live from london, this is bbc news. horrific scenes at a school in yemen's capital, sanaa. almost 80 people are killed in a crush at a charity event to mark the holy month of ramadan. millions of children have missed life—saving vaccinations around the world, and misinformation is one of the key reasons why. wow, man. total blackout. thousands descend on a small australian town to witness a rare solar eclipse. fans around the world react with shock and grief over the death of 25—year—old k—pop star moonbin, a member of the popular boy band astro.

hello. we're going to take you straight to france, to paris.— france, to paris. there have been weeks and — france, to paris. there have been weeks and months _ france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of _ france, to paris. there have been weeks and months of protests - france, to paris. there have been. weeks and months of protests over controversial pension reforms that have been happening there, and what we are seeing here is a protest in paris. this is at the offices of the stock market operator euronext, which is just outside of paris, and we are seeing things being set on fire. to remind you that political opponents, trade unions as well, have all been urging protesters to maintain their campaign of civil disobedience, because this law was passed controversially without a vote through the lower house of parliament in france by using special constitutional powers, so a huge amount of anger at president macron who pushed this through. this is about the retirement age in

france, other things as well, but mostly people very angry that the retirement age will be raised from 62 to 64, so this is a big protest happening just outside of paris at the moment. and this is all gearing up, of course, we are heading towards mayday is always a big day of protest france as well. we are seeing trade unions urging people to come out and campaign against this law, and calling for a new day of mass protest. president macron has been out of paris recently, yesterday he left for the first time since the signing of his unpopular reform, and he was met by loud booing and a lot of incredibly unhappy people, so we're just watching these pictures, people seem to be on the move now from outside euronext, just outside paris, but we have seen angry protests there.

we will return there to bring you the latest on that protest, we have breaking news here in the uk. prime minister rishi sunak has now received an independent report into allegations of bullying against the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, and is considering, we understand, his response. we have been hearing from downing street that rishi sunak wishes to publish his response as soon as possible. what we don't know is if that response will be today. but an inquiry into bullying allegations against the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, is expecting to be received today, we now know rishi sunak has received that it is considering his response. you will remember that back in november the government appointed a senior lawyer to conduct an independent investigation into the complaints. dominic raab vehemently denies these allegations. let's bring in our

political correspondent rob watson, who was following this for us from the newsroom. we were expecting that rishi sunak would receive the report, but remind us about the report, but remind us about the report and what the allegations are. as you rightly pointed out, the investigation started in november, and it was essentially from about two dozen officials who have worked with dominic raab over the last few years, essentially accusing him of bullying in one form or another. and now that report has been completed, and as you say, the hot potato is now in the lap of rishi sunak, because it is worth saying that there are plenty in the government and conservative party and plenty of dominic raab's supporters who take the view that, come on, it is tough work working for the government. you should stand up to any kind of political correctness and snowflakes, but they will also be under pressure if the report is in any way uncomfortable for mr robb to

take action, to say, this is a government that uphold standards and we cannot tolerate bullying. we government that uphold standards and we cannot tolerate bullying.— we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeinu we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeing pictures _ we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeing pictures of— we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeing pictures of dominic - we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeing pictures of dominic raab - we cannot tolerate bullying. we are seeing pictures of dominic raab at l seeing pictures of dominic raab at the moment. he has denied all of these allegations, of course, but tell us a little more about him. he is 49 tell us a little more about him. he: is 49 years old, i always think it is 49 years old, i always think it is a good idea to get the age at! if you were to define him, the important points were that he was a very early brexiteer, one of the most important politicians in the vote leave campaign in 2016, he has beenin vote leave campaign in 2016, he has been in government pretty much on and off, he was a very early backer of rishi sunak, and he has always been someone who has courted controversy in one way or another. he once got into trouble with former prime minister theresa may by describing some feminists as obnoxious bigots, and perhaps the biggest blot on his career in government was when he was foreign secretary a few years back, when kabul, when afghanistan fell to the

