prabowo in the lead. he has emerged with the early lead in the early counting. he says it is a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data _ a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data shows _ a victory for all indonesians. here in latest data shows inflation rates unchanged unchanged at 4%. ukraine's military says it's destroyed a russian warship in its territorial waters off occupied crimea. hello. welcome to bbc news. we start today's programme with reports coming from gaza that the israeli military has ordered palestinians to evacuate the nasser hospital in the southern city of khan younis — where hundreds of people have taken refuge. in this video an announcement is being made on a speaker attached to a drone, telling people to evacuate the hospital. and in these images — verified by the bbc — you can see a large crowd of people leaving the

hospital. the israel defense forces said its troops were opening a secure route to evacuate civilians sheltering near the hospital, but it did not intend to evacuate patients and medical staff. medical staff at nasser hospital have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout the conflict. israel claims that hamas uses this and other hospitals in gaza as cover for its operations — a claim strongly denied by staff at the hospital. nasser hospital is in khan younis. further to the south in rafah, concerns are growing about the fate of a million people who have taken shelter in the city after israel said it was preparing a ground assault there. the un fears that more than a million people crammed inside rafah are "staring death in the face". rafah has come under heavy israeli bombardment in recent days, with at least 67 people killed there on monday, according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry. it all comes as the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has called on hamas to agree a

deal to end the fighting quickly to avoid "dire consequences'. well, we started getting reports this morning on social media and doctors posting voice notes, saying that they had been given an order to leave the hospital immediately. you talked about that video showing the drone with a loudspeaker. and there's, you know, the context is that the hospital has been under siege for weeks now, surrounded by tanks and israeli ground forces. and they've had, you know, the supplies have dwindled there. they're sort of basically down to first aid. the doctors say they can't do surgery or they can't really do monitoring and helping long term patients anymore. the palestinian authority, health authorities report that there have been people killed in the compound by snipers outside. the atmosphere is very stressed. and so when these orders came through, people got very scared and they were confused, too, about what exactly it meant.

and they were afraid it meant that the israelis might storm the hospital. and we contacted the idf and they said, well, what we are doing is we're moving the displaced people sheltering there to a more secure place. we've got a secure route out of the war zone, but the patients and the doctors can stay. so i think we're going to wait and see what happens and how people respond. but it is one of the last functioning hospitals in gaza and i think it was the second largest in gaza. so it is another hospital that is under severe strain. and barbara, you've also been talking this morning about the ongoing hopes for some kind of ceasefire, an end to the fighting. and we've been hearing that mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, has also intervened into this. yes. there are negotiations continuing in cairo, very difficult ones. there are large gaps between the two sides, but mediators in egypt and us say it's heading in the right direction.

and so they are hoping to agree a six week pause in the fighting so israeli hostages can be released and also so that there can be a large amount of aid into gaza. un officials have been increasingly warning that the humanitarian situation there is really a disaster. in fact, the top un humanitarian official has told the bbc that in rafah they've only really got 2a hours of supplies left. so quite, quite dire. the palestinian president has now waded in. he's not part of the negotiations. he's a rival of hamas. but he has urged hamas to come to a deal as quickly as possible. otherwise, the palestinians will face dire consequences. and he said we need to avert a catastrophe. now, he was using the word nakba, which is how the palestinians refer to the war that surrounded the establishment of israel in which 750,000 palestinians fled or were forced to flee. they refer to that as their big catastrophe. and in fact, the president is saying we don't want another big catastrophe. we need to get the fighting stopped now. so you can see that there

is a great deal of concern not only from the mediators, but from the palestinian leaders as well. sarah davies, spokesperson at the international committee of the red cross talked to us. as we have just heard, the situation in gaza across the board, especially in gaza across the board, especially in the southern area is teetering on catastrophic. hospitals under international humanitarian law have specific protections because they provide life—saving services to people who are wounded and sick, because they are a medical professional is tirelessly working to provide treatment. right now across gaza i don't think we can say there is a functioning health system and it really is exacerbated by the hostilities, by the number, the drastic increase of wounded people, of displaced people or who are

sheltering in hospitals and increasingly the risk of other things like infectious diseases which are teams on the ground have seen on the rise. how limited are the facilities now in gaza, across gaza? what sort of resource is now available in terms of health care? how many hospitals and other treatment centers? the number of hospitals is really fluctuating. it depends on the amount of supplies that they can receive. the primary health care centres, all sorts of logistical things, but there are very few functioning hospitals. some of these can only provide very basic first aid. some of them can only provide maternity services or things like haemodialysis. there are very few fully functional, if any. all of these hospitals, all of these medicalfacilities have

had to decrease and shrink the areas they focus on because of the limited supplies, because they have personnel. and what are the challenges when it comes to moving people from a hospital? and where would they go to if they had to leave the nasser hospital? i think some of the challenges are, of course, the wounded and sick. some people are not able physically to leave a hospital and some of the dedicated medical professionals will choose not to. in order to evacuate a hospital, the parties need to ensure there is a safe passage for these potentially wounded, potentially sick displaced civilians to use. if people are unable to leave these hospitals, if the medical professionals choose not to. if people are too scared to attempt to, they still retain their protection as civilians inside that hospital. and they must be protected. they must not be targeted during any any military operations.

