a moment in time there will still be a strike next thursday the 16th, and thatis strike next thursday the 16th, and that is because members of the union who work for train companies are still due to walk out on thursday, on the 18th of march, the 30th of march and the 1st of april. there have been fresh calls from industry and the government for rmt to submit the latest offer that had been presented by the train companies to a vote. we haven't heard yet whether they will do that. the union have said we should expect updates on all aspects of the rail dispute in the coming days. aspects of the rail dispute in the coming dam-— aspects of the rail dispute in the coming days. hundreds of people attended a vigil— coming days. hundreds of people attended a vigil in _ coming days. hundreds of people attended a vigil in cardiff- coming days. hundreds of people attended a vigil in cardiff last - attended a vigil in cardiff last night for three young people killed in a car crash which has left to others critically injured. the police force has been criticised over why it didn't find them sooner. friends who went on a night out together and never made it home.

darcy ross was 21, the same age as her close friend eva smith, who died alongside rafaeljohn, aged 24. it was one of his friends who arranged the vigil tonight. we was one of his friends who arranged the vigil tonight.— the vigil tonight. we were very close, the vigil tonight. we were very close. have — the vigil tonight. we were very close, have got _ the vigil tonight. we were very close, have got a _ the vigil tonight. we were very close, have got a lot _ the vigil tonight. we were very close, have got a lot of - the vigil tonight. we were very i close, have got a lot of memories together. been through a lot of stuff together. friends for years. pretty much we were like brothers. i just wish we knew a lot sooner and were able to see through the trees so they were found in a lot earlier, could have potentially saved him maybe. could have potentially saved him ma be. ,., . could have potentially saved him ma be. . maybe. the police say the car crashed early _ maybe. the police say the car crashed early on _ maybe. the police say the car crashed early on saturday - maybe. the police say the car - crashed early on saturday morning. it was found almost two days later after a member of public spotted tyre tracks. the response is now a subject of an independent review. now, feelings are a mixture of grief, shock and some anger. there

is also feared that more lives are still in the balance as the car's two other passengers remain critically ill in hospital. the hundreds who came here tonight wanted to celebrate three lives lost and share in each other�*s sorrow. emotions are still raw here and many are questioning whether the police could have found their friends sooner. exclusive data obtained by the bbc show police forces in england and wales are recording more cases of dogs being dangerously out of control with more than 21,000 offences last year. the number of dogs being seized is also going up meaning police have had to spend millions on kennels and vet bills. whoa, whoa, whoa! the aftermath of a dog attack in london. police try and contain the animal with a fire extinguisher. but look at the strength in its pull. a 13—year—old child is being treated on the ground nearby. siren.

this is a growing problem in the uk. it was a cross between a rottweiler and a shar pei. it was behind the letterbox waiting for me. it heard me coming down the path, and it was ready. as soon as i lifted that lid of the letterbox, snout was there. didn't see the snout, i wasn't expecting it. but it was there, and it were a clean bite. sarah king started 2022 with ten fingers — she finished it with nine. still hurts, very numb, very sensitive. there's things i can't do. holding your phone, your mobile, you actually use your full handspan. little things, definitely. it has affected me. it feels like training dogs is of growing importance. clever boy, yes. this dog is not a dangerous animal, but more than 20,000 dog attacks on people or assistance dogs were reported last year. and the number of dangerous

dogs seized has soared over the last few years. at the moment, if you've got money, you can have a dog. simple as. there's no kind of safeguards. there's no checks done. and basically, i think that's part of the problem. looking back, in retrospect, it could've been my throat. janet was attacked by two of her neighbour's dogs. pictures of her injuries at the time are too graphic to show. nearly a year on, she has to do physio and is expecting more operations on her arm. they were with their owner, so it was a big surprise and a big shock to be attacked, and i didn't realise how much damage a dog can do in seconds. just... especially you don't see it coming. dangerous dogs are a growing problem, and all too often animals are left to bite again — with little meaningful action taken against owners. danny savage, bbc news.

in recent years, people around the world have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to online romance scams. one of the most lucrative of these, being run by criminal gangs across south east asia, is called the "pig butchering romance scam". as the name suggests, the scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be butchered — or conned, out of as much money as possible. a bbc world service investigation has spoken to former scammers. a warning that this report from zhaoyeen fung contains scenes some viewers may find disturbing. it whispered plea for help. translation: i it whispered plea for help. translation:— it whispered plea for help. translation: ., ., , ., translation: i am a chinese man tra ed translation: i am a chinese man trapped any — translation: i am a chinese man trapped any scam _ translation: i am a chinese man trapped any scam compound - translation: i am a chinese man trapped any scam compound in - trapped any scam compound in cambodia. he trapped any scam compound in cambodia-— cambodia. he left china for a romise cambodia. he left china for a promise of— cambodia. he left china for a promise of a _ cambodia. he left china for a promise of a well-paid - cambodia. he left china for a promise of a well-paid job. l cambodia. he left china for a - promise of a well-paid job. instead promise of a well—paid job. instead he was trafficked to cambodia, locked up in a compound and forced by criminal gangs to carry out a

online romance scam known as pig picturing. i online romance scam known as pig icturinu. ., _, , online romance scam known as pig icturinu. . .., , ., picturing. i am recording this video secretly from _ picturing. i am recording this video secretly from inside _ picturing. i am recording this video secretly from inside the _ picturing. i am recording this video secretly from inside the bathroom. in the scam, victims are known as takes. scammers use fake online profiles to bring them before checking them to invest in fake financial exchanges. he checking them to invest in fake financial exchanges. he worked 12 hours a day _ financial exchanges. he worked 12 hours a day targeting _ financial exchanges. he worked 12 hours a day targeting people - financial exchanges. he worked 12 hours a day targeting people in i hours a day targeting people in america and europe under the constant threat of violence. someone in my team made a mistake today, he was beaten up in front of everyone. then dragged out of the office. the deal is shared with the bbc by activist networks show the type of violence he witnessed as common in scam compounds. he is a former scam boss, he is wearing a mask to avoid reprisals from criminal gangs. he says he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars running a scam operation,

even writing a guide for other scammers to follow, but he now regrets his actions. translation:- regrets his actions. translation: , , . translation: the pig picturing scam is all about using _ translation: the pig picturing scam is all about using emotions, _ translation: the pig picturing scam is all about using emotions, that - translation: the pig picturing scam is all about using emotions, that is i is all about using emotions, that is how you win their trust. the profiles, we make up, are always very handsome, rich, responsible and caring. it very handsome, rich, responsible and carina. . , very handsome, rich, responsible and carin. _ ., , ., very handsome, rich, responsible and carin., ., , ., very handsome, rich, responsible and carina. ., , ., , very handsome, rich, responsible and carin. ., , ., , ~ caring. it was a profile 'ust like this that cindy * caring. it was a profile 'ust like this that cindy fell _ caring. it was a profile 'ust like this that cindy fell for. h caring. it was a profile just like this that cindy fell for. the - this that cindy fell for. the scammers store the identity of an innocent social media influencer from south korea to target her with. he came at a time when i was the most vulnerable in my entire life. cindy is a successful businesswoman based in boston in the us. at the time she was going through a divorce and had just found out she had terminal cancer.— and had just found out she had terminal cancer. , , ., , terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day- — terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day- if— terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day- if i _ terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day. if i was sad _ terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day. if i was sad in _ terminal cancer. jimmy would message me every day. if i was sad in my - me every day. if i was sad in my interactions with my husband, he was

always there. when my husband and i had decided we were going to divorce, that was when it switched to much more of a romantic relationship.— to much more of a romantic relationshi. �* , . , relationship. after seducing cindy, jimm relationship. after seducing cindy, jimmy tricked _ relationship. after seducing cindy, jimmy tricked her _ relationship. after seducing cindy, jimmy tricked her into _ relationship. after seducing cindy, jimmy tricked her into investing i jimmy tricked her into investing more than $2 million on a fake crypto currency platform. despite the lane crypto currency platform. despite the large amount _ crypto currency platform. despite the large amount that _ crypto currency platform. despite the large amount that i _ crypto currency platform. despite the large amount that i lost, - crypto currency platform. despite the large amount that i lost, i - the large amount that i lost, i actually believe that i have been luckier than most. i have given the scammers enough of my time and make money, and i refuse to give them who i actually am. money, and i refuse to give them who i actually am-— i actually am. after four months in ca tivi , i actually am. after four months in captivity. dd _ i actually am. after four months in captivity, dd managed _ i actually am. after four months in captivity, dd managed to - i actually am. after four months in captivity, dd managed to escape l i actually am. after four months in i captivity, dd managed to escape and make it back on to china. we approached the owner of the compound where dd was being held for comment, but he did not respond. hundreds of gangs continued to carry out the pig picturing scam from compounds across

southeast asia. targeting people all over the world. —— pig picturing scam. it's beenjust over a month since devastating earthquakes hit turkey and syria, killing more than 50 thousand people. the uk international search and rescue team were one of the teams who arrived in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. and among those they helped, was a man who'd been trapped beneath the rubble in turkey for five days. well, now that survivor has been able to thank the british rescuers who saved his life, as tim muffett reports. this is what bravery looks like. the earthquake — this is what bravery looks like. tue: earthquake happened this is what bravery looks like. tte: earthquake happened on this is what bravery looks like. "tte: earthquake happened on monday, this is what bravery looks like. t'te: earthquake happened on monday, we were well into the deployment. 0n were well into the deployment. on friday one of our team heard some knocking and some voices. the building they were in was a hotel that collapsed. 3’? building they were in was a hotel that collapsed.— building they were in was a hotel that collapsed. 77 volunteers from the uk international— that collapsed. 77 volunteers from the uk international search - that collapsed. 77 volunteers from the uk international search and i the uk international search and rescue team, and for its specially

trained dogs, had been flown to turkey shortly after the devastating earthquake. this turkey shortly after the devastating earthtuake. , ,. .,, ., .,, earthquake. this rescue was our most rolon . ed earthquake. this rescue was our most prolonged for — earthquake. this rescue was our most prolonged for the _ earthquake. this rescue was our most prolonged for the entire _ earthquake. this rescue was our most prolonged for the entire time - earthquake. this rescue was our most prolonged for the entire time we - prolonged for the entire time we were there. ten metres of preaching through concrete with a mixture of tools. they were trying to get it into buckets and pass it back. shatter into buckets and pass it back. after 20 hours, into buckets and pass it back. after 20 hours. the _ into buckets and pass it back. after 20 hours, the team _ into buckets and pass it back. after 20 hours, the team found - into buckets and pass it back. after 20 hours, the team found and rescued a woman who had been entombed in a tight space forfour days a woman who had been entombed in a tight space for four days but was otherwise uninjured. she alerted them to another man who was still trapped. he them to another man who was still tra ed. . , them to another man who was still traued. ., ., trapped. he was passing in and out of consciousness, _ trapped. he was passing in and out of consciousness, so _ trapped. he was passing in and out of consciousness, so we _ trapped. he was passing in and out of consciousness, so we knew - trapped. he was passing in and out of consciousness, so we knew he i trapped. he was passing in and out i of consciousness, so we knew he was more critically ill. hello, i'm malcolm. it seemed that his legs were trapped underneath a concrete block. that it seemed that his legs were trapped underneath a concrete block.- underneath a concrete block. at that oint, that underneath a concrete block. at that point. that is — underneath a concrete block. at that point, that is where _ underneath a concrete block. at that point, that is where we _ underneath a concrete block. at that point, that is where we have - underneath a concrete block. at that point, that is where we have to - point, that is where we have to start _ point, that is where we have to start making decisions about what is going _ start making decisions about what is going to _ start making decisions about what is going to happen next in the rescue.

