they say they've had no access to his body — and they believe it's being deliberately withheld to allow the authorities to cover their tracks. russian officials say it's because an investigation is ongoing. vigils mourning alexei navalny and expressing outrage at his death have continued around the world, this the scene outside the russian embassy in london. in san francisco, people gathered outside city hall, some holding banners accusing president putin of murder. in russia itself, more than 350 people have been detained for attending memorials. here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. in moscow, they continue to bring flowers and pay respects to alexei navalny, the kremlin�*s most vocal critic who has died in prison. move along, you can't stay here, the policeman says. we have the right to be here, she shouts, we want to and we will stand here.

someone adds, this street isn't yours, it belongs to everyone. the riot police don't seem to think so. there are cries of disgrace, shame, as police start to clear the area. and then the arrests. across russia, hundreds of people had been detained at events commemorating the late opposition leader. these are the last known images of alexei navalny from two days ago. the russian authorities claim he died the next day after falling unconscious. today, his mother arrived at the remote penal colony where he died, beyond the arctic circle. she was told her son's body had been taken to a local morgue, but... the body isn't there,

so his prisonjust lied to his lawyer and his mother that the body is there. we don't have any clue where he is now and what is happening to him, and when it will be given to the family. we do know one thing, the russian authorities are saying very little about what happened. the death of alexei navalny is a huge story outside russia, but here it is being kept out of the headlines, barely mentioned by the state media, as if the kremlin is hoping out of sight, out of mind. not everyone is out laying flowers, but everyone we spoke to had heard about his death, though there was a mixed reaction. it is very sad, he says, and it is bad there are political prisoners. but she says she's not interested, she doesn't care about politics. indifference suits the authorities.

to his supporters, alexei navalny will always be a symbol that change is possible. but the kremlin will be hoping most russians won't care enough to make him a martyr. to learn more about the potential impact of navalny�*s death we spoke to peter pomerantsev, a soviet—born british journalist and senior fellow at the institute of global affairs at the london school of economics. unless something very dramatic happens, there is no opposition within russia now in a sense of an organised protest movement. there was one, alexei navalny lead it, but that is none. people's attitudes are sober and balance, so never a mass of people with the same views, a broad—spectrum of different people. what he did have was courage and bravery. it is important to understand we don't have party politics in russia, politics

in the classical sense. you have the moral drama, which is the essence of the system. a system based around breaking people, getting them to kneel and kiss putin's feet. he wouldn't do that, he refused to bend, refused to break and a model of courage. that's why he inspired people, but when you are a courageous man in a country of conformists, people begrudge you. if you are a conformist and you see the guy being brave, you might not like them. there was always two sides, it made people feel ashamed. maybe some were not that upset when putin crushed him as well. the widow of alexander litvinenko has also been responding to the death of alexi navalny. litvinenko was a russian spy who then became a british citizen, and was fatally poisoned in london in 2006.

the european court of human rights found russia was responsible for his killing and the uk said it was probably approved by vladimir putin. russia has always denied any involvement in his murder. marina litvinenko says the world must respond to navalny�*s death when my husband died, i hardly can talk for a week, even more. ijust couldn't believe if anybody want to kill my voice, what can i tell people? but you did the right things, because your husband was so well—known in russia, abroad. she needs to keep his words alive. she is now his voice. i want people to support you, help your family, because as long as you will be able

to talk, she will drive this attention and everybody will remember him. it was shocking news because i have a tiny hope. when putin's resume collapsed, alexei navalny would be able to get out of prison and started his political career. i'm not saying he became a leader of new russia, but he could have a chance to do it. unfortunately, it was a dream, and now we all have to agree putin has another person who he wanted to kill. i am sure now after what happened, international community needs to be more strong. and not make only good words to say how the regret and simplifies for the family, but making real action and

make it possible not any other people in prison now, and other politicians. but it needs to be done something, but it will be done only if putin collapses. without that, i don't think people will survive. ukraine says its troops have withdrawn from a key city in the east of the country. for months, russian forces have been on the offensive around avdiivka and now almost completely encircled it. ukraine's president zelensky says the decision to withdraw was taken in order to save soldiers�* lives. speaking at a security conference in munich, he repeated his request for more financial and military aid to help his forces fight russia. our correspondent andrew harding is in the donbas region, close to the city, and sent this report. ukrainian troops film themselves as they withdraw from avdiivka. exhausted after the longest

