pleased about something you would be pleased about for another reason, but it is something we should be proud of and work hard for. something we should be proud of and work hard for-— work hard for. let's get into the questions _ work hard for. let's get into the questions that _ work hard for. let's get into the questions that the _ work hard for. let's get into the questions that the chancellor i work hard for. let's get into the l questions that the chancellor has agreed to take. joe hill's from itv. welcome to viewers on bbc world. we are watching uk chancellorjeremy hunt on the right of your screen answering questions after a speech he has just given on answering questions after a speech he hasjust given on promoting growth in the uk. fin he hasjust given on promoting growth in the uk. on declinism, as ou oint growth in the uk. on declinism, as you point out. _ growth in the uk. on declinism, as you point out, many _ growth in the uk. on declinism, as you point out, many countries - growth in the uk. on declinism, as| you point out, many countries have struggled _ you point out, many countries have struggled with low growth in the last decade or so. the evidence shows_ last decade or so. the evidence shows that _ last decade or so. the evidence shows that the uk is towards the back shows that the uk is towards the hack of— shows that the uk is towards the back of the pack. the evidence shows that since _ back of the pack. the evidence shows that since 2010, the typical household in the uk has seen their living _ household in the uk has seen their living standards fall relative to countries _ living standards fall relative to countries we like to compare ourseives— countries we like to compare ourselves to, like france and germany _ ourselves to, like france and germany. your speech suggests you don't _

germany. your speech suggests you don't acknowledge these things. if you cant— don't acknowledge these things. if you can't see the problem, chancellor, why would voters believe you can _ chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix _ chancellor, why would voters believe you can fix it?— you can fix it? joel, let's get that bit ri . ht! you can fix it? joel, let's get that bit right! i _ you can fix it? joel, let's get that bit right! | think— you can fix it? joel, let's get that bit right! i think you _ you can fix it? joel, let's get that bit right! i think you are - bit right! i think you are completely wrong. my entire speech is about how we deal with the productivity paradox that is at the heart of why we haven't seen that growth in real incomes, if we don't invest in improvements in our education system, in our skills, if we don't find opportunities for the millions of people who could work and contribute to our economy back down at the moment, we are not going to solve our productivity paradox. it doesn't matter if you are on the left all the right, economists agree thatis left all the right, economists agree that is the central issue. if we address the four pillars that i talked about, we can start to see sustained growth in real incomes. and i would just say that, if you

look at what has been happening i don't accept that we are towards the back of the pack compared to what other countries are saying. any accurate examination of the statistics says that we have been affected in broadly the same way as our peer countries. the differences are a long—term opportunity. just last year becoming the world's third trillion dollar tech economy shows that in difficult times we can make incredible progress. jim. that in difficult times we can make incredible progress.— incredible progress. jim, from the financial times. _ incredible progress. jim, from the financialtimes. have _ incredible progress. jim, from the financial times. have you - incredible progress. jim, from the financial times. have you ever i incredible progress. jim, from the | financial times. have you ever pay the penalty — financial times. have you ever pay the penalty to _ financial times. have you ever pay the penalty to hmrc_ financial times. have you ever pay the penalty to hmrc and _ financial times. have you ever pay the penalty to hmrc and the - financial times. have you ever pay the penalty to hmrc and the wider| the penalty to hmrc and the wider question— the penalty to hmrc and the wider question is, britain is under pressure _ question is, britain is under pressure from the inflation reduction at in the us with 300 billion— reduction at in the us with 300 billion in— reduction at in the us with 300 billion in subsidies for green industries, we have a backlash from brussels _ industries, we have a backlash from brussels are — industries, we have a backlash from brussels are gathering you —— met eu countries _ brussels are gathering you —— met eu countries to _ brussels are gathering you —— met eu countries to do similar and all we have _ countries to do similar and all we have heard — countries to do similar and all we have heard from minister so far as complaints— have heard from minister so far as complaints that this is terribly unfair~ — complaints that this is terribly

unfair~ i— complaints that this is terribly unfair. i know that you don't want to talk— unfair. i know that you don't want to talk about specific measures in your budget but is the government thinking _ your budget but is the government thinking hard about how to do something to help british green businesses and industries are facing this major— businesses and industries are facing this major threat? gn businesses and industries are facing this major threat?— this major threat? on your first question. _ this major threat? on your first question. i _ this major threat? on your first question. i am _ this major threat? on your first question, i am not— this major threat? on your first question, i am not going - this major threat? on your first question, i am not going to - this major threat? on your first| question, i am not going to talk about my personal tax affairs. i don't think there is anything you would find interesting to write about, put it that way. on your second question, yes, we have some concerns about the inflation reduction act, because we believe in free trade and are to get to a net zero, which is extremely important, we will be more effective if we exploit the competitive advantage that we have and the united states has and asian countries, that eu countries have, we will get there faster and more cheaply than we would otherwise do, but, are we worried about the long—term future of our clean energy injuries —— industries? absolutely not. we have the second largest wind

capacity in the world after china, the single largest wind farm, we are second only to germany in europe for generation of electricity from renewables. we have a massive amount of investment and we have a massive queue of people who would like to invest more, so we had great opportunities. i am sure we are going to sort out his problems, but we have said clean energy is one of our five key sectors and by the way, nuclear is a very important part of that despite financial constraints, we prioritised sizewell to show that we prioritised sizewell to show that we are going to make progress in that area, too.— that area, too. paul kelso, sky news. that area, too. paul kelso, sky news- you _ that area, too. paul kelso, sky news. you talk— that area, too. paul kelso, sky news. you talk about - that area, too. paul kelso, sky news. you talk about honesty | that area, too. paul kelso, sky i news. you talk about honesty and about brexit. _ news. you talk about honesty and about brexit. the _ news. you talk about honesty and about brexit. the reality - news. you talk about honesty and about brexit. the reality of - news. you talk about honesty and about brexit. the reality of brexit| about brexit. the reality of brexit for many — about brexit. the reality of brexit for many companies as delays, red tape, _ for many companies as delays, red tape, additional costs, they cannot hire the _ tape, additional costs, they cannot hire the people that want to come to this country— hire the people that want to come to this country and you cannot stop the people _ this country and you cannot stop the people who — this country and you cannot stop the people who don't want to come to this country, would it not be more

honest— this country, would it not be more honest to — this country, would it not be more honest to acknowledge that brexit is a failing _ honest to acknowledge that brexit is a failing on its own terms for business _ a failing on its own terms for business and those terms need to be readdress _ business and those terms need to be readdress to? n33. business and those terms need to be readdress to?— readdress to? my. and if you look at the facts, readdress to? my. and if you look at the facts. growth — readdress to? my. and if you look at the facts, growth has _ readdress to? my. and if you look at the facts, growth has been - readdress to? my. and if you look at the facts, growth has been about i readdress to? my. and if you look at | the facts, growth has been about the same as germany since brexit referendum. it is a big change in our economic relations with our closest neighbours and, of course, thatis closest neighbours and, of course, that is going to need adaptation and of course there is some short—term disruption. but i think it is completely wrong to just focus on that without looking at the opportunities. for example, in the autumn statement, the sovereignty to reforms which are only possible because of the flexibilities that we would not have had inside the eu, means that we will unlock, potentially, over £100 billion of investment into the industries represented by people in this room. so, in the end, brexit is a choice, it is an opportunity and we can make it is an opportunity and we can make it an incredible success.— it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. _

it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. in _ it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. in iraq _ it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. in iraq i _ it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. in iraq i notice i it an incredible success. harry call from the sun. in iraq i notice you| from the sun. in iraq i notice you did not answer the specifics of that question, have you ever pay the tax penalty to hmrc? and the prime minister last week said that tax cuts this year would be idiotic, do you agree with that sentiment and, if i may, the transport secretary said that hs2, phase one, two birmingham was on—time and on budget, do you share his optimism, or will we be seeing you open the famously generous treasury coffers they get it back on track? that famously generous treasury coffers they get it back on track?— they get it back on track? that was a aood they get it back on track? that was a good way — they get it back on track? that was a good way of _ they get it back on track? that was a good way of squeezing _ they get it back on track? that was a good way of squeezing three i a good way of squeezing three questions into one, harry. i am not going to talk about my personal tax affairs. i don't think people at home are remotely interested in personal tax affairs. they are interested in these things and that is what the government needs to be focusing on. hs2 was a specific priority for me in the autumn statement. i think that it is a source of national embarrassment that the japanese opened their first

high—speed line between tokyo and osaka, in1961t, two high—speed line between tokyo and osaka, in 1964, two years before i was born, and i am incredibly proud that, undera was born, and i am incredibly proud that, under a conservative government for the first time we have shovels on the ground for the london to birmingham part of hs2, and we are absolutely committed to showing that we can deliver big, important infrastructure projects and by the way i think they are truly important for levelling up, and what was your third question? tax cuts? the biggest and quickest tax cut that the prime minister and i can deliverfor tax cut that the prime minister and i can deliver for families tax cut that the prime minister and i can deliverforfamilies up and down the country is to halve inflation with his eating away at people's pay packet, spending power, pushing up the price of the weekly shop and that is something we can deliver quickly and will help everyone. we are committed, as i made very clear to a low tax economy, and the difference between

conservatives and labour is that we cut taxes when we can, they never do, that's because we recognise that a low tax economy is one of the vital ingredients for dynamism, entrepreneurship, and to encourage people to take risks and that is why what we want to do it when the time is right. what we want to do it when the time is riuht. ., ., ., ., what we want to do it when the time is right-_ m i is right. doctor nadim haran. i'm answering _ is right. doctor nadim haran. i'm answering this _ is right. doctor nadim haran. i'm answering this question - is right. doctor nadim haran. i'm answering this question because | answering this question because makas, — answering this question because makas, one is an nhs surgeon and the other as _ makas, one is an nhs surgeon and the other as the _ makas, one is an nhs surgeon and the other as the ceo of a digital tech company — other as the ceo of a digital tech company. we see incredible opportunities to provide solutions on some — opportunities to provide solutions on some of the key challenges we are facing _ on some of the key challenges we are facing on _ on some of the key challenges we are facing on the front line, workforce, productivity, quality and safety for patient _ productivity, quality and safety for patient care. what role do you see them _ patient care. what role do you see them playing but more importantly how would you support the adoption, translation— how would you support the adoption, translation and scale of these solutions across the nhs? you know, this is absolutely _ solutions across the nhs? you know, this is absolutely something - solutions across the nhs? you know,

this is absolutely something that i this is absolutely something that has to be a huge priority. it was a big priority for me when i was health secretary. i started the nhs app, health secretary. i started the nhs app, which became incredibly important during the pandemic. it is a huge priority for steve barclay. what i would say to you as a surgeon is that, globally, we have a shortage of 2 million doctors and we need to train more in the uk but actually, we are not going to close that gap unless we embrace the opportunities of technology. both to help people work more efficiently and administratively, so that certain is do not find that they have an empty operating table because the patient hasn't arrived but also because technology has a huge role in prevention and stopping people needing to go to hospital in the first place so, there is a huge opportunity, and i think there is a huge opportunity here in the uk because, despite the pressures that we see daily in the nhs, we happen to have the world's best digital

health record of 50 million people and, if we can use that in a way that allows information to be shared, that allows research to happen, we can offer something that cannot be offered by other countries.— cannot be offered by other countries. , ., ., countries. john linfield from amazon- — countries. john linfield from amazon- in _ countries. john linfield from amazon. in a _ countries. john linfield from amazon. in a black- countries. john linfield from i amazon. in a black chancellor, i welcome your remarks and compelling vision for the uk to become the next silicon valley. . mr; vision for the uk to become the next silicon valley. ._ silicon valley. . my second question was an education, _ silicon valley. . my second question was an education, what _ silicon valley. . my second question was an education, what more i silicon valley. . my second question was an education, what more can i was an education, what more can government and business do in partnership in the short and medium term to _ partnership in the short and medium term to create the right skills environment that is required to deliver— environment that is required to deliver this vision?— environment that is required to deliver this vision? thank you, it is a really _ deliver this vision? thank you, it is a really important _ deliver this vision? thank you, it is a really important question. i is a really important question. there is obviously a lot that government can do because we are responsible for the school system but, when it comes to skills, and apprenticeships, we can only do this

in partnership with business. the apprenticeship programme has been an extraordinary success. the first visit i did as chancellor after the autumn statement was to see hs2 being built, thejunction outside birmingham, and i spent time talking to an apprentice who was incredibly proud, it was a four year degree in apprenticeship she was doing, she was going to get a degree at the end of it, she was going to have her tuition fees met, and it is really taking off, and i think there are things where businesses can help us to do more. and one particular area where i think we would like to talk to you more about is what we can do to you more about is what we can do to encourage older workers back into the workforce and also to discourage them from retiring, so more occupational health access to people who have a mental health problem, a back problem, when they are potentially thinking of leaving the

workforce, it is something where employers can have a really big role. also i think when it comes to apprenticeships, there is a sense that apprenticeships are for young people, but there are lots of people who are ready and willing to consider a new career in their early 50s. they are expecting to work potentially for another 20 years, and they might need a slightly different type of apprenticeship, a slightly shorter type of apprenticeship and that can be very good for you, at amazon, it could be good for you, at amazon, it could be good for you, at amazon, it could be good for everyone here. so that is a dialogue that with gillian keegan we very much hope to pursue. late dialogue that with gillian keegan we very much hope to pursue.— very much hope to pursue. we will wra it u- very much hope to pursue. we will wrap it up there — very much hope to pursue. we will wrap it up there for _ very much hope to pursue. we will wrap it up there for a _ very much hope to pursue. we will wrap it up there for a break i very much hope to pursue. we will wrap it up there for a break out i very much hope to pursue. we will| wrap it up there for a break out and working session and then we will go to our various round tables and panels. chancellor, thank you very much indeed for that speech and for everything you are doing in engaging with business, thank you. thank you. applause the chancellor, jeremy hunt answering a few questions at the end

of his speech, a speech about economic growth. he started off with the backdrop of the five priorities set out by prime minister rishi sunak, the second others to grow the economy, that was the subject his speech. he said that there will be four pillars for growth, he talked about enterprise, education, employment and everywhere, in other words, talking about growth right around the uk and not concentrated in the south—east of england. he talked about his ambition to make the uk the new silicon valley. he also criticised people who talk about declinism, in terms of the prospects for the british economy and said that whilst optimism was in short supply, he was optimistic. but, he did acknowledge in that speech that this plan is just that at the moment, a plan, a framework against which he said policies would be taken forward in the years ahead so, he wasn't talking about

immediate delivery of plans. some of the people he was addressing were business leaders and he said he wanted them to help turn the uk into the world's next silicon valley. we are going to give you some analysis of that speech soon. more reaction to that speech as well. well, the chancellor's speech on growth comes as doubts have been raised over whether the hs2 rail link will terminate in central london as originally planned. that was the subject of one of the questions that were put to him a moment ago. the government has not denied a report this morning that the high—speed line may end in west london, due to spiralling costs. the department for transport says it is committed to the service reaching manchester. the high—speed rail service was originally intended to connect london, birmingham, manchesterand london, birmingham, manchester and leeds london, birmingham, manchesterand leeds but the link to leeds has since been scrapped. the chief executive of the northern partnership —— northern paris partnership —— northern paris partnership said that removing the landings station would make the

project less valuable for people across the country. hs2 is critical to national productivity growth. it's particularly critical to growing productivity in the north of england and although in leeds we're waiting to find out how trains will get here, there is a commitment in the government's integrated rail plan to get hs2 trains to leeds even if the full line doesn't come here, so whether you're in leeds or manchester, that's been promised a new line all the way to manchester, this report doesn't add up because the issue is that there's not enough platforms at old oak common, only six platforms, far fewer than will be available at euston. so if you do not have euston station, there is no way to get the same number of trains, which means birmingham probably will get a service on hs2, but manchester and those trains running on to leeds, we can forget about those, so it's just not good enough. whoever�*s thought this up, it's a half—baked idea and it will reduce the value for money of the whole scheme. every time we lop off another bit of line, every time those advisers close to borisjohnson have another

half—baked thought about this, we make the project less valuable to the uk. other countries don't approach building infrastructure like this. we need to stay the course and find better ways to save money on the project rather than reducing the benefits and making this so it would not compete with conventional rail so they need hs2 to do the same thing. the chief executive of the northern powerhouse partnership, henry murison. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyree nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee — who are all black — were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 24 hours. our correspondent peter bowes has more.