and you _ going to happen next in the rescue. and you are — going to happen next in the rescue. and you are chosen to do the extraction, white was that? t am extraction, white was that? i am tuite a extraction, white was that? i am quite a small— extraction, white was that? i am quite a small and _ extraction, white was that? i am quite a small and nimble - extraction, white was that? i am quite a small and nimble member of the team, _ quite a small and nimble member of the team, and these voids are very smelt _ the team, and these voids are very small. , ., ., ., 4' the team, and these voids are very small. , ., ., ., ~ , ., small. getting him out took several more hours- _ small. getting him out took several more hours- in _ small. getting him out took several more hours. in hospital— small. getting him out took several more hours. in hospital he - small. getting him out took several more hours. in hospital he tweetedj more hours. in hospital he tweeted his thanks to malcolm, sarah and the rest of the team, but he also wanted to talk to them. you're about to speak to him, what is going to get mind? t speak to him, what is going to get mind? . , , speak to him, what is going to get mind? ., , , ., , speak to him, what is going to get mind? ., , , .,, ., mind? i am slightly intrigued as to what he is going — mind? i am slightly intrigued as to what he is going to _ mind? i am slightly intrigued as to what he is going to remember. - mind? i am slightly intrigued as toj what he is going to remember. we were _ what he is going to remember. we were in— what he is going to remember. we were in some very tight positions, and you _ were in some very tight positions, and you build an attachment to someone — and you build an attachment to someone when you are in there for that loud — someone when you are in there for that long. you never get to re—contact people you rescued so this is— re—contact people you rescued so this is a _ re—contact people you rescued so this is a complete one malcolm. hello. _ this is a complete one malcolm. hello. nice _ this is a complete one malcolm. hello, nice to meet you. my mummy. we are so happy- _ hello, nice to meet you. my mummy. we are so happy. she _ hello, nice to meet you. my mummy. we are so happy. she says _ hello, nice to meet you. my mummy. we are so happy. she says thank - hello, nice to meet you. my mummy. we are so happy. she says thank you| we are so happy. she says thank you very much _

we are so happy. she says thank you very much it— we are so happy. she says thank you ve much. , ., , .,, very much. it is our pleasure. dadd . very much. it is our pleasure. daddy- she — very much. it is our pleasure. daddy. she is _ very much. it is our pleasure. daddy. she is beautiful. - very much. it is our pleasure. | daddy. she is beautiful. thank very much. it is our pleasure. - daddy. she is beautiful. thank you. you are my — daddy. she is beautiful. thank you. you are my hero. _ daddy. she is beautiful. thank you. you are my hero. always _ daddy. she is beautiful. thank you. you are my hero. always will - daddy. she is beautiful. thank you. you are my hero. always will be - you are my hero. always will be heroes — you are my hero. always will be heroes. ., ., , ., ., ., you are my hero. always will be heroes. ., ., ., ., , you are my hero. always will be heroes. ., ., , ., ., ., , ., heroes. that means a lot to us and we are really _ heroes. that means a lot to us and we are really pleased, _ heroes. that means a lot to us and we are really pleased, the - heroes. that means a lot to us and we are really pleased, the whole . we are really pleased, the whole team was so excited to hear that we were getting to speak to you. fine team was so excited to hear that we were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved — were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved by _ were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved by the _ were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved by the uk _ were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved by the uk team - were getting to speak to you. one of 12 lives saved by the uk team in - 12 lives saved by the uk team in turkey, had missed a disaster that killed tens of thousands of people, a story of bravery, endurance and immense skill that ended well. sir admit a a little bit of positive news for either. it is the weather. it is certainly cold and wintry out there for many of us today, not everybody has had the

snow. for many of us it has been a case of drizzle and sweet but this wintry mix of rain and snow will continue through the course of today into these evening. it will be cold, into these evening. it will be cold, into these evening. it will be cold, into the south coast, not so cold. 10 degrees in plymouth, the colder air is further north and the snow will be concentrated across the hills of wales, generally speaking, through the midlands. a bit of a lull through the course of the night and then the next band of wintry weather will spread across the country during the course of thursday. huge temperature contrasts early in the morning on thursday, between 9 degrees in plymouth and freezing in scotland. this could be disruptive snow for parts of wales, especially north in wales, northern england, especially the pennines. we could have 20 centimetres or more. a lot —— most areas a lot less than that.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm geeta guru—murthy and these are the latest headlines. britain's government is accused of utter failure for new asylum rules to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. but prime minister rishi sunak insists his plan is the people's priority. we are doing what's right, we are acting with compassion, we are acting with fairness and we are acting to respect the laws and orders of our country. this is their fifth prime minister, their sixth immigration plan, their seventh home secretary, and after all this time all they offer is the same old gimmicks and empty promises. a bbc spokesperson has said one of its highest paid presenters, gary lineker, is being �*spoken to' after he criticised the government's immigration plans on social media.

—— one of its most popular presenters. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro—ukrainian group was behind september's attack on the nord stream pipeline. i think that the investigation of official authorities will describe every detail. it is like a compliment for our special forces, but this is not our activity. the un secretary—general is in ukraine forfurther talks on extending a deal to export grain via the black sea, which he describes as critical. police in pakistan use tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of former prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a planned rally where he was due to kick—start his election campaign. the daughter of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened at the couple's california home. princess lilibet diana was born injune in 2021 and christened on friday.

hello, welcome. the british prime minister has been defending his government's new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader sir keir starmer said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises. the measures announced yesterday would effectively ban those who come here illegally from claiming asylum, and require that they be detained and deported. the prime minister says they will detain people who aren't eligible to claim asylum here and then return them. well, i already tried that under the last legislation. last year, 18,000 people were deemed ineligible to apply for asylum, that's the easy bit, the talk, but as for the action, prime minister, how many of them have actually been returned? he asked about arrests,

he asked about our laws. actually, when i was in dover yesterday talking to our law enforcement officials, what did they tell me? precisely because of the law that the conservative government passed last year they have now been able to arrest more than double the _ number of people they did before. 397 in the last six months. but stopping the boats, mr speaker, stopping the boats is notjust my priority, it is the people's priority. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake said 0ur political correspondentjonathan blake said the conservatives seemed confident with the plan. watching the exchanges in the house of commons today it is clear the conservatives feel they are on the front foot with this issue. there was cheering from the tory backbenches and jeering at sir keir starmer�*s questions, and rishi sunak seemed more confident than usual with his answers. they feel labour doesn't have a plan to tackle what the conservatives see, at least, as a very important issue, one of rishi sunak�*s five stated

political priorities. but that hasn't stopped a lot of criticism coming the government's way from sir keir starmer and the labour party and elsewhere about this latest plan, and as sir keir starmer put it, what he sees as the latest utter failure of the government to tackle this issue. he was trying to pin down the prime minister on how many people have been deported under existing laws that the government has brought in and when it plans to have this new system up and running of turning people back and sending them away. but because it isn't something that sir keir starmer has made a political priority of his own there is a danger for him that he is seen on the defensive about this issue which many people feel strongly about. his tactic is clearly to try and press the government on exactly how its plan will work and point to what they see, what labour sees as previous failures of this conservative administration and previous ones to

do anything about it. i'm joined now by madeleine sumption — director of the migration 0bservatory at the university of oxford, a project providing analysis of immigration and migration issues affecting the uk. thank you forjoining us. madeline, the government's plans as seen so far, rj legally permitted if the uk is to stay within european law and the commitments it has made on refugees? —— are they legally permitted? refugees? -- are they legally permitted?— refugees? -- are they legally permitted? refugees? -- are they legally ermitted? , ., ., ., permitted? there will be a lot of debate about _ permitted? there will be a lot of debate about which _ permitted? there will be a lot of debate about which parts - permitted? there will be a lot of debate about which parts of- permitted? there will be a lot of debate about which parts of the | permitted? there will be a lot of. debate about which parts of the bill are permitted under different international agreements uk has signed up to and which bits are not. the uk has said it is not sure whether the bill comprise, for example, with the european convention on human rights and the un has said very clearly they are confident it violates the refugee convention, so there was one of the

big questions about the bill, but evenif big questions about the bill, but even if there were no legal obstacles at all, even if it was signed and never challenged in the courts, i think there is a practical, logistical question about how edge can be implemented, where government thinks people be removed to, for example, and those are probably bigger than the legal obstacles. tt probably bigger than the legal obstacles. , ., ., , ., obstacles. if you are fully on as lum obstacles. if you are fully on asylum and _ obstacles. if you are fully on asylum and there _ obstacles. if you are fully on asylum and there is - obstacles. if you are fully on asylum and there is not - obstacles. if you are fully on asylum and there is not a i obstacles. if you are fully on i asylum and there is not a legal route to come to the uk, if you arrive, you have to be able to make arrive, you have to be able to make a claim if you have come from iran or somewhere that is a known difficult regime where you might have been having a very difficult time, if you have come to an illegal route, underthis time, if you have come to an illegal route, under this plan you can't claim asylum and you never can once you have landed? fin claim asylum and you never can once you have landed?— you have landed? on paper the bill effectively as _ you have landed? on paper the bill

effectively as -- — you have landed? on paper the bill effectively as -- effectively - effectively as —— effectively eliminates the asylum system as we know it to people who are reef through regular routes like crossing the channel in a small boat —— to people who arrive. so instead of processing by claimants granting or refusing asylum in the uk, they will be removed to save search countries. the challenge is there are almost no safe search countries that have agreed to take people from the uk, only rwanda and that scheme is not up only rwanda and that scheme is not up and running —— no safe third countries. the expectation is it will not be possible for the government to remove people under the bill and instead they will remain, it is slightly unclear, in a permanent limbo where they had to be financially supported by the government because they would not have status and would not be allowed to work or have other rights, and exactly how it would manage that is

pretty unclear. flan exactly how it would manage that is pretty unclear-— pretty unclear. can it criminalise --eole pretty unclear. can it criminalise people and _ pretty unclear. can it criminalise people and say _ pretty unclear. can it criminalise people and say you _ pretty unclear. can it criminalise people and say you have - pretty unclear. can it criminalise people and say you have broken| pretty unclear. can it criminalise i people and say you have broken this new uk law, we are effectively detaining you indefinitely? again, there are lots _ detaining you indefinitely? again, there are lots of _ detaining you indefinitely? again, there are lots of legal _ detaining you indefinitely? again, there are lots of legal issues, i i there are lots of legal issues, i think this is another wear at some point it is no longer about the law, but about whether the government will be detain someone for 40 years if they cannot remove them somewhere else. my suspicion is no but we will wait and see. it is also a question if the numbers crossing the channel continue to be relatively high, even aside from the legal and ethical questions it is not clear how people will be detained if it will be indefinite, so my assumption is even if anyone considers it desirable it would not necessarily be logistically feasible given the size of the current detention, people

would end up living outside of detention centres in the uk but they would have to be financially supported and not have any rights or ability to integrate.— ability to integrate. public opinion is worried about _ ability to integrate. public opinion is worried about small— ability to integrate. public opinion is worried about small boats i ability to integrate. public opinion is worried about small boats in i ability to integrate. public opinion | is worried about small boats in this country but it has softened towards higher skilled migration? there country but it has softened towards higher skilled migration?— higher skilled migration? there is clearl a higher skilled migration? there is clearly a lot _ higher skilled migration? there is clearly a lot of _ higher skilled migration? there is clearly a lot of concern _ higher skilled migration? there is clearly a lot of concern about i higher skilled migration? there is. clearly a lot of concern about small boats in particular, one of the things that is really surprising is despite the small boats issue being in the news a lot, the salience of migration is relatively low, not many people are citing immigration is one of the main issues facing the country, other issues tend to be higher on the list but it has been surprising in some ways that it has not been a higher public priority given how much the political debate has focused on it.— has focused on it. madeleine sumption. — has focused on it. madeleine sumption, thank _ has focused on it. madeleine sumption, thank you - has focused on it. madeleine sumption, thank you very i has focused on it. madeleine i sumption, thank you very much.

the bbc says it will have a �*frank conversation' with match of the day presenter gary lineker, after he compared the language used to launch the government's immigration policy to 1930s germany and called it �*immeasurably cruel�*. in the last hour, downing street has described gary lineker�*s criticism of new asylum policy as "not acceptable" and "disappointing". this morning mr lineker has been tweeting again, saying he would "continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice". our culture and media editor katie razzall reports. one of the bbc�*s most high—profile presenters being accused by some of breaking the corporation�*s own rules on impartiality. having called the government�*s new announcement on immigration policy beyond awful on twitter, the match of the day presenter termed it immeasurably cruel and said the language being used was not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 1930s when the nazis were rising to power. the home secretary hit back. i�*m disappointed, obviously. i think it�*s unhelpful to compare our measures which are lawful, proportionate and indeed compassionate to 1930s germany.

