you'll make the united states has ro osed you'll make the united states i—s proposed this alternative resolution, and in fact talks haven't even started on that resolution yet, members are still waiting to formally get it to begin those negotiations, but the united states proposed this over the weekend after they signalled that they would veto this. in the us resolution uses stronger language thanit resolution uses stronger language

than it has before, for the first time using the word cease—fire. it calls for a temporary cease fire as soon a practicable. now that's language we've already heard presidentjoe biden using in his talks with benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, and trying to push forward these six—week pause. but the fact that united states is putting this in a potential resolution here at the security council, it will certainly get israel's attention, it is certainly trying to signal to the community that it understands there is a real concern and pressure on the united states to use its leverage to get israel to bring in its military operations. in the united states draught does specifically warn that it opposes an operation into at ralph, saying it would harm more civilians, displace

them to other countries dash one. so some strongly which on rafah but still, the resolution falling short on what clearly members here in the security council want, a cease—fire. ina rare in a rare move, prince william has released a statement calling for an end to the fighting. he says... the prince of wales released the statement shortly visiting the british red cross in london. the organisation has provided humanitarian and medical support in the region. here are the pictures just in. red cross workers told the prince about their work to support those traumatised by the loss and destruction.

he is said to have felt strongly about what has happened in the middle east and is also said to be "deeply moved as a father". with more on this, our royal correspondent sean coughlan. this seems to be quite unusual to get such an intervention from a member of the royal family. get such an intervention from a member of the royalfamily. it is get such an intervention from a member of the royal family. it is a siunificant member of the royal family. it is a significant intervention _ member of the royal family. it is a significant intervention and - significant intervention and something that he feels strongly about, and as you mentioned the language itself is quite emotional. he clearly has expressed feelings about the tragic loss of life. putting it into context, we should say that such statements will be made after the government has been informed and he would've shared this statement, talking about this visit to the red cross before, so there is some broader awareness of it, it's

not clearly an individual approach. it's also a very carefully constructed statement, strong and emotional, but carefully balanced — calls for an urgent humanitarian response to bring aid to gaza, but also talks about the necessity of releasing hostages. it's a clearly carefully calibrated intervention. it's also part of a wider set of measures that the prince of wales is planning, some events and engagements. undervery planning, some events and engagements. under very difficult circumstances they are working there to support civilian population. later in the month he'll be going to a synagogue and hearing about young people in rafah trying to tackle anti—semitism. so it's quite carefully calculated and sensitively put together responses to the conflict in israel and gaza. find conflict in israel and gaza. and what reaction _ conflict in israel and gaza. and what reaction has _ conflict in israel and gaza. and what reaction has there been to this statement from prince william? 50

statement from prince william? so far statement from prince william? sr far we've heard from preminger rishi sunak, who endorsed what prince william said — he was speaking through a spokesperson test prime minister rishi sunak. but the statement was thought to be inclusive, the language itself sensitive to avoid any sort of intrusion on diplomatic measures. he talked about ending the fighting a suit as possible, doesn't use the word cease—fire, so it's a very carefully put together statement which has lots of admissions of symbolic impact, at the same time will be careful to observe other government approaches on this. thank ou, sean. for the first time since the conflict began in october, britain's opposition labour party is calling for an "immediate" humanitarian ceasefire in gaza, for the first time since the conflict began in october. it follows days of internal party debate over a parliamentary motion tabled by the scottish national party, which calls for a ceasefire.

shadow foreign secretary david lammy said labour had shifted position because the situation in gaza had "evolved". will speak to the shadow foreign secretary david lammy later in the programme. the russian news agency tass says prosecutors have opened a criminal case against oleg navalny, the brother of russian opposition figure alexei navalny, who died in prison on friday. it's not clear what he's accused of, but tass says police are searching for oleg navalny, who was already on the wanted list in 2014, oleg navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in prison forfraud, in a case kremlin critics said was trumped up and designed to pile pressure on his late brother. meanwhile, navalny�*s family have still not been allowed to take his body home. they say authorities are deliberately keeping his body from them.

his family have been told they won't get access for another two weeks, because more chemical analysis is needed. his widow, yulia navalnaya, said she sees no other reason for russia keeping his body, than to let traces of poisoning from the nerve agent novichok disappear. a kremlin spokesman dismissed the allegations. saying they were absolutely unfounded and obnoxious. his mother has demanded president putin release the body to her. lyudmila navalnaya said she wanted his body to be released immediately so she could give him a decent burial. translation: behind my back, there is a colony - _ k3, the polar wolf — where on 16th february, my son alexei navalny died. it's the fifth day that i cannot see him. they won't hand over his body to me and they won't even tell me where he is. i speak to you, vladimir putin. the decision on the question depends only on you. let me finally see my son. i demand you immediately hand over the body of alexei

