president zelensky makes his first

official try to get additional security guarantees at a nato summit. the uk government has at least a barge that will house asylum seekers as it seeks to cut hotel costs sturgeon is arrested over an investigation into snp finances. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre manchester united are looking for their first premier league win and goal since lifting the league cup at wembley in february. that slump has seen eric ten hag's side drop out of the top four. united host brentford later and ten hag feels some of the attributes that made them top four contenders are missing you have to know why you are where you are. and what brings us to the position. and that was about determination, that was about passion, that was about desire. so, i admit it. when you are a strong opponent, who plays above the levels, and many teams play against man united above their levels, you get killed.

brentford head into this one having lostjust once in their last 10 games, they could move up to 7th in the table with a win. manager thomas frank says the trip to old trafford will prove a huge test in their challenge for european football. we potentially are going into the most difficult game of the season, with everything taken into consideration. we are going to the biggest away ground, the most fans, the loudest, against a very good side that are much more stable, and erik ten hag and his staff have done a very good job. they have just won their first title and are fighting for a champions league spot. west ham can move further clear of the relegation zone as they take on top 4 chasing newcastle at the london stadium juventus say they're working with the police to identify those responsible for the racist gestures and chants aimed at inter�*s romelu

lukaku during the coppa italia semi—final first leg in turin. the on loan chelsea striker was shown a second yellow card for celebrating his late penalty, cancelling out juan cuadrado�*s goal. the colombian was also sent off along with inter�*s samir handanovic. injanuary, serie a opened an investigation into allegations of racist abuse aimed towards lukaku by napoli fans. aleksander ceferin has been re—elected as uefa president unopposed and will serve a third term until 2027. speaking at the uefa congress in lisbon, ceferin defended the premier league amid concerns that it's creating an imbalance in european football but also criticised the failed european super league. there have been temptations and even attempts to create new models, but they conflict with the european model that we know so well and cherish so dearly. our model is based on sporting merit, always. where we come from, merit does not have a price.

qatar will host the next edition of the asian cup next year. it will be held from january 12 to february 10 202a. the finals were initially awarded to china in 2019 but they relinquished the rights as it pursued a zero—covid policy. 2022 masters winner scottie scheffler, he hosted the traditional champions dinner at augusta national on tuesday night. 33 former winners of the masters were in attendance as they tried scheffler�*s chosen menu which included fire cracker shrimp and texas ribeye. the world number one is among the favourites for this year's green jacket but says his status as defending champion doesn't give him an advantage. the tournament starts on thursday and everyone starts on even par. just because you are defending, does not mean you start on one under. i will be approaching are just like i do with a lot of other tournaments. hopefully i'll have the opportunity to come back to this place for many

years. butjust going one day at a time, just trying to enjoy each day, and the drive down never gets old. england batsmanjason roy has joined the kolkata knight riders for the ongoing season of the indian premier league. roy's signed after india's shreyas iyer was ruled out of the competition with a lower back injury, while bangladesh all—rounder shakib al hasan has opted out. roy last played in the ipl in 2021, scoring 150 runs in five games for sunrisers hyderabad. and that's all the sport for now. a new wave of poisoning attacks have been reported in iranian schools. reports suggest that in the last three days over 20 female students have been poisoned in different parts of the country. many of the students were taken to hospitals. public concern and anger is growing in iran over this new wave of poisoning from an unknown toxic gas that's mainly affected girls�* schools. let's show you some pictures that have been sent to a prominent iranian activist masih alinejad via telegram. firstly, a mother screaming

for her daughter who was targeted with a chemical attack in sarvestan, iran. screaming this footage sent in by students shows a girl's school on the second day schools reopened in iran — in the city of tabriz. these children have apparently been poisoned. earlier i spoke to masih alinejad, an iranian activist about what is happening.

they are very disturbing images that i keep receiving from iran. but this time, small cities being the target of chemical attacks, many family members of those who are being the target of the chemical attack, telling me that they know that this is revenge by the islamic republic, trying to push back girls from the streets. recently, the number of women and girls being unveiled, walking on the street has increased, and the islamic republic is very angry. attacks have taken place in more than 100 cities. 70,000 schoolgirls were the subject of chemical attacks.