i also think that we are on the side of the british people here. it�*s plain for anyone to see that the british people have had enough of this situation. the bbc�*s director—general who has made impartiality a cornerstone of his leadership will, we are told to come have a frank conversation with the star. i think it�*s totally appropriate that we speak privately to members of the team. according to bbc rules staff and talent who work in news must act impartially at all times. it is to ensure audiences feel the corporation represents them. gary lineker is a sports presenter and because he works in sport is risks of compromising bbc impartiality are deemed lower. however, he was found to have broken bbc rules last year over a tweet about the then foreign secretary urging premier league teams to boycott the champions league final in russia. will her party had backed their donations from russian donors, he asked. that�*s because as a high—profile bbc presenter the bbc complaints unit said he had additional responsibilities and should avoid taking sides

on party political issues. with some conservative mps demanding the bbc sack him, gary lineker took to twitter again this morning to say he was getting a lot of praise for his stand, adding that he will continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice. katie razzall, bbc news. ukraine has denied any involvement in an attack last september on the nordstream pipelines, which were built to carry russian gas to europe. this map shows where they run, along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it�*s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. the damage was first noticed when huge amounts of gas bubbled to the surface. when cameras were sent down to film what had happened, this is what they recorded — several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an exterior explosion. it�*s not yet been established who was responsible — but a report in the new york times has now quoted anonymous us security officials as suggesting a pro—ukrainian group was to blame.

ukrainian defence minister 0leksii reznikov commented on nord stream allegations — here�*s what he said. for me, it�*s a little bit of a strange story because the story is nothing with us, and i think that the investigation of official authorities will describe every detail. it is like a compliment for our special forces, but this is not our activity. earlier i spoke to senior fellow with the american enterprise institute elisabeth braw. this is an extraordinary turn of events. for months the swedish and danish governments have been investigating, as has germany, which is conducting a criminal investigation, and the general assumption was that it was russia, because western governments, it is not the sort of thing they do.

ukraine did not seem to be a candidate either. now we are seeing an allegation it was stand—alone, privately financed ukrainian undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour undertaking. it was clear that this isjust a rumour being undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour being shared undertaking. it was clear that this isjust a rumour being shared by undertaking. it was clear that this is just a rumour being shared by the new york times or the intelligence assessment from the americans, but the swedish and danish governments are conducting the investigation and they had said nothing and we can in fact be pretty sure they will not say anything in the near future. studio: if it was proven to be equivalent to ukraine, the risks of that are obvious in terms of public support for ukraine continuing from germany, europe and the us? that is indeed the case _ germany, europe and the us? that is indeed the case and _ germany, europe and the us? that is indeed the case and why _ germany, europe and the us? that is indeed the case and why the - indeed the case and why the ukrainian government has been so quick to distance itself from this

allegation all this report. the american intelligence assessment does not link the ukrainian government to the explosion and so we are really none the wiser because we are really none the wiser because we don�*t know, even if was a ukrainian group, who was behind it or what its leanings were to the ukrainian government or indeed to any other government. but i think the point is that several months into this investigation the swedish and danish governments have said nothing and even if they know at this point you it is they are unlikely to say anything because it would cause further instability in the region. would cause further instability in the region-— would cause further instability in the region. would the ukrainians have a motive _ the region. would the ukrainians have a motive for— the region. would the ukrainians have a motive for this? - the region. would the ukrainians have a motive for this? i - the region. would the ukrainians have a motive for this? i think. the region. would the ukrainians have a motive for this? i think i i have a motive for this? i think i have a motive for this? i think i have been expressions of concern from ukrainians about this pipeline that was taking us to germany —— i think that i have. is it possible for ukrainian private group to

operate completely separately from the government? that operate completely separately from the government?— the government? that is one of the crucial question _ the government? that is one of the crucial question that _ the government? that is one of the crucial question that people - the government? that is one of the crucial question that people like i the government? that is one of thej crucial question that people like me had said all along it was not a terrorist attack, it has to have been a hostile attack carried out by the state, it is not everyday terrorism to get down to the sea bed and cause explosions. this is very sophisticated and for that reason it seems obvious it would have to be a government and these allegations involve a handful of divers and the captain of the ship that took them to the site and the magic, that seems to be a very small group for sabotage, but we have not heard anything from the swedish and danish authorities but this will cause, this whole case of nord stream, will cause massive disagreement between the western european companies,

billions of euros were invested by then, which is now no longer in operation because of sabotage. the un secretary—general is in ukraine today holding talks with the country�*s president, volodymyr zelensky, about extending a deal which allows ukraine to export grain. the black sea grain initiative was signed injuly last year and allows ships to sail from southern ukraine, from 0desa, into the international waters of the black sea, crossing past the bosporus strait in istanbul, avoiding mined areas. it has to be renewed by the end of next week. antonio guterres says the deal offers critical relief to people in developing countries. sea grain initiative agreed last july sea grain initiative agreed last july in istanbul has provided for the export of 23 million tonnes of grain from the export of 23 million tonnes of grainfrom ukrainian the export of 23 million tonnes of grain from ukrainian ports. it has contributed to lowering the global cost of food and there is often critical relief to people also

paying the high price, particularly in the developing world. indeed, the food and agricultural organisation�*s food price index has fallen over the last three years. exports of ukrainian as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the role of the black sea grain initiative on the black sea grain initiative on the 18th of march and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible use of support infrastructures through the black sea in line with the objectives of the initiative. we can update you now on the fighting in ukraine — and in particular the battle to control the ukrainian city of bakhmut, which is close to the front line of the russian advance into ukraine�*s donbas region. before the war, bakhmut was home to around 80 thousand people but most have fled, following months of fighting. russian forces, led by the wagner

private military group, have been attacking — but ukraine�*s government insists it is inflicting heavy losses, and will not abandon the city. russian forces are reported to have entered the city — and the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, has now said that his forces have captured the city�*s eastern bank — and all of the eastern suburbs. you can see the river as a dark line, running from the top to the bottom in the middle of this map — with the eastern bank on the right of the screen. that would represent around a third of bakhmut. ukraine hasn�*t yet commented. here�*s what the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg had to say about the situation a little earlier. we cannot rule out that bakhmut may eventually fall in the coming days. therefore, it is also important to highlight that this does not necessarily reflect any turning point of the war, and itjust highlights that we should not underestimate russia. we must continue to provide

support to ukraine. to kyiv now where we can speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. james, ifi james, if i can pick up on some of the earlier strands we were talking about, one is grain supply. how much of a risk is there that they will be further disrupted?— further disrupted? there is a chance, further disrupted? there is a chance. i _ further disrupted? there is a chance, i think _ further disrupted? there is a chance, i think at _ further disrupted? there is a chance, i think at the i further disrupted? there is a l chance, i think at the moment further disrupted? there is a i chance, i think at the moment the globalfood markets are not expecting the deal to be blocked but what happens is every time this deal comes up for renewal, it has to every four months, both sides try and use that moment of leveraged to see if they can get more out of the deal, particularly at this time the russians have signalled pretty clearly that they were more support

from the un and the international community to try to allow russia to smooth some of its own exports. although russian food exporter not been targeted directly, russia�*s same all the sanctions make it very hard for russia to sell grain to countries in africa. so they want help on that. there is also some sense that ukraine is saying can be tiresome other things to this deal, talk about support for the nuclear power plants, may be few more ports could be opened up, and i think the message from the un is let�*s keep this one simple, keep the deal agreed lastjuly going and make sure it carries on simply because as antonio guterres made very clear, this deal matters notjust for ukraine in terms of emptying silos but in terms of its impact on the world as a whole, its impact on food

prices and all of those millions facing food insecurity around the world he would be severely damaged if this deal did not go through because the food they currently get which currently soar in price and many people would not be able to afford to eat. many people would not be able to afford to eat-— afford to eat. one other story we touched on. _ afford to eat. one other story we touched on, nord _ afford to eat. one other story we touched on, nord stream, i afford to eat. one other story we touched on, nord stream, the i afford to eat. one other story we l touched on, nord stream, the new york times reports suggesting that the ukrainian linkage group might have been behind the attacks on the nord stream pipelines, have you had any reaction to that where you are, and what is your sense on how important that story might be? the reaction important that story might be? tte: reaction coming out important that story might be? tt9 reaction coming out of important that story might be? tt9: reaction coming out of kyiv important that story might be? tt9 reaction coming out of kyiv has been pretty extensive, advisers and ministers calling it amusing conspiracy theories are making clear that from that position ukrainian government has absolutely nothing to do with theirs. this is the latest theory doing the rounds. some

intelligence has been gained from the investigations being carried out ljy the investigations being carried out by germany, sweden and denmark, that has been shared among some allies, some of that has been leaked. if it turns out that some ukrainian involvement is there, what impact does that have on the pro—ukraine western alliance? that is the risk and why it matters.— western alliance? that is the risk and why it matters. james landale, live in kyiv. — and why it matters. james landale, live in kyiv, thank _ and why it matters. james landale, live in kyiv, thank you. _ police in pakistan are using tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of the former prime minister imran khan ahead of a planned rally where he was due to kick—start his election campaign. pictures on social media show dozens of men and women gathering in the city and some being taken into custody for violating a ban barring all public gatherings for a week. bbc urdu�*s tarhub asghar is in lahore and hasjust sent this report. if you could see behind me it is going on now in one of the busiest roads in lahore, protesters are on

the other side, throwing stones towards police officials and using tear gas, shelling and water cannon to disperse, to push them back so they cannot reach their destination. today imran khan announced he is going to start a big election campaign in lahore. they stopped here so they could not reach the spot, to the residence where he is supposed to start. right now police are using tear gas, they are using water cannon. imran khan has been demanding for the last nine to ten months that he wants an election in pakistan, he has been contesting different cases in court and recently these elections were announced by the election commission in punjab and in two provinces of

pakistan. right now the conflict is happening between police officials and his supporters and this is going on, so we will be finding some safe space and going back from this place, because from both sides they are throwing stones and tear shells, so right now this is happening and has really yet to be started. that re ort has really yet to be started. that report from _ has really yet to be started. that report from the _ has really yet to be started. that report from the hall. _ has really yet to be started. that report from the hall. -- - has really yet to be started. that report from the hall. —— lahore. the daughter of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened at their california home. princess lilibet diana, who was born to prince harry and meghan injune 2021, was christened on friday by the bishop reverend john taylor. the announcement is the first time she has been publicly called a princess since gaining the right to that title when king charles

we are back with more na few minutes, this is bbc news, you can find me on twitter if you want to get in touch. hello. more snow on the way this evening and tomorrow, especially tomorrow, for northern britain, but forecasting the amount of slow has been so tricky. we will call it an wintry mix, it has been a mixture of sweet and even rain and quite mild on the south coast at the moment but the concentration will be mostly around wales, parts of the midlands, into the peak district and northern england through the courts of today and into this evening. in scotland it is much colder and clearer and it will be very cold. temperatures drop tonight, there is a chance of icy patches forming following the recent white and sleety weather. —5 in the

lowlands of scotland but 8 degrees in plymouth with the milder south—westerly breeze. we have had this weather front moving away towards the east, this is the low pressure that will bring the possibly disrupted snow on thursday, it starts off wet in the south—west and breezy, snow falls across northern parts of wales, the snow moves into the north west of england, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, could be snow settling close to coastal areas but not an awful lot. most of the snow will be around the peak district northwards through the pennines, sheffield, leeds, through the lake district too. this is what it looks like in the middle of the afternoon, around freezing by richard snelling but generally above freezing, rain in the south, a few flurries in the north, then the snow really gets going on thursday evening and the most snow is expected to fall across the pennines. this is the yellow

warning of area from the met office, typically snow amounts in towns and cities on lower ground will not be an awful lot but high ground, in the extreme case, we are talking about 25, maybe 40 centimetres across a higher level. on friday morning lower pressure clears away, we are in between weather systems, this is very early in the morning, could be some winteriness further south depending on what time the weather system clears away and then i think it should clear through the course of the afternoon, it will be chilly, quite a strong wind, a really wintry second half of the week.

this is bbc news. i�*m geeta guru—murthy and these are the headlines... britain�*s government is accused of utter failure for new asylum rules to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. but prime minister rishi sunak insists his plan is the people�*s priority. a bbc spokesperson has said one of its most popular presenters — gary lineker — is being �*spoken to�* after he criticised the government�*s immigration plans on social media. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro—ukrainian group was behind september�*s attack on the nord stream pipeline. the un secretary—general is in ukraine forfurther talks on extending a deal to export grain via the black sea, which he describes as critical. police in pakistan use tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of former prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a planned rally where he was due

to kick—start his election campaign. the daughter of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened at the couple�*s california home. princess lilibet diana was born injune in 2021 sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s gavin. girls will be given equal access to all sport in schools — as part of a package of measures unveiled by the government. schools in england will be told to offer at least two hours of physical education every week — with girls and boys able to play the same sports in lessons and extra—curricular clubs — after a campaign by england�*s european championship winning lionesses — to coincide with international women�*s day. the government is now promising more than 600 million pounds to improve pe across the next two years — and up to 57 million in funding for facilities outside school hours.