another case of alleged police brutality in america. this time in memphis, where 29—year—old tyree nichols died three days after he was stopped for alleged reckless driving. his family say he was severely beaten. the five officers were sacked last week after an investigation found them to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of mr nichols. now they are being charged with second—degree murder. this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane. video footage of the arrest will be made public in the coming hours. tyre nichols' grieving family had an opportunity to review it earlier this week. i don't know anything right now. all i know is my son tyre is not here with me any more. he will never walk through that door again. he will never come in and say, "hello, parents," because that is what he would do. he would come in and say,

"hello, parents." in a word, it's absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this was wrong, this was criminal. this is a case involving a young black man and police officers who were also black. it is, according to the civil rights leader, the reverend al sharpton, particularly painful because of the race of the officers. for this young man to be beaten to death by five police is horrendous and inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that is more injurous to me and others that these are five black cops. we fought to put blacks on the police force. and for them to act in

such a brutal way is more egregious than i can tell you. in a statement, president biden said tyre's family deserved a swift, full and transparent investigation into his death. he went on... with the imminent release of the video footage, officials in memphis have called for calm but they are not discouraging people from taking to the streets. the days ahead will be tense. emotions are running high. with many americans asking, why does this keep happening? peter bowes, bbc news. cbs news correspondent jarred hill is in memphis.

we heard al sharpton in that report talking about how painful this incident is, obviously the death of another young black man after coming into contact with the police but also the fact that the five now former police officers in question are black themselves. is that something that the local community is wrestling with? 50. something that the local community is wrestling with?— is wrestling with? so, on one hand, es but is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on — is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on the _ is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on the other _ is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on the other hand _ is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on the other hand this i is wrestling with? so, on one hand, yes but on the other hand this is i yes but on the other hand this is something i have heard from people in the activist space but also to be honest every day black people who live in this country, they say that this issue gets to the heart of what we saw back in 2020. some of the concerns about the police then wasn't just about sheer representation, about having black faces, black bodies in police departments but saying that this showcases a desire for improvement in how police systems and law

enforcement agencies interact with their communities as a whole, and that again because we are removing race on this issue, this gets to the heart of improving those relationships between policing agencies and their communities. teiiii agencies and their communities. tell us about the — agencies and their communities. tell us about the atmosphere in the city ahead of the anticipated release of the body cam footage. 50. ahead of the anticipated release of the body cam footage.— ahead of the anticipated release of the body cam footage. so, there are a lot of people _ the body cam footage. so, there are a lot of people who _ the body cam footage. so, there are a lot of people who are _ the body cam footage. so, there are a lot of people who are waiting i the body cam footage. so, there are a lot of people who are waiting to i a lot of people who are waiting to see exactly how this plays out. on the one hand, we have seen the history of the past couple of years of some of these more volatile situations and incidents. one of the things that has been a conversation around this one in particular is that there has been some degree of action in relation to these officers. not only have they been fired but there are these very severe charges including second—degree murder, here. on top of that, there is also a kind of a question to see exactly where this

all goes. we have been listening to some of these videos, seeing some of the people speak in relation to this incident, and there has not been the same tack —— some of these vigils. there has been a lack of the fire that we have seen in relation to these incidents in the past so we don't know what will happen once this video is released about the city is preparing and they are making space for people to protest, and the hope is that it happens peacefully. back to you.- peacefully. back to you. jarred hill, in memphis, _ peacefully. back to you. jarred hill, in memphis, thank- peacefully. back to you. jarred hill, in memphis, thank you. l israel says it's carried out air strikes against palestinian militants in gaza — after several rockets were fired into israel. they were intercepted by israeli air defence systems. the scale of the bombing in gaza is not yet clear. tensions have escalated in the region following the israeli military raid in the occupied west bank on thursday, in which nine palestinians — both fighters and civilians — were killed. israeli security forces say they entered a refugee

camp injenin to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad, who they accuse of planning a major attack. our middle east correspondent yolande knell told us more it's a pattern that unfortunately we have seen before, when you have violence in the west bank or injerusalem very quickly, it spreads to the gaza strip. we know that the israeli operation injenin was targeting what it said was an islamichhad militant cell there and there was then a very angry reaction from islamichhad leaders in gaza who have a large rocket arsenal so what we think is that we had a total of six rockets fired from gaza at israeli cities and villages close to the gaza strip. israel's military used the iron dome missile defence system to bring down most of those and the other two landed without hurting anybody. in response, israeli warplanes targeted what they said was a rocket manufacturing site in gaza. it's been relatively calm now for a few hours

and we knew that in advance, egypt, the un, others who are traditional mediators between israel and the militant groups in gaza were trying to act pre—emptively to stop this from getting out of control, from any kind of escalation. and trying to preserve the shaky truce that exists in gaza. yolande knell reporting. let's return now to the chancellor, jeremy hunt who has been outlining the government's plan for long term economic growth. delivered under a backdrop of gloomy forecasts, mr hunt used his first major speech in the post to say he wants the country to be one of the most prosperous in europe. but he said it would require patience and discipline, let's talk to our economics correspondent andrew verity. he spoke about optimism. he said he didn't like the declinism and pessimism of some people about the uk's prospects. but he acknowledged

that what he's talking about today is a framework against which policies could be added to in the years ahead. so in terms of detail about how the government was going to reach these ambitions or get to these points, perhaps not as much detail as many would have liked. he did detail as many would have liked. he: did say and furnace at the outset of the speech that there wouldn't be any measures, they would have to wait for the budget or the autumn statement, fiscal events. but he was saying that this was a plan. his plan involves the four pillars, the four es as he called them, education, enterprise, everywhere and employment. but in terms of changes there, we don't have much. we have a reiteration of the government commitment to investment zones, they are no longer calling them free ports, where there will be advantageous fiscal arrangements. you mentioned lots of mini canary wharfs, which is an interesting prospect, does he mean financial

sectors or is he talking about other sectors, like the tech sector? he spoke about things going on in the uk that are positive, innovation, universities, the number of unicorns, innovative businesses that have grown rapidly, but short on detail and business leaders will want to know more detail to address the negatives he acknowledges exist, that we are not getting the growth of investment we want at the moment. he said that the business leaders in the audience, i want you to help turn the uk into the world's next silicon valley. ihla turn the uk into the world's next silicon valley.— turn the uk into the world's next silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part _ silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has — silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has got _ silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has got to _ silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has got to be i silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has got to be a i silicon valley. no lack of ambition in that part has got to be a hard, i in that part has got to be a hard, practical reality of how you will make that happen. he spoke for example about the fact that we have a triangle between london and cambridge and oxford where you have huge amounts of innovation in biotech, digital industries. but in orderfor biotech, digital industries. but in order for government biotech, digital industries. but in orderfor government to biotech, digital industries. but in order for government to play a role in encouraging that, there must be some role in encouraging investment. to that end he is talking about

keeping down taxes, but some business taxes have been going up recently, he says they are still lower than other countries but what are you going to do to incentivise that? forthe are you going to do to incentivise that? for the last two years, the government has had one of the biggest corporate tax cuts that she soon accurate in two ago that we have ever seen, whereby you can claim older you are spending on whatever investment you are making back against tax. hundred and 30% of any investment. that has been in place for two years, but business investment still hasn't really got up investment still hasn't really got up off the floor, and there are still issues with how you will stimulate that, and they are bringing it to an end at the end of march so business leaders will want to know whether you are going to try carry on incentivising us to invest and what is the government going to do? he and what is the government going to do? , ., and what is the government going to do? �* ., do? he spoke about brexit also. the hrase he do? he spoke about brexit also. the phrase he used _ do? he spoke about brexit also. the phrase he used was _ do? he spoke about brexit also. the phrase he used was necessitated, i phrase he used was necessitated, energised and made possible by brexit. a lot of people looking at brexit. a lot of people looking at brexit and we have heard from businesses, haven't we, that there is still a lot of uncertainty about how trading arrangements should

work, and it seems government has a lot more to do there in terms of the northern ireland protocol comedy post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. the government has a lot of explaining to do on that. the admin has been that you get smarter regulation because you are not tight apostles any more but actually so far things like the northern ireland protocol and other areas we have seen actually more red tape on the trading floors of exporters for example that they cannot get exports out particularly in agricultural areas as easily as in agricultural areas as easily as in the past because of nontariff barriers to trade that exist, following brexit. so there was going to have to be a more determined effort to address those issues, issues about exporting to our main trading partner, that have arisen since brexit and which are increasingly blamed by economists for slowing down economic growth and meaning that we are not growing as quickly as we could.— quickly as we could. thank you very much, andy — quickly as we could. thank you very

much, andy verity. _ this week has seen a significant increase in western military support to ukraine with the approval of the supply of more battle tanks. but ukrainians have also been digesting new allegations of corruption levelled against some government ministers. it's led to president zelensky removing a group of ministers and officials in the biggest reshuffle since the conflict started. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports on what's been described as "kyiv�*s other enemy": corruption. the fresh beginnings of 2019 and a promise by ukraine's new president to finally deal with corruption. translation: my election has proved that citizens are tired of experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country of opportunities — opportunities to steal, bribe and loot. yet in 2023, ukrainian politics is once again riddled with those exact allegations. ukraine's leader has overseen around a dozen resignations or sackings this week.

oleksiy symonenko quit after taking a holiday in spain at a time when most men can't leave the country. vasyl lozinskyi was fired after being arrested for allegedly taking a bribe worth more than £300,000. he has denied it. and kyrylo tymoshenko, president zelensky�*s own deputy head of office, stood down after reports that he'd been living a lavish lifestyle. those came from this man, mykhailo tkach, an investigative journalist for the news website ukrainska pravda. translation: if the source of the money is unclear, they register things, such as cars or mansions, to their close people or relatives, people that do not have an obligation to declare their property. i think every step an official makes should be clear to society. mr tymoshenko has also denied doing anything wrong, but mykhailo's scoops have led to a shake—up across government. translation: the president's latest

decision also shows that such responsibility is recognised at the highest level, that you can't play around with this. we are talking about our country's existence. it is very important. this has already been a war that has taken so much from so many. and while there is fighting in some parts of the country, in others, people are trying to recover. so when there are claims of corruption once again at the heart of ukrainian politics, the political damage is that much deeper. outside of kyiv, the power has just come back, allowing ivana's bakery to do business once again. translation: i don't like it. it would be better if this money went for something good for ukraine rather than to someone's pocket. probably we need to replace all those who are there for many years. they got used to that, it's what feeds them. corruption has plagued politics

in ukraine since it declared independence 31 years ago. now, with the world's eyes on it along with the scrutiny that comes with receiving billions of pounds worth of foreign aid, kyiv seems keen to act, or to be seen to. for more on the support germany offers ukraine, joining us isjohannes arlt, german mp from the rulling coalition member party spd. he is a defence committee member and a former airforce officer. firstly, on the story we were just running about those corruption allegations, do you believe president zelensky is taking the correct action to deal with those so that countries supporting ukraine in this fight can have faith in the government there? the this fight can have faith in the government there? this fight can have faith in the covernment there? , , ., ,

government there? the president has taken strong — government there? the president has taken strong action. _ government there? the president has taken strong action. i _ government there? the president has taken strong action. i think— government there? the president has taken strong action. i think it's i taken strong action. i think it's the right message to all the supporting countries that he has taken the right action to end this behaviour. ~ ., ., behaviour. moving on the announcements i behaviour. moving on the announcements this i behaviour. moving on the | announcements this week behaviour. moving on the i announcements this week about behaviour. moving on the _ announcements this week about more tanks being sent to ukraine including of course from germany and the us, the two countries we have been talking about a lot in recent weeks, where are we on the delivery timetable and numbers? yes. weeks, where are we on the delivery timetable and numbers? yes, germany romised to timetable and numbers? yes, germany promised to deliver _ timetable and numbers? yes, germany promised to deliver one _ timetable and numbers? yes, germany promised to deliver one company i timetable and numbers? yes, germany promised to deliver one company of. promised to deliver one company of leopard two tanks. and other countries will deliver up to 30 tanks, i think the us promised. we will see tanks arriving at the end of the first quarter. if everything goes well, the training was that in february here in germany and also in other european companies. in the end, it will hopefully add up to 100

battle tanks. this cannot be achieved with just a company of tanks. that is why it is important with the tanks we send to ukraine to make the military effect stronger. so training will be under way in germany within a matter of days or weeks, you say, so that once the tanks arrive on the ground in ukraine, they can be put into use immediately?— immediately? absolutely. this is what we want — immediately? absolutely. this is what we want to _ immediately? absolutely. this is what we want to achieve. it i immediately? absolutely. this is what we want to achieve. it is i immediately? absolutely. this is what we want to achieve. it is a i what we want to achieve. it is a highly advanced technology weapon system, so it's important that we have a fleet we can sustain and where we have a huge amount of one sort of battle tank, not many kinds of battle tanks. that is why we need to build alliance. that is what our chancellor scholz has to. late

to build alliance. that is what our chancellor scholz has to. we have been reporting — chancellor scholz has to. we have been reporting on _ chancellor scholz has to. we have been reporting on the _ chancellor scholz has to. we have been reporting on the pressure i chancellor scholz has to. we have j been reporting on the pressure on chancellor scholz to make a decision on tanks. we saw that there was hesitation for historical reasons, for reasons to do with germany's reliance on russia for energy supplies. now that the decision has been made, do you think it enjoys the support of the majority of the german public? is there a sense of relief, almost, within the government, that the decision has been made and a course of action decided upon? it is been made and a course of action decided upon?— been made and a course of action decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and — decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and l _ decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and i am _ decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and i am happy _ decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and i am happy that i decided upon? it is a very well wade decision and i am happy that olaf i decision and i am happy that olaf scholz stood up for the principle of acting within a multilateral framework of a coalition. when it comes to the of population germany, there is a mixed reaction. i think there is a mixed reaction. i think the majority supporting it, however, in my district, 75% to 80% are not in my district, 75% to 80% are not in favour of the tanks. so you have to communicate, explain and deal with this. , ., ., , ~ ~ ., ,,

with this. johannes arlt, mp, thank ou for with this. johannes arlt, mp, thank you for your — with this. johannes arlt, mp, thank you for your thoughts. _ with this. johannes arlt, mp, thank you for your thoughts. some i with this. johannes arlt, mp, thank. you for your thoughts. some breaking news coming into us now from our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford, who is reporting that a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on arroyo air force base and taking a viable bomb —— plotting a terrorist attack on a royal air force base has appeared in court. 27—year—old mohamed farah appeared at westminster magistrates' court by video he was arrested in the early hours —— mohammed farooq was arrested outside a maternity ward outside stjames is maternity hospital in leeds and was carrying what the prosecution allege was a viable bomb in a pressure cooker, along with an imitation firearm. the defendant is a student nurse at the hospital. just looking at the copy coming into us, the chief magistrate in court today said mohammed farooq

would remain in custody, with a next court appearance scheduled for early february. russia's wagner group are gaining international prominence. they're active in several countries and they've recently been sanctioned by the us for criminal activity, which they deny. in the uk they've been discussed in parliament, and the government is considering changing the process that allowed the organisation's head to get around sanctions and sue a british journalist. but who exactly are they and what's behind wagner's war in ukraine? our security correspondent frank gardner reports. wagner troops in action in eastern ukraine, purging this town, they say, of nazis. these private military contractors or mercenaries have been in some of the fiercest battles in the donbas, fighting tooth and nail for towns like bakhmut and soledar. their headquarters are in st petersburg, the same city where president putin worked for the kgb.

