this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria valentine. a nobel peace prize winner, accuses russia of using state propaganda to promote the use of nuclear weapons. translation: two generations have lived without the threat of nuclear war. but this is over. will putin press the nuclear button or won't you? who knows. no—one knows this. no—one knows this. the vatican says pope francis is spending a few days in hospital — to be treated for a respiratory infection. king charles is in germany on his first state visit as monarch. he praises germans for their extraordinary hospitality. plans to cut greenhouse gasses

and give the uk the cheapest electricity in europe by 2050 are set out by the government. to get more renewables, including nuclear, you do need to decarbonise the whole energy economy so it is really two parts of the same thing that this is a massive investment. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth the skeleton of a dinosaur is the latest addition to london's natural history museum. hello and welcome. there are claims that russia is promoting the use of nuclear weapons, with state propaganda trying to make russians think a nuclear war is not a bad thing. in an interview with the bbc, the russian journalist

and nobel peace prize laureate dmitry muratov said state tv channels have been talking about a nuclear tsunami that would wash away america and he said he couldn't rule out president putin pressing the nuclear button. he's been speaking to the bbc�*s russia editor steve rosenberg. translation: russia editor steve rosenberg. two generations have lived translation: two generations have lived without the threat of nuclear war but this period is over. will putin press the nuclear button or won't he? who knows? no—one knows this. translation: many people in the west say putin would never go nuclear, isjust laughing. translation: look, in russia, we seek a propaganda is preparing people to think nuclear war isn't a bad thing. on state tv channels here,

nuclear war and nuclear weapons are promoted as if they are advertising pet food. they announce, "we got this missile, that mile, another kind of missile," and they talk of a nuclear tsunami that would wash away america. people in russia have been irradiated by propaganda. propaganda is a type of radiation. everyone is susceptible to it, notjust russians. in russia, propaganda is 12 tv channels, tens of thousands of newspapers, social media, like the russian version of facebook, which serves completely the state in geology. completely the state in cueolo . �* ,, �* geology. translation: if tomorrow. _ geology. translation: if tomorrow, the _ geology. translation: |f| tomorrow, the propaganda suddenly stops, if it all goes quiet, what would russians think then? what would russians say? think then? what would russians sa ? �* ,, �* �* say? translation: al younger generation _ say? translation: al younger generation is — say? translation: al younger generation is wonderful, - say? translation: al younger generation is wonderful, they . generation is wonderful, they well educated. nearlyi million russians have left the country. many of those whose have stayed

out categorically against what is happening in ukraine. they are against the hell russia has created. i am convinced that soon as the propaganda stops, this generation, and everyone else with commonsense, will speak out. they are already doing so. 21,000 administrative and criminal cases have been opened against people who protested. opened against people who protested-— opened against people who rotested. ~ ,, ~ . ., protested. translation: what kind of a future _ protested. translation: what kind of a future do _ protested. translation: what kind of a future do you - protested. translation: what kind of a future do you see - protested. translation: what kind of a future do you see for. kind of a future do you see for russia? translation: never again will there be normal relations between the pupils of russia and ukraine.— russia and ukraine. never. ukraine will— russia and ukraine. never. ukraine will not _ russia and ukraine. never. ukraine will not be - russia and ukraine. never. ukraine will not be able - russia and ukraine. never. ukraine will not be able to | ukraine will not be able to come to terms with this tragedy. in russia, political repression will continue against all opponents of the

regime. my only hope lies with the young generation that sees the young generation that sees the world as a friend, not as an enemy, that wants russia to be loved and for russia to love the world. my only hope is that this generation outlives me and putin. that report was from the our russia editor steve rosenberg. pope francis has been admitted to hospital with what's being described as a respiratory infection. the vatican says the 86—year—old is not suffering from covid but has been experiencing breathing difficulties in recent days — and that he'll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. our reporter sofia bettiza joins me now. what do we know about the pope's health? pope francis has been taken to hospital on wednesday afternoon