it makes me so happy to think that a young girl now is going to have that equal access in school and doing pe for two hours and doing sports that they love. a lot of the lionesses fell in love with football at school, so if those opportunities hadn�*t been there at the schools they went to, they might not have gone on to have the careers they have. well, the lionesses are involved at the women�*s world cup this summer — the tournament�*s been in the spotlight of late. football australia asked fifa to "urgently clarify" their position on plans for saudi arabia as sponsors. it follows england players kiera walsh and lucy bronze casting reservations. and the fa director of women�*s football — baroness sue campbell — says she�*s making "their position very clear". the gulf kingdom has been accused of human rights abuses. at the moment we are talking privately to fifa and making our position very clear. that is as much

as we want to say at the moment. we had the fifa president met us at the weekend, we are talking and trying to explain our position, and we are hoping fifa will make the right response to that.— response to that. what is your position? _ response to that. what is your position? i _ response to that. what is your position? i am _ response to that. what is your position? i am not— response to that. what is your position? i am not going i response to that. what is your position? i am not going to i response to that. what is your position? i am not going to go there. position? i am not going to go there- we _ position? i am not going to go there. we are _ position? i am not going to go there. we are having - position? i am not going to go there. we are having private l there. we are having private conversations and i think it is only right we are doing that. we will have to make them public at some point, but right now both myself and the players are having private conversations. marcus rashford says the idea that manchester united players �*gave up�* during their 7—0 loss to liverpool is "nonsense." jurgen klopp�*s side scored six times in the second half at anfield on sunday. it was united�*s worst defeat in the premier league era and biggest loss since 1931. stand—in captain bruno fernandes was heavily criticised for his performance and his behaviour towards team—mates. but manager erik ten hag insists the portuguese player will continue to lead the side when harry maguire isn�*t playing. the dutchman also insists that lessons have been learnt.

we didn�*t give up, that is nonsense. we didn�*t give up, that is nonsense. we were unorganised, communication was bad, that is why we conceded the goals, but it comes down to the fact that i believe that everyone was trying to get back into the game that much. we came away from the teams�* principles in that position. it has happened and the only thing we can do is learn from it and move on. i am we can do is learn from it and move on. iam happy we can do is learn from it and move on. i am happy and grateful we have another game so quickly because we have an opportunity to take a step forward from the last game and put it behind us. tonight attention turns to north london as tottenham look to join chelsea in the last eight of the champions league. spurs have work to do to get there though — they trail italian side ac milan 1—0 from the first leg. the match will be the first time head coach antonio conte will be back on the touchline — after recovering from gall bladder surgery.

honestly i wanted to come back early, but in this case i had to respect the doctor. i am here to stay with the players, briefed the atmosphere on the training ground, and to prepare the game, to stay with them. pt. and to prepare the game, to stay with them-— with them. a big match for them toni . ht. that�*s all the sport for now. the british prime minister has been defending his government�*s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk in small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that on the conservatives could stop the boats. —— only the conservatives. in the last hour i spoke to dave penman. he has written to rishi sunak demanding an apology from suella braverman.

it comes after an email in her name blamed "left—wing" civil servants of blocking the government�*s attempts to stop channel boat crossings. i put it to him that downing street now the home secretary did not sanction or sign off that email. if that is the case, they will have no problems apologising to the tens of thousands of civil servants who loyally save the government and implement her policies and immediately withdraw the statement. if that doesn�*t represent the on secretary�*s view and the prime minister�*s view, it appears to represent the views of the conservative party. they need to explain how this happens, if it doesn�*t represent the home secretary�*s view, she needs to apologise. it is no good praising civil servants when in her name it has been written and sent out to hundreds of thousands of people in an a mild. if she doesn�*t, she is in breach of the ministerial cloud. evenif breach of the ministerial cloud. even if that a mild was sent out without her it and it was an

administrative stake —— mistake? she administrative stake -- mistake? she will administrative stake —— mistake? §t9 will apologise it administrative stake —— mistake? st9 will apologise it and withdraw it. you cannot have it both ways. she cannot say it was a mistake and say nothing. she has to address the material fact that she, in her name with her signature, brought out to hundreds of thousands of people and said civil servants were blocking government policy. if you are a civil servant working in the home office, you do some of the most office, you do some of the most difficult work in government. you choose to look at the home office knowing that is the case. what you do not expect to see something in the home secretary�*s mean accusing you of breaching your impartiality obligations and of acting in a way in cohort with left—wing —— left wing lawyers and the labour party. she said this was a cc hq product and they would have to review what happened operationally. do you accept as a legitimate explanation and how does it chime, in any case,

the turn of that a mild with previous statements of her is about the civil service? she previous statements of her is about the civil service?— the civil service? she has to exlain the civil service? she has to explain why _ the civil service? she has to explain why conservative i the civil service? she has to i explain why conservative party headquarters thought it was ok to draft an a mild in her name, talking about civil servants. does that represent the views of the conservative party? is this —— if this is a terrible mistake, she needs to get on the record and speak directly to civil servants that she needs in the home office, explain what happened, apologise and withdraw. the rhetoric around this, as you discussed early on, is really dangerous. people working in the home office headquarters already have security guidance about how they have to try and make sure they cannot be identified with their id passes when they go outside because of concern for their safety. the sort of language and the rhetoric also now potentially dangerous civil servants. that is why it is so important she sets the record

straight. we do not want to hear from sources close to or offence caused to, we want to hear from the home secretary on this matter. just to ut to home secretary on this matter. just to put to you _ home secretary on this matter. just to put to you something that has been briefed to journalists. to put to you something that has been briefed tojournalists. the press secretary saying the prime minister has quoted he he is grateful to the work of the cabinet secretary and the civil servants in the home office more widely and in the home office more widely and in the government. they say this has been a cross government effort to put together this legislation. there are clearly trying to put a statement, not apologising, are clearly trying to put a statement, notapologising, but trying to explain this. tsh’t statement, not apologising, but trying to explain this.— trying to explain this. isn't that enou~h? trying to explain this. isn't that enough? it _ trying to explain this. isn't that enough? it is _ trying to explain this. isn't that enough? it is simply _ trying to explain this. isn't that enough? it is simply not good l enough? it is simply not good enough. you cannot put something out like this to hundreds of thousands of people, accusing civil servants of people, accusing civil servants of breaking the impartiality obligations, of potentially endangering and then thinking you canjust do a endangering and then thinking you can just do a bit of breathing praising civil servants. that is simply not good enough. she needs to

step up. she has made a mistake or the conservative party made a mistake, admit it and apologise to people you have insulted. those people you have insulted. those people are wrecking some of the most difficult and complex work in government, they deserve better than this and home secretary needs to mechanise what leadership looks like and that means getting onto the —— means getting on the racket to the very people she has criticised and insulted. earlier i spoke to harjap bhangal, a uk immigration lawyer at gls solicitors — from birmingham in the uk. i asked him if the governments legislative plans break the refugee convention. it isa it is a bit contradictory at the moment because we have not got the exact plans. what it seems to say is we will prevent people from claiming asylum, which would be in controversy to commitments under the convention. however, it says we will detain people and process them quickly. if we are going to process,

that means we are going to accept their claim for asylum and deal it. you cannot blanket me say we�*re going to send boats back and refused to take people�*s claims for asylum. the rwanda hearing made it very clear that each claim has to be decided on its merits. d0 clear that each claim has to be decided on its merits.- clear that each claim has to be decided on its merits. do you expect this lan, decided on its merits. do you expect this plan. if— decided on its merits. do you expect this plan. if it _ decided on its merits. do you expect this plan. if it is _ decided on its merits. do you expect this plan, if it is as _ decided on its merits. do you expect this plan, if it is as the _ decided on its merits. do you expect this plan, if it is as the overall i this plan, if it is as the overall briefing seems to suggest, not to be implemented? fist briefing seems to suggest, not to be implemented?— briefing seems to suggest, not to be implemented? briefing seems to suggest, not to be imlemented? : :, implemented? at the moment, untilwe aet some implemented? at the moment, untilwe get some more — implemented? at the moment, untilwe get some more detail, _ implemented? at the moment, untilwe get some more detail, i _ implemented? at the moment, untilwe get some more detail, i would - implemented? at the moment, untilwe get some more detail, i would think- get some more detail, i would think that even if it does theoretically get the nod, it is not practical because you are talking about returning migrants to other countries. we do not have return agreements with any other countries. we only have them with six countries, that is rwanda, nigeria, serbia, india, pakistan and albania. they are not going to agree to take other people�*s or asylum seekers from other countries. why should

they? when we left the eu should have had treaties with each country to return agreements, as they are cold. at the moment we have a zero return agreements with any eu country and therefore we cannot send people to eu countries, we cannot send them back to france. france have refused to sign an return agreements tea with us. so have spain, belgium, denmark and other eu countries. they are not willing to sign return agreements so we have no way to send them to. tt sign return agreements so we have no way to send them to.— way to send them to. if this legislation _ way to send them to. if this legislation doesn't - way to send them to. if this legislation doesn't work, i legislation doesn�*t work, ultimately, and doesn�*t go through. it is clear that for some parts of the british population, the question of illegal migration is a political concern. is there any policy answered that you are aware of, that the political parties are not looking at yet?— the political parties are not looking at yet? yes, of course. there needs — looking at yet? yes, of course. there needs to _ looking at yet? yes, of course. there needs to be _ looking at yet? yes, of course. there needs to be a _ looking at yet? yes, of course. there needs to be a mixture. l there needs to be a mixture. festival, the problem is the gangs,

the people smugglers who are making money and are putting people on boats and sending them to the uk. nothing has been mentioned about stopping the people gangs. what you want to do, is if you want to stop drug dealing, then you want to catch the drug dealers. same thing, if you want to stop people smuggling, you want to stop people smuggling, you want to stop people smuggling, you want to catch the people smugglers. people smuggling makes more money than drug smuggling, and yet there is no more on people smugglers, you hardly ever hear of people smuggling gangs convicted and it is very unfathomable. in the last 20 years we know the operate from calais, the same place asylum seekers and up, the kent coast. yet we cannot catch a group of gangs despite our elite units and cooperation with the eu and despite us paying money to france, to cooperate with us. that is almost an admission from rishi

sunak yesterday saying we cannot catch the gangs are profiting from this, so we are going to punish the end user. it is as the equivalent of saying we�*re going to lock up drug users and help drug dealing stops, and we know that doesn�*t work. —— and we know that doesn�*t work. —— and hope. the largest rail union, the rmt, has called off its strike action planned for next week by members at network rail, the organisation which looks after track and infrastructure. it follows a new pay offer. but rmt staff at companies operating train services are still due to stage stries in their long running dispute over pay, conditions and job security. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is at king�*s cross station. it's it�*s going to be strikes still? as things stand, there will still be strikes but they will not involve rmt members who work for network rail. it was a surprise department last night and a significant development that network rail�*s members would not take part in any

of the industrial action coming up. they were due to take part in a strike next thursday, the 16th of march and have some overtime bans. there has been a new offer by network rail to the rmt and that is what has triggered that development and network rail members are now going to get the chance to vote on that offer. however, there wasn�*t a new offer put forward by the rain companies so that means there hasn�*t been a change there, the strikes by the rain company staff are due to go ahead. they are meant to be on the 16th next thursday, so there will still be a strike next day and also on the 18th and 30th of march, another one on the 1st of april. not the same scale of disruption without network rail signals being involved, but there will still be a lot of disruption if those strikes go ahead. 9 :, , [m ahead. what is in the new offer? not actuall a ahead. what is in the new offer? not actually a huge _ ahead. what is in the new offer? not actually a huge amount _ ahead. what is in the new offer? not actually a huge amount has - ahead. what is in the new offer? not| actually a huge amount has changed, but there has been some fiddling around the pay element of the offer, so the headline number been put

forward is pretty similar. 5% for one year, 4% the next year, although some people depending on the salaries will feel more than that. but what is happening, as i understand, is the pay increase for this year has been backdated a bit earlier to last october, so network rail workers will get a big lump sum. that is one change on the pay element. something really important about what the rmt has said today as it is not going to tell members or advice on how they should vote on this offer. that matters because in december there was actually built on a previous version of this offer and the rmt told members they wouldn�*t advise but accept it and it was subsequently rejected. the fact they are now not giving a recommendation is a significant step forward. of course, we cannot predict how members will vote until you get the result and that referendum is due to close on the 20th of march. the bit of time now before we find out the

outcome and then if network rail members decide to accept it, it would mean no more at national level strikes. that would take the sting out of the strike action that the rmt can stage because even if staff at train companies carry on striking, that has a less widescale disruption. it does affect the train companies involved but it varies around the country. we are waiting now to hear whether there will be any changes on the train company�*s side of things. no news on that yet, there have been repeated calls from there have been repeated calls from the government and from the industry, for the rmt to also give their members who work for train companies a vote on the latest offer they have had. no sign yet that the rmt will do that.— rmt will do that. thank you very much indeed. _ exclusive data obtained by the bbc shows police forces in england and wales are recording more cases of dogs being dangerously out of control — with more than 21—thousand offences last year. the number of dogs being seized is also going up, meaning police have had to spend millions

on kennels and vet bills — as danny savage reports. whoa, whoa, whoa. the aftermath of a dog attack in london. police try and contain the animal with a fire extinguisher. but look at the strength in its pull. a 13—year—old child is being treated on the ground nearby. sirens. this is a growing problem in the uk. it was a cross between a rottweiler and a shar pei. it was behind the letterbox waiting for me. it heard me coming down the path and it was ready as soon as i lifted that lid of the letterbox, the snout was there. didn�*t see the snout, i wasn�*t expecting it, but it was there and it was a clean bite. sarah king started 2022 with ten fingers. she finished it with nine. still hurts, very numb, very sensitive. there�*s things i can�*t do. holding your phone, your mobile, you actually use your full handspan. little things, definitely,

it has affected me. it feels like that training dogs is of growing importance. clever boy, yes! this dog is not a dangerous animal, but more than 20,000 dog attacks on people or assistance dogs were reported last year and the number of dangerous dogs seized has soared over the last few years. at the moment, if you�*ve got money, you can have a dog. simple as. there�*s no kind of safeguards, there�*s no checks done. and basically, i think that�*s part of the problem. looking back in retrospect, could have been my throat. janet was attacked by two of her neighbour�*s dogs. pictures of her injuries at the time are too graphic to show. nearly a year on, she has to do physio and is expecting more operations on her arm. they were with their owner, so it was a big surprise and a big shock to be attacked. and i didn't realise how much damage a dog can do in seconds.