and perhaps the bloodiest battle of the war so far. russian shells still landing close by. in the town centre, a russian flag is raised and another on a rooftop in one of the town's industrial areas. the kremlin is already crowing, releasing footage of russian fighterjets in action. air power has played a big role in this victory. on the ground, ukrainian forces have also been struggling with acute shortages of men and in particular of ammunition. so these are the last two shells that you have? "yes," this artillery officer told us this week, blaming western nations for halting supplies. the result? ukrainian infantry fighting to hold on to avdiivka have been heavily

outgunned by as much as ten to one. and so eventually, ukraine ordered a withdrawal. at times, well organised, but not always. here, a ukrainian armoured vehicle is hit by a drone. overall, though, russia has lost far more men here, perhaps tens of thousands. so now what? on its own, the fall of this one small town won't change the course of the war. but again, russia has shown its sheer determination, its massive firepower and its willingness to sustain very heavy casualties. and none of that is good news for ukraine. no wonder towns nearby are nervous. every day i think about the future. not only this town, about every town.

that they may be next? yes. for now in avdiivka, the russians are once more lords of the rubble. andrew harding, bbc news, eastern ukraine. for more on what's happening in ukraine, we spoke to defence analystjonathan marcus, who told us how significant recent gains by russia have been. it is very significant. it is the first significant russian advance since much earlier last year. russia clearly now has the initiative, it is on the point of trying to take back territory that the ukrainians captured last year and a number of other areas. of course, much of it is due to the fact the russians are willing to expend huge numbers of lives and losses of equipment to make this headway, but also the fact as president zelensky was saying in munich earlier today, the ukrainians are suffering from

a dramatic shortage in ammunition. this is in many ways an intensely artillery war. shells are being fired at volumes perhaps nobody has seen or even imagined would be the case in modern warfare, for a very long time now. because of essentially the us delay, the halt in this huge aid package to ukraine, largely because of the republicans in the house of representatives, the ukrainians are starved of ammunition. you hear stories of factories down to very small numbers of shells, or no shells, they have propellant with the fire but no ammunition as such. they have the ammunition but don't have the propellants. it is a serious case, the ukrainians have pulled back into avdiivka. they had little choice, they wanted to extricate their men and equipment.

as i say, it means the russians have the initiative, and the hope clearly for president zelensky and supporters of ukraine is that these events galvanise opinion in the west, and perhaps bring about some sort of serious urgency in actually giving ukraine the wherewithal to defend itself. we are getting news president biden has spoken to solanke ski, and he has spoken to solanke ski, and he has said —— president zelensky. he said he can count on your support and believes the wise decision of the us congress, the package which has been for ukraine, held up in congress. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has vowed to carry on the war against hamas regardless of international pressure.

in a televised speech, he insisted victory was within sight. he said nothing would stop israel achieving its goals, which included destroying hamas in rafah where a million palestinian refugees have sought shelter. he said not entering the southern gazan city would mean losing the war. we are now fighting in the capital of terrorism, did recent days we've reach places the enemy could not imagine us reaching. we have demolished most hamas battalions and we won't stop until we destroy all of them. this is a necessary condition in order to achieve victory. we will hunt down the terrorists, but the use of hamas escaping from one tunnel to the next, and we will reach them ultimately and settle the score. it's only a matter of time. two days ago i spoke again with president of the usjoe biden. i speak with leaders from different countries everyday and i say to them, israel

will fight until it achieves absolute victory. this includes also operating in rafah. we will allow the civilians to move on to safer places. those who seek to stop us operating in rafah or saying we should lose the war, but i will not agree to that. should lose the war, but i will not agree to that-— should lose the war, but i will not agree to that. ben'amin netanyahu seak in a agree to that. ben'amin netanyahu speak in a short _ agree to that. benjamin netanyahu speak in a short while _ agree to that. benjamin netanyahu speak in a short while ago. - the president of israel, isaac herzog, has joined world leaders at the munich security conference. he said he met the prime minister of qatar — a country which israel has no diplomatic relations, but is hosting talks aimed at negotiating a ceasefire in gaza. mr herzog said normalising relations with saudi arabia — which had seemed increasingly likely before the war — would be a "victory over hamas". here in the uk, tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro—palestinian march in central london. 11 people were arrested. the protesters walked to a location