let's speak to nour 0deh — a palestinian political analyst — she joins us from ramallah in the occupied west bank. welcome to bbc news. i wanted to get your reaction to the developments that are unfolding at the nasser hospital to begin with. we are hearing there has been an order for people who have been taking shelter to evacuate, although we understand that order doesn't apply to medical staff or patients at the moment. we have staff or patients at the moment. - have been watching videos posted by people there of displaced people evacuating, leaving in panic and fear. but even if the medical staff stays and even if the second not forced to leave, what it means for people in rafah, for example, as if

they have a serious illness, if they need dialysis, if they get severely injured, they now know there isn't really a hospital equipped to help them because in rafah the medical facilities are on their knees and there isn't really a functional hospital there. there isn't really a functional hospitalthere. nasser there isn't really a functional hospital there. nasser hospital was the medical hub of southern gaza, so this only adds to the growing anxiety and agony in rafah where about 1.5 million people are hearing of israeli plans for a ground offensive. wondering where they will 90, offensive. wondering where they will go, especially now that khan younis is still under attack. they have very few options and none of them i say. very few options and none of them i sa . �* . , very few options and none of them i sa . ~ ., , , , very few options and none of them i sa. ., very few options and none of them i say. are there any places that are deemed safe _ say. are there any places that are deemed safe now— say. are there any places that are deemed safe now for _ say. are there any places that are deemed safe now for people - say. are there any places that are deemed safe now for people to i say. are there any places that are l deemed safe now for people to go? say. are there any places that are - deemed safe now for people to go? we have heard in the past from israel saying they will provide safe routes, they have even said that when it comes to the evacuation of the hospital. but we are, in your

knowledge of gaza, with the safe routes to be now?— knowledge of gaza, with the safe routes to be now? ., ., routes to be now? nowhere. nowhere. there isn't really _ routes to be now? nowhere. nowhere. there isn't really any _ routes to be now? nowhere. nowhere. there isn't really any place _ routes to be now? nowhere. nowhere. there isn't really any place that - routes to be now? nowhere. nowhere. there isn't really any place that is - there isn't really any place that is safe in gaza. we have seen in the past months, even on those supposedly safer outs, people have been targeted and killed. and those with them weren't able to take them, pick them up and bury them. they had to leave them there and it was only during that brief ceasefire that people were able to reach some of the bodies and laid them to rest. there is a certainty about the lack of protection, the lack of safety in gaza and like i said, rafah under threat, khan younis, which is a large portion of southern gaza, still an active area of hostilities. that leaves a very small portion in the centre of gaza, which is already full of displaced people. where they

will go, it is an open question that is keeping everyone up at night. stand is keeping everyone up at night. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the hamas government are hiding in rafah and that is why there has been talk of this likely assault. , , assault. they were hiding elsewhere and weren't — assault. they were hiding elsewhere and weren't found, _ assault. they were hiding elsewhere and weren't found, and _ assault. they were hiding elsewhere and weren't found, and at _ assault. they were hiding elsewhere and weren't found, and at another i and weren't found, and at another hospital and weren't found. these claims continue to be repeated and often we have to remember that the israeli plans, as they showed in their official documents from day one, was to level gaza, to destroy it beyond repair and to really make it beyond repair and to really make it uninhabitable. that is already pretty much achieved. rafah is a very small town, it is one of the most impoverished areas of the gaza strip, which was already very pure. destroying it would basically mean

that more than 60 or 70% of buildings in gaza will be levelled and people will have very few places to even set up camps. the excuses or the pretexts don't mean much to palestinians because they understand what the ultimate objective, in their opinion, is, which is to destroy as as they have heard repeatedly from israeli leaders. thank you for sharing your perspective. let's take your life to the hague where we can see families, around 100 representatives of hostages taken on the 7th of october in those attacks by hamas. they have flown to the hague to file what they describe as a crimes against humanity charge against hamas leaders. they are filing that at the international criminal court at the hague. israel maintains that the purpose of its war in gaza is to

eliminate hamas and return all of the hostages back home, and so as you can see there, on the stage, behind the speaker, at the hague, relatives, family members whose loved ones are still being held hostage, holding photos of their loved ones as a speaker continues. and spokesperson for the campaign group said we are the families of the hostages who have gone through and are still going through this terrible hell. for now, we will leave those pictures in the hague as that event continues. israel has launched what it has called an extensive wave of air strikes on southern lebanon after a woman in northern israel was killed by rocket fire from lebanon. video footage posted online shows big explosions in several areas of south lebanon.