just especially you don't see it coming. dangerous dogs are a growing problem and all too often animals are left to bite again with little meaningful action taken against owners. danny savage, bbc news. i�*m joined now by maria murray, dogs trust�*s deputy director community education and engagement that is a long title. thank you for being with us. presumably not remotely dangerous furry friend there. why do you think these attacks are going up? tote there. why do you think these attacks are going up? we have to be careful with — attacks are going up? we have to be careful with the _ attacks are going up? we have to be careful with the data, _ attacks are going up? we have to be careful with the data, in _ attacks are going up? we have to be careful with the data, in the - attacks are going up? we have to be careful with the data, in the sense i careful with the data, in the sense that we know the dog population has gone up considerably in the last few years, so we expect more dogs and we expect more incidents. also, it is notjust expect more incidents. also, it is not just aggressive dogs, expect more incidents. also, it is notjust aggressive dogs, it is any incident, so if a dog that is an owner over and injuries themselves.

it is still a huge concern. the are a couple of reasons. lots of dogs a purchase during the pandemic and we know owners were able to socialise their dogs and get them to see all their dogs and get them to see all the new things they needed to learn about the world, and we know most aggression is born out of fear. so if dogs haven�*t experienced something until they are older, they are more likely to be fearful of it and we know fiat may lead to aggression. the cost of living crisis is contributing. people are struggling to afford to sit out training and behaviour advice to help their pets. th training and behaviour advice to help their pets.— help their pets. in terms of stopping — help their pets. in terms of stopping this. _ help their pets. in terms of stopping this, because i help their pets. in terms of stopping this, because it i help their pets. in terms of stopping this, because it isj help their pets. in terms of- stopping this, because it is very alarming that these incidences are increasing. should laws, prosecutions, punishments be tightened? t prosecutions, punishments be tightened?— tightened? i think they are adequate. _ tightened? i think they are adequate. i _ tightened? i think they are adequate, i think - tightened? i think they are adequate, i think it i tightened? i think they are adequate, i think it is i tightened? i think they are | adequate, i think it is about education. what dogs trust are

passionate about is preventing problems from happening in the first place, ratherthan problems from happening in the first place, rather than punishing them when they happen. we are approaching people when they first get a dog to make sure they set up the dog for life, in the world, and teaching them life skills and also being able to read their dogs. dogs cannot speak our language, we have to learn bears and their language is body—line much. they are able to tell us when they are worried about something and when they are, we need to take the dog out of the situation and take the thing that is worrying them away from them. every day that envied them adequately, we can live safely with any breed of dog happily for the best of our lives. plus pandemic. — for the best of our lives. plus pandemic. do _ for the best of our lives. plus pandemic, do you _ for the best of our lives. plus pandemic, do you think- for the best of our lives. plus pandemic, do you think some people need to be able to give their dogs back because there has been a huge increase in the number of dogs purchased in this country? i see more dogs and people in my part of town. you do wonder whether people have gone back into work and are not

able to look after them properly. what would you do practically if people are feeling overwhelmed by this and they cannot cope or afford the training? either cannot able to take them in. tote the training? either cannot able to take them in-_ the training? either cannot able to take them in. we have seen a huge increase in — take them in. we have seen a huge increase in requests _ take them in. we have seen a huge increase in requests for _ take them in. we have seen a huge increase in requests for people i take them in. we have seen a huge increase in requests for people to l increase in requests for people to relinquish their dogs to us. we get over 1000 calls a week with people wanting to give their dogs of a two dogs trust, and we would encourage people to give us a call because actually if it is for training and behaviour reasons, there are lots of things we can do to help them to have services. some are free or discounted for people on low incomes and we can help rehabilitate their dogs through either a red dog school classes, they can come along and attend those or our free behaviour helpline. someone can ring a trading or behaviour expect and talk about their dog�*s problems. a weekly injection for losing weight has been approved for use by the nhs in england.

semaglutide, makes people feel fuller, so they eat less. experts have described the decision to make it availbale on the nhs as a pivotal moment for the treatment of people living with obesity but others have warned the drug is not a �*quick fix�*. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. the main weapons against obesity are exercise and dieting. but they are not quite cutting it. by 2035 we expect half of the world�*s population to be overweight or obese. but you might have heard recently about semaglutide, weekly injections that make you feel full. studies show people losing about 12% of their body weight on them. one, two, three. kelly wood lives in america and has been injecting herself for seven months, losing a third of her body weight in the process. when you take this medication, it takes the work out of telling yourself, should i eat this, should i not eat this. you just stop eating

when you�*re full. the papers are calling it a wonderjab. a drug called wegovy. but it is not going to be available on the nhs for everyone who just wants to lose a few pounds. the wegovy pen is a single dose, prefilled pen... it is mainly being recommended in england for people with a bmi of 35, severely obese. they must also have at least one weight—related condition like type two diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease. like every medication, there are side effects. it�*s mainly gastrointestinal side—effects such as nausea and vomiting. not all patients will experience that but it is really important that the care is there for the patients. so anyone being prescribed it on the nhs will get other support to help them eat healthily and exercise. and they will only get the drug for a maximum of two years. i welcome it as a tool but obesity is more complex than this

and there are other aspects of obesity that need to be dealt with. moreover, after two years when you come off the drug, weight gain is likely, is highly probable. this is not a magic bullet. those not eligible for it on the nhs have another option, paying privately. but that will cost them at least £100 a month. catherine burns, bbc news. next week the chancellor will deliver his budget against a backdrop of high prices and weak economic growth, so what are businesses hoping for from jeremy hunt? it might not feel like it but spring is on the way and so is the spring is on the way and so is the spring budget. this florist is seen costs pile up. it wants those to be the chancellor�*s priority next week. i will keep my door open always as much as i can. but seriously, we need some support.

the bills, the rent, electric, energy, the price is getting very, very high. we need a cooler system for the flowers. we have to keep it fresh at a special degree. we are seriously struggling in this situation. the flowers here are blooming, but the business itself is struggling to grow. customers are spending less because of the cost of living crisis, and with energy bills support for firms due to be scaled back from april, it�*s a worrying time. ramia is hoping jeremy hunt will announce new measures to help with energy costs. she�*d also like the fuel duty cut to be extended. rising costs are a problem for this gym, too. its overheads have risen by more than 30% in a year. recruitment is the other major challenge and one it hopes the chancellor will address. we make enough money to survive for the next month and then carry on running. a lot of the kids, if they didn�*t have this place in slough, they�*d be on the streets fighting. they can�*t afford to pay. but if there was an opportunity where they were given some sort of funding to start their training, then it would help them not just in their training,

but in their life. we actually lost one of our cousins six months ago to knife crime. we�*re even more determined now. it�*s really upsetting to think, because the cost of living is so high, i might not be able to carry this place on. ammar also wants to see an expansion of free childcare, allowing parents to get back to work. at this bakery, coffees and cakes are being served, but food prices have soared. the cafe manager wantsjeremy hunt to reduce inflation and taxation. food prices have gone up and energy prices after the pandemic and the current situation that�*s happening in ukraine. i�*m hoping that the vat will be cut and the business rate, as that will help us. and how likely do you think that is to happen, just given where the uk�*s finances are right now? well, i�*m hoping they will work out something, you know, to help and to give support to the businesses. we�*rejust going to wait for the plan. firms have drawn up their wish lists. the treasury said it has provided hundreds of billions of pounds of support to businesses during the pandemic and the war

in ukraine, and said the budget will set out the next stage in its plans for growth. noor nanji, bbc news in slough. it is cold and wintry for many of us today. not everybody has had snow. for many of us it has been drizzle and sweet but this wintry mix of rain and snow will continue through the course of the day into this evening. it will be cold, on the south coast not so cold. 10 degrees in plymouth. the snow will be constituted across the hills of wales, generally speaking, through the midlands. although through the course of the night and then this next band of wintry weather will spread across the country during the course of thursday, huge temperature contrasts early on the morning on thursday between 9 degrees in plymouth and freezing in scotland. this could be disruptive snow for parts of wales, especially northern wales and the northern england,

especially the pennines. for the peak district northwards, across the hills, we could have 20 centimetres or more. most areas a lot less than that. this is bbc news, welcome if you�*re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i�*m geeta guru—murthy and these are the latest headlines... britain�*s government is accused of utter failure over new asylum rules to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. but prime minister rishi sunak insists his plan is the people�*s priority. we are doing what�*s right, we are acting with compassion, we are acting with fairness and we are acting to respect the laws and orders of our country. this is their fifth prime minister, their sixth immigration plan, their seventh home secretary, and after all this time all they offer is the same old gimmicks and empty promises. a bbc spokesperson says one of its most popular presenters, gary lineker, is being "spoken to" after he criticised the government�*s immigration plans on social media. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro—ukrainian

group was behind september�*s attack on the nord stream pipeline. i think that the investigation of official authorities will describe every detail. it is like a compliment for our special forces, but this is not our activity. the un secretary—general is in ukraine forfurther talks on extending a deal to export grain via the black sea — he says it�*s critical. a crime with two victims. how gangs in south east asia are forcing migrants to carry out online scams worth hundreds of millions of dollars. police in pakistan use tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of former prime minister imran khan ahead of a planned rally where he was due to kick—start his election campaign. the daughter of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened at the couple�*s california home.

the british prime minister has been defending his government�*s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the government is simply offering gimmicks and empty promises. the measures announced yesterday would effectively ban those who come here illegally from claiming asylum, and require that they be detained and deported. the prime minister says they will detain people who aren�*t eligible to claim asylum here and then return them. well, i already tried that under the last legislation. —— a day already tried that. last year, 18,000 people were deemed ineligible to apply for asylum, that�*s the easy bit, the talk, but as for the action, prime minister, how many of them have actually been returned?

he asked about arrests, he asked about our laws. actually, when i was in dover yesterday talking to our law enforcement officials, what did they tell me? precisely because of the law that the conservative government passed last year they have now been able to arrest more than double the number of people they did before. 397 in the last six months. but stopping the boats, mr speaker, stopping the boats is notjust my priority, it is the people's priority. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster and said the conservatives seem confident with their plan. well, watching the exchanges in the house of commons today, it�*s clear that conservatives feel they�*re on the front foot with this issue. there was cheering from the tory backbenchers and jeering at sir keir starmer�*s questions and rishi sunak seemed more confident i think than usual with his answers. they feel that labour doesn�*t have a plan to tackle what the conservatives see, at least, as a very important issue. one of rishi sunak�*s five stated political priorities.