near the israeli embassy, where speeches were made. demonstrators were calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the government is considering plans to allow dentists from abroad to work in england without taking an exam to check their education and skills. the proposal, which is subject to a three—month consultation, aims to address the severe shortage of nhs dentists. it is hoped a quicker process would attract more dentists. but the british dental association has accused the government of avoiding the issues "forcing" dentists to quit. we spoke to eddie crouch, who is the chairman of the british dental association. well, we know a significant number of people who sit the current overseas registration examination are unsuccessful. so, there is a cohort of people that are taking the current exams that the gdc deem unfit to actuallyjoin the register. but the significant problem here is that the government are trying to fix a problem by filling up a bucket, a leaky

bucket of people who are leaving the profession. and there is absolutely no guarantee that these overseas graduates, when they come to the uk to work, will enjoy the system in the nhs any more than home—grown dentists, and they too will end up perhaps leaving the nhs. the gdc themselves say that there is no guarantee by importing more dentists that it will solve the problem of nhs dentistry and that needs to be fixed first. here, many sub—postmasters who were wrongly accused of theft and fraud are still fighting for compensation — despite the scandal now being recognised as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in uk history. the cases taking the longest to resolve involve the victims who were forced to declare bankruptcy in order to pay back the losses they were accused of making. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has more. tony downey is finally heading

back to his old home in the lake district. it has taken him 15 years to have the courage to return. tony bought the hawkshead post office in 2001. he said it was buzzing and a dream come true. it's a childcare centre now. what's it like to be back? overwhelming, to be honest. a lot of emotions after 15 years of not coming back here. now i live in spain in a rented apartment with no career, no money, no pension, no nothing. tony had £35,000 of shortfalls at his branch. he and his wife used their savings and credit cards to balance the books. when another £7,000 of losses appeared, they could not pay any more. tony resigned and sold up, advised to go bankrupt two months later. he is still nervous about who he might meet here, but not diane. she bought the post office from him and guess what —

she had shortfalls too. it was tony who encouraged her to claim for compensation. i've been on antidepressants ever since all this started. we had several audits, each time they were demanding money. the last one we had said you either pay £1,200 now or you are going to be prosecuted. you think, crikey, we will be led out of here in handcuffs! this is awful! we had £3,000 and they literally made my wife go to the bank, and she went to our friends to borrow money and we had to pay it by half past four. i thought it was me, you thought it was you, and it wasn't — it was the computer system. same post office. same problems. here's the thing — the post office has accepted that horizon was to blame for tony's losses at his branch but they won't admit causing his bankruptcy. so far, he has ended up withjust £10,000 worth of damages,

far less than he is owed. the rest of the £1a0,000 worth of compensation has gone straight to the official receiver to pay off his bankruptcy debts. in a statement, the post office said... tony is doing that. his legal team are dealing with most of the bankruptcy cases. the enemy is time. the fear and worry we have is that people are left in a situation where they have to throw the towel in because time is running out and they want some sort of resolution or some sort of access to money.

he believes tony has got a very strong case. just how long will it take to unravel? emma simpson, bbc news, hawkshead. hungarian prime minister viktor orban has promised a package of new child protection laws, in response to a paedophile scandal that has shaken his party. in his annual state of the nation speech, he praised president katalin novak for her decision to step down, and called for parliament to elect a new head of state urgently. mr orban had this to say about the high—profile resignations that had taken place in recent weeks. translation: if there was a time machine and we could fly back - to the past, i'm sure the former president and justice minister would correct the mistake, but there isn't one. it is up to the government to reset and restore the moral order and bring a legal remedy as well for the situation. children are untouchable, harming them leads of the most

harming them leads to the most severe punishment, and there's no place for pardon. therefore, the resignation was right and it makes us stronger. the bbc�*s nick thorpe is in budapest — and has more details about that child abuse scandal. yes, this was the biggest shock ever to his government, and we should remember he's been in powerfor14 years. his government was shaken by it. the president gave clemency to the deputy director of an orphanage who had been convicted of covering up for the sexual crimes against children of his boss in the orphanage. the president resigned over this, the ex minister of justice resigned, and a calvinist bishop resigned. mr orban, in his speech, a controversial issue for a

government which has put child protection as a cornerstone of its policy, he said the president, the former president and the minister ofjustice had made the right decision. he said they were right to step down, and now his government needed to move beyond it. he said there was more credibility in just those two women than in the whole left—wing opposition. quite a fighting speech from the prime minister, trying to reassure his supporters, and critics of the government. you can hear them behind me, and they've been scattering 500 euros notes on the floor, to allegations of corruption. mr orban tried to reassure his supporters he's back in control and they will put the scandal behind him. now, how would you like to live on mars? us space agency nasa is looking for four new volunteers to spend a year living and working inside a base that simulates the martian surface, to prepares forfuture missions