but theirforward operating base is in southern russia, reportedly at molkino, close to a russian intelligence base. when the wagner group invaded crimea in 2014, they wore no insignia. people referred to them as the little green men. they were established in 2014, seemingly on putin's direct orders, as a way to send russian fighters to east ukraine while still maintaining an important element of deniability. and in that, i would say that wagner is in many ways quintessentially putinist organisation. since then, their activities have gone global. in 2015 they deployed to syria, propping up the ratio in 2015 they deployed to syria, propping up the regime of president bashar al—assad. there, they successfully drove isis out of the ancient town of palmyra. in libya, they're allied to general haftar in the east, who set up a rival administration to the one in tripoli. and in mali, they have effectively supplanted french troops, partly thanks to a slick pr campaign like this poster praising mali's military ruler colonel assimi

and president putin. some propaganda goes even further, like this anti—french video portraying wagner as the partner that african countries can rely on. in the central african republic, they've been providing security for the president. and they're in burkina faso and sudan. but in mozambique, they got ambushed by isis and took heavy casualties. they were pushed out quite quickly. it was a month—long deployment, very short. islamic state was able to take on vast swathes of territory to a point where they were able to seize palma, oil producing area, one of the big gas towns. but it's really an ukraine's donbas region where wagner group has they are often more effective than regular russian forces, their ranks swollen by 40,000 conflicts recruited from russia's penal

colonies and often used as cannon fodder. so, what does a typical wagner contract mercenary look like? they're often former members of russian special forces, the spetsnaz. they tend to hide their identities behind balaclavas or facemasks. they're armed with some of the latest russian weapons and equipment and they're far better paid than ordinary russian conscripts. and this is the man who runs them — yevgeniy prigozhin, wanted by the fbi, a former convict and a close ally of vladimir putin. he grew rich through his catering contracts and is often referred to as putin's chef. here is prigozhin, with his troops down in the tunnels beneath soledar, which they recently captured. and here he is recruiting convicts to serve on the front line, offering them a six month contract in exchange for their freedom. but no one surrenders, he tells them, and deserters will be shot on sight. in the beginning, the wagner group was much more professional than the russian army. they used to recruit special forces.

now the army personnel are prisoners. but this man did desert. andrei medvedev is a commander in ukraine. andrei medvedev is a former wagner commander in ukraine. he claims to have witnessed war crimes there including those who refused to fight being shot as an example to others. incredibly, he managed to escape russia across this arctic border into norway in mid—january, being pursued by dogs and armed guards shooting at him. soon after that, the white house announced it was sanctioning the wagner group as a transnational criminal enterprise, a charge it denies. the fighting in ukraine shows no sign of letting up, and wagner are an integral part of it. but casualties are so high on both sides that even their boss describes it as a meat grinder. around the world, wagner has become a useful arm's length tool for the kremlin, and possibly a sign of how some wars will be fought in the future.

there's a warning that the amount of video footage online involving the sexual abuse of children has risen more than tenfold since the start of the pandemic. a charity — the internet watch foundation — says paedophiles took advantage of the surge in popularity of social media apps and chat websites during lockdown. we have more details on that story from our cyber reporterjoe tidy. joe, a significant rise in cases of this horrific crime. what sort of material have the charity found? it material have the charity found? ht is a shocking rise. the iws puts out statistics every year about the amount of child sex abuse material they find on the internet and take down from the internet. normally they release these figures once a year, but now they have compared it to how it was pre—pandemic, 2019, to how it is now. they said that in 2019 they found about 5000 incidents of so—called self generated child abuse material. this is material

where it is images or videos that children have filmed themselves, usually coerced by a predator online either live or video chat or over a messaging service. 502019, now 63,020 22. they say there is a link between this and the lockdowns. they say the forcing of everybody to remain indoors and go online led to this increase that we are now seeing coming through and the types of images they are saying. it is this troubling rise in self generated child abuse material that they are really worried about. they say it makes up two thirds of all the imagery and videos they find. i imagery and videos they find. i understand you went to the charity iwf last week to do some filming. how do they work?— iwf last week to do some filming. how do they work? yeah, we went last week to do some _ how do they work? yeah, we went last week to do some different _ how do they work? yeah, we went last week to do some different filming i week to do some different filming for something coming out in the next couple of weeks. they are split into two different teams. there are 20 analysts in one room, and they are

fielding the reports that come in from general members of the public around the world, not in the uk. they send in reports of potentially csam, child sexual abuse material, and they will look at it and report to the police and try and take it down. that is very difficult, of course. some of the websites that host this material are what you call bullet—proof cloud services. they do not respond to any requests from law enforcement to take it down and they are often hidden are hard to find. then there is another side of the team, the operation which goes out looking for this stuff. you can imagine the kind of horrible imagery these people are witnessing every day. these people are witnessing every da . ., . ~' these people are witnessing every da. ., ., ,, ., day. you talked about some of the difficulties of _ day. you talked about some of the difficulties of trying _ day. you talked about some of the difficulties of trying to _ day. you talked about some of the difficulties of trying to shut i day. you talked about some of the difficulties of trying to shut this i difficulties of trying to shut this down. what else is being done to shut this down into arrest paedophiles behind it? it’s shut this down into arrest paedophiles behind it? it's a really difficult job- _ paedophiles behind it? it's a really difficult job. the _ paedophiles behind it? it's a really difficult job. the iwf _ paedophiles behind it? it's a really difficult job. the iwf doesn't i paedophiles behind it? it's a really difficult job. the iwf doesn't have | difficultjob. the iwf doesn't have policing powers, or they can do is

report things and hope that law enforcement agencies around the world respond. they are hoping that this kind of story we are hearing today will spread the word firstly, that people and parents need to be aware that this is happening. children are being coerced into this type of behaviour online. but also, they are hoping governments around they are hoping governments around the world will take notice. and of course, they are pointing towards the online harms safety bill which is going through the house of lords right now. it is a much delayed piece of legislation. they are hoping that will come through quickly to make ceos liable potentially even criminally for this type of material being hosted on their services, type of material being hosted on theirservices, but type of material being hosted on their services, but we raise men to see what happens. it has been going through now for many years. we are hoping governments around the world will take notice as well. although the charity is based in cambridge, thatis the charity is based in cambridge, that is whether hq the charity is based in cambridge, that is whether h0 is, they get reports of child abuse material being generated in this from all over the world and they do see

children from all over the world being victims of this. jae children from all over the world being victims of this.— children from all over the world being victims of this. joe tidy, our ber being victims of this. joe tidy, our cyber security _ being victims of this. joe tidy, our cyber security correspondent. i events are taking place across the world to mark international holocaust memorial day. held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau death camp, the day honours the millions ofjews and other minorities murdered by the nazis during the second world war. this year the german parliament will for the first time focus its commemorations on those persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. as the years pass, there are fewer and fewer survivors from that time and there's a fear that the day may lose its impact in future. i'm nowjoined by hannah lewis. she is a holocaust survivor. i want to begin by going back to your earliest memories of the nazis.

you were brought up in the eastern polish town near the border with ukraine and belarus. the first thing i think you knew was when other jewish people fleeing from cities in poland came to the town to try to escape persecution and then one day the nazis arrived. what do you remember of that time? i the nazis arrived. what do you remember of that time? i remember that even as — remember of that time? i remember that even as a _ remember of that time? i remember that even as a child, _ remember of that time? i remember that even as a child, my _ remember of that time? i remember that even as a child, my freedom i remember of that time? i remember| that even as a child, my freedom was not there. when we went out, my father held my hand tightly. i wasn't allowed to run out. i wasn't allowed to go anywhere. but by and large, as long as i was with my father and mother and the family, i don't think i could have imagined the enormity of what was happening. because you were so young, five or

six? ~ . , because you were so young, five or six? ~ ., , ,., because you were so young, five or six? . because you were so young, five or six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little _ six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little girl. _ six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little girl. but _ six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little girl. but i _ six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little girl. but i think i six? well, i was born in 1937, so i was a little girl. but i think even i was a little girl. but i think even with all of that happening, i knew that something wasn't quite right. but i didn't worry about it because i was with my family and my parents. and then yourfamily i was with my family and my parents. and then your family were rounded up by the nazis. tell us what happened. well, we have literally an hour to pack. and i remember my mother packing up things and deciding what to take and what not to take. and we were told to meet in the town square. in a way, we were lucky because my father and grandfather traded a lot with polish heads of

communities and villages. there were so many rumours about where you are going and what you are doing and nothing was really known. but obviously, my parents knew more than i did. the day we were told we had an hour, i remember my mother packing up as many things as she could, and we met in the square and we started to walk. and we walked and walked. it was not my entire family because my grandmother had already passed away, but we all worked and we found ourselves in a village. my father and grandfather used to trade with the village elders because they were either buying or selling their products. so they knew the place. i can still remember getting there. i was

bewildered, but i was ok because i was with my family. i can only say that my vision of where we were going to be held was that it was like sheds, almost. they were in about three rows. there was no electricity, no running water. there were wells, and there was one particular well that i have never forgotten. particular well that i have never foruotten. �* , particular well that i have never forgotten._ because i particular well that i have never i forgotten._ because there forgotten. because? because there were various _ forgotten. because? because there were various round-ups _ forgotten. because? because there were various round-ups that i forgotten. because? because there were various round-ups that we i were various round—ups that we survived. my father escaped and joined the partisans. but that particular time, joined the partisans. but that particulartime, it joined the partisans. but that particular time, it was the last winter of the war, and i got sick. typhus was rife. my mother didn't know what to do, and she asked the

very nice village elder weatherjust for one night, we might sleep in the kitchen where she worked. she worked as a maid there, because it was one. and he agreed. and sometime during the night, i was restless, my mother was restless. there was a tap tap tap on the window. at first, i think she thought that it was maybe a branch or something, because it was cold. but it persisted. so she got up cold. but it persisted. so she got up and went to the window, and she couldn't rub it because you couldn't see through it. so she opened the small side window. by this time, i was up as well, firstly because i wasn't well and secondly because she hadn't come back. and there in the

window was my father. he hadn't come back. and there in the window was my father.— window was my father. he came to rescue you? _ window was my father. he came to rescue you? not _ window was my father. he came to rescue you? not to _ window was my father. he came to rescue you? not to rescue i window was my father. he came to rescue you? not to rescue us. i window was my father. he came to rescue you? not to rescue us. he i rescue you? not to rescue us. he came to warn — rescue you? not to rescue us. he came to warn us _ rescue you? not to rescue us. he came to warn us that _ rescue you? not to rescue us. he came to warn us that the i rescue you? not to rescue us. he came to warn us that the next i rescue you? not to rescue us. he. came to warn us that the next day, there was einsatzgruppe. they were specially trained killer squads, and they would execute people. and i remember, i asked they would execute people. and i remember, iasked my they would execute people. and i remember, i asked my father if i was right. i remembered the conversation he said to my mother, you must come. tomorrow there is an action. and my mother said, tomorrow there is an action. and my mothersaid, i tomorrow there is an action. and my mother said, i can't, she is not well. and he said, bring her with. she said no, she will never make it. and whether it was a searchlight or a patrol, i don't know. i remember she closed the window and she lay

down beside me on the floor. and i don't know how she got through that night. and i don't really know how she made the decision she did and whether, in fact, she made the decision she did and whether, infact, it she made the decision she did and whether, in fact, it was the right one. but early the next morning, there were the usual sounds of the einsatzgruppen, jeeps, screams, yells, shrieks, dogs. and wejust lay there. and then suddenly, there was this whack on the door. it was the back door of the man's house. and i remember my mother got on her knees, gave me a big hug and kiss and very calmly walked to the door, opened it and closed it firmly behind her. and when she didn't come back, i went to look for her. so i

got up and it was the back of the old man's house and it had steps, but they were concrete steps. so i got on the top step. i think there were two other steps down, and i looked and i suddenly saw her. she was with other people and they were being pushed towards the well in the middle of the village, in front of it. and ifound it very odd middle of the village, in front of it. and i found it very odd that she didn't look back and she wasn't looking for me. we always made eye contact. so i thought that maybe i would go down and take her hand the way i usually did. and suddenly, somebody shouted in order. and she

wasn't looking back, which i found difficult to understand, and they started to shoot. and i saw her for, and i saw the blood on the snow —— i saw her fall. and and i saw the blood on the snow —— i saw herfall. and i and i saw the blood on the snow —— i saw her fall. and i always say this — that was the moment i grew up. i understood that i mustn't make a sound and i understood why she didn't look at me, even. and so then i went back and put myself back on the pallet. i eventually recovered, but i went to this particular building that my mother had worked in. �* , ., ., , ., , building that my mother had worked in. i'm 'ust going to stop you there, in. i'm just going to stop you there, because _ in. i'm just going to stop you there, because you - in. i'm just going to stop you there, because you have i in. i'm just going to stop you| there, because you have told in. i'm just going to stop you i there, because you have told us such a powerful and upsetting story about

what happened to you. i know that after the war, your father found you. you came to britain to live and you. you came to britain to live and you got married, you had four children. you have eight grandchildren. and you spend so much time telling stories like this so people cannot forget what happened. i want to thank you very much for sharing that story with us today on holocaust memorial day, hannah lewis. you're watching bbc news. and we will have more coverage of holocaust memorial day throughout the day and bbc news. now it's time for the weather. we have a lot of dry weather on the cards, but there will be a bit of sunshine at times trying to break through the cloud.

but it is really this large area of high pressure out in the atlantic that's ridging across the uk, keeping the weather reasonably settled, fairly light winds today too. the only exception is towards the far north—west. breezier conditions as the weather front moves in, bringing a few splashes of rain to the western isles. you can also see one or two showers coming out of this clumpy cloud through parts of northern england and the midlands toward south wales and the south—west. some sunshine for east anglia and the south—east at times and some brightness holding on for parts of northern england and eastern scotland. through tonight, that band of rain tracks further south across scotland and northern ireland, tending to fizzle out as it does so. a few light and drizzly showers across northern england by the time we get a saturday morning. largely frost—free to the north of that, but colder conditions in the south. a touch of frost and some fog patches for parts of southern england in particular. saturday's weather is dominated by this weak weather front which will be pushing south,

not bringing much rain. perhaps a few light showers, but bringing a band of cloud through the central slice of the uk. either side of that, a bit more sunshine once the mist and fog have cleared away from the south. there should be some spells of brightness coming through and for scotland and northern ireland, some sunny intervals developing. then things turn a bit milder through the second half of the weekend. a warm front moves its way towards the east. and the wind is coming from a milder direction on sunday, but turning windy in the north. gales developing for northern and western parts of scotland. some rain pushing into the far north—west later. much of england and wales keep the dry weather, the best of the sunshine for east anglia and the south—east. many of us will be back in double figures. belfast is one of the warmer spots for sunday. on monday, that front clears away towards the south. so colderfor a time, perhaps the odd wintry shower in the north, but generally high pressure building through much of the weekend. so yes, some rain in the outlook, particularly in the north and north—west.