taliban and he didn't come back from holiday. so he is a controversial politician, identified with brexit and a very early supporter of rishi sunak. ,:, :, and a very early supporter of rishi sunak. ,., :, :, , i. sunak. good to see you, we will return to _ sunak. good to see you, we will return to you — sunak. good to see you, we will return to you shortly, _ sunak. good to see you, we will return to you shortly, but - sunak. good to see you, we will return to you shortly, butjust . sunak. good to see you, we will| return to you shortly, butjust to remind our viewers that rishi sunak has received a report and wishes to publish his response as soon as possible. we are just not sure when thatis, possible. we are just not sure when that is, and we will bring it to you as soon as it happens. the muslim holiday of eid is a time of celebration, a time to spend with family and friends. in yemen, that celebration has been shattered by the news that 80 people have been killed in a stampede at a school. hundreds of people, including many children, had gathered to receive gifts of money at a charity event arranged by local businesses in the capital, sanaa. there are not many images coming out of the country following last night's stampede, and most of those we have seen are too graphic or distressing to be shared. simonjones brings us this report, but i do attach that warning to it. chaos and confusion after hundreds

of people had come to a school in the bab al—yemen area of the capital. a charity had been giving out donations of around $9 per person. eyewitnesses say the crowd became so large that houthi forces who were in charge in the area started firing into the air to try to restore order. they are said to have struck an electrical cable, resulting in an explosion. panic ensued, causing a crush. the discarded shoes and clothing left behind give some indication of how many people were involved. dozens have lost their lives, hundreds more have been taken to hospital, some in a critical condition. the interior ministry says those responsible for the distribution of aid have been detained and an investigation is under way. the un describes the situation in yemen has one of the world's was humanitarian tragedies. the country has seen eight years of fighting between houthi rebels and pro—government forces.

a major prisoner swap has been taking place between the warring sides. the red cross says this is a chance to reunite hundreds of families blown apart by conflict. a glimmer of hope during the holy month of ramadan. but now, a new pain and a stampede that has claimed so many lives. simon jones, bbc news. heba bitarfrom bbc arabic is following the story for us. the pictures that we have been seeing of the crush ijust awful, and what was left, really distressing images. what is the very latest that you have been hearing from sanaa? irate latest that you have been hearing from sam?— from sanaa? we heard from the houthis particularly, _ from sanaa? we heard from the houthis particularly, saying - from sanaa? we heard from the houthis particularly, saying thatj houthis particularly, saying that her committee had been formed to investigate the incident, and a houthi security official announced that three people have been detained

and suspected of involvement in the incident. some houthi officials have visited the stampede site when the survivors in hospital, including also one of those officials who is the houthi prime minister, who visited the stampede site, and this is what he said there. translation: we are firstly checking on the injured and those who died. . all the relevant officials have proceeded with their legal duties to examine this unfortunate event and to find a serious solution for this to never happen again. this stampede is a huge tragedy. it isa it is a complicated political situation in yemen. can you remind us what is happening, it is the houthis who are in control? yes. us what is happening, it is the houthis who are in control? yes, it is very complicated, _ houthis who are in control? yes, it is very complicated, the _ houthis who are in control? yes, it is very complicated, the war - houthis who are in control? yes, it is very complicated, the war has i is very complicated, the war has been going on for eight years now. the houthis control the capital, sanaa, and other parts of yemen

where the military, they control other parts of the country. the houthis are responsible of the area in sanaa where the stampede happened, and the situation there is a very bad. not only in sanaa, the situation in yemen is bad because the people there have been suffering from this war for over eight years. we have tens of thousands of people who live in famine conditions according to the united nations, and also millions of them are on the verge of famine. more than four people have been displaced because of the war, and over 24 million people, they are under poverty, they live under the poverty line and they need humanitarian aid to survive. and this is how we can understand why hundreds of people went there just to take these donations of $9, because these donations make a huge difference for people who have been

suffering for years and years. heba. suffering for years and years. heba, thank ou suffering for years and years. heba, thank you so — suffering for years and years. heba, thank you so much. _ the united nations children's agency says millions of children have missed some or all of their routine vaccinations due to covid lockdowns and disruption caused by the pandemic. unicef says across the world, up to 67 million children have missed out on vaccinations in some way. the organisation believes increased misinformation during the pandemic has contributed to vaccine hesitancy. last year, the number of measles cases doubled and polio numbers rose sharply. live now to rhoda 0dhiambo in nairobi. why other numbers are so high in africa? it why other numbers are so high in africa? , :, :, ~' why other numbers are so high in africa? , :, :, ~ ., why other numbers are so high in africa? , ., :, africa? if we 'ust look at some of the — africa? if we just look at some of the reasons that _ africa? if we just look at some of the reasons that you _ africa? if we just look at some of the reasons that you have - africa? if we just look at some of - the reasons that you have mentioned, especially during the covid—19 pandemic, we are still in the pandemic, we are still in the pandemic but if we look at the beginning of the pandemic, you and if —— unicef says that numbers of