it's heartbreaking that you know 300 schools are the target, but we still don't see any consequence from the western countries or any private organisations, to do an investigation. what do you think is happening? why are the girls being targeted in this manner? a lot of people that i have spoken to, they are saying that recently the supreme leader of iran actually said that women who are walking unveiled, it is a crime, which according to him is political ha ram. so it is a way of declaring a fatwa, calling on the extremists to take action against people who are unveiled. most of them are fearless, they were in the front line, saying no to the islamic republic. we believe that this is their payback, this is their revenge. now, as i am talking to you, many shops are being shut down

by the islamic republic, because of giving service to unveiled women. clearly, the islamic republic is cutting off the access for unveiled girls and women who do not cover their hair, to private and public services. and that is actually a way that they have tried to calm the people that are angry with the islamic republic. in a way, the changes that we have seen because of the protests, the fact there are women walking the streets of iran, not covering their hair, you are saying that is angering the government to the extent it is trying now to target women? i remember there would have been a time in the 90s, even a few years ago, when you would not have dreamt of leaving your house as a woman in iran without wearing a hijab. but it looks like the protests are making a difference, at least to some people in the country? exactly. the iranian regime actually killed 500 innocent protesters.

they arrested more than 22,000 of them, and they hanged five of them. but still, you don't see that people are giving up the fight against islamic republic. i have to tell you that what actually makes iranian people angry is that they see that the us government, and some of the european countries, they are trying to get back to the negotiation table. they are trying to get a nuclear deal. so when the islamic republic don't see any consequences, when they are not being punished for their own crimes, there is no reason for them to stop killing innocent people or to stop poisoning and attacking innocent schoolgirls. but i have to say, recently, the morality police, the numbers of morality police officers walking on the streets and attacking unveiled women has increased. as you might have heard, extremists, a mother and daughter were walking, they got arrested, but those that are attacking women with acid or anything, they are walking freely in the streets.

the shop owner who owned the shop where yoghurt was thrown on a mother and daughter, he was forced to close his shop down. tell me this, we know that the iranian opposition is a desperate group. where is that cohesion going to come from? because many people who are watching from foreign countries, the view is that there needs to be more working together for the different opponents of the government. where is that cohesion going to come from, do you think? i believe the first step, we put our political differences aside, many political leaders, many figures, human rights activists, they put pressure on western countries to recognise this progressive and peaceful revolution taking place inside iran. that is why we are actually calling on the us government, calling on the europeans to take action.

these are our daughters. these are innocent schoolgirls. many of them with the targets of poisoning attacks from elementary schools, especially from small towns, you cannot even hear from them because they don't have access to free internet. we see that the tech companies, allow those who order massacre and killings to have freedom of speech on social media, at the same time, we keep hearing that the tech companies, twitter, kicking out iranian opposition activists from twitter. that is not acceptable. we believe that this is the time that an outside organisation must actually do an investigation about the chemical attack right now. if not, the islamic republic will kill more innocent people. 0k, it has been really good to get you on the programme. around the world and across the uk.

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although there might be some background conversations between the lower levels, there has been no ministerial involvement whatsoever. that is a really big deal, because the cbi represents 190,000 firms around the country, who pay membership fees to be a member of it. it does two main things. it lobbies the government for the interests of its members and it promotes best practice within business. i think it will be pretty fair to say they are in a position to do neither of those things right at the moment, which is why it is little wonder that a lot of members are questioning the value of their membership of it. most of the membership of it. most of the members we have approached are saying, listen, we are going to be like everybody else, we are going to wait for the preliminary findings of this independent, law firm led investigation into these. they have been promised to get some preliminary findingsjust been promised to get some preliminary findings just after easter. given the serious nature of things like rape, sexual assaults,

drug use, i think it sounds like an a vicious timeframe. no doubt this is probably the biggest crisis that this organisation has seen in its near 60 year history.— this organisation has seen in its near 60 year history. global trade will remain below par this year — according to the latest forecat from the world trade organization. wto economists said they expect to see the trade slow to 1.7% this year, a full percentage point lower than in 2022. speaking a little earlier, the wto's director—general ngozi 0konjo—iweala, said the ukraine war and stubbornly high inflation is limiting business between countries. i think one of the most important things is ending the war, that would really give a significant boost to global growth, to trade growth. geopolitical tensions are definitely a downside risk. we are seeing more and more of that tension. global food and security, also the fallouts from monetary policy tightening and