but that hasn�*t stopped a lot of criticism coming the government�*s way from sir keir starmer, the labour party and elsewhere about this latest plan. and as sir keir starmer put it, what he sees as the latest utter failure of the government to tackle this issue. he was trying to pin down the prime minister on how many people have been deported under existing laws that the government has brought in and when exactly it plans to have this new system up and running of turning people back and sending them away. but because it isn�*t something that sir keir starmer has made a political priority of his own, there is a danger for him that he�*s seen on the defensive about this issue, which many people feel strongly about. his tactic is clearly to try and press the government on exactly how its plan will work and point to what they see, what labour sees as previous failures of this conservative administration and previous ones to do anything about it.

madeleine sumption is director of the migration 0bservatory at the university of oxford, a project providing analysis of immigration and migration issues affecting the uk. earlier i asked her to explain the various legal obsticles of the government�*s plans. there will be a lot of debate about which parts of the bill are permitted under different international agreements uk has signed up to and which bits are not. the uk has said it is not sure whether the bill complies, for example, with the european convention on human rights and the un has said very clearly they are confident it violates the refugee convention, so there was one of the big questions about the bill, but even if there were no legal obstacles at all, even if it was signed and never challenged in the courts, i think there is a practical, logistical question about how

it can be implemented, where government thinks people can be removed to, for example, and those are probably bigger than the legal obstacles. ukraine has denied any involvement in an attack last september on the nordstream pipelines, which were built to carry russian gas to europe. this map shows where they run, along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it�*s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. the damage was first noticed when huge amounts of gas bubbled to the surface. when cameras were sent down to film what had happened, this is what they recorded — several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an exterior explosion. it�*s not yet been established who was responsible — but a report in the new york times has now quoted anonymous us security officials as suggesting a pro—ukrainian group was to blame. ukrainian defence minister 0leksii reznikov commented on nord stream allegations —

here�*s what he said. for me, it�*s a little bit of a strange story because the story is nothing with us, and i think that the investigation of official authorities will describe every detail. it is like a compliment for our special forces, but this is not our activity. i�*m joined now by serafine dinkel, associate fellow at the alfred von 0ppenheim centre for the future of europe of the german council on foreign relations. thank you very much forjoining us. what do you make of this report in the new york times that there could have been some ukrainian involvement? t have been some ukrainian involvement?— have been some ukrainian involvement? ~ , :, involvement? i think it is important to know there _ involvement? i think it is important to know there was _ involvement? i think it is important to know there was a _ involvement? i think it is important to know there was a report - involvement? i think it is important to know there was a report in i involvement? i think it is important to know there was a report in the i to know there was a report in the new york times which cites anonymous us intelligence officials, as you said, but at the same time there was also a report from a team of german

investigative journalist that broke yesterday that suggest something similar but not quite. this is referring to some findings of the german federal public prosecutor which was also investigating this issue, and the findings that they confirmed from the leaked documents seem to suggest that there was a port 88 boat charter to carry the explosives, owned by a polish company which was owned by ukrainian nationals —— that there was a boat chartered to carry the explosives. this has not been confirmed by the federal government, the federal prosecutor has only confirmed that it is true that the boats being referred to are being connected in some way to the nord stream sabotage, but as german government officials like the defence minister boris pistorius this morning at the

margins of the eu defence ministerial search, there are no conclusions yet officially and before any conclusions can be drawn the results of this official independent prosecutorial investigation will need to be awaited. tt investigation will need to be awaited. :, , :, , investigation will need to be awaited. :, , ,, :, :, awaited. if there was any ukrainian involvement. _ awaited. if there was any ukrainian involvement, with _ awaited. if there was any ukrainian involvement, with that _ awaited. if there was any ukrainian involvement, with that damage i awaited. if there was any ukrainian i involvement, with that damage german support, wider european public support, wider european public support for ukraine, in your view? it is difficult to speculate on this right now and even the speculations about the origins of the sabotage have been going on for the past few months, with various sources hypothesising about various possible perpetrators, as of yet we do not know. however, this insecurity about who is behind this unprecedented

attack and the sabotage has material implications of the war in ukraine onto the radio of some of the german public but also some parts of german decision—makers, these ramifications are the same no matter who is the perpetrator of this, so i think we will see more debates we have already seen, we have seen a public which is partially very supportive of the support the government has been giving to the government of ukraine so far, there are parts of the public getting more critical, who might be receiving some support now from further theories about who were the instigators of this attack, but it will remain crucial to have any official confirmation of the outcomes of this investigation.

serafine dinkel, thank you very much indeed. the un secretary—general is in ukraine today holding talks with the country�*s president, volodymyr zelensky, about extending a deal which allows ukraine to export grain. the black sea grain initiative was signed injuly last year and allows ships to sail from southern ukraine, from 0desa, into the international waters of the black sea, crossing past the bosporus strait in istanbul, avoiding mined areas. now, it�*s up for renewal next week and russia has signalled it may not sign off on the deal. antonio guterres today says the deal offers critical relief to people in developing countries. the black sea grain initiative, agreed lastjuly in istanbul, has provided for the export of 23 million tonnes of grain from ukrainian ports. it contributed to lowering the global cost of foods and has offered critical relief to people who are also paying a high price for this war, particularly in the developing world. indeed, the food and agriculture 0rganisation�*s food price index has fallen by almost 20% over

the last year. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertilisers, are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march and of working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible use of export infrastructures through the black sea in line with the objectives of the initiatives. i asked our diplomatic correspondent james landale whether there was a risk that grain supplies could be further disrupted. well, there is a chance. i think the global food well, there is a chance. i think the globalfood markets well, there is a chance. i think the global food markets are well, there is a chance. i think the globalfood markets are not expecting the deal to be blocked what happens is every time the deal comes up for renewal, which it has to every four months, both sides try

to every four months, both sides try to use that moment of leveraged to see if they can get more out of the deal, particularly in this time the russians have signalled pretty clearly that they want more support from the un and the international community to try to allow russia to smooth some of its own food exports, so other western sanctions do not target russian food exports directly, russia says all the sanctions on banking, transport, insurance and things like that, makes it hard for russia to sell grain to countries in africa. there is also a sense that ukraine is saying can be maybe try some other things to this deal, talk about support for nuclear power plants, maybe more ports could be opened up, and i think the message from the un isjust to keep it and i think the message from the un is just to keep it simple, and i think the message from the un isjust to keep it simple, keep and i think the message from the un is just to keep it simple, keep the deal agreed lastjuly going and make sure it carries on simply because, as antonio guterres made very clear,

this deal matters nurtured for ukraine in terms of tempting silos but also in terms of the world as a whole, in terms of its impact on food prices and for all of those people facing food insecurity around the world he would be severely damaged if this deal did not go through, because the food they currently get would soar in price and people would simply not be able to afford to eat.— to afford to eat. james, we touched on this thing _ to afford to eat. james, we touched on this thing about _ to afford to eat. james, we touched on this thing about nord _ to afford to eat. james, we touched on this thing about nord stream, i to afford to eat. james, we touched. on this thing about nord stream, the new york times report suggesting a ukrainian link group might have been behind the attacks on the nord stream pipelines. have you heard any reaction to that is where you are, and what is your sense of how important that story might be? the galfi reaction coming out of kyiv has been pretty dismissive, various advisers and ministers calling it amusing conspiracy theories are making clear that from that position

the ukrainian government has absolutely nothing to do with this. this is the latest theory doing the rounds. ,, :, : this is the latest theory doing the rounds. : :, , , rounds. some intelligence has been tained rounds. some intelligence has been gained from — rounds. some intelligence has been gained from the _ rounds. some intelligence has been gained from the investigations i rounds. some intelligence has been| gained from the investigations being carried out by germany, sweden and denmark, some of that has been leaked, the key question is if it turns out that some ukrainian involvement is there, what impact does that have on the pro—ukraine western alliance, that is why this matters. , :. . western alliance, that is why this matters. . :, , :, :, we can update you now on the fighting in ukraine — and in particular the battle to control the ukrainian city of bakhmut, which is close to the front line of the russian advance into ukraine�*s donbas region. before the war, bakhmut was home to around 80,000 people but most have fled, following months of fighting. russian forces, led by the wagner private military group, have been attacking — but ukraine�*s government insists it is inflicting heavy losses,

and will not abandon the city. russian forces are reported to have entered the city — and the head of the wagner group, yevgeny prigozhin, has now said that his forces have captured the city�*s eastern bank and all of the eastern suburbs. you can see the river as a dark line, running from the top to the bottom in the middle of this map with the eastern bank on the right of the screen. that would represent around a third of bakhmut. ukraine hasn�*t yet commented. here�*s what the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg had to say about the situation a little earlier. we cannot rule out that bakhmut may eventually fall in the coming days. therefore, it is also important to highlight that this does not necessarily reflect any turning point of the war, and itjust highlights that we should not underestimate russia. we must continue to provide support to ukraine.

in recent years, people around the world have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to online romance scams. one of the most lucrative of these, being run by criminal gangs across south east asia, is called the "pig butchering romance scam". as the name suggests, the scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be butchered — or conned — out of as much money as possible. a bbc world service investigation has spoken to former scammers. a warning that this report from zhaoyin feng contains scenes some viewers may find disturbing. a whispered plea for help. translation: i am a chinese man trapped in a scam compound in i cambodia. deedee, not his real name, left china for the promise of a well—paid job. instead, he was trafficked to cambodia, locked up in a compound and forced by criminal gangs to carry out an online romance scam known as �*pig butchering�*.

i am recording this video secretly from inside the bathroom. in the scam, victims are known as �*pigs�*. scammers use fake online profiles to groom them before tricking them to invest in fake financial exchanges. deedee worked 12—hour days targeting people in america and europe under the constant threat of violence. someone in my team made a mistake today. he was beaten up in front of everyone, then dragged out of the office. videos shared with the bbc by activist networks show the type of violence deedee witnessed is common in scam compounds. this is a former scam boss. he is wearing a mask to avoid reprisals from criminal gangs. he says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars running a scam operation, even writing a guide for other scammers to follow. but that he now regrets his actions.

translation: the pig butchering scam is all about using emotions. _ that is how you win their trust. the profiles we make up our always very handsome, rich, responsible and caring. it was a profile just like this that cindy fell for. the scammers stole the identity of an innocent social media influencer from south korea to target her with. he came at a time when i was the most vulnerable in my entire life. cindy is a successful businesswoman based in boston in the us. at the time, she was going through a divorce and had just found out she had terminal cancer. he would message me every day. if i was sad in my interactions with my husband, he was always there.

when my husband and i had decided that we were going to divorce, that's when it switched to much more of a romantic relationship. after seducing cindy, he tricked her into investing more than $2 million on a fake cryptocurrency platform. despite the large amount that i lost, i actually believe that i have been luckier than most. i have given the scammers enough of my time, i've given them enough of my money, and i absolutely refuse to give them who i actually am. after four months in captivity, deedee managed to escape and make it back home to china. we approached the owner of the compound where deedee was being held for comment, but he did not respond. hundreds of gangs continue to carry out the pig butchering scam from compounds across south—east asia, targeting people all over the world.