routine vaccinations are going down, such as the measles, polio and diff vaccines, a lot of mothers and guardians were not able to take children to hospitals during the pandemic to take the vaccines for various reasons. some of these people were living far away from clinics, and in some countries like the democratic republic of the congo, nigeria, mali and even ethiopia, there was internal conflict that hindered the numbers of children who were able to get access to the routine vaccination programme. access to the routine vaccination programme-— access to the routine vaccination rorramme. , , :, ., ., programme. does this no mean that we are seeinr programme. does this no mean that we are seeing children _ programme. does this no mean that we are seeing children dying _ programme. does this no mean that we are seeing children dying of— are seeing children dying of preventable illnesses? that is ri . ht, preventable illnesses? that is right. lucy. — preventable illnesses? that is right. lucy. and _ preventable illnesses? that is right, lucy, and that - preventable illnesses? that is right, lucy, and that has - preventable illnesses? that isj right, lucy, and that has been evidenced since 2021 up until now. we have seen a lot of measles outbreaks, especially in the democratic republic of the congo, other outbreaks in nigeria and ghana as well, because if we look at the entire report, they are citing

countries such as senegal, ghana and even nigeria recording high numbers of children who are not able to get certain types of vaccines that could prevent them from getting vaccine preventable diseases. this has led to an increase in the number of children who are dying, and some of the doctors are even trying to see how they can be able to come up with catch—up vaccination programmes, because if we look at the routine immunisation programme or schedule, children are eligible to get all these vaccines up until they are two years old, but now because they have gone past that age, they are trying to find ways to ensure that they get the vaccines so that they don't end “p the vaccines so that they don't end up dying, and they get to celebrate their fifth birthday. up dying, and they get to celebrate theirfifth birthday. find up dying, and they get to celebrate their fifth birthday.— their fifth birthday. and what of their fifth birthday. and what of the issues _ their fifth birthday. and what of the issues around _ their fifth birthday. and what of i the issues around misinformation their fifth birthday. and what of - the issues around misinformation in africa? , , , :, the issues around misinformation in africa? , , , ., , the issues around misinformation in africa? ,, , :, , ., africa? the issues are very great, and it all revolves _ africa? the issues are very great, and it all revolves around - africa? the issues are very great, and it all revolves around the - and it all revolves around the history around vaccine trials on the continent. we have seen that in the past, when vaccine trials have been on the continent, there was quite a lot of openness to the importance of carrying out vaccine trials. this is what has influenced how people would

perceive people getting vaccinated or even getting vaccines, but that has also influenced how this routine immunisation programme has happened, because you see a lot of guardians and a lot of women knowing the importance of these children getting vaccinated, but during the covid—19 pandemic, ratherat vaccinated, but during the covid—19 pandemic, rather at the beginning of the pandemic, when misinformation were circulating, a lot of people decided to stay back at home, not take their children to clinics, and there were not enough community health care workers going to homes to make sure that children get specific doses to prevent them from becoming severely ill.— becoming severely ill. thank you so much for that. _ becoming severely ill. thank you so much for that, joining _ becoming severely ill. thank you so much for that, joining us _ becoming severely ill. thank you so much for that, joining us from - much for that, joining us from nairobi there. a rare type of solar eclipse has taken place, with large crowds gathered in parts of australia and elsewhere — to watch the spectacle. the hybrid eclipse, as it's known, takes place when some parts of the world experience a total eclipse whilst other parts witness an annular eclipse seeing a ring of fire around the blacked—out area. the us national solar 0bservatory scientist kevin reardon had travelled to exmouth in western australia

to witness the moment of totality, when sun was completely blocked, which lasted just 58 seconds. those moments before totality when the sun is just a little tiny crescent left, and the lighting is so strange, unlike any other time, really, it is really amazing and then when the moon perfectly covers the sun, the corona bursts out and you really see a spectacle that just takes your breath away. the moon has blacked out most of the light from the sun, and what you have left other white streamers of the corona, the reflection of the very tenuous coronal atmosphere that surrounds the sun, and so you see different structures, the magnetic field in the corona and it affects how the different kinds of streamers or loops that you might see during an eclipse, so it really tells us a lot about what the sun is doing.