drier in the south and turning milder than it has been. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00. the chancellorjeremy hunt sets out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. risk—taking by individuals and businesses can only happen when governments provide economic and financial stability. the best tax cut right now is a cut in inflation. reports claim the controversial planned new high speed rail link, hs2, may no longer reach central london because of rising inflation and construction costs. a man appears in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base in yorkshire. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis

police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. ceremonies are being held to mark holocaust memorial day to remember the millions of people persecuted and murdered by the nazis. a special ceremony will take place at the concentration camp. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has called for patience, discipline and optimism as he outlined the government's ambitions for economic growth.

in his first major speech in the role, mr hunt promised a number of initiatives, such as investment zones, and said the best tax cut for the public would be halving inflation. he described the millions of people considered economically inactive as "a shocking waste of talent and potential" and promised help to encourage more people back into work, but it comes against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and ongoing strikes about public sector pay. it comes in a week the government has faced accusations that it has no long—term plan for growth. the chancellor began his speech outlining the government's top priorties that he said falls under four pillars. for ease of memory, the four pillars all happen to start with the letter e. the four es of economic growth and prosperity. they are enterprise, education, employment and everywhere. so let's start with the first e, which is enterprise. if we are to be the europe's

most prosperous economy, we need to have, quite simply, it's most dynamic and productive companies. there is a wide range of literature citing the importance of entrepreneurship, on business dynamism, whereby more productive firms enter and grow and less productive firm shrink. he did talk about the triangle between london and cambridge and oxford where we have huge amounts of innovation in digital industries and biotech. in orderfor innovation in digital industries and biotech. in order for government to play a role in encouraging that, there has to be encouraging investment. he is talking about keeping taxes down but some business taxes have been going up recently, he says they are still lower than in

other countries but what is going to do to incentivise that? over the last two years, the government has had some of the biggest corporate tax cuts that rishi sunak brought in, where you can claim more than your spending in whatever investment you're making back tax. that has beenin you're making back tax. that has been in place for two years but business investment hasn't gone up and there are still issues over how you will stimulate that. they are bringing it to an end at the end of march. business leaders will want to know if that he will carry on and what the government is going to do. let's speak now to sian elliott, head of public services at the trades union congress. let's speak now to sian elliott, head of public services what we have heard from the chancellor is a rehash of that 2010

conservative coalition playbook. times are hard, workers and public services are going to have to pay for it. we had code around cuts, with a chancellor think there would be restraint around spending. that means cuts to public services and he didn't say anything about one of the biggest issues facing public services and the country, the current pay disputes between workers in the public sector and the government. we need to be hearing from the government that they recognise that 2010 approach of austerity and under investing in our public services, not investing in the workforce, that has led us to the workforce, that has led us to the crisis point that we are in today. we would have liked to have heard that the government will do something different. he is the key to resolving the current pay disputes and getting our public services back to the strong and resilient place that they need to

be, in orderfor us to have economic growth and stability that the chancellor claims to want. the growth and stability that the chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said _ chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said is _ chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said is pertinent i chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said is pertinent to i chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said is pertinent to all i chancellor claims to want. a lot of what he said is pertinent to all of. what he said is pertinent to all of us in the uk, public or private sector. you would agree that getting inflation down would get everyone's life better. including public service workers?— life better. including public service workers? ~ . ., , service workers? what we have seen over the last — service workers? what we have seen over the last 12 _ service workers? what we have seen over the last 12 years _ service workers? what we have seen over the last 12 years is _ service workers? what we have seen over the last 12 years is the i service workers? what we have seen over the last 12 years is the worst i over the last 12 years is the worst wage growth that the uk has phased in over 200 years and that has been led by the government holding down wages in the public sector. employers in the private sector have followed suit. we are all interconnected. went public sector workers have enough money in their pocket, notjust to keep heat in the home and fuel in the car, what they are able to do is go out and spend in their local businesses, shops,

restaurants and that is vital. we are interconnected and we recognise that. what we are saying that to the government is that cutting back on public spending, as we are entering into a recession is the last thing that we should be doing. we should be investing to grow our way out of the current economic difficulties. the chancellor acknowledged how many job vacancies there are in the country and around 9 million people are economically inactive. a lot of those vacancies are in the public sector, if you want to get more people into work, get those vacancies filled, the government will eventually realise that those jobs will have to be more attractive. i jobs will have to be more attractive.— jobs will have to be more attractive. ., ., , ., attractive. i would hope that he would have _ attractive. i would hope that he would have realised _ attractive. i would hope that he would have realised it - attractive. i would hope that he would have realised it by i attractive. i would hope that he would have realised it by now. | would have realised it by now. workers across the public sector are taking industrial action, workers across the public sector are taking industrialaction, in workers across the public sector are taking industrial action, in order to say that there are key workers in health and education that are

leaving because they can get better pay elsewhere. we can't afford for those workers to leave, our health system is straining under the weight of under investment. we know that there are deaths being caused every day because the system simply can't cope. it hasn't got the staff it needs in order to deliver high quality services. many of those who are reporting as economically inactive is because they have long—term health conditions that are going unaddressed. if the chancellor wants to get more people into the workplace, we need to fix our health and social care system, our public services to make sure we have a healthy and skilled workforce able to go out and grow our economy back into the position we needed to be in. the chancellor's says the government is committed to bringing the hs2 line all the way to the planned central

london terminal at euston. it's after reports that the high—speed line may end in west london due to spiralling costs. the government hadn't denied those claims and said it was committed to the service reaching manchester. the high speed rail services was orginally intended to connect london, birmingham, manchester and leeds but the leg to leeds has since been scrapped. jeremy hunt was asked about the reports by bbc economics editor, faisal islam, in the last few minutes. are you as chancellor committed to the hs2 high—speed line all the way to euston station? yes the hs2 high-speed line all the way to euston station?— to euston station? yes we are, i don't see — to euston station? yes we are, i don't see any — to euston station? yes we are, i don't see any conceivable i to euston station? yes we are, i don't see any conceivable sense| to euston station? yes we are, i. don't see any conceivable sense that would not end up at euston station. i prioritised hs2 in the autumn statement. we do not have a good record of delivering complex infrastructure quickly, but i'm incredibly proud that for the first

time in this last decade, under a conservative government, we have shovels in the ground and we will make hs2 happen.— shovels in the ground and we will make hs2 happen. yesterday, the re ort make hs2 happen. yesterday, the report said — make hs2 happen. yesterday, the report said that _ make hs2 happen. yesterday, the report said that there _ make hs2 happen. yesterday, the report said that there were i make hs2 happen. yesterday, the report said that there were no i report said that there were no penalties for innocent errors in your tax affairs, so why is your colleague still in cabinet. can you confirm that you have never had to pay a tax penalty?— pay a tax penalty? there is an independent _ pay a tax penalty? there is an independent report _ pay a tax penalty? there is an independent report going i pay a tax penalty? there is an independent report going on i pay a tax penalty? there is an i independent report going on looking at the minister, i don't comment on my own tax records but for the record i have not paid a tax time. let's get now the reaction from martin mctague, national chair of the federation of small businesses. let's deal with the hs2 matter

first. in your view how important is it that there is a central london terminus for this route? i it that there is a central london terminus for this route?- it that there is a central london terminus for this route? i think it is essential _ terminus for this route? i think it is essential because _ terminus for this route? i think it is essential because as _ terminus for this route? i think it is essential because as far i terminus for this route? i think it is essential because as far as i terminus for this route? i think it l is essential because as far as many of our members in the midlands are concerned, hs2 is an enormous boost to the economy there. it's part of the levelling up process and if it falls short in west london, that defeats many of the objectives of the line. defeats many of the ob'ectives of the line. ., ., , , ., the line. how regrettable is it that bits of it seem _ the line. how regrettable is it that bits of it seem to _ the line. how regrettable is it that bits of it seem to be _ the line. how regrettable is it that bits of it seem to be chopped i the line. how regrettable is it that bits of it seem to be chopped off, | bits of it seem to be chopped off, it seems to be getting smaller, that makes the rest of it less value for money. l makes the rest of it less value for mone . . ~' makes the rest of it less value for mone . . ~ , ., makes the rest of it less value for mone . . ~ ,., . money. i take the point. we recognise — money. i take the point. we recognise that _ money. i take the point. we recognise that there i money. i take the point. we recognise that there is i money. i take the point. we recognise that there is a i money. i take the point. we. recognise that there is a limit money. i take the point. we i recognise that there is a limit to what the government can invest, they have to prioritise. i was pleased with the chancellor's for ease when

he mentioned enterprise as the top of the list. we know that the public attitude to risk taking is really important. we know that should smarter regulation will matter and access to capital for a lot of small businesses is vitally important. he talked about wasted talent and how we have so many economically inactive people. how problematic is it for your members to find the right staff? it it for your members to find the right staff?— right staff? it is a massive problem- _ right staff? it is a massive problem. there _ right staff? it is a massive problem. there are i right staff? it is a massive i problem. there are roughly right staff? it is a massive _ problem. there are roughly 300,000 people who have left the workforce for a variety of reasons. some are for a variety of reasons. some are for early retirement, we couldn't get eu workers back into the uk. this makes life really difficult for small businesses who are having to compete for scarce labour. i hope that he uses the flexibility that he has to look at self—employment as an

answer for inactivity. there are a lot of people who would come back into the workforce if they felt they had more control over their working lives. ., ., , ., lives. how important is it that he differentiates _ lives. how important is it that he differentiates with _ lives. how important is it that he differentiates with the _ lives. how important is it that he differentiates with the incentivesj differentiates with the incentives that government can offer to businesses? between those big businesses? between those big businesses that employ thousands of people as opposed to those smaller members who are often the backbone of the economy and can be incredibly fleet of foot and resilient in tough times? ~ , , ., , fleet of foot and resilient in tough times? ~ ,,., , ,., times? absolutely right. the point that i have made _ times? absolutely right. the point that i have made to _ times? absolutely right. the point that i have made to the _ times? absolutely right. the point that i have made to the chancellorj that i have made to the chancellor is that i think the government has about 18 months left and we are facing a shallow recession that could go on for two years. the only people that can move quickly, the people that can move quickly, the people that can move quickly, the people that in previous recessions have dug us out of the hole are the small business owners. they are prepared to take risks and employ people but you need to give them the

right incentives. right now the government has fallen short on several of those. in his speech he mentioned that he wanted public attitude to risk taking to improve. the government's attitude to risk taking needs to change as well. i am hoping that he will reverse its stance on that.— stance on that. thank you for speaking _ stance on that. thank you for speaking to _ stance on that. thank you for speaking to us. _ a student nurse allegedly found with a pressure cooker bomb outside the maternity ward of a leeds hospital has appeared in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base. mohammad farooq, 27, was allegedly inspired by radical islam when he carried out "hostile reconnaissance" of the military base in yorkshire in january.

mohammad farooq was bought mean the court last night. he faces three charges, two charges relating to the incident in hospital and want related to this alleged preparation of terrorist acts at raf base. the charges related to the hospital are that he had in his possession 13.7 kilograms of a explosive mixture, a pressure cooker and a length of fuse. the second charge is that he had an imitation firearm, a imitation pistol, the allegation is that he turned up at the hospital in leeds in the early hours of the morning of 20th of january leeds in the early hours of the morning of 20th ofjanuary and he had what has been described as a viable explosive device and a firearm in his possession. the third charge relates to preparation of a

legend but activities at raf base. he had instructions, he purchased equipment and made a home—made explosive device, done research on the proposed target and had done reconnaissance on this raf base. the allegation is that he went to the raf base on two occasions. he appeared by video link, he is wearing those great tracksuits, he confirmed his name, date of birth and address. the next court appearance would be at the old bailey on the 3rd of february and he would remain in custody until then. nottingham university hospitals trust has been fined a record £800,000 forfailing to provide safe care to a baby who died at 23 minutes old. wynter andrews died at nottingham

queen's medical centre in 2019, in what was previously described by a coroner as "a clear and obvious case of neglect". let's talk to our correspondent navtej johal our east midlands correspondent the proceedings here at nottingham magistrates' court lasted less then one hour. the result was extremely significant. in terms of what we saw here, this was only the second criminal prosecution brought against an nhs unit. the fine of £800,000 was handed out, the largest given in the circumstances. this is the result of what happened at three and a half years ago. sarah andrews gave birth to herfirst a half years ago. sarah andrews gave birth to her first child by cesarean section in 2019. just 23 minutes

after she was born, she died in her mothers arms. the inquest into the death said that she died after a loss of oxygen flow to her brain after the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck which would have been prevented if staff delivered her earlier. the trust admitted that the staff had not provided safe care to the mother and child. it apologised to the parents for the grief it caused. sarah andrews is expected to give a statement here outside the magistrates' court. ahead of the sentencing, the judge listed failures of care, particularly around the training of staff. a number of occasions where they did not follow the national or local guidelines. the wider picture is that the maternity services here at the nottingham trust have been rated inadequate since 2020. this

all comes against a backdrop of a wide—ranging review into maternity services which has been led by an independent midwife. that started in september and is expected to conclude next year. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyree nichols, a black man severley beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 24 hours. our correspondent peter bowes has more. another case of alleged police brutality in america. this time in memphis, where 29—year—old tyre nichols died three days after he was stopped for alleged reckless driving. his family say he

was severely beaten. the five officers were sacked last week after an investigation found them to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of mr nichols. now they are being charged with second—degree murder. this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane. video footage of the arrest will be made public in the coming hours. tyre nichols' grieving family had an opportunity to review it earlier this week. i don't know anything right now. all i know is my son tyre is not here with me any more. he will never walk through that door again. he will never come in and say, "hello, parents," because that is what he would do. he would come in and say, "hello, parents." in a word, it's absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not

at all reflect proper policing. this was wrong, this was criminal. this is a case involving a young black man and police officers who were also black. it is, according to the civil rights leader, the reverend al sharpton, particularly painful because of the race of the officers. for this young man to be beaten to death by five police is horrendous and inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that is more injurous to me and others that these are five black cops. we fought to put blacks on the police force. and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than i can tell you. in a statement, president biden said tyre's family deserved a swift, full and transparent investigation into his death.

he went on... with the imminent release of the video footage, officials in memphis have called for calm but they are not discouraging people from taking to the streets. the days ahead will be tense. emotions are running high. with many americans asking, why does this keep happening? jared hill, cbs news correspondent, gave us this update. this is something that i have heard from people, everyday people who

live in this country. they said this issue gets to the heart of what we saw back in 2020, concerns about police and it wasn't about representation, black faces and bodies in police departments. they are saying this showcases desire for improvement in how police systems and law enforcement agencies interact with their communities. now we are removing rays from this issue, it gets to the heart of improving relationships between policing agencies and their communities. there's been a huge rise in the number of people going to hospital with eating disorders, according to nhs figures. last year over 28,000 admissions were recorded across england, which is a 38% increase on the year before the pandemic. when looking just at children, the figure jumps to an 82% rise from 4,232 to 7,719.