the israeli military said that it will give more detail in the coming hours. earlier they said a barrage of rockets from lebanon, which appears to have been carried out by hezbollah, targeted its northern command headquarters in safed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's have a look at some of the other stories making the news here in the uk. ultra—processed foods should be clearly labelled say experts. scientists said the warnings were needed because some ultra—processed foods could fall into the healthy green category of the traffic light system and some people might not be aware what they were buying was a process. these types of food has been linked to obesity as well as heart disease. more than a hundred people have been

more than a hundred families looking after severely disabled adults and children outside hospital have told the bbc that the nhs is failing to provide enough vital support. the health service says help is based on individual needs — and guidelines ensure consistency across england and wales. but some families describe the system as adversarial. violence and abuse against shop workers rose to 1,300 incidents a day last year — according to a leading trade body. incidents against staff were up by 50% in the year to september 2023 — up from 870 incidents a day the year before. your life with bbc news. here in the uk, the leader of the opposition, is facing growing pressure over the culture within the party. labour's sir keir starmer, is facing a deepening row about anti—semitism and his handling of the suspension of two election candidates, both of whom were at a meeting where anti—israel comments were made. after the party withdrew support for its candidate for the rochdale by—election, azhar ali

a second candidate is facing an investigation. grahamjones, who's the former labour mp for hyndburn, was at the same meeting. a third politician has been called in for a meeting, the labour leader for hyndburn borough council. it is understood he was at the meeting. there is no evidence at the moment that he said anything that would be perceived as anti—semitic or anti—israel and he has not been suspended, but he has been spoken to by the party. there have been calls this morning from thejewish labour movement for all of those elected politicians, who were present, to be suspended because they were at a meeting where anti—semitic comments were apparently made and those don't appear to have been reported at the time when it happened back in october. as for graham jones, he

time when it happened back in october. as for grahamjones, he has 0ctober. as for grahamjones, he has suggested in this meeting that jewish people shouldn't be fighting for israel. that is clearly anti—israel and again, it is the issue of being a bystander there, which may prove to be a problem for him, as a labour party seeks to suggest it has eradicated anti—semitism from the party, a key pledge for keir starmer. it is uncomfortable for them to be seen to have these candidates and the are insisting the identity evidence on all the candidates for election. results are governing in for one of the largest elections in the wild in indonesia. indonesia's prabowo subianto says he looks to be on track for a first round win in the country's more than 200 million people were able to vote in the country's

islands across three time zones. we can build life to jakarta and joined my colleague who has the very latest. it has been quite a breathtaking election to witness here on the ground. if you haven't already, i urge you to go to the life page and you can see all the colour and pageantry of the elections. a very engaged electorate. as you mentioned, prabowo subianto is ahead in the early counting. this is not the official results, the official results will be tabulated and could come out as much as 35 days from now. but the sample has proved to be accurate in the past and it pointed to a victory for prabowo subianto, well ahead of his two other rivals. he was here a moment ago, he came on like a rock star atop a cart waving to visitors or spectators as he arrived, and he also left in the same way. we nearly got caught up in

the crash as everyone wanted to get a glimpse of him. while he was here to celebrate what he claims to be a close to a victory, he said we still have to wait for official results, but he said we believe indonesian democracy is running well. you are on to say people have determined undecided. i'm going to get the faults of a guess now, an associate professor in public governance at the university of indonesia. talk to me but about what we witness today with regards to indonesia's democracy. we know it is a huge sprawling democracy, a very difficult one to sort of undertake logistically. it seems like democracy has played out well. it shows that indonesia will be able to maintain _ shows that indonesia will be able to maintain its new tradition here which — maintain its new tradition here which is — maintain its new tradition here which is to— maintain its new tradition here which is to have a virtually free and fair— which is to have a virtually free and fair election, but that is only part of— and fair election, but that is only part of democracy. there is still a