because of breathing difficulties that he's had for days now. he is more exposed to these breathing problems because you part of his lung removed in his early 20s. the vatican has released a statement saying he has a lung infection, not covid as you are saying, but he will have to spend the next few days in hospital but initially, the vatican had said that this was part of a scheduled checkup. italian media did actually report he went to the hospital in an ambulance and had to cancela tv in an ambulance and had to cancel a tv interview at the very last minute. he cancelled a tv interview _ very last minute. he cancelled a tv interview but _ very last minute. he cancelled a tv interview but i'm - a tv interview but i'm thinking, this is a busy time for the christian faith. we have easter next week. what is going to happen. we have a sense that the events he was supposed to be going to are going go ahead? you supposed to be going to are going go ahead?— supposed to be going to are going go ahead? you are right, easter is possibly _ going go ahead? you are right, easter is possibly the _ going go ahead? you are right, easter is possibly the busiest i easter is possibly the busiest time for a pope. what we do

know is that all of his commitments for the next two days have been cancelled so it's very possible that pope francis will not be able to do everything it was hoping to do for holy week, which is next week. it will be disappointed because he has mobility problems, he is in a wheelchair but he is still very stop last month he went to south sudan, for example. one more thing to consider is that pope francis did say he would consider resigning and if he felt he could no longer carry on as pope. could no longer carry on as poe. ., , , let's get some of the day's other news. prosecutors in mexico say they're treating the deaths of 39 migrants in a fire at a detention centre as suspected homicides. it follows the discovery of footage appearing to show uniformed officials seeming to walk away as the blaze erupts in a corner, leaving a group of men behind in what appears

to be a locked cell. built brazil's former far right residentjair bolsonaro built brazil's former far right resident jair bolsonaro has been filmed in florida airport returning home after 3— month self exiled in the united states to face numerous legal challenges. jair bolsonaro denied he would lead opposition to the leftist government elected in brazil. the us senate has voted to repeal the legal justification that was used to allow the invasion of iraq in 2003. iraqi deaths are estimated in the hundreds of thousands, and nearly 5,000 us troops were killed in the war after president george w. bush's administration falsely claimed that saddam hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. the government has launched what it's calling a battle for britain's energy security. it says it wants the uk to have the cheapest electricity in europe by the next decade. the pledge was part of a new net zero plan, launched today, which brings

in a range of new measures that aim to cut emissions — whilst also increasing energy security. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the secretary of state for energy security and net zero was channelling his inner churchill when he announced his new plan. churchill when he announced his new ian. ., new plan. today with putin weaponising _ new plan. today with putin weaponising energy - new plan. today with putin weaponising energy across i weaponising energy across europe, our energy security has become critical. the europe, our energy security has become critical.— become critical. the plan gives more detail— become critical. the plan gives more detail on _ become critical. the plan gives more detail on how _ become critical. the plan gives more detail on how the - more detail on how the government will cut emissions after it lost a legal challenge by activists last summer. it was grant schapps who decided to relocated to a world war ii bunker and rebranded as a battle for the country's energy security. i battle for the country's energy securi . ~ , security. i think is the flipside _ security. i think is the flipside of _ security. i think is the flipside of the - security. i think is the flipside of the same l security. i think is the i flipside of the same coin because as you get to more renewables like nuclear, you can decarbonise the whole energy economy so its two parts of the same thing but this is a

massive investment today, signalled by this powering up written document with hundreds of pages and many hundreds of different policies in the thousand pages also make it big difference to how we power britain. , , britain. the focus will be boosting _ britain. the focus will be boosting renewable - britain. the focus will be i boosting renewable energy, mostly offshore wind and solar power there will also be more of this, nuclear power. mr shapps says he wants a quarter of england's electricity to come from atomic energy in future and there will also be an effort to boost hydrogen production and technology to capture and permanently store carbon dioxide emissions underground. the effort well, mr shapps claims, cut electricity prices, drive down greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the uk isn't dependent on autocrats like president putin for its energy. he says there will be some new money for electric vehicle charges and to boost the heat pump industry in the uk, and he says it will expand the efforts to

insulated draughty homes but mr shapps admits his proposals when will not help —— will not help cut bills for most of us in the short run. some of the measures in the 1000 page long plan are not new and labour's shadow climate and net zero secretary ed miliband has dismissed it as a groundhog day of re— announcements and reheated policy with no new investment. justin rowlatt, bbc news. we will be kicking the ties of that policy in the business news in about 20 minutes' time to see whether or not ed miliband was my criticisms are indeed fair. the un general assembly on wednesday adopted a resolution asking the world's top court to define the countries obligations to combat climate change. although not legally binding, the sponsors are hoping an opinion from the international court ofjustice will drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