with me is freya stent, a mental health practictioner who specialises in eating disorders, and mandy scott, a nurse for the charity personalised eating disorder support. thank you forjoining us. can you define what we mean by an eating disorder? ,., ., define what we mean by an eating disorder? ., . ., ,, disorder? good morning. when we talk about eatin: disorder? good morning. when we talk about eating disorders, _ disorder? good morning. when we talk about eating disorders, there _ disorder? good morning. when we talk about eating disorders, there is i disorder? good morning. when we talk about eating disorders, there is an i about eating disorders, there is an one definition that defines all eating disorders because there are different types and different diagnoses. also people don't always fall into one category. generally speaking what we might see is a disturbance in the relationship that somebody has with food, and alongside that a disturbance in self image and the way their self is perceived. there may be other behaviours in there as well which a

person might display, such as a disturbance in their relationship with exercise which is driven by an motive which is not enjoyment. ltirel’hat motive which is not en'oyment. what should we do _ motive which is not en'oyment. what should we do with i motive which is not enjoyment. what should we do with those stereotypes that we have of what somebody with an eating disorder will look like, it is a hidden problem, isn't it? absolutely. eating disorders can affect _ absolutely. eating disorders can affect anybody at any age. from any background. it is important that we recognise _ background. it is important that we recognise that and we put into practice — recognise that and we put into practice better education, better training — practice better education, better training and awareness for those groups— training and awareness for those groups that may have struggled to come _ groups that may have struggled to come forward. for example, lgbt communities, muslim communities and also the _ communities, muslim communities and also the older age group because historically eating disorders have been _ historically eating disorders have been known as a women's slimming

disease _ been known as a women's slimming disease which is absolutely not the case _ disease which is absolutely not the case it— disease which is absolutely not the case it is— disease which is absolutely not the case. it is about targeting groups and specific areas where people have struggled _ and specific areas where people have struggled to access and have had barriers — struggled to access and have had barriers to— struggled to access and have had barriers to health. training is vital — barriers to health. training is vital. ., , , . ., , vital. the need for specialism we will come back _ vital. the need for specialism we will come back to _ vital. the need for specialism we will come back to that. _ vital. the need for specialism we will come back to that. why i vital. the need for specialism we will come back to that. why do i vital. the need for specialism we i will come back to that. why do you believe the pandemic was such a catalyst for people developing or seeking support for these problems? within the pandemic, people were extremely isolated and eating disorders thrive in an isolated environment. people didn't have their usual support networks in place, people weren't as accessible to talk to, for example a young person might go to school and have a designated person that they confide in and have one—to—one support from. they weren't getting that at home. people's routines became disrupted and people didn't have things to

focus on and may have turned to diet and exercise as a means to find a new hobby but that could have developed into something significant. i even saw from my own experience using social media, what i eat in a day or what exercise i have done and people might have been heavily influenced, especially young people by social media throughout the pandemic. haifa people by social media throughout the pandemic-— people by social media throughout the andemic. ., , ., ., the pandemic. how well provided for are we are in — the pandemic. how well provided for are we are in this _ the pandemic. how well provided for are we are in this country _ the pandemic. how well provided for are we are in this country of- the pandemic. how well provided for are we are in this country of health i are we are in this country of health care practitioners who have a deep understanding and training in eating disorders? , ., , understanding and training in eating disorders? , . , ., disorders? there is always a need for improvement. _ disorders? there is always a need for improvement. i— disorders? there is always a need for improvement. i think- disorders? there is always a need for improvement. i think the i disorders? there is always a need for improvement. i think the nhs| disorders? there is always a need i for improvement. i think the nhs and the voluntary sector organisations are working extremely hard together to provide _ are working extremely hard together to provide that training and i think it is difficult when we look at for example — it is difficult when we look at for example the syllabus for the nursing

schools _ example the syllabus for the nursing schools or _ example the syllabus for the nursing schools or the medical schools, where _ schools or the medical schools, where there has been very little time _ where there has been very little time allocated, historically to providing that specialist support. hence, _ providing that specialist support. hence, the need for specialist services — hence, the need for specialist services such as charities that exist— services such as charities that exist around the country to work together— exist around the country to work together to support the statutory services, — together to support the statutory services, the local councils and schools. — services, the local councils and schools, the nhs services to make sure that _ schools, the nhs services to make sure that training is provided. absolutely, need for improvement, we are aware _ absolutely, need for improvement, we are aware of— absolutely, need for improvement, we are aware of it and we are working more _ are aware of it and we are working more with— are aware of it and we are working more with the services such as health— more with the services such as health education england to make sure that — health education england to make sure that is a crucial area that needs— sure that is a crucial area that needs to _ sure that is a crucial area that needs to be included for all trainees— needs to be included for all trainees going into the field of eating — trainees going into the field of eating disorders but also general primary— eating disorders but also general primary care. gps, school nurses. it primary care. gps, school nurses. [it can primary care. gps, school nurses. can be primary care. gps, school nurses. hi can be frightening to ask for help, especially if you think your health is slipping out of your control in

some way. what should the first step would be if you have a worry about your own situation or someone you care about? i your own situation or someone you care about?— care about? i think letting that erson care about? i think letting that person know — care about? i think letting that person know that _ care about? i think letting that person know that you i care about? i think letting that person know that you are i care about? i think letting that| person know that you are there care about? i think letting that i person know that you are there for them to talk to, opening up to someone in that support network, it doesn't have to be family, it could be a close friend. the first step is talking about it and also validating how that person feels and listening to them in a non—judgemental way. letting them know that it is ok and there is help out there for people to access. going to your gp is the first port of call, just to find out what services are available in your area, things differ up and down the country. as a first port of call, being open and being able to talk about that. as difficult as that can be for an individual, making them feel comfortable and giving them a

safe space to talk about how they feel is really important. the eating disorder charity _ feel is really important. the eating disorder charity seed _ feel is really important. the eating disorder charity seed is _ feel is really important. the eating disorder charity seed is opening i feel is really important. the eating i disorder charity seed is opening new rooms named after sufferers. can you tell us about them? those two women sadly died due to anorexia, it is important for us to highlight that anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness through health complications or suicide. there needn't be these deaths, there is always hope, we need to hang onto hope. in terms of reaching out to gp, absolutely the first point of call and getting those medical checks. getting those blood tests, those relevant tests that are needed to safeguard and monitors so what is hell. those two people that lost their lives, the

organisation is working hard to remember them but also to try and reduce the number of people and the deaths from eating disorders. yeah, i think it is raising awareness and making it clear that eating disorders are treatable, no matter how serious they are. always having hope. it is a matter how much treatment somebody has had, never give up. think, you can go to the bbc action light website. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. the weather looking reasonably dry and settled through today

and into the weekend for many of us, too. we have got fairly cloudy skies out there today, but there'll be some glimpses of sunshine breaking through the cloud for some of us. so it was a bit of a chilly start across scotland and northern ireland, but we will see a bit more cloud drifting in here from the northwest, few splashes of rain for the northern isles, but some sunshine for aberdeenshire, perhaps across northern ireland. a little bit of sunshine. england and wales generally cloudier. just the odd light shower coming out of that cloud for parts of north east england, perhaps into the midlands, some sunshine down towards east anglia and the southeast as well. and temperatures for most of us around about 5 to 8 degrees. moving through this evening and tonight, that band of rain slips south across scotland and northern ireland tending to fizzle out as it does so. but a bit of drizzliness moving into northern england by the early hours of saturday. but the coldest weather will be towards the south. minus two or minus three degrees. touch of frost and a few fog patches. lots of reasonably dry weather through the weekend and temperatures turning a little bit milder by the time we get to sunday back into double figures for many of us.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been fined £800,000 after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born. chancellorjeremy hunt has denied reports that the planned hs2 rail [ink may no longer reach central london because of rising inflation and construction costs. in a speech in london this morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. a man appears in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base in yorkshire. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. here's holly. good morning. everton are set to appoint former burnley boss sean dyche

as their new manager. dyche was sacked by burnley last april, and the club failed to stay in the premier league. he now looks certain to be given the task of rescuing everton's troubled season, with the team everton lying 19th in the table after picking up only 15 points from 20 games. during ten years at burnley, dyche guided the clarets to two top—half premier league finishes, including theirfirst european qualification in 51 years after leading them to seventh in 2018. britain's great double act have done it again at the australian open tennis. it's an incredible 16th grand slam doubles title for alfie hewitt and gordon reid. their telepathic teamwork secured a fourth successive wheelchair doubles title in melbourne for hewitt and reid, and it took them just over an hour to sweep aside their dutch opponents maikel scheffers and ruben spaargaren 6—1, 6—2. it is their 16th grand slam title together in doubles and hewett now has to prepare for the singles final tomorrow. he is the world number one and plays

16—year—old tokito oda of japan. meanwhile, nine—time men's champion novak djokovic has cruised into another final. he will meet greece's stefanos tsitsipas on sunday. the serb steam—rolled another opponent, beating american tommy paul in straight sets. djokovic overcame a wobble in the opening set, before re—establishing his authority to earn a comfortble 7—5, 6—1, 6—2 victory. well, before djokovic�*s victory his father, srdan, said he had no intention of causing any disruption at the tournament by posing for pictures with supporters of vladimir putin, who were waving russian flags. djokovic�*s father said he wishes only for peace. he watched novak�*s semifinal win from home. earlier, tsitsipas took the first two sets against karen kacahnov, before the russian launched a bit of a fightback to win

a tie break in the third. but tsitsipas, who has the incentive of becoming world number one if he wins the title in melbourne, stepped up a gear again to prevail in the fourth. this is a very humbling opportunity for me the finals here means a lot. having started here as one of my firstjunior grand slams and being now in the finals of the men's events is as important as my very first steps that i took on the tennis court, so i'm going to grasp this opportunity and get myself ready for this big day. jofra archer is making his long awaited return to the england side today. he's been picked to play in the first of three one—day internationals against south africa in bloemfontein. harry brook is making his international 50 over debut for england. south africa won the toss

and decided to bat. a few moments ago they were by for 56—0 in the seventh over. now to some success for great britain in winter sports. the men have won gold and bronze at the skeleton world championships in st moritz, switzerland. matt weston triumphed by more than a second over italy's amedeo bagnis in second, with marcus wyatt in third. weston becomes only the second british man to win a world skeleton title after kristan bromley in 2008. next a moment of history in snooker. reanne evans has become the first woman to win a match in the one frame snooker shoot out in leicester by beating former men's world champion stuart bingham. evans, who is the 12—time women's world snooker champion, made an early break of 21, before pulling clear to seal a memorable win.

evans' reward for her victory, which is herfirst in a professional event since 2017, is a match next against gary wilson. after her famous victory, evans tweeted, "a win is a win. against a class player like stuart too." just before we go, don't forget you can keep up to date with all the latest from golf�*s dubai desert classic on the bbc sport website. rory mcilroy and patrick reed share the lead on six under par after their first rounds. many players' first rounds were delayed by rain. for more go to the bc sport app and the bbc sport website. events are taking place across the world to mark international holocaust memorial day. held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau death camp. let's cross over to there now

to take a brief listen. this year the german parliament is focusing for the first time for those who are persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. as the years past there are fewer and fewer shipwright —— survivors from that time who can remember the horrors that they live through. in the uk, people are being invited to take part in a national moment of reflection by placing a candle in their windows at 4pm this afternoon. holocaust survivor lily aybert was deported to auschwitz by the nazis when she was just 20—years—old. soon she will be turning 100 and to mark holocaust memorial day has started to share her experiences on tiktok, with the help of her great—grandson. graham satchell been to meet her.

that was my number given in auschwitz. 10,572. they were born jewish. they are not human beings. we don't need them. what can we do with them? that is simple, we can kill them. we made a factory. a factory, not to produce something... to kill picky people. and their crime was that they was born jewish.

that was their crime. lily ebert was born into what she describes as a respectable middle classjewish family in hungary in 1923. we were six children. four girls and two boys. the most loving parents who any children can only dream of. when the germans invaded hungary, then our life changed from one second to the other. lily was put on a train to the nazi death camp, auschwitz—birkenau. it was 1944. lily was just 20. when we arrived, we were selected.

weaker people, men and women, first of all. their families were divided and that was terrible. my mother, my younger brother, brother and sister were taken to one side. i was taken there with my two younger sisters. the last time when i saw my mother, my younger brother and sister. and then it came the darkest part of my life. more than six million people were killed in the holocaust. the vast majority were jews. auschwitz was both a death camp

and a slave labour camp. lily was put to work in a factory making uniforms. we were not... taken for human beings. they cut our hair. the beautiful young girls were so dehumanised. they took away our life. lily was moved from camp to camp and was finally liberated in 1945 by the americans. astonishingly, footage of that moment was found a few years ago. this is lily, age 21. do you want to tell me about your younger sister? she was the most beautiful little girl. lily made a promise after the war that she would tell her story as a warning to the world. when you look at these pictures...

that these children were killed. with the help of her great grandson, dov, she's become a tiktok sensation. some of the videos are pure joy. lily has shared family photos and memories. but in most she answers questions about the holocaust sent in from all over the world, from her two million followers. at auschwitz, in the morning they gave us black water to drink, and that is what they called breakfast. i never think that tiktok that i am a star, but i take it... i am very happy that i can be a part of it. i can tell the world,

when we are not careful, we will... what can happen, and what happened in our generation. lily is now 99. her portrait, commissioned by king charles, hangs in buckingham palace. she received an mbe in the new year's honours list. she remains determined to tell her story. i hope for the sake of humanity, that humanity can survive. where nothing like that can happen again to anybody. that was graham satchell reporting. the headlines on bbc news: nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been fined 8oo

thousand pounds after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born. chancellorjeremy hunt has denied reports that the planned hs2 rail [ink may no longer reach central london because of rising inflation and construction costs. in a speech in london this morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. israel has said its defence systems have stopped missiles that were destined for the country. they say

they have arrested members of islamicjihad. it's a pattern that unfortunately we have seen before, when you have violence in the west bank or in jerusalem very quickly, it spreads to the gaza strip. our apologies, we are heading to nottingham. this our apologies, we are heading to nottingham-— our apologies, we are heading to nottingham. our apologies, we are heading to nottinuham. , ., , ., nottingham. this was designed to act as a punishment _ nottingham. this was designed to act as a punishment and _ nottingham. this was designed to act as a punishment and deterrent. i nottingham. this was designed to act as a punishment and deterrent. no i as a punishment and deterrent. no financial penalty will ever bring winter back. we hope this sends a clear message to trust managers that they must hold patient safety in the

highest regard. sadly, we are not the only family harmed by the failures of the trust. we feel that the sentence isn'tjust for wynter, but for all the babies that have gone before and after her. that was sarah andrews speaking after that record fine against nottingham university hospital trust of £800,000 forfailing nottingham university hospital trust of £800,000 for failing to provide safe care for sarah because my baby, wynter, who died at the queens medical centre in nottingham 2019 when she wasjust medical centre in nottingham 2019 when she was just 23 minutes old. a coroner had previously described this as a clear and obvious case of neglect. sarah andrews they are saying that nothing will bring

wynter back or the other babies who have died. she said that this case highlights the need for patient safety to be given the highest regard. thejudge in this particular case had listed a catalogue of failings and mistakes that exposed them and their baby to a significant risk of harm that was avoidable. the judge said the level of culpability was high and that many procedures and practices at the trust were not followed or adhered to. she added that the trust has no previous convictions and the hospital has safely cared for thousands of babies and mothers, but nonetheless, they have now been fined £800,000. this week has seen a significant increase in western military support to ukraine with the approval of the supply of more battle tanks, but ukrainians have also been digesting new allegations of corruption levelled against some government ministers. it's led to president zelensky removing a group of ministers

and officials in the biggest reshuffle since the conflict started. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports on what's been described as kyiv�*s other enemy — corruption. the fresh beginnings of 2019 and a promise by ukraine's new president to finally deal with corruption. translation: my election has proved that citizens are tired of experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country of opportunities — opportunities to steal, bribe and loot. yet in 2023, ukrainian politics is once again riddled with those exact allegations. ukraine's leader has overseen around a dozen resignations or sackings this week. oleksiy symonenko quit after taking a holiday in spain at a time when most men can't leave the country. vasyl lozinskyi was fired after being arrested for allegedly taking a bribe worth more than £300,000.