whole _ part of democracy. there is still a whole lot — part of democracy. there is still a whole lot lot of work for other parts — whole lot lot of work for other parts of — whole lot lot of work for other parts of democracy, that state law enforcement, the protection of rights, — enforcement, the protection of rights, and to ensure independent and impartial democracy, ithink that will— and impartial democracy, ithink that will be the most challenging. indonesia — that will be the most challenging. indonesia have relatively free media but the _ indonesia have relatively free media but the hard part of improving the quality— but the hard part of improving the quality of— but the hard part of improving the quality of democracy, which is law enforcement as addition, chrissie, impartial— enforcement as addition, chrissie, impartial bureaucracy and merit chrissie — impartial bureaucracy and merit chrissie and protection of human rights _ chrissie and protection of human rights. there are still a lot of work— rights. there are still a lot of work to— rights. there are still a lot of work to do. there are still questions of whether the government is going _ questions of whether the government is going to _ questions of whether the government is going to be sworn as a new president— is going to be sworn as a new

president here on october, we will be able _ president here on october, we will be able to— president here on october, we will be able to deliver that challenge. we will— be able to deliver that challenge. we will be watching. our coverage comes to an end, you can hear the secrecy around us as people stream out and are ready to go home after what has been an incredible day here in jakarta what has been an incredible day here injakarta and across all of indonesia for this presidential election, which seems to have a former general prabowo subianto, his third attempt to win the presidency and all indications are pointing to the fact he might get there this time. . ~ the fact he might get there this time. ., ~' ,, , . the fact he might get there this time. ., , . a ,, time. thank you very much. as steve mentioned earlier, _ time. thank you very much. as steve mentioned earlier, we _ time. thank you very much. as steve mentioned earlier, we are _ time. thank you very much. as steve mentioned earlier, we are live - time. thank you very much. as steve mentioned earlier, we are live in -- i mentioned earlier, we are live in —— we are running a life page with the results from the election. he here in the uk — inflation has remained at 4 percent — the level it was in december — according to figures released today. while it's better than the forecast 4.2 percent — it is still twice the government's target figure of 2 %. the biggest upward factor was rising gas and electricity costs — the biggest downward factor was furniture and food.

it's the first time that monthy food prices have fallen since september 2021. let's speak to sarah coles, head of personal finance at financial services company, hargreaves lansdown. good to talk to you. it is a mixed picture because although it is not as high as forecast, it is still double what the government wants it to be. it double what the government wants it to be. , ., ., _, double what the government wants it tobe. , ., ., to be. it is going to come as a relief to people _ to be. it is going to come as a relief to people but _ to be. it is going to come as a relief to people but it - to be. it is going to come as a relief to people but it is - to be. it is going to come as a relief to people but it is lowerj relief to people but it is lower than commonest expected. the impact of the prices following makes a huge difference, and that is the one thing surveys have shown that people notice above everything else, as food prices. there are some good news in there. but we are a long way from that 2% target. it is predicted to to see inflation fell from here, so it is likely to fall fairly sharply and briefly hit that target.

unfortunately it is going to bounce straight back again so we have hit a bit of a bump. inflation went up last month, it has stayed the same this time, it is going to be bumpy from here. it is going to be down and then up and then following again. as you say, it is a mixed bag. a, again. as you say, it is a mixed baa. �* again. as you say, it is a mixed ba., �* again. as you say, it is a mixed bai, �* again. as you say, it is a mixed ba. ~ ., bag. a mixed bag. one thing that does iive bag. a mixed bag. one thing that does give us _ bag. a mixed bag. one thing that does give us some _ bag. a mixed bag. one thing that does give us some hope - bag. a mixed bag. one thing that does give us some hope that - bag. a mixed bag. one thing that l does give us some hope that things are slightly getting better as it is the first time that food prices have fallen since september 2021. what has driven backdrop?— fallen since september 2021. what has driven backdrop? comfort eaters will be delighted _ has driven backdrop? comfort eaters will be delighted to _ has driven backdrop? comfort eaters will be delighted to know— has driven backdrop? comfort eaters will be delighted to know that - has driven backdrop? comfort eaters will be delighted to know that cakes | will be delighted to know that cakes and chocolate biscuits and crisps all contributed to the drop, but there has also been some cuts and some of the staples so things like milk and butter. we saw those prices fell significantly. milk and butter. we saw those prices fellsignificantly. it milk and butter. we saw those prices fell significantly. it is worth bearing in mind it is not a case of everyone going wild in the aisles because food prices are still up 25%, so this is an immediate drop from what has been a very high level