i�*m joined now by cindy tsai, who we saw in that report. she�*s one of the few victims who would go on camera to talk about this issue, because she believes there needs to be more awareness. thank you so much for talking to us. can you explain, did you meet the people behind this scam or was it all online? tt people behind this scam or was it all online? :. . people behind this scam or was it all online? :, , ,:, people behind this scam or was it all online? :,, ,:, :, people behind this scam or was it all online?— all online? it was sold to an oane, all online? it was sold to an online, and _ all online? it was sold to an online, and since _ all online? it was sold to an | online, and since discovering all online? it was sold to an i online, and since discovering my scan i realised this is a benefit behind my scan, i believe one of the largest ones, and i believe they are either based in myanmar or cambodia or both. with connections with groups around the world, actually. at the time, we heard you were in

quite a vulnerable, emotionally difficult place, how have you felt now as time has gone on? tnt difficult place, how have you felt now as time has gone on? i'm still alive, now as time has gone on? i'm still alive. i'm — now as time has gone on? i'm still alive, i'm still— now as time has gone on? i'm still alive, i'm still around. _ now as time has gone on? i'm still alive, i'm still around. i'm - alive, i�*m stillaround. i�*m gratefuland alive, i�*m stillaround. i�*m grateful and thankful that there is more media coverage and more news about this. when i was first approached in october 2021, if you spoke to lots of victims, we all tried to do due diligence, trying to figure out whether my platform was actually real, what was a pig butchering scam? there was not anything of the sort. back in 2021 and before, a romantic scam would involve a one—on—one relationship and sending money directly to your scammer. there was not anything in the media, social media, about

setting up a fake platform. in october 2021, everybody was talking about crypto. it was very normal at that time, and we had just been coming out of the pandemic a little bit better, if anyone could remember. most people in the world were still isolated than. hats remember. most people in the world were still isolated than.— were still isolated than. how much mone did were still isolated than. how much money did you _ were still isolated than. how much money did you lose? _ were still isolated than. how much money did you lose? 2.5 _ were still isolated than. how much money did you lose? 2.5 million i were still isolated than. how much| money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. _ money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. did _ money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. did you _ money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. did you get - money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. did you get any i money did you lose? 2.5 million us dollars in total. did you get any of. dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no- _ dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no. as _ dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no. as soon _ dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no. as soon as _ dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no. as soon as i - dollars in total. did you get any of it back? no. as soon as i found i dollars in total. did you get any ofl it back? no. as soon as i found out i was it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed. — it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed, i— it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed, i knew _ it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed, i knew i _ it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed, i knew i would i it back? no. as soon as i found out i was scammed, i knew i would not get any of it back. my career involve dealing with legal things, so as a trained attorney and knowing this was a scam, i figured money

laundering was definitely involved and that i was not going to get it back. :, :, :, , , and that i was not going to get it back. :, :, :, _ , back. you are obviously very successful, _ back. you are obviously very successful, very _ back. you are obviously very successful, very savvy i back. you are obviously very successful, very savvy and i back. you are obviously very i successful, very savvy and you were looking out for potential hoaxes and yet this happened to you. what can people do? what is your advice to people do? what is your advice to people to avoid this?— people do? what is your advice to people to avoid this? there is a lot more information _ people to avoid this? there is a lot more information online _ people to avoid this? there is a lot more information online about i people to avoid this? there is a lot i more information online about these types of scams, in october 2021 when i was trying to vet mice, there was no word of pig butchering, i think i came across something on a chinese social media platform with a photo of my scammer at that time, and it said pig butchering, sol of my scammer at that time, and it said pig butchering, so i remember googling edge, trying to figure out what pig butchering meant. and i came across websites on how to slaughter pigs. if you go on youtube

right now and type in pig butchering there is a lot more information on what it actually entails right now, so we are making headway but i think it is really important to still get the word out because people are still being scammed. the magnitude of the scammer is much larger than the average person will think. we saw one compound, these are everywhere in myanmar, cambodia etc and they are protected bylaw enforcement over there, the amount of money, we are only decimating, because most victims are not willing to come out and put their name forward. —— we are only guesstimating. there are large amounts like minded small amounts they are willing to forget. the amount being laundered is more than we can imagine, so that kind of power allows the scammers to come up with new scams. power allows the scammers to come up with new scam-—

with new scams. cindy tsai, we are runnina with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out — with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out of _ with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out of time, _ with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out of time, but _ with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out of time, but very - with new scams. cindy tsai, we are running out of time, but very good | running out of time, but very good of you to speak to us. thank you. we are back very soon with a little bit more, stay with us if you can. bye for now. hello. there is more snow on the way this evening and tomorrow, especially tomorrow for northern britain. but forecasting the amounts of snow is proving so, so tricky. we'll call it a wintry mix because, of course, many of us are not getting the snow. it's been a mixture of sleet and even rain and really quite mild on the south coast at the moment. but the concentration of snow will be mostly around wales, parts of the midlands, into the peak district and northern england through the course of today and into this evening. in scotland, it's much colder, clearer here and it will be very, very cold. now, where the temperatures do drop away through tonight,

there is a chance of some icy patches forming following the recent wet and sleety weather. here are the temperatures — minus five in the lowlands of scotland. but, look at that, eight degrees in plymouth with that milder southwesterly breeze. now, this is what we've had today. this is the weather front. it's moving away towards the east. this is the low pressure that will bring the snow, possibly disruptive snow on thursday. so it starts off wet in the south—west, breezy too, snowfalls across northern parts of wales. the snow then moves into the north west of england, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. there could be some snow settling around close to the coastal areas, but really not an awful lot. most of the snow will be around again. the peak district northwards through the pennines, certainly sheffield, leeds, through the lake district as well. this is what it looks like around the middle of the afternoon. so around freezing where it's snowing but generally above freezing. notice it's rain in the south, just a few flurries of snow in the north. and then the snow really gets going, we think come the evening, thursday evening. and the most amount of snow is expected to fall again across the pennines. now, this is the yellow warning area from the met office. typically snow amounts in towns

and cities on lower ground won't be an awful lot, but but high ground in the extreme case we're talking about 25, maybe a0 centimetres of snow, for example, across the higher levels in the pennines. and then friday morning, that low pressure clears away. we're sort of in between weather systems. this is very early in the morning, could be some wintry mix a little bit further south depending what time this weather system clears away. and then i think it should clear up a little bit through the course of the afternoon. it's going to be a chilly day. quite a strong wind blowing in from the north, a really wintry second half of the week.

this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru—murthy and these are the headlines... britain's government is accused of utter failure over new asylum rules to stop migrant boats crossing the channel. but prime minister rishi sunak insists his plan is the people's priority. a bbc spokesperson says one of its most popular presenters — gary lineker — is being �*spoken to�* after he criticised the government's immigration plans on social media. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro—ukrainian group was behind september's attack on the nord stream pipeline. the un secretary—general is in ukraine forfurther talks on extending a deal to export grain via the black sea— he says it's critical. a crime with two victims, how gangs in south east asia are forcing migrants to carry out online scams worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

police in pakistan use tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of former prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a planned rally where he was due to kick—start his election campaign. the daughter of the duke and duchess of sussex has been christened at the couple's california home. the british prime minister has been defending his government's new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that �*only the conservatives' would stop the boats. but dave penman, general secretary at the union for the civil service in the uk — the fda, has written to rishi sunak demanding an apology from suella braverman. it comes after an email in her name accused "left—wing" civil servants of blocking the government's previous attempts to stop channel boat crossings. i put it to him that downing street now says the home secretary did not sanction that email. if that is the case, she will have no problems apologising to the tens of thousands of civil servants who loyally serve the government and implement

her policies and immediately withdraw the statement. if that doesn't represent the home secretary's view and the prime minister's view, it appears to represent the views of the conservative party, cos that is where they are now saying it came from. they need to explain how this happened, if it doesn't represent the home secretary's view, she needs to apologise. it is no good praising civil servants when, in her name, it has been written and sent out to hundreds of thousands of people on an email list. she has to apologise for doing so. if she doesn't, she is in breach of the ministerial code. even if that email was not sent out without her seeing it and it was an administrative mistake? she will apologise it and withdraw it. that's what she needs to do. if she doesn't, that email is out there with her name on it and it's a breach of the ministerial code. you cannot have it both ways. she cannot brief it was a mistake and say nothing. she has to address the material fact that she, in her name with her signature, wrote out to hundreds of thousands of people

and said civil servants were blocking government policy. if you are a civil servant working in the home office, you do some of the most difficult work in government. you choose to work at the home office knowing that is the case. what you do not expect is to see something in the home secretary's name accusing you of breaching your impartiality obligations and of acting in a way in cohort with left—wing lawyers and the labour party. she needs to correct the record and correct it quickly. she said this was a cchq product and they would have to review what happened operationally. do you accept that as a legitimate explanation and how does it chime, in any case, the tone of that email with previous statements of her�*s about the civil service? she has to explain why conservative party headquarters thought it was ok to draft an email in her name, talking about civil servants. does that represent the views

of the conservative party? if this is alljust a terrible mistake, she needs to get on the record and speak directly to civil servants, that she leads in the home office, explain what happened, apologise and withdraw. the rhetoric around this, as you discussed earlier on, is really dangerous. people working in the home office headquarters already have security guidance about how they have to try and make sure they cannot be identified with their id passes when they go outside because of concern for their safety. this sort of language and rhetoric, that the government find convenient politically, also now potentially endangers civil servants. that is why it is so important she sets the record straight. we do not want to hear from sources close to or friends close to, we want to hear from the home secretary on this matter. just to put to you something that has been briefed to journalists. the prime minister's press secretary saying the prime minister has quoted he is grateful to the work

of the cabinet secretary and the civil servants at the home office and more widely in the government. they say this has been a cross government effort to put together and deliver this legislation. they are clearly trying to put a statement, not apologising, but trying to explain this. isn't that enough? it is simply not good enough. you cannot put something out like this to hundreds of thousands of people, accusing civil servants of breaking their impartiality obligations, of potentially endangering and then thinking you can just do a bit of briefing praising civil servants. that is simply not good enough. she needs to step up. if she has made a mistake or the conservative party made a mistake, admit it and apologise to the people you have insulted. those people are working some of the most difficult and complex work in government, they deserve better than this and the home secretary needs to recognise what leadership looks like and that means getting

on the record to the very people she has criticised and insulted. the bbc says it will have a �*frank conversation�* with match of the day presenter gary lineker, after he compared the language used to launch the government�*s immigration policy to 1930s germany and called it �*immeasurably cruel�*. in the last hour, downing street has described gary lineker�*s criticism of new asylum policy as "not acceptable" and "disappointing". this morning mr lineker has been tweeting again, saying he would "continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice". our culture and media editor katie razzall reports. one of the bbc�*s most high—profile presenters being accused by some of breaking the corporation�*s rules on impartiality. having called the government�*s new announcement beyond awful on twitter, the match of the day presenter called it immeasurably cruel and said the language was not dissimilar to that being used

in 1930s germany. the home secretary hit back. i�*m disappointed, obviously. i think it�*s unhelpful to compare our measures, which are proportionate and compassionate, to 1930s germany. i also think that we are on the side of the british people here. it is plain for anyone to see that the british people have had enough of the situation. the bbc�*s director general, who has made impartiality a cornerstone of his leadership, will have a frank conversation with the star. it's totally appropriate that we speak privately to members of the team. according to bbc rules, staff and talent who work in news must act impartially. it�*s to ensure audiences feel the corporation represents them. gary lineker is a sports presenter, and because of that, his risks of compromising bbc impartiality are deemed lower. however, he was found to have broken the rules last year over a tweet

about the then foreign secretary urging premier league teams to boycott the champions league final in russia. will their party hand back donations from russian donors, he asked. as a high profile presenter the bbc complaints unit said he had additional responsibilities and should avoid taking sides on party political issues. with some conservative mps demanding the bbc sack him, gary lineker took to twitter this morning again, to say he was getting a lot of praise, adding that he will continue to try and speak up for those poor souls that have no voice. 14—year—old boy who caused the death of a woman while riding a privately owned is has avoided a custodial sentence. a privately owned e—scooter has avoided a custodial sentence. the 14—year—old boy, and we cannot name him because of his age, was

riding his privately owned electric scooter along the pavement of a village in nottinghamshire injune last year. he said he was reaching speeds of around 20 miles an hour, when linda davies, who was in a parked car, got out to get on the pavement. he didn�*t see her, hit her and knocked her over. she hit her head on the pavement, and although head on the pavement, and although he stayed with her, dialled 911, apologise straightaway, her husband came to help her, she was taken to hospital where she spent six days before tragically she died. today he admitted causing her death by driving this electric scooter and today he was sentenced to something called a referral order. that is a sentence given out to young people who have committed a criminal offence, but i dealt with in the youth court. he came to the nottingham justice centre today to hear that. nottingham justice centre today to hearthat. he nottingham justice centre today to hear that. he was also given a five—year driving ban. in the uk,

you cannot legally drive until you are 17, but now he cannot apply for are 17, but now he cannot apply for a licence until he is 19 and when he does he will have to apply for something called an extended driving licence. some of herfamily something called an extended driving licence. some of her family were something called an extended driving licence. some of herfamily were in court today, we heard a victim impact statements. her daughter talked about the loss to the family and how much it has affected them. we even heard some statements read out on behalf of her grandchildren who are quite young. in one case, one of her grandchildren goes to school with a boy who killed her and that has caused a great deal of grief and pain for the family. to clarify what the law is here in the uk, because this is what confuses a lot of people, the only electric scooters you are allowed to ride on public roads are those that have taken part in pilot schemes in various cities around the country and are rented. privately owned scooters, you cannot take off private land and you can only use them with the land owners

permission. he was guilty of riding a vehicle illegally and without insurance. technically he should have been 18 as well. there are no specific laws governing electric scooters in this country. the prosecutor said in this case they treated it as if it had been eight mopeds. thejudge said treated it as if it had been eight mopeds. the judge said to the family, you may not be satisfied with the sentence but this is the maximum sentence i can give. i am governed by sentencing guidelines and campaigners say they want all electronic scooters to be completely banned. police in pakistan are using tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of the former prime minister, imran khan, ahead of a planned rally where he was due to kick—start his election campaign. pictures on social media show dozens of men and women gathering in the city and some being taken into custody for violating a ban barring all public gatherings for a week. bbc urdu�*s tarhub asghar is in lahore and hasjust sent this report. if you could see behind me, one of