i'm joined now by dr wesley morgan, senior researcher at the climate council who's spent over a decade in the pacific region. as a majorfossilfuel exporter, what difference might this make to australia's future? australia is the world's third—largest fossil fuel exporter after russia and third—largest fossilfuel exporter after russia and saudi arabia and today, the un general assembly has asked the international court ofjustice to clarify the obligations the countries like australia have to protect people from the impact of climate change, to protect people's human rights from the impact of climate change and so australia will need to take seriously its obligations to tackle climate

change and also to protect human rights, so this adds to the reasons why australia will need to shift away from fossil fuel exports. need to shift away from fossil fuel “porte— fuel exports. but these judgements _ fuel exports. but these judgements though - fuel exports. but these i judgements though would not fuel exports. but these - judgements though would not be legally binding so how will the rule of international law actually be upheld? well, it's not legally — actually be upheld? well, it's not legally binding _ actually be upheld? well, it's not legally binding itself, i not legally binding itself, what it does is it clarifies the current state of international law with regards to the obligations that countries have, both to tackle climate change and to protect and tackle climate change to protect people's human rights. and to realise their human rights. the right to health, the right to education, the right to housing, so it will be drawn upon in legal decisions and a whole range of jurisdictions at the domestic level and the international

level. the icj is the world's highest court. it will clarify legal obligations under existing law that will be used in a whole range of legal decisions.— in a whole range of legal decisions. ,., ., , in a whole range of legal decisions. ._ ., decisions. on the same day that this was announced. _ decisions. on the same day that this was announced. the - decisions. on the same day that this was announced. the bidenl this was announced. the biden administration opened an option for drilling in 73 million acres of the gulf of mexico for oil and gas. this isjust days after president biden approved decade—long projects in alaska. they were one of the countries that didn't sign up to this resolution.— that didn't sign up to this resolution. clearly, that's coin: resolution. clearly, that's going in _ resolution. clearly, that's going in the _ resolution. clearly, that's going in the wrong i resolution. clearly, that's i going in the wrong direction, the science is clear we can't be opening new coal, new gas, new oil, but although the us didn't actually put their name to this resolution, the resolution was ultimately

passed by consensus, the us didn't object to that formally either. this resolution has been passed by consensus, and it is finding, sorry it applies to all countries, so it clarifies the obligations of the united states with regards to climate change. this is a david versus goliath story, this campaign began with students at the university of the south pacific and vanuatu, which is where i was, these students got together and thought, how can we convince the international community to do more to tackle climate change, and it's been amazing how it snowballed. vanuatu has led a campaign, a growing number of countries joined up to the campaign until today from something that was born from something that was born from students and vanuatu, we have consensus at the un, all countries have direct at the international court ofjustice to clarify what countries need

to clarify what countries need to do to protect people's human rights from the impact of climate change, it's really an historic day and an amazing story. historic day and an amazing sto . .,~ ,, historic day and an amazing sto . .,~ , , ., ., story. doctor wesley norman, thank you — story. doctor wesley norman, thank you very _ story. doctor wesley norman, thank you very much - story. doctor wesley norman, thank you very much for i story. doctor wesley norman, thank you very much for your. thank you very much for your time. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a colossus has landed in london. one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth goes on show at the natural history museum. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up

in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of— the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. i a small crowd outside| included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a nobel peace prize winner has accused russia of using state propoganda to promote the use of nuclear weapons. king charles will address the german parliament later, becoming the first monarch to do so during his first state visit as king. the three—day tour with camilla, the queen consort,

comes after a planned visit to france was cancelled following unrest in several cities over pension reforms. our royal correspondent nick witchell reports. white tie and tiaras for the state banquet. but don't be too dazzled by all the diamonds and decorations. the first state visit of king charles�*s reign represents a serious mission set by the british government. the focus is europe, the setting is berlin, and the king's language initially was german. speaks german then, in english, this commitment. throughout the time that is granted to me as king, i will do all i can to strengthen the connections between us. and this on ukraine. we stand side by side in protecting and advancing our shared democratic values.