inflation. of course, we also had the financial instability that we have recently seen from the banking sector, although that seems to be clamping down. let's get more on this with our north america business correspondent samira hussain. no surprise that the war in ukraine and worries over inflation are limiting chances to do business? absolutely, and you couple that with the measures that are being taken by countries to try and combat inflation, namely raising interest rates. we heard of the wto mentioning right there that the impact of rising interest rates as having quite a lot of far—reaching applications. of course, first, what it is doing in terms of slowing down business and trade, but also the kind far—reaching impact this possibly have. i think the banking crisis is certainly one that really should be highlighted.

interestingly, these world trade organization is mentioning that, saying, look, all central banks around the world really need to be aware of these possible applications. but you can say that the world is really coming back from the world is really coming back from the depths of the supply chain crisis during the pandemic, but you can see that there are still other issues that remain, hence why you are seeing the trade actually going to be under par.— to be under par. absolutely. for now, to be under par. absolutely. for new. thank _ to be under par. absolutely. for new. thank you _ to be under par. absolutely. for now, thank you very _ to be under par. absolutely. for now, thank you very much. - ajudge in the netherlands says the dutch government broke the law over plans to cut tens of thousands of flights from one of europe's busiest airports. politicians cited noise pollution and climate concerns at amsterdam schipol airport — which is state—owned — but airlines sued the dutch state instead. as it stands, there are around half a million flights the court ruled that the dutch government violated european law because it fails to explore or exhaust alternatives to cutting the flights. it also failed to consult

all interested parties. of course, schiphol airport is a major hub for global aviation and its existence helps to contribute to this small nation's prosperity. so, yes, i've been speaking to a lot of people that are directly affected, including one family that told me about how living close to it impacts on their lives. the gerritsens are among thousands of families who live beneath a flight path. you adjust for it, for quite a part. the last few months have been really intense. they want to grow. and i don't think that is possible here. no, there is no room to grow. no, because we live here too. this house was built earlier than schiphol was built. why should we move? you hear? there's one again, yes. but during these nine years, it increased more and more. that's why we say it needs to be stopped now.

the dutch government said it was listening and striving to strike a balance between the economic benefits of owning europe's third busiest airport, and maintaining a healthy environment, and tackling noise pollution. the reason given for its now a failed attempt to cut the annual number for flights from 500,000 to 440,000 — five airlines won their case. the court found the state in breach of european law. the european air transport association supported their legal action. it's very, very difficult. there is no real precedent for cuts of this kind. and it does impact on international open skies agreements, there are carriers from other parts of the world who are flying in and using schiphol. so how you decide to say, well, you can fly there, but you can't is very, very difficult, and would take a lot of careful consideration.

those are your top business stories. i wanted to ask you what you are up to tonight. i am not sure i am allowed to?— to tonight. i am not sure i am allowed to ?_ lets . to tonight. i am not sure i am - allowed to ?_ lets leave to tonight. i am not sure i am - allowed to?_ lets leave it allowed to? don't ask. lets leave it at that. awkward! _ the youtuber ksi has said he is "genuinely ashamed" and "deeply sorry for any pain or suffering" he caused in a video apology addressing his use of a racial slur. the 29—year—old visited a mosque to meet with an imam earlier this week and said he was taking part in conversations with people from the south asian community. his use of a slur, referring to people of pakistani origin was made during a countdown—themed video made with his collective of youtubers, the sidemen. we will bring you more on that story in a view moments time. this story broke a couple of hours ago and it is one of the biggest criminal marketplaces in the world, used by online fraudsters to buy passwords.