the corona, unlike the surface of the sun, which is about 6000 kelvin, is almost1 million degrees or more, and so it helps us to understand how it is getting heated up to those high temperatures. the moon and the sun are close to being aligned every month, and that has an effect on the tides, whether it is a new moon or a full moon. it is just the eclipse is when that alignment is so perfect that the moon completely blocks out the sun, but for the tides, there is not much difference, whether it is an eclipse that occurs orjust a normal new moon with no eclipse. part of the reason for coming to this eclipse, which was only 58 seconds, but this was good practice for an eclipse next year in 2024, just about a year from now in april, up through mexico and across the united states, and up through canada.

that eclipse, unlike this one which passes just one remote town, will go over major cities, and tens of millions or hundreds of millions of people will be able to see that eclipse, which also lasts more than four minutes, so that will be an even bigger spectacle. quite the spectacle. just to update you on two political stories here. prime minister rishi sunak has received an independent report into allegations of bullying against the deputy prime minister, dominic ram. he is considering his response right now, and we wait for that. the other political story here in the uk is that the home secretary could be given more power to deport migrants. under changes to the illegal migration bill, expected to be published today. the move would allow

suella braverman to ignore some some injunctions from the european court of human rights — such as the interim injunction used to block the removal of migrants to rwanda last year. i'm joined now by drjoelle grogan, senior researcher at uk in a changing europe. good to see you. can you take us through what these changes will mean in real terms? 50 through what these changes will mean in real terms?— in realterms? so we haven't seen the amendment _ in realterms? so we haven't seen the amendment yet, _ in realterms? so we haven't seen the amendment yet, but - in realterms? so we haven't seen the amendment yet, but we - in real terms? so we haven't seen l the amendment yet, but we expect power to be given to the home secretary to disregard rule 39 interim measures. so very simply, a rule 39 interim measure is a type of injunction. it is an emergency order thatis injunction. it is an emergency order that is given by the courts of human rights in strasbourg telling a government to do or not to do something, and there is imminent risk of irreparable harm, usually to an individual. so would not would normally see this in the context of deportation where there is a risk of

execution or torture, we also saw it in the case of an injunction against russia when it was still a member of the council of europe, telling them to release a prisoner who is at serious risk of torture and death in prison. these are quite rare orders, but the new power will be given to the home secretary to disregard them in the context of deportation. does this exist anywhere _ in the context of deportation. does this exist anywhere else _ in the context of deportation. does this exist anywhere else in another country? this exist anywhere else in another count ? :, :, this exist anywhere else in another count ? :, ., , , , ., country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't — country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't seen _ country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't seen any _ country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't seen any other - country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't seen any other of - country? no, that is highly unusual. we haven't seen any other of the i country? no, that is highly unusual. j we haven't seen any other of the 46 countries in europe taking any kind of active legal action to disregard international human rights. the closest that we had found was when russia was a member of the council of europe, a law was passed that enabled their constitutional report to disregard international court

decisions. that is the closest we can find, but no one else is doing anything like this. find can find, but no one else is doing anything like this.— can find, but no one else is doing anything like this. and so what are the concerns _ anything like this. and so what are the concerns around _ anything like this. and so what are the concerns around this? - anything like this. and so what are the concerns around this? the - the concerns around this? the significant _ the concerns around this? tie significant concerns are this would take us in breach of our international obligations under the european court of human rights. we have an obligation to follow the rules signed up for, but in terms of consequences, there are no sanctions. they would be repeated breaches by the uk, repeated findings by the european court, but no sanctions that we would understand. the real consequences would be on international reputation. the uk over the course of its membership of europe has been a leader of human rights. it is very rare that we find violations against the country, very rare that we would see interim measures being issued against the country. i think i

counted 12 in a two—year period. so having a stance of actively having the power to ignore international obligations would send a very strong message as to the uk's position, so in terms of soft power advocacy of democracy and values, this could stand against us in terms of that soft power. idr stand against us in terms of that soft power-— stand against us in terms of that soft ower. , , :, ., ., ,, soft power. dr joelle grogan, thank ou for soft power. dr joelle grogan, thank you forjoining _ soft power. dr joelle grogan, thank you forjoining us. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. it's a performance with poise and grace, and hans christian andersen classic, the snow queen is a story of a shattered mirror and the belief that society can overcome adversity. this is the uk's first all wheelchair professional dance