but we are seeing some of those prices... it is worth saying alcoholic drink and tobacco are still rising quite quickly. as i think that cocoa and sugar. it depends what you buy. fine think that cocoa and sugar. it depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing — depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing to _ depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing to concern _ depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing to concern a _ depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing to concern a lot - depends what you buy. one thing that is continuing to concern a lot of - is continuing to concern a lot of people across the country is the cost of gas and electricity, which continues to rise.— cost of gas and electricity, which continues to rise. yes, it has gone u . continues to rise. yes, it has gone u- in continues to rise. yes, it has gone up injanuary- _ continues to rise. yes, it has gone up in january- the _ continues to rise. yes, it has gone up in january. the strange - continues to rise. yes, it has gone up in january. the strange thing i up injanuary. the strange thing about gas and amateur city as we do know in advance what is going to happen next and we are likely to see that come off of it. i think one of the things to bear in mind is when we look at this short—term inflation figures, we are only looking at the most recent year. and of the most recent year gas in which is the prices are cheaper so it looks on paper like great news. but if you go back a bit further, they are almost double what they were before this huge inflation of gas and electricity prices started, so you can see why a lot of people are struggling to make ends meet and get

government figures show about two in five are struggling with their energy bills in particular. there are some positive looking forward, we are going to expect those bills to come down. it we are going to expect those bills to come down.— we are going to expect those bills to come down. , , ~ ., to come down. it seems like a mixed bai toda . to come down. it seems like a mixed bag today- thank _ to come down. it seems like a mixed bag today. thank you _ to come down. it seems like a mixed bag today. thank you very _ to come down. it seems like a mixed bag today. thank you very much. - to come down. it seems like a mixed bag today. thank you very much. if l bag today. thank you very much. if you want more on the uk inflation figures today, we will have more on that here on world business report shortly. i will be back after a shortly. i will be back after a short break. hello, there. there was a great view of the northern lights last night across northern parts of scotland helped by clear skies, a temperature of “4. it was a lot milder elsewhere, but we still have a lot of cloud around today and over the hills in particular its grey, misty and murky. still on the chilly side across northern parts of mainland scotland with the cloud coming in after that cold start, but very mild elsewhere and temperatures are higher than they were yesterday. but we still have a lot of cloud, still some rain and drizzle. nothing particularly heavy so far,

but after dark i think it may well get wetter, the rain becoming more persistent and heavier and moving northwards into scotland, so getting much wetter here and it will lift the temperatures here as well. otherwise, those temperatures not really changing very much at all overnight. it will be a very mild start to thursday. that milder air is coming in on that southerly breeze, that is ahead of this weather front here which will start to take some rain eastwards through the day on thursday. we've still got the overnight rain in scotland, a wet start here in the morning, that rain pushes northwards, the rain clears northern ireland, heads back into scotland but we could see some heavier rain coming into the south—west of england and the midlands. but ahead of that further east may well brighten up, there should be some sunshine coming through as well. our average maximum temperatures at this time of the year are around about 8 or 9 degrees, but tomorrow it could be even milder than today, particularly across eastern parts of england —15, 16, maybe 17 degrees if the sunshine does come out.

it will probably feel a little bit more like spring. but we have some way to go to beat the all—time february record, that was set in 2019. that weather front does take some rain eastwards on thursday night, there are more weather fronts in the atlantic. that one is going to fade away. this one, though, will bring some rain in from the west over the weekend. but after the overnight rain clears away from east anglia and the south—east, we're left with some sunshine here and there, a few showers becoming more confined to england and wales. a lot of places will be dry, though, on friday. temperatures not quite as high but still on the mild side, 12 in the central belt of scotland and 1a in the south—east of england. quickly onto saturday, a fair bit of cloud around, it could be misty and murky to begin with. some sunshine for eastern areas. out towards the west, our band of rain on that weather front arrives, so turning wetter here, but ahead of that, the air is still quite mild for this time of the year.

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app give any big lyft, the right healing app discovers a healthy profit in the back seat. so why are drivers walking out? welcome to world business report, i'm mark lobel. the uk inflation rate remains unchanged at 4% injanuary, the same rate as december. forecasters had expected the figure to go up due to a rise in prices. the bank of england's target, set by the government, is 2%. in a bid to curb inflation, the bank of england has been pushing interest rates up sharply over the past couple of years to 5.25% — but has held rates at its last four meetings. speaking after the figures were announced, the uk finance minister, chancellorjeremy hunt, remained confident the government was still on the right track: remained confident the government inflation remained confident the government never falls in a line. inflation never falls in a straight line. although it is welcome that it has not gone up today, it is still double the target level of 2% and we're not going to be able to relieve pressure on families until we hit that target, and the bank of

england feels able to reduce interest rates, so