to the red planet. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. this is real footage of the surface of mars. it has been taken by nasa's rover that's been on the planet since february 2021, collecting rock samples. now, this is sand at thejohnson space center in houston, texas. it is meant to mimic the surface of mars. the reason? well, the space agency wants martians. well, volunteers who are willing to spend a year inside an artificial complex. the 3d printed habitat is 518 square metres. it simulates the challenges of a mission on mars. the space includes four bedrooms, a living area, medical room, and a vertical farm to grow things. whilst locked inside, the crew will be given a series of challenges that will mirror those of a true mars mission. they will have to overcome isolation, equipment failure, communication delays,

and conduct experiments to measure the impact of life on mars for possible future missions to the red planet. officials hope the data gathered will help them plan for everything, from the mental impact to more mundane things like furniture layout. so, if you fancy a life on mars, you're going to need to be healthy, motivated, between the ages of 30 and 55, a nonsmoker, speak english and be a us citizen. oh, and you're going to have to get used to eating space food for a year. there is already a crew of four inside the complex. they are due out later this year and have already been conducting experiments. nasa itself says it hopes to launch astronauts up to mars in the late 2030s or early 2040s, and thatjourney itself will take seven months. the japanese space agency has launched its new flagship h3 rocket on a two—hour test flight,

after years of delays and two aborted attempts. the h3 had a successful liftoff from kagoshima on saturday and the space agency says the rocket has already released one micro—satellite. compared to its predecessor, the h3 is cheaper and has a greater payload capacity. hello there. good evening. some very mild air across the uk at the moment. some pretty spring—like scenes too, such as here in perth and kinross, lots of snowdrops. but for many it's been a grey, damp and drizzly day today. the ground already saturated too, in places, especially out towards the west. and there's a band of heavy rain sweeping eastwards overnight tonight — could potentially lead to some more surface water flooding. of course, very large puddles out there, as this heavy rain just pushes southwards and eastwards through the night, moving into shetland and lingering across east anglia and the far south east of england. but some clear spells developing behind, although temperatures won't drop very far,

staying in double figures for most. a few isolated showers out towards the north and the west as we head into tomorrow morning. but a rather soggy start to the day across the south east of england, down towards the south coast as well, east anglia and across shetland. the rain will eventually clear, but it could linger on for some as we head even into the first part of the afternoon, but it will turn gradually more showery. that rain, cloud behind it, the cloud breaking up to leave us with some bright and some sunny spells. but for many, i think it will stay largely dry through the day on sunday. some isolated showers again out towards the west of scotland, werha ps western wales and northern ireland, but mostly dry. temperatures again well above the seasonal average, peaking between ten and 1a, maybe even 15 degrees celsius. next week, though, temperatures will be dipping back down to the seasonal average. so it will be feeling colder, particularly by night. and it's still going to be rather unsettled. various areas of low pressure moving in from the atlantic, including another one on sunday night and into monday. and that's going to bring us some

showery outbreaks of rain. it's all pushing its way further southwards and eastwards, gradually fizzling out. lots of brighter skies behind it, along with a northwesterly wind. and again, a few isolated showers in the north and the west, but a definite dip in temperature there, feeling a little fresher by a couple of degrees. and it will be feeling cooler, too, on monday night, with many of our temperatures widely dropping back into mid—single figures. there's another weather front coming through on tuesday. strong, gusty winds as we head through wednesday, with more heavy, persistent rain for the south of england. so here's the temperature outlook for our capital cities as we head through next week. it will be feeling cooler and it will stay unsettled. wet, very windy at times. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the whereabouts of the body of the late russian opposition figure alexei navalny remain unknown after the russian authorities refused to release it to his family. we don't have any clue where he is now, and what is happening to him. and when it will be given to the family. and when it will be given to the family. the us vice president warns republicans in washington not to play political games over support for ukraine after a frontline town was lost to invading russians. israel's prime minister insists he won't bow to international pressure over israel's offensive in gaza.

hungary's prime minister viktor orban promises a package of new child protection laws in response to a paedophile scandal that's shaken his party. and nasa is on a hunt for martians. the space agency wants four volunteers prepared to spend a year living and working inside a base that simulates the surface of the red planet. now on bbc news it is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. england struggle in rajkot as india find their groove to gain the upper hand in the 3rd test. you have to stay level. these things are going to happen and today was one of them. liverpool are out in front

but the league leaders suffer more