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and for possible negotiations. the un says 16 hospitals across sudan have been forced to shut down completely, nine of them in the capital. there have been further explosions were reported, and we do know that 16 hospitals have been forced to shut down completely. the humanitarian response in sudan remains severely hampered. attacks against aid workers, looting of humanitarian facilities, must stop now. humanitarians must be able to safely carry out their work. aid agencies must be able to safely move staff and replenish critical supplies. meanwhile we are worried that sudan's healthcare system could completely collapse. live now to merchuma in nairobi.

a real worry about what is happening in terms of health services. live now to merchuma in nairobi. it seems like the fighting is still very much going on today. what are you hearing from khartoum? share very much going on today. what are you hearing from khartoum? are very fluid situation _ you hearing from khartoum? are very fluid situation happening _ you hearing from khartoum? are very fluid situation happening in _ you hearing from khartoum? are very fluid situation happening in sudan - fluid situation happening in sudan at the moment. the rapid support forces, the paramilitary group that is fighting against the sudan army put out that it had shot helicopters belonging to the sudan army, so definitely fighting is going on, residents are holding their houses. some are not able to move out, or able to get out or get away from the city. there are many others who are short on food supplies, and those who are injured cannot access medical help. there have been many

attempts by other countries to help, but the airport is still closed and it is one of the areas that is experiencing a lot of gunfire and a lot of retaliation between the two groups. other than that it is a situation that is seeing a lot of issues globally, and we expect a meeting between the african union, the united nations and the arab league to discuss what they can do in this ongoing crisis in sudan. mercy in this ongoing crisis in sudan. merchuma, thank you so much. as we see those live pictures, we do know as mercy were saying that the fighting has taken a heavy toll on civilians right across the country, and seeing on social media calls from people in khartoum to say please stop the fighting during eid which marks the end of ramadan, so a lot of residents hoping that perhaps there would be a ceasefire, and humanitarian help might get through

for eid. headlines coming up shortly. viewers in the uk, we will have rolling coverage of that development with dominic raab, the deputy prime minister. stay us. hello. for most of us, the day got off to a beautiful start, and for the majority, that is how it remains. with some lengthy spells of sunshine. but a chilly easterly breeze that is making it feel rather cool for some north sea coast. the highest temperatures across western and north—western parts, with a north—westerly breeze. the high pressure remains in charge, so plenty of dry and sunny weather, but one weather system coming in from the east introduces this band of cloud, and some splashes of rain into east anglia and the south—east as we head through the afternoon. further north and west, mostly sunny skies overhead, but with that keen breeze, so for some of these north sea coasts, that breeze coming in off the chilly waters of the north sea

will suppress temperatures, 10 degrees for parts of the kent coast, for example. contrast that with 17 or 18 in some western and north—western parts of scotland. during this evening and tonight we will see some areas of cloud and splashes of rain developing across parts of eglin into wales as well. northern ireland and scotland keeping clear skies overhead, just like last night, they could be a touch of frost forsome, particularly in the north—east of scotland. tomorrow, a slightly different day for england and wales, more cloud and outbreaks of rain, and likely to be an outbreak of rain affecting parts of east anglia. to the south of that, sunny spells but with heavy, thundery showers. northern ireland and scotland seeing the best of the sunshine through tomorrow, another fine day but with areas of low cloud affecting shetland. temperatures in western scotland again up to 16 or 17 degrees, but england and wales suddenly having a cooler feeling day. as we head into the weekend, here comes a bigger change. low pressure moving its way

northwards, and as that low becomes centred to the north—east of the uk, we will start to develop a northerly wind, which will bring a much colder feel, so through saturday it is likely that we will see showers or longer spells of rain in places as that area of low pressure lumbers through. temperatures a little lower for many, but particularly in the north of scotland as that northerly wind kicks in and more of us feeling the effects of that northerly wind as we head through sunday. there will still be some showers around, some spells of sunshine too, but the shower is starting to turn wintry in parts of scotland, as some colder air digs in.

this is bbc news. the headlines: horrific scenes at a school in yemen's capital sanaa. almost 80 people are killed in a crush at a charity event to mark the holy month of ramadan. millions of children have missed life saving vaccinations around the world and misinformation is one of the key reasons why. allegations of bullying against the deputy prime minister has been handed to the prime minister, british and i will now decide his fate. total blackout. thousands descend on small australian town to witness a rare solar eclipse. fans around the world react with shock and grief over the death of 25—year—old k—pop star moon bin,

a member of the popular boy band astro.