though on the emergence of electric vehicles and competition from the us and eu. president biden is planning to offer billions of dollars in subsidies to car—makers who create electric vehicle supply chains across america, and the european union is also looking to invest to boost green technology. in the uk almost a third of all new cars built last year were hybrid orfully electric, a record number, but there's been criticism from the industry of a lack of a coherent strategy. one of the problems we have here with the uk car industry

is we have a lot of car companies but none of them are british owned. they are owned by german, chinese, japanese or indian companies, so they tend to make strategies about what's best for their global multinational companies in countries far away from here and that doesn't necessarily prioritise building cars here in the uk. the government says it's determined to ensure the uk remains one of the best locations in the world for vehicle manufacturing, but the road ahead looks far from smooth. marc ashdown, bbc news. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, says a trans woman convicted of raping two women while identifying as a man won't be staying at the women's only prison where she's currently being housed. the first minister's comments follow an intense debate about concerns for the safety of women held alongside her. let's get more on this now from our scotland correspondant lorna gordon.

tell us more about what nicola sturgeon has been saying. worth lookin: at sturgeon has been saying. worth looking at the — sturgeon has been saying. worth looking at the facts _ sturgeon has been saying. worth looking at the facts of _ sturgeon has been saying. worth looking at the facts of the case . looking at the facts of the case first. isla bryson is a convicted double rapist. the 31—year—old started transitioning after being charged with the rate of two different women. earlierthis charged with the rate of two different women. earlier this week, bryson was found guilty of the crime is well earned. they are being held at a prison while apart from the general population while risk assessments are carried out. first ministers' questions an hour ago, the leader of the scottish conservative douglas ross asked the first minister if a rapist should ever be held in a women's prison. nicola sturgeon restated the general policy that any prisoner that poses a risk of sexual offending is segregated from the prisoners including during the risk assessment period. she said there is no automatic right for a trans woman convicted of a crime to serve their

sentence in a women's prison even if they have a gender recognition certificate. she also went further and said that in this particular case, given the understandable public and parliamentary concerns, this prisoner will not be incarcerated at the prison. she said she agreed with the head of rape crisis scotland who said that rapist should not be held in women's prisons. douglas ross said the first minister should go to the prison and explain to inmates there why bryson was being housed alongside them. we understand that for now, bryson remains at that women's prison but as the first minister made clear, that will not be the case going forward. and we believe he will be moved within the next few hours or days. lorna gordon in glasgow, thank you. physiotherapists in england have

become the latest group to join the ongoing industrial action about pay in the nhs. more than 4,000 physiotherapists from 30 nhs trusts are supporting a 24—hour strike. their counterparts in wales are due to strike next month. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. physiotherapists on a picket line in bristol, the latest group of health workers to go on strike following action by nurses, ambulance and other health staff. becky has worked as a physiotherapist for 30 years. like her colleagues, treating patients notjust with sports injuries or back pain, but in intensive care units, a&e departments and post—operation rehab. but now, she says, many are burnt out. and that's why they've taken the big step of going on strike. because of the cost of living, they have to work extra shifts to manage their finances. and that causes, obviously, added burn—out to already busy days. and also, the nhs does run on goodwill, and the amount of physios and other nhs

professionals that do... ..do overtime without actually getting paid for it as well. and i think that's another reason that people's goodwill has actually run out now. this is the first time members of the chartered society of physiotherapy have gone on strike. the action covers around 4,200 staff, although not all of them will be on shift today. and it involves 30 nhs trusts in england, roughly one in seven. next month will see two more days of strike action in trusts and health boards in both england and wales. those involved in talks with the government say the strike is the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making. this is about making sure that physiotherapists, physio support workers and other nhs staff can meet the health needs of the uk population, at a time when we know you only need to turn on the television to see what's happening in emergency departments and outside them. and waiting lists are getting longer and longer for the treatment that people so desperately need.