so that i can bury him. the russian security service — the fsb — says it has arrested a russian—american dual citizen, suspected of treason and raising funds for ukraine. these are pictures from a russian tv show showing the 33—year—old woman who was detained in the ural region's central city yekaterinburg. she is understood to be a resident of los angeles and stands accused of �*proactively collecting funds' that would fund aid and military supplies for ukraine. in russia, treason is punishable by life in prison. meanwhile, a russian military pilot who defected to ukraine last year has been killed in spain. maxim kuzminov piloted his helicopter across the border to ukraine in august, saying he was opposed to the invasion of ukraine. his death has been confirmed by ukraine's main intelligence directorate. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other

stories making news. cough syrups containing codeine linctus will no longer be sold in chemists in the uk because of concerns people are becoming addicted to the medicine. several brands will now only be available with a prescription. the uk medicines' regulator says there have been rising reports of dependence on codeine medicines over the past five years. the body shop announced that it its closing nearly half of its 198 stores in the uk and will reduce the size of its head office, leading to hundreds ofjob losses. last week, the uk business entered administration. administrators said that the brand's current portfolio is no longer viable after "years of unprofitability". a huge meteor�*s been seen in the skies over lincolnshire and other parts of eastern england. the fireball was captured by people as it passed yesterday afternoon. a meteor is a piece of space debris that burns up as it enters the earth's atmosphere creating a "shooting star".

you're live with bbc news. police in london believe they have found the body of the man suspected of carrying out a horrific chemical attack in south london last month. abdul shokoor ezedi was last seen on chelsea bridge on the same night a woman was attacked with a strong corrosive substance and her two young children were injured. the bbc�*s catherine byaruhanga has been at the southbank — near where the body was found — to bring us the latest. right here in the centre of london, in the shadow of tower bridge, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the capital that police say they found the body of abdul shokoor ezedi. now, he is wanted in connection with a chemical attack on a mother and her two children in south london. now, following this attack, there had been a nationwide operation to try and find mr ezedi and the police followed

different lines of inquiry, at one point they thought he had gone back to newcastle in the north of england where he had been living, at other times they carried out searches here in london and arrested a man believed to have been hiding mr ezedi, but once they followed cctv footage they say he ended up on chelsea bridge, not too far from where i am, and say he was leaning over the bridge and believe he had gone into the water. police say on monday evening they found a body that they believe was of mr ezedi. there has been an update from the metropolitan police. here is what commander jon savell had to say. i can now confirm that about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, the 19th of february, a passenger boat on the thames reported a sight of a body. our marine support unit attended the area around tower pier and recovered a man from the water.

because of the amount of time that the body has been in the water, it has not been obvious to do an easy visual identification or indeed get immediate finger prints. however, with the very distinctive clothing that was being worn and the property that we have found on the body, we are able to strongly believe that this is abdul ezedi. commanderjon savell there, and remember there was a mother and two children caught up in this attack. the mother, a 31—year—old woman, has been in hospital since the end of january. her injuries are believed to be life changing. police say she had been under sedation for much of the last three weeks. the update today is that she is in a stable condition, no longer under sedation, and they hope to start talking to her to try and piece together what happened in this attack.

now — an update on the nottingham attacks in which barney webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates were stabbed to death by valdo calocane. he was sentenced to detention in a high—security hospital after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. the attorney general has decided that the sentencing was unduly lenient and that it should now be referred to the court of appeal. the mother of barnaby webber responded to news of the appeal. i'm pleased to say it wasn't what we expected, so we have met with both the attorney general and the solicitor general this morning who have reviewed the referral for the unduly lenient sentence that was handed to valdo calocane. and what was the conclusion? the conclusion was effectively they agreed with us and that having reviewed all of the papers, they feel that it is appropriate

that it now gets referred to the court of appeal which will go to the royal court ofjustice with three high courtjudges who will review all of it and assess if they are also an agreement which could mean the sentencing also will change. as we've been covering, britain's opposition labour party is calling for an �*immediate' humanitarian ceasefire in gaza, for the first time since the conflict began in october. it follows days of internal party debate over a parliamentary motion tabled by the scottish national party — which calls for a ceasefire. let's speak to the shadow foreign secretary, david lammy. let me begin by asking you why you have changed your position. keir starmer sets _ have changed your position. keir starmer sets out _ have changed your position. lie: " starmer sets out in have changed your position. iie: " starmer sets out in his view months ago that if the situation changed on

the ground, of course we would meet that change. we are no 137 days into fighting. we see the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world as people face starvation and over 29,000 people have lost their lives, many of them women and children, and of course we are speaking powerful as he to say that the offensive planned on rafa must not go ahead. it is against that backdrop that wejoin not go ahead. it is against that backdrop that we join with our partners and major allies, austria canada and new zealand, who for the end of last week called for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire, we agree with them and we agree with the un and the 150 countries who also calls for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire. that is our position, and we have set out a very lengthy and detailed motion because