he has denied it. and kyrylo tymoshenko, president zelensky�*s own deputy head of office, stood down after reports that he'd been living a lavish lifestyle. those came from this man, mykhailo tkach, an investigative journalist for the news website ukrainska pravda. translation: if the source of the money is unclear, they register things, such as cars or mansions, to their close people or relatives, people that do not have an obligation to declare their property. i think every step an official makes should be clear to society. mr tymoshenko has also denied doing anything wrong, but mykhailo's scoops have led to a shake—up across government. translation: the president's latest decision also shows that such responsibility is recognised at the highest level, that you can't play around with this. we are talking about our country's existence. it is very important.

this has already been a war that has taken so much from so many. and while there is fighting in some parts of the country, in others, people are trying to recover. so when there are claims of corruption once again at the heart of ukrainian politics, the political damage is that much deeper. outside of kyiv, the power has just come back, allowing ivana's bakery to do business once again. translation: i don't like it. it would be better if this money went for something good for ukraine rather than to someone's pocket. probably we need to replace all those who are there for many years. they got used to that, it's what feeds them. corruption has plagued politics in ukraine since it declared independence 31 years ago. now, with the world's eyes on it along with the scrutiny that comes with receiving billions of pounds worth of foreign aid, kyiv seems keen to act, or to be seen to.

tracking what shoppers buy via loyalty card data can help spot those with early signs of ovarian cancer, doctors who have been running a study say. they found that requent purchases of over—the—counter painkillers and indigestion tablets revealed a higher risk of ovarian cancer, which is often diagnosed late. there is no reliable screening test and the symptoms, such as bloating, can be vague and confused with other common, harmless conditions. archaeologists in egypt have uncovered several tombs that have been sealed for more than 4,000 years. buried within one of them was a gold—laced mummy and numerous statues. the discovery was made just south of cairo in the legendary saqqara necropolis. tim allman reports. beneath egypt's's ancient desert

sands, it feels like there's always another secret to be revealed. in the shadow of the stepstone pyramid of djoser, a new discovery from the age of the pharaohs. as so often in this part of the world, the past intrudes on the present. saqqara is a very important place. it reveals many important treasures and we are announcing today one of these great treasures. these tombs were sealed up more than 2,000 years before the birth of christ. buried within them, statues, pots and stone tablets adorned with hieroglyphs — a sign ofjust how important occupants of these tombs really were. translation: this discovery is so important. we found the tomb of a priest, the tomb of a man who was a judge and a writer. and the last tomb was for the owner of the statues we found.

this discovery is so important as it connects the kings and the people living around. critics have said this is more about publicity than archaeology. either way, officials are pressing ahead. another recently discovered tomb is to be opened next week. who knows what treasure, and what secrets, that will reveal. people in auckland, new zealand, have been forced to evacuate their homes as heavy rains caused major flooding in some parts of the city. rising floodwaters have left streets and homes swamped. new zealand's meteorological service issued severe weather warnings as the torrential rain continued to fall. local police urged motorists to take care on the roads with some land slips reported. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. a reasonably quiet day weather—wise out there today. we've got a lot of dry

weather on the cards. fairly cloudy skies for most places, but there'll be a bit of sunshine at times just trying to break through the cloud as well. and we do have one or two showers around across central parts of england into south wales, for instance, too. but it is really this large area of high pressure out in the atlantic that's ridging in across the uk, keeping the weather reasonably settled. fairly light winds today too. the only exception is towards the far northwest. breezier conditions as a weather front moves in, bringing a few splashes of rain to the western isles, for instance. and also you can just see one or two showers coming out of this fairly clumpy cloud through parts of northern england, the midlands down towards south wales and the south west too. some sunshine for east anglia in the south east at times and some brightness holding on for parts of northern england and eastern scotland. but through tonight then that band of rain tracks further south across scotland and northern ireland tending to fizzle out a bit as it does so. so i thinkjust a few light drizzly showers across northern england by the time we get to saturday morning, largely frost free

to the north of that, but colder conditions in the south. so minus two, minus three, a touch of frost and some fog patches for parts of southern england in particular. so saturday's weather dominated by this very week where the front which will be pushing south, not bringing much in the way of rain, perhaps a few light showers, butjust really bringing a band of cloud through the central slice of the uk. either side of that, a bit more sunshine once mist and fog clears away from the south should be some spells of brightness coming through and for scotland and northern ireland to some sunny intervals developing. so temperatures around about six to eight degrees for most of us on saturday. then things turn a little bit milder through the second half of the weekend. a warm front, as you can see, moves its way gradually towards the east. so the winds coming in from a bit of a milder direction on sunday, but turning quite windy in the north. in fact, gales developing for northern and western parts of scotland, some rain pushing into the far north west later on. i think much of england and wales keeping the dry weather through the day. probably the best of the sunshine for east anglia and the south—east. and many of us will be back in double figures, 11 degrees or so in belfast, one of the warm spots i think for sunday.

moving through into monday. and that frontjust clears away towards the south. so colderfor a time, perhaps the odd wintry shower in the north, but generally high pressure building through much of the week ahead. so, yes, some rain in the outlook here, particularly in the north and north—west, drier in the south and turning milder than it has been.

this is bbc news. the headlines. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust is fined £800,000 after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born. sadly we are not the only family harmed by the failings. we feel that this sentence is notjust for wynter andrews but for all the babies after her. chancellorjeremy hunt has denied reports that the planned hs2 rail [ink may no longer reach central london because of rising costs. in a speech in london this morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy.

a man appears in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base in yorkshire. we'll speak to the author of a study says tracking medication can spot the early signs of ovarian cancer. nottingham university hospitals trust has been fined a record £800,000 for failing to provide safe care to a baby who died at 23 minutes old. wynter andrews died at nottingham queen's medical centre in 2019. at the inquest into her death the coroner described this as a clear and obvious case of neglect.

mother sarah andrews said this. today's hearing has demonstrated the seriousness of the trusts failing to myself and my daughter. these seedings are designed as a punishment and a deterrent, no financial penalty can ever bring wynter back. we thank thejudge and recognise the balance that she has made in this significant fine which we hope sends a clear message to the managers that they must hold patient safety in the highest regard. sadly, we are not the only family harmed by the failings. we feel that this sentence is notjust for wynter, thatis sentence is notjust for wynter, that is for all the other babies that is for all the other babies that have gone before and after her.

let's talk to our correspondent navtej johal our east midlands correspondent. this is a criminal prosecution. that's right, the proceedings here at the nottingham magistrates' court lasted less than one hour, the result is extremely significant. this was only the second the criminal prosecution brought by the commission against the nhs maternity unit. the fine of £800,000 is the largest ever recorded. the previous record was 17 this happened three and a half years ago. she gave birth to her daughter wynter, by cesarean section at the queens medical centre in nottingham. just 23 minutes after being born, wynter was dead. an inquest into wynter�*s death found

that she died because of oxygen loss to her brain after her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. which could have been prevented if the staff delivered her earlier. the trust said that the staff had not provided services to the mother and child and has apologised to the parents for the pain and grief it has caused them. the judge listed a number of failings in relation to the care provided by the trust particularly in the training of staff. the court heard that the trusts failures were more than sufficient to cause harm to wynter and her mother, sarah. thejudge said she was aware that the fine would be paid for by funding that would be paid for by funding that would be paid for by money that could be used patient care. the maternity services at the nhs trusts have been rated inadequate since 2020. this also comes against a

backdrop of a wide—ranging review into return services by an independent midwife. that started in september last year and it is expected to conclude early next year. the chancellor's says the government is committed to bringing the hs2 rail line all the way to a central london terminal at euston. it's after reports that the high—speed line may end at a new hub in west london instead due to spiralling costs. the government initially hadn't denied those claims and said it was committed to the service reaching manchester. the high speed rail service was orginally intended to connect london, birmingham, manchester and leeds but the leg to leeds has since been scrapped. jeremy hunt was asked about the reports by the bbc�*s economics editor, faisal islam. are you as chancellor and your government committed to the hs2 high—speed line all the way to euston station, the original end—point? yes we are, i don't see any conceivable circumstance that would not end up at euston station.

i prioritised hs2 in the autumn statement. we do not have a good record of delivering complex infrastructure quickly, but i'm incredibly proud that for the first time in this last decade, under a conservative government, we have shovels in the ground and we will make hs2 happen. henri murison is chief executive of the northern powerhouse partnership, a group chaired by former chancellor george osborne which represents businesses and leaders across the north of england. he's also a former labour councillor. mr murison says removing the central london station would make the project far less valuable for people and businesses across the country. hs2 is critical to national productivity and growth, it is particularly critical to productivity here in the north of england. although, here in leeds we are still waiting to find out how

trains will get here, there is still actually a commitment in the government's integrated rail plan to get hs2 trains to leeds, even if the full line doesn't come here. so, whether you are standing here in leeds, or standing in manchester, that is being promised a new line, all the way to manchester. this report doesn't add up, because the issue is that there aren't enough platforms, only six platforms, farfewer than are going to be available at euston station. and so, if you don't have euston station, there is no way to get the same number of trains. which means that birmingham probably will get service on hs2 but manchester and those trains running onto leeds, we can forget about those. so, it is not good enough, fundamentally whoever thought this up, it is a half baked idea and what it will do is reduce the value for money of the whole scheme. every time we cut off a bit of line, every time some of those advisers close to borisjohnson have another half baked thought, as they did over the last couple of years, we make the project less valuable to the uk. other countries don't approach building infrastructure, like this.

we need to stay the course and find better ways to save money on this project, rather than reducing again the benefits and making it so that this wouldn't compete with conventional rail. conventional rail does go to euston station, we need hs2 to do the same thing. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has called for patience, discipline and optimism as he outlined the government's ambitions for economic growth. in his first major speech in the role, mr hunt promised a number of initiatives, such as investment zones, and said the best tax cut for the public would be halving inflation. he described the millions of people considered economically inactive as "a shocking waste of talent and potential" and promised help to encourage more people back into work, but it comes against the backdrop of a cost—of—living crisis the chancellor began his speech outlining the government's top priorties that he said falls under "four pillars" for ease of memory, the four pillars all happen to start with the letter e. the four es of economic

growth and prosperity. they are enterprise, education, employment and everywhere. so let's start with the first e, which is enterprise. if we are to be the europe's most prosperous economy, we need to have, quite simply, it's most dynamic and productive companies. there is a wide range of literature citing the importance of entrepreneurship, on business dynamism, whereby more productive firms enter and grow and less productive firm shrink. let's speak now to vicky pryce, chief economic adviser for the centre for economic and business research. thank you forjoining us. those four pillars, that he mentioned, are they the right ones?—

the right ones? they make a lot of sense, the right ones? they make a lot of sense. the — the right ones? they make a lot of sense, the pillars _ the right ones? they make a lot of sense, the pillars are _ the right ones? they make a lot of sense, the pillars are forgetting i sense, the pillars are forgetting better productivity, so you need an environment where people are confident in terms of investing, you need innovation and unique skills and you need them everywhere across the uk. they do make sense but the problem is that this has been an issue for such a long period of time, getting productivity to improve, to get those bits to fit together in no way to make the uk a dynamic place and guarantee growth and reasonable levels for the future, we haven't quite managed it. that is the concern. also, there are serious issues because the economy is going into decline, there are lots of signs of that, looking at manufacturing, services, retail sales. we are in a position of tight fiscal environment. possibly

inflation is going down for international reasons and very little to do with the government. what are the grants for the optimism that he says we should have? i think there is a lot of strength in the uk economy. there are sectors for example in the digital innovation, when you look at advanced manufacturing, when you look at this skills that exist in the financial sector. there is a lot there and the health and life sciences area, again there are lots of pockets across the country where we have strengths. you can do an awful lot in the uk. the problem is a lot of areas have been starved of funds. there hasn't been sufficient government intervention in those areas to ensure those happen and that is why we have ended up happen and that is why we have ended up with low growth and doing a lot worst in europe right now despite their problems with air gas

supplies. their problems with air gas supplies-— their problems with air gas su lies. ., ,., , their problems with air gas su lies. ., _, , ., their problems with air gas su lies. ., ,., , ., , supplies. one of the points of his illars is supplies. one of the points of his pillars is everywhere, _ supplies. one of the points of his pillars is everywhere, you i supplies. one of the points of his i pillars is everywhere, you mentioned that not everywhere is doing well and that has always been the case. when he talks about the uk becoming the next silicon valley, is that the right thing for us aiming to be? he: is talking about enterprise zones and the free ports to allow activity to take place there. you do need a huge amount of investment for that to happen and what you need is certainty in terms of the environment, you need a government working in partnership with business, that is we haven't done well in the past but it doesn't mean well in the past but it doesn't mean we can't do it. of course you can have a lot of optimism but you do require businesses and the government to work closely together. everything we hear about the amounts being put into these areas suggest that we are being left behind right now. a huge amount of extra effort needs to be done. mr now. a huge amount of extra effort needs to be done.—

needs to be done. mr hunt also called for _ needs to be done. mr hunt also called for patience, _ needs to be done. mr hunt also called for patience, he i needs to be done. mr hunt also called for patience, he said - needs to be done. mr hunt also called for patience, he said that opportunities would come to us after brexit but we officially left the eu at the end of december, two years ago, how patient we need to be? what are the signs that he is right? the roblem are the signs that he is right? the problem is — are the signs that he is right? ire: problem is that exports are the signs that he is right? ire problem is that exports have suffered, if you look at how we are in terms of a trading nation, we have lost out since brexit and there are huge costs in terms of dealing with europe. a lot of bureaucracy, even though there are no tariffs. that has been detrimental but what he is hoping is that by deregulating a number ofareas, he is hoping is that by deregulating a number of areas, getting more investment and one of those that he has been looking at is how to change regulations that are presently make it difficult for pension funds to invest in long—term infrastructure projects. that may lead to improvements but there are also risks. we need to ensure that we don't lose money on risky projects.

you were talking about hsz. thank you were talking about h52. thank ou ve you were talking about h52. thank you very much _ you're watching bbc news. a student nurse allegedly found with a pressure cooker bomb outside the maternity ward of a leeds hospital has appeared in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base. mohammad farooq, 27, was allegedly inspired by radical islam when he carried out "hostile reconnaissance" of the military base in yorkshire in january. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. mohammad farooq was charged last night and appeared by video link. he faces three charges, two charges relating to the incident in hospital and want related to this alleged preparation of terrorist

acts at raf base. the charges related to the hospital are that he had in his possession 13.7 kilograms of a explosive mixture, a pressure cooker and a length of fuse. the second charge is that he had an imitation firearm, a imitation pistol, the allegation is that he turned up at the hospital in leeds in the early hours of the morning of 20th of january and he had what has been described as a viable explosive device and a firearm in his possession. the third charge relates to preparation of a legend but activities at raf base. he had instructions, he purchased equipment and made a home—made explosive device, done research on the proposed target and had done

reconnaissance on this raf base. the allegation is that he went to the raf base on two occasions. he appeared by video link, he is wearing those great ——grey tracksuits, he confirmed his name, date of birth and address. the next court appearance would be at the old bailey on the 3rd of february and he would remain in custody until then. fine have £800,000 after a baby died 23 minutes after being born. the chancellorjeremy hunt has committed to hsz chancellorjeremy hunt has committed to hs2 reaching central london despite reports to the country due to rising costs. in a speech this

morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. here's holly. everton are set to appoint former burnley boss sean dyche as their new manager. dyche was sacked by burnley last april and the club failed to stay in the premier league. he now looks certain to be given the task of rescuing everton�*s troubled season. they are 19th in the table after picking up only 15 points from 20 games. during ten years at burnley, dyche guided the clarets to two top—half premier league finishes, including their first european qualification in 51 years. novak djokovic will face stefanos tsitsipas in the australian open final on sunday. djokovic breezed past american tommy paul in straight sets, while tsitsipas had a four set

win over russian karen khachanov. meanwhile it's an incredible 16th grand slam doubles title for britain's alfie hewitt and gordon reid, and a fourth successive one in melbourne. it took them just over an hour, to sweep aside their dutch opponents, maikel scheffers, and ruben spaar—garen, 6—1, 6-2. hewett, now has to prepare for the singles final, tomorrow, he is the world number one hewett, and plays 16—year—old tokito oda, of japan. jofra archer is making his long—awaited return to the england side today he's been picked to play in the first of three one—day internationals against south africa in bloemfontein. harry brook is making his international 50 over debut for england. they had reached 100—2 in the 18th over. now to some success for great britain in winter sports. the men have won gold and bronze

at the skeleton world championships in st moritz. matt weston triumphed by more than a second over italy's amedeo bagnis in second, with marcus wyatt in third. weston becomes only the second british man to win a world skeleton title after kristan bromley in 2008. next, a moment of history in snooker. reanne evans has become the first woman to win a match in the one—frame snooker shoot out in leicester by beating former mens world champion stuart bingham. evans, who is the i2—time women's world snooker champion, made an early break of 21, before pulling clear to seal a memorable win. evans' reward for her victory, which is herfirst in a professional event since 2017, is a match next against gary wilson. that's all the sport for now.