this is epitomised so clearly today as we stand together with ukraine in defence of freedom and sovereignty in the face of unprovoked aggression. the king had received the first full ceremonial welcome at the brandenburg gate for any state visitor. he inspected the guard of honour, standard fare for a state visit, it's all about the bonds, the links that remain. it's about shared histories and shared values. friendship between two european nations. it's a message which will be repeated when the king becomes the first british monarch to address the german federal parliament. his message is expected to underline those many areas of shared endeavour from trade to climate change to guaranteed

support for ukraine. chemotherapy can do amazing things, helping to kill cancer cells, but it takes a huge toll on the body — and some patients are being put through it unnecessarily. now a new blood test that can detect cancer cells is being trialled at the royal marsden hospital in london — and means some bowel cancer patients may not need follow up treatment. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. the c—word is a big word to live with. as a year since ben cook was diagnosed with bowel cancer. i cook was diagnosed with bowel cancer. . �* cook was diagnosed with bowel cancer. ., �* ., ~ cook was diagnosed with bowel cancer. ., �* .,~ ., cancer. i haven't taken a sinale cancer. i haven't taken a single day _ cancer. i haven't taken a single day with - cancer. i haven't taken a single day with off i cancer. i haven't taken a single day with off workl cancer. i haven't taken a i single day with off work which is incredible.— is incredible. after successful suru e is incredible. after successful surgery patients _ is incredible. after successful surgery patients like - is incredible. after successful surgery patients like him i is incredible. after successful surgery patients like him are| surgery patients like him are usually offered intravenous chemotherapy to mop up in cancer cells that might be remaining. but a cancer cells that might be remaining. buta new cancer cells that might be remaining. but a new type a blood test showed he was cancer free. so ben who runs this year salom in chelsea, was spared the toxic side effects which

can include nerve damage to hands and feet.— can include nerve damage to hands and feet. work for me as my therapy _ hands and feet. work for me as my therapy as _ hands and feet. work for me as my therapy as such, _ hands and feet. work for me as my therapy as such, i _ hands and feet. work for me as my therapy as such, i love i my therapy as such, i love going to work i love myjob i'm lucky to do what i do, if i had had the intravenous i would feel like i would have been able to carried on. the fact i didn't have any tingling or anything in my handsjust been anything in my handsjust been an absolute blessing. ihe anything in my hands 'ust been an absolute blessingi an absolute blessing. he has reuular an absolute blessing. he has regular checkups _ an absolute blessing. he has regular checkups at - an absolute blessing. he has regular checkups at the i an absolute blessing. he has| regular checkups at the royal marsden hospital, which is leading a trial of the blood test across dozens of hospital. your cancer was diagnosed in the caecum on the right:. the results could _ the caecum on the right:. the results could transform the way thousands of bowel cancer patients are treated in the uk every year. patients are treated in the uk every year-— every year. hopefully this trial that _ every year. hopefully this trial that we _ every year. hopefully this trial that we generate i every year. hopefully this trial that we generate the j trial that we generate the evidence to show this technology liquid biopsies can be used to spare patients, with stage three bowel cancer unnecessary chemotherapy after the bowel cancer surgery because they don't need it. so

how can a blood test tell if a patient like ben is free of cancer? it looks for tiny fragments of tumour dna, circulating in the bloodstream, if there is nothing present there is a low risk for cancer will return. these blood tests or liquid biopsies are part of a revolution in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer. they are being trialled in the uk and across lung, breast and bowel cancer, and can detect minute fragments of tumour dna, months even years what they show up on a scanned. after she had bowel cancer surgery, artist suzanne winter was also spared chemotherapy as a result of the blood test. i spared chemotherapy as a result of the blood test.— of the blood test. i 'ust feel incredibly * of the blood test. i 'ust feel incredibly lucky i i of the blood test. i just feel incredibly lucky i know i of the blood test. i just feel incredibly lucky i know how| incredibly lucky i know how toxic it is, i know i would feel terrible and also your whole everything, as you are getting ready for it, you are

psyching yourself up for it. to suddenly hear that you aren't going to need it, isjust unbelievable. going to need it, is 'ust unbelievable. ., ., _ unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a — unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital _ unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital role - unbelievable. chemotherapy still has a vital role in i still has a vital role in treating cancer, but blood trees tiles are successful, it will mean a brighter future for thousands of patients every year. as well as saving the nhs money. fergus walsh, bbc news. one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur, is about to go on show at the natural history museum in london. the new display is a cast of the bones discovered in 2014 in argentina. our science editor rebecca morelle is at the museum for us now. piece by piece, bone by colossal bone. a creature from 100 million years ago begins to emerge. this is patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth.