it has been shut down following a global police investigation. known as genesis market, it sold login details, ip addresses and other personal data, allowing criminals to log into bank accounts. 2a people have been arrested in the uk, as our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. come to the door! police! come to the door! an early morning raid in grimsby yesterday. the beginning of the uk contribution to an international operation against online fraud. officers from the national crime agency and the police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of fraud and computer misuse. one of 2a people arrested in the uk. the target of the raids was the genesis market website, a one—stop shop for hackers who could log in and buy stolen passwords for bank accounts, paypal accounts and accounts for services like amazon, uber and netflix. what was particularly dangerous about the data being sold on the genesis market website was that it wasn't

just log in details. the hackers could purchase all of what is known as your digital fingerprints, your browser information, your ip address and your physical location. so that when the hackers logged in to a bank account or shopping website it really did look as if they were the original user. hackers trying to use genesis market today did not get the usual login page. rather, they got this message from the fbi saying the website had been seized as part of operation cookie monster, a reference to the fact that one of the things that genesis market was selling was computer cookies to help hackers impersonate genuine users. for too long criminals have stolen credentials from innocent members of the public. we now want criminals to be afraid that we have their credentials, and they should be. members of the public are being reminded that to avoid fraud they should use two factor authentication where possible. that is when a text message with a one use password is sent as part of the login process. daniel sandford, bbc news,

at the national crime agency. 21 people have been convicted for their involvement in the largest ever trial sex abuse case in the uk, investigated by west midlands police. 13 have already been jailed. here is phil mackie. this is the first time we can report this case because there have been a series of trials that have been going on since last year, the last of which has just ended at wolverhampton crown court with three further convictions. in total, 21 people have been convicted in connection with this sex abuse trial, the biggest west midlands police have dealt with. 13 in prison, four awaiting sentence, and four more convicted of less serious offences and have been given non—custodial offences. i really can't go into the detail of what the crimes were, because they are just so horrific. in fact, west midlands police have described this as a case of shocking and systematic abuse.

it first came to light following a hospital admission by one of the young victims — they were all aged 12 years and under, and in that case — safeguarding concerns were raised, that led to a much wider investigation, which ultimately led to the series of trials which have gone on over the past year or so. walsall safeguarding children's board is expected to publish a review in the coming months, and that is to really look at whether there had been missed opportunities in this case, and whether or not interventions could have been made sooner. some of the victims who are now adults, others still under 18, they are being cared for and looked after by the authorities as a result of this case, which is the biggest of its kind that west midlands police has ever dealt with.

hello. many of us enjoyed a beautiful, bright day yesterday. a very different story through this afternoon. 0ften cloudy, outbreaks of rain and indeed the next few days will be quite changeable. sunshine, rain and then back to sunshine again. but it's going to stay relatively on the mild side. you can see on the satellite picture here, extensive cloud has spread across the country. it's the weather front that will be moving across the uk through the course of today and into tomorrow. eventually, tomorrow, this weather front will find itself in the north sea. so it should brighten up. here's the forecast then for later this afternoon. you can see the outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the country. temperatures typically the low teens in some spots not making ten degrees where the cloud is thicker and the rain is heavier. through the course of tonight, that band of rain sweeps towards the east and you can see it hugging the east coast of the british isles early on thursday morning out towards the west, some clearer spells and not as cold. tonight, no frost.

it's mild air over us, often cloudy and outbreaks of rain that'll prevent the temperature from dropping too low. here's the forecast and the weather map for thursday. so that weather front is early in the morning, still straddling eastern parts of the uk. but as we go through the morning, it moves out into the north sea. it does tend to brighten up but not necessarily dry out completely. we are expecting showers almost anywhere across the uk, even some heavy ones with one or two rumbles of thunder through the course of the afternoon. temperatures will be between around nine and 1a degrees celsius and certainly some sunny spells on the way on thursday. it will be a much brighter day onto good friday. for many of us, not a bad day, generally dry with plenty of bright or sunny spells, particularly across central and western areas of the uk, a chance of thicker cloud across eastern and central parts of england. even one or two light showers there across parts of east anglia. and then the easter weekend, west or south westerly winds across the country. at times it'll be milder. a little cooler air

also filtering in. but generally speaking, it is going to stay on the mild side, but the weather will be quite variable. temperatures will be typically in the teens. and you can see how the weather icons change from sunnier days to at times slightly wetter days. 0n the whole, not too bad.

live from london. this is bbc news... the uk government has released a barge that will has 500 asylum—seekers as it seeks to cut costs for migrants. president zelensky makes his first visit to poland since russia visited ukraine. poland signed an agreement promising to send more fighterjets to ukraine. the husband of former scottish first minister, nicola sturgeon, is arrested over an investigation into the party's finances.