in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severley beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. 0ur correspondent peter bowes has more. another case of alleged police brutality in america. this time in memphis, where 29—year—old tyre nichols died three days after he was stopped for alleged reckless driving. his family say he was severely beaten. the five officers were sacked last week after an investigation found them to be directly responsible for the physical abuse of mr nichols. now they are being charged with second—degree murder. this is a failing of basic humanity towards another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane. video footage of the arrest will be

made public in the coming hours. tyre nichols' grieving family had an opportunity to review it earlier this week. i don't know anything right now. all i know is my son tyre is not here with me any more. he will never walk through that door again. he will never come in and say, "hello, parents," because that is what he would do. he would come in and say, "hello, parents." in a word, it's absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing. this was wrong, this was criminal. this is a case involving a young black man and police officers who were also black. it is, according to the civil rights leader, the reverend al sharpton, particularly painful because of the race of the officers.

for this young man to be beaten to death by five police is horrendous and inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that is more injurous to me and others that these are five black cops. we fought to put blacks on the police force. and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than i can tell you. in a statement, president biden said tyre's family deserved a swift, full and transparent investigation into his death. he went on...

with the imminent release of the video footage, officials in memphis have called for calm but they are not discouraging people from taking to the streets. the days ahead will be tense. emotions are running high. with many americans asking, why does this keep happening? tracking what shoppers buy, via loyalty—card data, can help spot women with early signs of ovarian cancer, according to doctors who have been running a study. they found that frequent purchases of over—the—counter painkillers and indigestion tablets revealed a higher risk of ovarian cancer which is often diagnosed late. there is no reliable screening test and the symptoms, such as bloating, can be vague and confused with other common, harmless conditions. joining me now is lead author of the study drjames flanagan, a reader in epigenetics

at imperial college. how accurate are you? the result was siunificant how accurate are you? the result was significant so — how accurate are you? the result was significant so we _ how accurate are you? the result was significant so we believe _ how accurate are you? the result was significant so we believe it _ how accurate are you? the result was significant so we believe it was - significant so we believe it was accurate. yet significant so we believe it was accurate. ye— significant so we believe it was accurate. ye- . significant so we believe it was accurate. ye- :, m accurate. yet what can you track? we looked at purchase _ accurate. yet what can you track? we looked at purchase information, - accurate. yet what can you track? we looked at purchase information, our l looked at purchase information, our participants opted into the study and we were able to look at their data. going back from the date of diagnosis up to six years of data, we found that the ovarian cancer patients were buying more pain and indigestion medication up to six months before their diagnosis. what months before their diagnosis. what are the symptoms _ months before their diagnosis. what are the symptoms that they are not aware of that could be a sign of ovarian cancer that they try to take this medication to combat? the

symptoms _ this medication to combat? the symptoms are _ this medication to combat? ire symptoms are considered quite vague because it they are similar to other diseases, things like bloating, urinating more often, general stomach pain. i'm sure people are managing these symptoms with over—the—counter medication. we asked the patients when they first recognised the symptoms as potentially alarming and on average that was four and a half months before diagnosis. they had their first gp visits that three months before diagnosis. so they are clearly managing symptoms with medication for many months before presenting to the gp. hopi medication for many months before presenting to the gp.— presenting to the gp. how much earlier might — presenting to the gp. how much earlier might diagnosis - presenting to the gp. how much earlier might diagnosis be, - presenting to the gp. how much earlier might diagnosis be, you. presenting to the gp. how much| earlier might diagnosis be, you if your study were shown, to be rolled out and applied more widely? if this out and applied more widely? if this was to be embedded, _ out and applied more widely? if this was to be embedded, we _ out and applied more widely? if jf�*r 3 was to be embedded, we assume out and applied more widely? if if�*r 3 was to be embedded, we assume that we would replicate these results in

future studies. if the result is true then we will have some kind of alert, a sign that we could prompt patients to go to the gp sooner. that might be happening four or five months before they would have otherwise gone to the gp. with ovarian cancer patients, every month earlier makes a difference. sometimes people are wary of having loyalty cards because their data can be tracked. how encouraging would you be of women in particular, to sign up for these things so they can be helped? we sign up for these things so they can be heled? ~ , , be helped? we tested this, we conducted _ be helped? we tested this, we conducted a — be helped? we tested this, we conducted a survey _ be helped? we tested this, we conducted a survey asking - be helped? we tested this, we conducted a survey asking howj conducted a survey asking how acceptable is it to look at the data for health research. we found that 52% of participants in the survey agreed that they would be willing to share this type of data. in general people are willing to share this

type of data for health research. i think that is positive but we still need to present the evidence to convince other people that it is worthwhile. convince other people that it is worthwhile-— convince other people that it is worthwhile. :, ~' , :, , : events are taking place across the world to mark international holocaust memorial day. held each year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau death camp, the day honours the millions ofjews and other minorities murdered by the nazis during the second world war. this year the german parliament will, for the first time, focus its commemorations on those persecuted and killed for their sexual or gender identity. as the years pass there are fewer and fewer survivors from that time and there's a fear that the day may lose its impact in future. i'm nowjoined by jonathan freeland. he is a guardian columnist and the author of the book— the escape artist: the man who broke out of auschwitz to warn the world.

tell us who was this man. he he was a slovak prisoner. _ tell us who was this man. he he was a slovak prisoner. he _ tell us who was this man. he he was a slovak prisoner. he was _ tell us who was this man. he he was a slovak prisoner. he was there - tell us who was this man. he he was a slovak prisoner. he was there for l a slovak prisoner. he was there for many months, which is remarkable because the life of prisoners was often in ours. he survived for 20 months but even as a very young man, he was 17 years old when he arrived, he was 17 years old when he arrived, he was 17 years old when he arrived, he was determined to break out, not just to save his own life but to warn the jews just to save his own life but to warn thejews of europe. he saw those trains arriving to auschwitz with jews being those trains arriving to auschwitz withjews being taught to be murdered and he understood that not one of them knew the fate that was waiting for them. because they had been lied to so methodically, being told that they were being resettled

that he thought if you could get out and warn them what fate awaited them perhaps they would have a chance to save their own lives. what perhaps they would have a chance to save their own lives.— save their own lives. what did the rest of the — save their own lives. what did the rest of the world _ save their own lives. what did the rest of the world think _ save their own lives. what did the rest of the world think was - rest of the world think was happening in places like auschwitz? at the highest levels of government there were world leaders getting fragmentary reports but in terms of the ordinary public, nobody knew about auschwitz. the word was unknown entailed the prisoners escaped, two of them, in this remarkable thrilling escape, against all odds. they crossed occupied poland, made it to slovakia and there in slovakia, they poured out there in slovakia, they poured out the data that they had memorised of what was going on and made a 32 page report which reached the desk of

winston churchill in london, franklin roosevelt in washington and the pope in rome. eventually it made it into the newspapers and at last the world knew about auschwitz but that was the first full account of what was happening there. a couple of boys, one of them a teenager had got the word out to the world. the scale of the _ got the word out to the world. the scale of the atrocities is mind blowing, how difficult was it for him to convinced as leaders that this was true? nothing like auschwitz had ever existed before, then it was a completely unknown concept and it did encounter disbelief. i had foreign office memos in my book that said that they were not sure that

there was a degree ofjewish exaggeration here, so anti—semitic scepticism. evenjewish leaders in hungary, the last community ofjews not yet at that stage, april 1944, holding to the nazi inferno, even they said maybe this is the product of the fevered imagination of two rash young men. peoplejust of the fevered imagination of two rash young men. people just couldn't believe something so horrific existed. , : :, ., existed. very much the book to read toda . existed. very much the book to read today- thank — existed. very much the book to read today- thank you — existed. very much the book to read today. thank you for _ existed. very much the book to read today. thank you for talking - existed. very much the book to read today. thank you for talking to - existed. very much the book to read today. thank you for talking to us. l existed. very much the book to read | today. thank you for talking to us. | good afternoon. it is an afternoon where plants will not be affected by the weather. there is quite a bit of cloud out there but not much in the way of rain. there

front edging closer to north—west scotland and it will take some rain into the western isles on a freshening breeze. for the thickest cloud —— cloud you may see some spots of drizzle from time to time. temperatures between six and 8 degrees. into this evening, the outbreak survey will push further south through scotland overnight into northern ireland, they will fizzle out when they reach the northern counties of northern england. clearing skies in scotland will allow a touch of frost here and there. ahead of this weather system it will be a colder night, especially in rural southern england. some plug —— some fog patches around in the morning. cloudy skies and some drizzle in parts of wales and the midlands. some sunny spells in northern scotland. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: nottingham university hospitals nhs trust is fined £800,000 after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died

23 minutes after being born. chancellorjeremy hunt has committed to the planned hs2 rail link reaching central london, despite reports to the contrary due to rising costs. in a speech in london this morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy. a man appears in court accused of planning a terrorist attack at an raf base in yorkshire. a british teenager whose far—right extremist videos influenced the gunman in an american mass shooting has been sentenced to 11.5 years' detention. 19 year old daniel harris from derbyshire, posted videos which were shared by payton gendron, who has admitted a supermarket shooting in buffalo, new york. sentencing harris, judge patrick field kc said that what described harris

as a propagandist for an extremist right—wing ideology by publishing his material online. there's a warning that the amount of video footage online involving the sexual abuse of children has risen more than tenfold since the start of the pandemic. a charity, the internet watch foundation, says paedophiles took advantage of the surge in popularity of social media apps and chat websites during lockdown. we are joined by netclean ceo anna borgstrom. netclean specialises in detecting online child sexual abuse material in the workplace. anna, thank you very much for joining us. how do you detect this material? we joining us. how do you detect this material? ~ : , :, material? we detected based on the diuital material? we detected based on the digital fingerprint _ material? we detected based on the digital fingerprint that _ material? we detected based on the digital fingerprint that we get - material? we detected based on the digital fingerprint that we get from l digital fingerprint that we get from law enforcement and trusted sources around the world. we protect

business systems from this type of material. what we see at netclean is that the social media has opened up a portal between a child in their bedroom and an abuser on the other side of the world. we have seen the pattern of increased offending and harm to children that has been driven by the pandemic lockdowns. just how many people are accessing this sort of material? before the pandemic, our data showed that one in 500 people were consuming child sexual abuse material with a corporate device. since the pandemic it has massively increased, the number of digital devices in the world because of the hybrid workplace we have now. we know that

the abusers would use these devices because in a hybrid working world they see them as more private. horse they see them as more private. how can ou they see them as more private. how can you use — they see them as more private. how can you use the _ they see them as more private. how can you use the data _ they see them as more private. how can you use the data that your software generates to intervene and to rescue children at risk? 50. software generates to intervene and to rescue children at risk?— to rescue children at risk? so, when an alarm is — to rescue children at risk? so, when an alarm is triggered _ to rescue children at risk? so, when an alarm is triggered in _ to rescue children at risk? so, when an alarm is triggered in an - to rescue children at risk? so, when an alarm is triggered in an it - an alarm is triggered in an it environment there is a notification within the corporate security office and they can to more analysis of the findings and they can collate the findings and they can collate the findings in a report that they sent to law enforcement and that's helps law enforcement prioritise their work, so when the report is sent to law enforcement they can easily open up law enforcement they can easily open up a new investigation. when they do that they often find really produced material and can often safeguard children that live in an abusive

environment and then the legal system send the abuser to prison. a lot of this abuse content is spread through encrypted forums and on the dark web. how can you get through those barriers to ensure that the perpetrators are found and brought to justice? that is a good tojustice? that is a good question. it is to justice? that is a good question. it is about protecting the end point and if you think about it if we are going to combat child sexual abuse material online, everyone that has some sort of internet connectivity or connected devices have to do what they can in order to stop this problem and the spread of this material. when it comes to our software in a corporate environment we don't care where the image comes from because as soon as it lands on

the computer, we can detect it, so we know for example that a lot of this material is found over the dark web and another encrypted forums, which will open up the company to other types of risks like malware or other types of risks like malware or other types of damaging code into the it systems. i would also say that it the it systems. i would also say thatitis the it systems. i would also say that it is an insider risk for businesses to have people who consume child sexual abuse material with a work computer because if someone finds out that the person has a sexual interest in children, they can use that information in order to get into more sensitive information, etc.— order to get into more sensitive information, etc. thank you very much forjoining _ information, etc. thank you very much forjoining us. _ today marks the 100 day countdown to the coronation of king charles iii. to celebrate, charities

from across the uk are launching the big help out. planned for the monday of the coronation weekend, the big help out aims to encourage a national day of volunteering and hopes to inspire community events across the country. bear grylls is helping to launch the event and he's with sarah campbell. it's a bit risky, sarah, signing up with him! it it's a bit risky, sarah, signing up with him! , �* ., with him! it is ok, i'm in a safe sace! with him! it is ok, i'm in a safe space! the _ with him! it is ok, i'm in a safe space! the coronation - with him! it is ok, i'm in a safe space! the coronation plans . with him! it is ok, i'm in a safe| space! the coronation plans are really coming together now. we have the coronation, then on the sunday the coronation, then on the sunday the big concert, and on the monday, bank holiday monday, it will be called the big help out and the idea is that thousands of people who maybe have not volunteered before we'll go and join an investigation organisation. bear grylls is very aware of how important these organisations are. i do

aware of how important these organisations are.— organisations are. i do think volunteering _ organisations are. i do think volunteering changes - organisations are. i do think volunteering changes lives. | organisations are. i do think . volunteering changes lives. not organisations are. i do think - volunteering changes lives. not only the institutions, but people themselves, it makes you happier, makes _ themselves, it makes you happier, makes you — themselves, it makes you happier, makes you more connected. british people _ makes you more connected. british people are — makes you more connected. british people are great volunteers, but we always _ people are great volunteers, but we always need more and it is amazing and inspiring saying that the coronation weekend and the king wanted _ coronation weekend and the king wanted public service and volunteering to be so at the heart of his— volunteering to be so at the heart of his coronation. i think it is about— of his coronation. i think it is about creating a legacy, a legacy of kindness, _ about creating a legacy, a legacy of kindness, but i made volunteers all day every _ kindness, but i made volunteers all day every day. look at the scouts, we have _ day every day. look at the scouts, we have 140,000 volunteers week giving _ we have 140,000 volunteers week giving up _ we have 140,000 volunteers week giving up volunteers their time for young _ giving up volunteers their time for young people. many young people don't _ young people. many young people don't know how to get involved and that is— don't know how to get involved and that is what — don't know how to get involved and that is what the big help out is about, — that is what the big help out is about, it — that is what the big help out is about, it is about opening the doors, — about, it is about opening the doors, giving a warm welcome, saying. — doors, giving a warm welcome, saying. and _ doors, giving a warm welcome, saying, and helping your community.