more strike action in derby and it seems highly likely that further stoppages will be announced by unions representing ambulance staff. the health secretary in england, steve barclay, said it was regrettable that some union members were striking, but that talks on a fair and affordable pay deal for next year would continue. but there is little sign of an end to this long—running dispute. unions are determined to pursue a pay deal they say reflects the cost of living crisis. ministers argue they simply cannot afford to pay them what they want. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than 25,000 health care staff in northern ireland are on strike in a dispute about pay. nurses, ambulance workers and hospital support staff who are members of the unite, unison and nipsa unions are striking for 24 hours. a pay award of £1,400 has been offered for this year, but unions say that figure is lower than inflation. emergency cover is still being provided and staff can leave

picket lines if required. the time is 1.19. our top story this lunchtime... another wave of russian missiles has hit ukraine sending people underground in kyiv, the day after germany and the us said they would send tanks to the country. and still to come — an iceberg the size of greater london has broken off an ice—shelf in antarctica. coming up on the bbc news channel, england players when cricket's top awards, men's captain ben stokes is the player of the year and nat sciver picks up two honours. if you rent, do you know who your landlord is?

have you ever met them? for many tenants, finding out who ultimately receives their rents and is responsible for the repairs and upkeep of their property is a very grey area. well, today, the supreme court has begun hearing a landmark case which could help protect tenants from so—called "ghost landlords" and to determine exactly who and what a landlord is. our correspondentjim connolly has been to meetjess, who struggled to work out who should pay when her flat needed urgent work. which one was that? so it's just this one here. it was in like a general state of disrepair. shared bathroom was giving off electric shocks, and we didn't have a fire door either. it did end up being quite, quite unpleasant. you can see it flowing out. that's the water... but poor living conditions were just the start of it. when jess complained to who she thought was her landlord, things got complicated. the owner of the property wasn't the person who let it out to her. it made it impossible forjess to get anyone

to take responsibility. even when things did get fixed, jess said it took a long time. it felt like we were chasing a ghost. any works that needed doing, it's all through text, so there's really no... there's no peace of mind. you don't know who you're going to. at the time, it was a lot. jess moved out two years ago and even took her landlord to a tribunal. it ruled they should pay back her rent. she hasn't had a penny. the owner of the property told us she doesn't manage it and is appealing the basis for the tribunal�*s findings. the person who rented the flat tojess didn't respond to our request for a comment. this is all connected to something called rent—to—rent. it's where a person or a company offers a landlord a fixed rental income for the whole property, while managing and maintaining it. to make a profit, they then divide it up and let the place out on a room by room basis, often splitting larger rooms and living rooms to make more money. rent—to—rent is not illegal and it can work well for some property owners, but campaigners worry it's

open to exploitation. so currently the way the law works is that a tenant can only take action against their immediate landlord. and what that does is it creates a real blueprint for property owners to put a sham company on the tenancy agreement, to simply cram with many tenants in as possible, ignore fire safety features. and it's a question of when, not if there will be a number of people dying in one of these death trap properties. this has created a big legal question. who is a landlord? is it the person someone signs their contract with or is it the property's owner? the supreme court is about to make a decision on a case which could have a big impact on who people can take legal action against. those representing landlords in the court have concerns, too. of course, landlords should be responsible about who they led to, but there are simply things that they can't control. if someone's taken the property and lied to them, what would you expect them to do? it's not possible for them to stop that. it's difficult, though, because both parties are victims. butjust because both parties are victims,

that doesn't mean that landlords should be held responsible for that. the court will give clarity on who legally is a landlord. but for people like jess, all they want is for someone to take responsibility. it could look like any other rental situation from the eyes of someone that didn't have the knowledge of what was going on. are they who they say they are? is it their place? jim connolly, bbc news. donald trump is to be allowed back on facebook and instagram — two years after the former us president was suspended because of the riots on capitol hill. the president of global affairs at meta, which owns facebook, nick clegg, said a review had found that donald trump's accounts no longer posed a serious risk to public safety. let's speak to gary o'donoghue in washington. does it mean we are likely to see donald trump back on those platforms, gary? we donald trump back on those platforms, gary? donald trump back on those latforms, ga ? ~ ., ., , ., platforms, gary? we are not sure at this state. platforms, gary? we are not sure at this stage- he _ platforms, gary? we are not sure at this stage. he posted _ platforms, gary? we are not sure at this stage. he posted on _ platforms, gary? we are not sure at this stage. he posted on truth - this stage. he posted on truth social yesterday that it should