assembling this dinosaur is like putting together a giant 3d jigsaw puzzle. there are more than 500 bones and fixings but no instruction manual. this beast measures 37 metres from the tip of its nose all the way down to its tail, and itjust about squeezes into this room with a few twists and turns along the way. the titanosaur is a cast, an exact replica of the original fossilised bones, and getting a creature like this into a 140—year—old building has been a challenge. we've had to take some of the doors off in order to get the crates and different parts of the dinosaur in, and some of the bones and the cast itself are quite heavy so we've had to reinforce our floors. that sense of awe at standing under one of the largest animals to have walked on land and trying to imagine it as a living, breathing creature is. . .yeah, it's amazing. the bones were unearthed at a ranch in patagonia in argentina just over a decade ago.

as scientists got to grips with the scale of their find, they werejoined by sir david attenborough. he also got a chance to see what this titan of the cretaceous period might have looked like. now the exhibition is complete, the dinosaur is ready for its moment in the spotlight. so, one of the first things you notice is the huge toothy grin with these pencil—like teeth. they are constantly on the move, would have been just feeding machines. constantly using those heads to stuff more and more leaves and twigs and so on into its body just in order to keep it moving around. patagotitan still holds some mysteries. no—one knows why these creatures grew so big or how they came to die out, but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

there we go. your business news coming up soon. go macules salve a cup of tea or a cup of coffee, i will see you very soon. —— go make yourself stop. hello there. there's still some more rain to come through the rest of this week. at least it has turned milder. on wednesday, temperatures reached 16 degrees in northern ireland, and in southwest france, 30 degrees on wednesday. this early spring warmth is going to come to an end as we change the month, we change the weather. temperatures will drop, but it should be turning drier. the overnight heavy rain across england and wales, the last of it clearing away from northern england early in the morning. and then we're going to find sunny spells, but showers will develop quite widely, some of them heavy with some hail and thunder, particularly central and eastern parts of england. still got a southwesterly breeze, it's still mild, may well be a little bit warmer than it was on wednesday in scotland, and before those heavy showers arrive, 17 degrees is possible in eastern england. those heavy showers do fade away quickly in the evening

but only because it's going to get wet and windy here from the southwest. we've got this area of low pressure, quite a deep one. that's going to track across southern parts of the uk, strengthening the winds overnight, bringing some heavy rain to england and wales as well. the winds could be gusting, 50, 60mph or more in the south coast of england, perhaps into south wales. the winds do gradually ease down on friday. the rain continues across these southern areas. could see some rain coming back towards northern ireland, the rest of the uk seeing a few showers, but probably a lot of cloud coming in on that easterly breeze from off the north sea. temperatures are going to be lower. top number this time — 1a degrees, and that's more likely in sheltered western parts of scotland. heading into the weekend, the start of april, and it continues to cool down a bit. but it should be turning drier as the weekend goes on with more sunshine. that area of low pressure will move away, we're going to be stuck with that weather front for a while. that gets cooled off by pressure rising during the second half of the weekend.

first half of the weekend, though, sees a lot of cloud around, and we've still got some patchy rain across northern ireland, wales into southern england, maybe a few showers coming in from off the north sea on a chilly breeze. not going to feel very warm at all i think on saturday across eastern scotland and the northeast of england and typical temperatures are going to be 11 or 12 celsius. second half of the weekend, there's not much rain left over, just this band of cloud and we should see some drier air coming in this time. that will hopefully mean more in the way of sunshine. the winds will be a bit lighter as well, but still temperatures below average, typically 10 to 13 celsius.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. powering up britain: the uk government reveals its new strategy to hit met zero by 2050 after the high court ruled its original plan inadequate. will it be enough? this is a massive investment today, signalled by this powering up britain document, with hundreds of pages and many hundreds of different policies in the thousand pages also make it big difference to how we power britain. also coming up — springing into action. the easter travel rush is about to begin. but after last year's chaos,

is the industry ready? plus: the bitter row brewing at starbucks.