you want _ saying, and helping your community. you want as— saying, and helping your community. you want as many volunteer organisations to get involved as possible, is that right? the more volunteer organisations - possible, is that right? the more volunteer organisations that - possible, is that right? the more volunteer organisations that sign j volunteer organisations that sign up, volunteer organisations that sign up. the _ volunteer organisations that sign up, the biggerand betterthe celebration will be. it is notjust about— celebration will be. it is notjust about volunteering on the bank holiday. — about volunteering on the bank holiday, it is about starting time, dipping _ holiday, it is about starting time, dipping your toe holiday, it is about starting time, dipping yourtoe and holiday, it is about starting time, dipping your toe and trying it. volunteering works by a lot of people — volunteering works by a lot of people doing a little hopefully it creates — people doing a little hopefully it creates this little ripple effects and hopefully it goes well beyond the time — and hopefully it goes well beyond the time when the flags come down and the _ the time when the flags come down and the paper cuts are put away. paper _ and the paper cuts are put away. paper cups — and the paper cuts are put away. paper cups are put away. the big help _ paper cups are put away. the big help 0ut — paper cups are put away. the big help out says, here we go, come and 'oin help out says, here we go, come and join us, _ help out says, here we go, come and join us, he _ help out says, here we go, come and join us, be involved.— join us, be involved. march 20 is when all of— join us, be involved. march 20 is when all of the _ join us, be involved. march 20 is when all of the organisations - join us, be involved. march 20 isj when all of the organisations will put on their website how you can get in touch. but you can go out and litter pick or go and visit your elderly neighbour, lots of things that people do. the idea is that people just go and do it.

that people do. the idea is that peoplejust go and do it. maw; people 'ust go and do it. many --eole people just go and do it. many people are _ people just go and do it. many people are volunteers - people just go and do it. many people are volunteers without knowing — people are volunteers without knowing it. if you go and visit an elderly— knowing it. if you go and visit an elderly neighbour you are part of it already _ elderly neighbour you are part of it already. this is about trying to bring — already. this is about trying to bring it— already. this is about trying to bring it all— already. this is about trying to bring it all together into one place — bring it all together into one place. the website boards is the big help 0ut _ place. the website boards is the big help out .org .uk. the king wants to have that _ help out .org .uk. the king wants to have that public service and volunteering at the heart of his reign — volunteering at the heart of his reign this _ volunteering at the heart of his reign. this is something that defines— reign. this is something that defines a _ reign. this is something that defines a nation. it is brilliant that— defines a nation. it is brilliant that volunteering is at the heart of that _ that volunteering is at the heart of that do _ that volunteering is at the heart of that. ,:, , :, that volunteering is at the heart of that. i. ~ :, ., i. , that. do you know what you will be doinu ? that. do you know what you will be doinr? i that. do you know what you will be doing? twill— that. do you know what you will be doing? i will be _ that. do you know what you will be doing? i will be involved _ that. do you know what you will be doing? i will be involved with - that. do you know what you will be doing? i will be involved with the l doing? i will be involved with the scouts. doing? i will be involved with the scouts- that _ doing? i will be involved with the scouts. that is _ doing? i will be involved with the scouts. that is where _ doing? i will be involved with the scouts. that is where my - doing? i will be involved with the scouts. that is where my heart i doing? i will be involved with the i scouts. that is where my heart lies. everyone _ scouts. that is where my heart lies. everyone loves different things. we are meeting up with the samaritans, the royal— are meeting up with the samaritans, the royal voluntary service to the great _ the royal voluntary service to the great work in hospitals, all coming together, — great work in hospitals, all coming together, opening the door something, get involved. statistics released this _ something, get involved. statistics released this year _ something, get involved. statistics released this year shows _ something, get involved. statistics released this year shows that - something, get involved. statistics i released this year shows that people over at the age of 65, volunteer

numbers have dropped. it has been a difficult couple of years with the pandemic. are you hoping that that will boost that again? how do you encourage people to come and volunteer at they haven't done so before? i volunteer at they haven't done so before? ~ :, volunteer at they haven't done so before? ~ ., :, :, , :,, ., before? i think a lot of people are anxious and _ before? i think a lot of people are anxious and how _ before? i think a lot of people are anxious and how do _ before? i think a lot of people are anxious and how do we _ before? i think a lot of people are anxious and how do we overcome| before? i think a lot of people are - anxious and how do we overcome that? you get _ anxious and how do we overcome that? you get involved. you start small, io you get involved. you start small, go with— you get involved. you start small, go with a — you get involved. you start small, go with a friend, sign up. baby steps — go with a friend, sign up. baby steps it— go with a friend, sign up. baby steps it is— go with a friend, sign up. baby steps. it is like a muscle inside, how— steps. it is like a muscle inside, how do— steps. it is like a muscle inside, how do we — steps. it is like a muscle inside, how do we overcome the scary things? we move _ how do we overcome the scary things? we move forward not backwards. as a volunteer— we move forward not backwards. as a volunteer it _ we move forward not backwards. as a volunteer it makes us stronger, it makes _ volunteer it makes us stronger, it makes us — volunteer it makes us stronger, it makes us happier, more connected. the more _ makes us happier, more connected. the more we — makes us happier, more connected. the more we do that the more become and hopefully the better our community is as well. | and hopefully the better our community is as well. i know you have lots of _ community is as well. i know you have lots of people _ community is as well. i know you have lots of people to _ community is as well. i know you have lots of people to meet - community is as well. i know you i have lots of people to meet today, so thank you very much indeed. the 8th of may, that would be the date of the big help out. hopefully, people will continue to volunteer after the 8th of may.

this week has seen a significant increase in western military support to ukraine with the approval of the supply of more battle tanks, but ukrainians have also been digesting new allegations of corruption levelled against some government ministers. it's led to president zelensky removing a group of ministers and officials in the biggest reshuffle since the conflict started. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports on what's been described as kyiv�*s other enemy — corruption. the fresh beginnings of 2019 and a promise by ukraine's new president to finally deal with corruption. translation: my election has proved that citizens are tired of experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country of opportunities — opportunities to steal, bribe and loot. yet in 2023, ukrainian politics is once again riddled with those exact allegations. ukraine's leader has overseen around

a dozen resignations or sackings this week. oleksiy symonenko quit after taking a holiday in spain at a time when most men can't leave the country. vasyl lozinskyi was fired after being arrested for allegedly taking a bribe worth more than £300,000. he has denied it. and kyrylo tymoshenko, president zelensky�*s own deputy head of office, stood down after reports that he'd been living a lavish lifestyle. those came from this man, mykhailo tkach, an investigative journalist for the news website ukrainska pravda. translation: if the source of the money is unclear, they register things, such as cars or mansions, to their close people or relatives, people that do not have an obligation to declare their property. i think every step an official makes should be clear to society. mr tymoshenko has also denied doing anything wrong, but mykhailo's scoops have led

to a shake—up across government. translation: the president's latest decision also shows that such responsibility is recognised at the highest level, that you can't play around with this. we are talking about our country's existence. it is very important. this has already been a war that has taken so much from so many. and while there is fighting in some parts of the country, in others, people are trying to recover. so when there are claims of corruption once again at the heart of ukrainian politics, the political damage is that much deeper. outside of kyiv, the power has just come back, allowing ivana's bakery to do business once again. translation: i don't like it. it would be better if this money went for something good for ukraine rather than to someone's pocket. probably we need to replace all those who are there for many years.

they got used to that, it's what feeds them. corruption has plagued politics in ukraine since it declared independence 31 years ago. now, with the world's eyes on it along with the scrutiny that comes with receiving billions of pounds worth of foreign aid, kyiv seems keen to act, or to be seen to. the headlines on bbc news: nottingham university hospitals nhs trust is £800,000 after admitting failures in the care of a mother and her baby, who died 23 minutes after being born. chancellorjeremy hunt has committed to the planned hs2 rail link to reaching central london despite reports to the contrary due to rising costs. in a speech in london this morning, mr hunt set out his plan to boost economic growth, prioritising reducing inflation and stabilising the economy.

russia's wagner group are gaining international prominence. they're active in several countries and they've recently been sanctioned by the us for criminal activity, which they deny. in the uk they've been discussed in parliament and the government is considering changing the process that allowed the organisation's head to get around sanctions and sue a british journalist. but who exactly are they and what's behind wagner's war in ukraine? our security correspondent frank gardner reports. wagner troops in action in eastern ukraine, purging this town, they say, of nazis. these private military contractors, or mercenaries, have been in some of the fiercest battles in the donbas, fighting tooth and nail for towns like barmouth and soledar. their headquarters is in st petersburg, the same city where president putin worked for the kgb, but theirforward operating base is down in southern russia,

reportedly at molkino, close to a russian military intelligence base. when the wagner group invaded crimea in 2014 they wore no insignia. people referred to them as the "little green men". they were established in 2014, seemingly on putin's direct orders, as a way to send russian fighters to east ukraine while still maintaining an important element of deniability and in that, i would say that wagner group is, in many ways, a quintessentially putinist organization. well, since then their activities have gone global. in 2015, they deployed to syria, propping up the regime of president bashar al—assad. there they successfully drove isis out of the ancient town of palmyra. in libya, they are allied to general haftar in the east, who set up a rival administration to the one in tripoli. in mali, they have effectively supplanted french troops,

partly thanks to a slick pr campaign, like this poster praising mali's military ruler, colonel assimi, and president putin. some propaganda goes even further, like this anti—french video portraying wagner as the partner that african countries can rely on. in the central african republic they have been providing security for the president, and they are in burkina faso and sudan. but in mozambique, they got ambushed by isis and took heavy casualties. they were pushed out quite quickly. it was a month—long deployment, a very short while. islamic state was able to take on vast swaths of territory, to a point where they were able to seize palma, which is a rich oil—producing area, one of the big gas towns. but it's really in ukraine's donbas region where wagner group has absolutely hit the headlines. they're often more effective than regular russian forces. their ranks swollen by 40,000 convicts, recruited from russia's penal colonies and often used as cannon fodder. so what does a typical wagner

contract mercenary look like? they're often former members of russian special forces, the spetsnaz. they tend to hide their identities behind balaclavas or facemasks. they're armed with some of the latest russian weapons and equipment and they're far better paid than ordinary russian conscripts. this is the man who runs them, yevgeny prigozhin, wanted by the fbi, a former convict and a close ally of vladimir putin. he grew rich through his catering contracts and is often referred to as 'putin's chef'. here's prigozhin with his troops down in the tunnels beneath soledar, which they recently captured. and here he is, recruiting convicts to serve on the front line, and here he is recruiting convicts to serve on the front line, offering them a six—month contract in exchange for their freedom. but no one surrenders, he tells them, and deserters will be shot on sight. at the beginning, the wagner group was much more professional than russian army. they used to recruit special forces.

now their main personnel are prisoners. but this man did desert. andre medvedev is a former wagner commander in ukraine. he claims to have witnessed war crimes there, including those who refuse to fight being shot as an example to others. incredibly, he managed to escape russia across this arctic border into norway in mid—january, being pursued by dogs and armed guards shooting at him. soon after that, the white house announced it was sanctioning the wagner group as a transnational criminal enterprise, a charge it denies. the fighting in ukraine shows no sign of letting up, and wagner are an integral part of it. but casualties are so high on both sides that even their boss describes it as a "meat grinder". around the world, wagner has become a useful arm's length tool for the kremlin and possibly a sign of how some wars will be fought in the future.

the earliest human remains to be found in northern britain have been unearthed in a cave near barrow. archeologists believe the bones date back 11,000 years, to just after the end of the ice age, which makes them the oldest northerner ever to be discovered! phil cunliffe reports. on the back roads between ulverston and barrow lies great urswick, quietand unassuming, this cumbrian village now has a claim to fame as the site of the earliest human remains ever found in northern britain. that is partly down to this man, local archaeologist martin stables, after potholing his way round the narrow passages, martin collected human bones, thousands of years old. but it was only when he asked the university of central lancashire to analyse and interpret his findings that the oldest northerner was discovered. after the remains were sent away for carbon dating. i was completely astonished, the first thing when i opened the e—mail was stood

there and everybody was saying oh, it's amazing. it's astonishing! one of the great things about archaeology is the unexpectedness of a lot of the discoveries. you can go into a situation where you think you have one thing and you get something really different and really interesting. the 11,000 year old bones include part of a jaw and teeth. academics say they belong to a 2.5 year old child. we can see from the charts that we have how fragmentary remains they have been trotted out on this chart and that shows you how much of this individual is missing, which is not really surprising. what was life like for humans living in the end of the ice age? you think of captain caveman and people being chased by woolly mammoths and sabre tooth tigers. what was it really like? the first thing obviously, it's a period of climate change. about 11,600 years ago, it was really cold and at that point the climate warmed up quite rapidly and we start to see the glaciers

is melt and at this stage britain is connected to the rest of europe so that they could have come across what is now the north sea. people in that period would be hunter—gatherers, recolonising after the ice age. the caves which are on private land are now closed after revealing their treasures. but with the bones set to undergo further testing, people are excited about what else they might discover. essentially, this is an ancestor of ours, isn't it? it is potentially. that is one of the questions we are looking to answer. we have were going on with ancient dna to try and look at the relatedness of these things. it is definitely our species, it is modern human, someonejust like us, but 11,000 years old. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas high pressure keeping us with a lot of fine weather out there today. not much sunshine in wales, we are likely to see the cloud breaking. probably the best placed to see

further sunshine is in eastern and southern england. although there is an area of high pressure leaving driver cloudy weather, weather front is starting to work its way into the north and north—west of scotland during the day, bringing further outbreaks of rain. we may see things brightening up across parts of eastern and southern scotland, eastern and southern scotland, eastern counties of northern ireland and the far north of england. where you have tetraploid in the midlands and the north of wales that could be further likely —— further light rain or drizzle. temperatures between four and seven. overnight tonight we will see outbreaks of rain for about —— from that weather fronts. it will become increasingly light and patchy. a colder night across much of england, and rural spots in southern england, i would not be surprised to see a —5 somewhere on saturday morning. the weather front

tjy saturday morning. the weather front by this just cloud and drizzle. if you fog patches around early on to be slow to clear. a high—tech, sunny spells. in scotland you could catch a shower in the north. temperatures between six and 8 degrees for most places. we have a weather front passing close to northern scotland on sunday bringing strong winds. in the northern alps we could have costs up to 60 miles an hour. away from this weather front, which will bring outbreaks of rain further south for scotland and northern ireland during the day, there will be variable cloud and sunny spells. a touch milder on sunday. largely dry on monday. another area of low pressure will bring perhaps even stronger more stormy conditions with the risk of disruptive winds for a time. it is the northern half of the uk in the week ahead that will see

most of the wet weather, cold on the first clue —— cold enough for snow in scotland at times. the further site you are, the more likely to be dry.

against claims it doesn't have a plan for economic growth. in a speech this morning, jeremy hunt has been said the uk could become the next silicon valley, with a network of investment zones. but for now he said there won't be tax cuts. risk there won't be tax cuts. taking by governments anr individuals risk taking by governments and individuals can only happen when governments provide stability so the best cat right now is a cut in inflation. in response, labour say the government has no economic plan for now or for the future. also this lunchtime... the government denies reports the hs2 high speed rail line might be scaled back,

terminating in west london rather than the heart of the capital.