the busiest roads. protesters are on the busiest roads. protesters are on the other side. they are using tear gas and shelling, and moving water cannons to disperse them and push them back so they cannot reach their destination. today announced whether he is going to start a big election campaign —— imran khan. protesters were stockier so they could not reach to the spot, to the residents of imran khan where he is supposed to start the campaign. there is tear gas, they are using water cannons. imran khan has been demanding for the past 9—10 months, he once early

elections in pakistan. recently these elections were announced by an election commission in punjab, but right now this conflict is happening between supporters. we will be finding some space are moving back from this place because from both sides, they are throwing stones and tear gas shells. right now this is happening. let�*s turn to the former soviet republic of georgia now — where there have been violent protests against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the demonstrations were centred in the capital, tbilisi — with police using water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds. it comes after the parliament backed a law which would force non—governmental organisations and independent media, which receive certain levels of funding from overseas, to declare themselves

as foreign agents. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi — she sent us this update... more and more protesters are joining the rally outside georgia�*s parliament here in the capital tblisi to protest against a law which law makers from the governing georgian green party passed its first reading on tuesday. people here are chanting, "no to the russian law," they�*re waving georgian and eu flags and they�*re holding banners that read, "we are europe". this is a controversial law which the governing party has been pushing to adopt. they are saying that they want to ensure transparency among civil society and non—governmental organisations. this law would require all non—governmental organisations and independent media that receive more than 20% of their

funding from abroad to declare, to label themselves as foreign agents. the opposition and protesters here are saying that this law would bring nothing good for georgia, that it would bring the country closer to authoritarian countries such as russia and belarus. we have seen how many people are here and how they're trying to do something to save their nation as a european nation, as a free nation, and to get as far away from russian influence as possible. protesters and the country�*s opposition are saying that this law would stigmatise georgia�*s vibrant civil society and non—governmental organisations and eventually would silence the country�*s free media. a bbc investigation has found the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales has risen sharply. last year there were nearly 22 thousand cases of out of control dogs causing injury — that�*s an increase of about 30 percent on five years ago.

the number of dogs being seized is also going up, meaning police have to spend millions of pounds on kennels and vet bills — as danny savage reports. whoa, whoa, whoa! the aftermath of a dog attack in london. police try and contain the animal with a fire extinguisher. but look at the strength in its pull. a 13—year—old child is being treated on the ground nearby. siren. this is a growing problem in the uk. it was a cross between a rottweiler and a shar pei. it was behind the letterbox waiting for me. it heard me coming down the path, and it was ready. as soon as i lifted that lid of the letterbox, snout was there. didn�*t see the snout, i wasn�*t expecting it. but it was there, and it were a clean bite. sarah king started 2022 with ten fingers — she finished it with nine. still hurts, very numb, very sensitive. there�*s things i can�*t do.

holding your phone, your mobile, you actually use your full handspan. little things, definitely. it has affected me. it feels like training dogs is of growing importance. clever boy, yes. this dog is not a dangerous animal, but more than 20,000 dog attacks on people or assistance dogs were reported last year. and the number of dangerous dogs seized has soared over the last few years. at the moment, if you�*ve got money, you can have a dog. simple as. there�*s no kind of safeguards. there�*s no checks done. and basically, i think that�*s part of the problem. looking back, in retrospect, it could've been my throat. janet was attacked by two of her neighbour�*s dogs. pictures of her injuries at the time are too graphic to show. nearly a year on, she has to do physio and is expecting more operations on her arm. they were with their owner, so it was a big surprise and a big

shock to be attacked, and i didn't realise how much damage a dog can do in seconds. just... especially you don't see it coming. dangerous dogs are a growing problem, and all too often animals are left to bite again — with little meaningful action taken against owners. danny savage, bbc news. let�*s catch up on the latest business news now with ben thompson. we start in the us where all eyes are once again on the head of the central bank and his efforts to tame rising prices. it isa it is a problem around the world, but especially in the us, the world�*s largest economy. jerome powell�*s speaking on capitol hill for a second day today — this time to the house financial services committee. yesterday, his testimony was enough to move markets — they fell sharply on the prospect of a bigger rate rises than forecast.

samira hussain is in new york for us. we talked about these yesterday, about what to expect and markets did not like what they heard. ida. not like what they heard. no, absolutely — not like what they heard. no, absolutely not. _ not like what they heard. iifr, absolutely not. basically what jerome powell said was if you look at the economic data that is coming in, although some of the rate of inflation seems to be cooling somewhat, we are still seeing a really robust labour market and as a result, they need to be more aggressive in terms of their monetary policy. what does that mean? it means they are going to be raising rates and doing so aggressively, and they are going to do that for longer than initially anticipated. all in a effort to try and cool down the economy and bring those prices lower, but it does make a lot of borrowing much more expensive. a lot of borrowing much more “pensive-—

a lot of borrowing much more exensive. ., , ., ., ., ., expensive. that is what a lot of businesses _ expensive. that is what a lot of businesses will _ expensive. that is what a lot of businesses will be _ expensive. that is what a lot of businesses will be worried - expensive. that is what a lot of. businesses will be worried about because they rely on that borrowing, they have had it so cheap for so long and the idea that that cost of borrowing is going up and could stick up for a while, is ringing alarm bells. it stick up for a while, is ringing alarm lsells-— stick up for a while, is ringing alarm bells. , . ., , alarm bells. it is certainly ringing alarm bells. it is certainly ringing alarm bells _ alarm bells. it is certainly ringing alarm bells for— alarm bells. it is certainly ringing alarm bells for corporations - alarm bells. it is certainly ringing alarm bells for corporations and l alarm bells for corporations and businesses who have been in any era in which money was pretty cheap to come by. the other thing that is really interesting and we thought thatjerome powell faced a lot of questions from lawmakers, both republicans and democrats, about this one issue. what is the data that they need to see for them to stop these rate hikes? the reality is they need to see some cooling and the labour market. it means they need to see people starting to lose theirjob. that is an even more difficult message for people to hear and for lawmakers to hear and

deliver back to their constituents. absolutely, there is so much they are trying to juggle. a absolutely, there is so much they are trying tojuggle. a big job ahead of them, the central banks around the world. it�*s an unlikely place for a technological breakthrough, but the sea off denmark could revolutionise the way we think about our carbon emissions. it�*s called project greensand and is the world�*s first international co2 storage facility, designed to store greenhouse gasses, by injecting them into the soil under the north sea. the project was launched today by the crown prince of denmark but eventually aims to permanently store 8 million tonnes a year by 2030. for more on this joining me now is iggy bassi, chief executive of climate intelligence platform cervest. explain a little bit. i touched on it there, the idea is you take the c02 it there, the idea is you take the co2 out of the atmosphere and put it underground. explain it slightly

more in detail. {£32 underground. explain it slightly more in detail.— underground. explain it slightly more in detail. , , more in detail. c02 can be captured in a number — more in detail. c02 can be captured in a number of— more in detail. c02 can be captured in a number of ways, _ more in detail. c02 can be captured in a number of ways, what - more in detail. c02 can be captured in a number of ways, what this - in a number of ways, what this project proposes to do is to capture the c02 project proposes to do is to capture the co2 at source, which could be power plants, other facilities were you are generating assets or refinery. that co2 is liquefied and then transported and embedded into then transported and embedded into the sea bed overtime, with the hope that it can stay there long term it is a fairly permanent source of storage for carbon long term. it is very complicated, it is very expensive but it is welcome news today because i think we need to be thinking about these engineered solutions alongside nature —based solutions alongside nature —based solutions as well. you solutions alongside nature -based solutions as well.— solutions as well. you say it is completed _ solutions as well. you say it is completed and _ solutions as well. you say it is completed and expensive, - solutions as well. you say it is completed and expensive, it l solutions as well. you say it is | completed and expensive, it is solutions as well. you say it is - completed and expensive, it is also energy intensive. i wonder if it is the solution we might think it is. i think it is one solution, one of many. i think we need to be open to

a mix of solutions. to put it into context, i think the proposal today is eight or 9 million tonnes by 2030. last year we took about 50 million tonnes of carbon through what is called carbon capture and storage. but we need to be talking about 1.2, storage. but we need to be talking about1.2, 1.7 storage. but we need to be talking about1.2,1.7 billion storage. but we need to be talking about 1.2, 1.7 billion tonnes by 2030. today is welcome news but putting it into context, it is 8 million tonnes. we need to be moving towards 1.7 — 2 billion tonnes. a huge way to go. i caution against this growing carbon tunnel vision. carbon is part of the solution but we are living in physical hazards, we are living in physical hazards, we have biodiversity losses. so there are multiple streams of problems that we are tackling, so all news is welcome but we need to think about mitigation and adaptation at the same time. that is what i wanted _ adaptation at the same time. that is what i wanted to _ adaptation at the same time. that is what i wanted to ask. _ adaptation at the same time. that is what i wanted to ask. any _ adaptation at the same time. that is what i wanted to ask. any reduction | what i wanted to ask. any reduction in co2 in the atmosphere is a good

news but we are still generating too much and therefore it may be that is the solution. how do we stop generating it rather than just cleaning up after we have polluted? that is largely what this proposal does today. it is cleaning up the by—product of the carbon taken out of the ground, and putting it back into the ground. actually a large part of our carbon is used for enhanced oil recovery which means that carbon can then be used to generate even more efficiently more energy capture from the ground as well, so we have to think about the overall production. the problem is there is too much co2 in the atmosphere, we need multiple ways to bring that down over time. notjust thinking about these fossil fuel technologies of a time. we have to think about renewable energy sources. and we do not want this to be an excuse for companies not to start generating and thinking about renewable energy investment as well.

it is a fascinating area. thanks for being with us. in other news: car maker volkswagen could focus on the us for battery production after the country launched new incentives worth $10 billion to attract greener tech. the move could mean it ditches a project planned for eastern europe. but nothing is yet finalised, according to the financial times as the firm waits to see how european policymakers will respond to the us proposals. air travel is getting back on track. the latest figures show total traffic is up 67% compared to this time last year. the international air transport association says the figures show a healthy start to 2023 driven by china�*s move away from its zero covid policy. global traffic is now atjust over 84% of pre—pandemic levels. the sportswear brand adidas is to slash its next dividend, reflecting the likelihood of its first annual loss in three decades. last year, the firm parted compay with rapper and fashion designer kanye west in response to anti—semitism accusations.

adidas�*s new boss, bjorn gulden has pledged to rebuild the bruised brand. the headlines are coming at the top of the hour. goodbye. hello. there is more snow on the way this evening and tomorrow, especially tomorrow for northern britain. but forecasting the amounts of snow is proving so, so tricky. we�*ll call it a wintry mix because, of course, many of us are not getting the snow. it�*s been a mixture of sleet and even rain and really quite mild on the south coast at the moment. but the concentration of snow will be mostly around wales, parts of the midlands, into the peak district and northern england through the course of today and into this evening in scotland. it�*s much colder, clearer here and it will be very, very cold. now, where the temperatures do drop away through tonight, there is a chance of some icy patches forming following the recent wet and sleeting weather. here are the temperatures — minus five in the lowlands of scotland. but, look at that, eight

degrees in plymouth with that milder southwesterly breeze. now, this is what we�*ve had today. this is the weather front. it�*s moving away towards the east. this is the low pressure that will bring the snow, possibly disruptive snow on thursday. so it starts off wet in the south—west, breezy too, snowfalls across northern parts of wales. the snow then moves into the north west of england, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. there could be some snow settling around close to the coastal areas, but really not an awful lot. most of the snow will be around again. the peak district northwards through the pennines, certainly sheffield leeds through the lake district as well. this is what it looks like around the middle of the afternoon. so around freezing where it�*s snowing but generally above freezing notice it�*s rain in the south, just a few flurries of snow in the north. and then the snow really gets going, we think come the evening, thursday evening. and the most amount of snow is expected to fall again across the pennines. now, this is the yellow warning area from the met office. typically snow amounts in towns and cities on lower ground

won�*t be an awful lot, but but high ground in the extreme case we�*re talking about 25, maybe a0 centimetres of snow, for example, across the higher levels in the pennines. and then friday morning, that low pressure clears away. we�*re sort of in between weather systems. this is very early in the morning, could be some wintry mix a little bit further south depending what time this weather system clears away. and then i think it should clear up a little bit through the course of the afternoon. it�*s going to be a chilly day. quite a strong wind blowing in from the north, a really wintry second half of the week.

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