never have happened in the first place, he suggested that facebook or meta had lost billions of dollars as a result of keeping him off the platform for two years, but he hasn't said whether or not he plans to go back on and use it when the ban is actually lifted. bear in mind his ban on twitter was lifted back in november and he hasn't reappeared on that yet. one of the factors influencing what he might do is that he does have some legal agreements with truth social about what kind of posts he can put on there and what he can put elsewhere and sometime limits on how long he has to leave it before he posts elsewhere. they may expire in the coming months, so that may change his calculation. one key thing remember here is that facebook was an enormous drive of fundraising for donald trump before he won his presidential election. its 3 billion users worldwide but in

the united states those small dollar donations really added up for him, so at the end of the day now he has announced his plans to run again for 2024, that may be the biggest factor driving his decision about whether or not to return.— driving his decision about whether or not to return. harry o'donoghue, thank you- _ a man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting the former health secretary matt hancock on the london underground. footage posted online appears to show a man shouting at mr hancock and following him on to a train, in what his spokesperson called "an unpleasant encounter". the mp isn't believed to have been hurt in the incident. police said a 61—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence. our awareness of plastic pollution may be relatively recent, but the types of plastics washed up on our shores are not. decades—old mobile phones and lids from sweet tubes are just some of the litter that's been found on the english coast, as our environment correspondent paul murphy reports

from flamborough, in east yorkshire. the spectacular sight of an east coast winter tide. oh, that's fishing line. but it brings with it little reminders of a planet damaged by plastic. they actually think that we only roughly find about 15, 15%, of the litter out at sea. picking up the pieces is an endless task. collected in recent months, some of this was thrown away more than 50 years ago. materials like plastics are extremely durable. they take literally hundreds and hundreds of years to break down, so, for example, take a plastic bottle you drink out of, it takes roughly 450 years to break down in the sea. so we always collect whatever we can. it's a fantastic way to show people what a problem plastics and other

materials are in the sea. and everyone always laughs when i say this. i was born in 1993. so a lot of this is absolutely older than i am. the litter is bad enough to look at. but the real problems start with the plastic when it begins to slowly break down in sea water, into tiny particles. micro—plastics, as they are known, have been found in supermarket shellfish and in human tissue. we know that microplastics are in our diet. our own work has looked in lungs and found plastics deep inside patients' lungs. other studies have found plastics in blood, the liver, and several other organs as well. we know now they get into our bodies. in terms of the impacts of that, and whether there are any, we really don't know. but on the coast at hornsea they are trying to find solutions. the town wants to be

a plastic—free community. the motto at this shop is, refill not landfill. customers can shop with us fully circular, they can either bring their own containers or we have containers for them to borrow. we repurpose jars as well that people donate. there is no need for a landfill at all. everything goes into the pots and comes back around again to us for recycling. a ban on single—use plastics, including cutlery and certain types of polystyrene, comes into force in england this autumn. more people are crying out for plastic—free alternatives, for less single—use products and we are seeing that change in our behaviour. this needs to be a societal change. but replacing a material on which there is such reliance has been a slow process. it could be many years before these tides are plastic—free. paul murphy, bbc news,

east yorkshire. an iceberg believed to be the size of greater london has broken off from the antarctic�*s brunt ice shelf. the british antarctic survey has released footage of the chasm created by the 600 square mile berg coming adrift. cracks in the ice, which is 500 feet thick, have been developing over several years, and the final break happened on sunday during a spring tide. this calving event, as it's called, is part of the natural behaviour of the brunt ice shelf, according to scientists, and not linked to climate change. those i pictures taken is to look at the weather and darren bettjoined me. temperatures have evened out at last but the amount of sunshine is not even. in general it's across western parts of britain will see the best of the sunshine. here we

are closer to this area of high pressure that will shape our weather over