we also want to see that cease—fire last, and to see it last, we do need that road map to two states, to peace. israel must implement the recommendations of the icj, and it is hugely important that we see palestinian recognition as a road toward two states. let palestinian recognition as a road toward two states.— palestinian recognition as a road toward two states. let me ask you this, toward two states. let me ask you this. earlier _ toward two states. let me ask you this, earlier today _ toward two states. let me ask you this, earlier today that _ toward two states. let me ask you this, earlier today that you - toward two states. let me ask you this, earlier today that you said i this, earlier today that you said that labour is calling for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire because the situation now in gaza is intolerable. at what point in your view that you and your party believe it's a become intolerable? because there are many people who file was intolerable for many months, when you look at the death toll on andy humanitarian crisis.— humanitarian crisis. there were eo - le humanitarian crisis. there were peeple calling _ humanitarian crisis. there were people calling for _ humanitarian crisis. there were people calling for a _ humanitarian crisis. there were people calling for a cease-fire i humanitarian crisis. there were| people calling for a cease-fire a people calling for a cease—fire a few days after october seven and

into the beginning of november. we took the view, and many of our allies that the view that at that point, we would not get a cease—fire and the reason is because no hostages had been released at that point so we called for a pause, we got that pause and we did see many hostages released, although sadly over 100 hosta days are still in situ in gaza and importantly we saw many more trucks coming in to gaza across the rafah crossing and people getting the humanitarian aid they needed. very sadly, fighting resumed. here we are, 137 days in, it is clear that the suffering is intolerable. we absolutely stand against further action or offences on rafa. 1.5 million people have

been displaced from northern gaza to southern gaza, and we join with the bulk of the international community in saying that the time has come for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire. hostages can be released. aid can come into support people, and peace can come after negotiation and we get back to political dialogue. let negotiation and we get back to political dialogue.— negotiation and we get back to political dialogue. let me ask you this, ou political dialogue. let me ask you this, you mentioned _ political dialogue. let me ask you this, you mentioned sir— political dialogue. let me ask you this, you mentioned sir keir- political dialogue. let me ask you i this, you mentioned sir keir starmer piece at —— speech at chatham house on the 31st of october, at that point more than 8000 civilians had been killed in gaza, according to the figures from hamas. was that not already intolerable?— already intolerable? every life lost in any form _ already intolerable? every life lost in any form of _ already intolerable? every life lost in any form of war— already intolerable? every life lost in any form of war is _ already intolerable? every life lost in any form of war is intolerable. l in any form of war is intolerable. at that point, on the 31st of october, sir keir starmer ruled out a cease—fire and in fact said that"

a cease—fire and in fact said that" a cease—fire and in fact said that" a cease—fire always ceases any conflict in a state where comfort lies and he also said hamas would be an bulletin and start preparing for future violence immediately", has any of those things changed? you heard me say. — any of those things changed? you heard me say, at _ any of those things changed? i'm. heard me say, at that point no hostages had been released and there had been no voice —— pause, and little it had gotten at all. so that was the situation back in october. the situation here today has changed on the ground, dramatically, in many ways and it is absolutely clear now that hamas have also been significantly degraded. i don't think anyone can test that. all the intelligence suggests that, so the time has come for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire, we are absolutely clear about that, just as i already allies in australia, new

zealand and canada, the vast of europe and the union —— european union and international community. you say in that statement you are mirroring and following the actions of the uk's partners five eyes and the un, you hope to become foreign secretary one day, some people might say this is an example of you waiting for international partners to jump first instead of being ahead of them and making that decision first. especially when there were many people in your party who quit the front bench over this because it felt so strongly about this being a decision the labour party made. ianthem decision the labour party made. when ou are decision the labour party made. when you are honing — decision the labour party made. when you are honing to _ decision the labour party made. when you are hoping to have _ decision the labour party made. when you are hoping to have the _ you are hoping to have the privilege of serving, you are hoping to represent and do your very best in the national interest of the whole country, and we in the official opposition has sought not to play party politics. you don't play party

politics on matters of war, and that is why, yes, we have had briefings from the government for which we are grateful, yes, we are looking closely at what our allies do, and we are not prepared to do anything that would cut across those were actually in the room having the list of domestic discussions. we are not in government and the british labour party, so we are not in the room having those deposit discussions. i absolutely stand by us not cutting across that activity, understanding it is considerably important for the matters of life that many of your viewers are concerned with. in i very briefly _ viewers are concerned with. in i very briefly ask _ viewers are concerned with. in i very briefly ask you, only about 30 seconds left, what would you say today many in your party who quit, the counsellors, the front ventures, who you to come to this position months ago? i who you to come to this position months ago?— months ago? i would say that i understand _ months ago? i would say that i understand those _ months ago? i would say that i

understand those who, - months ago? i would say that i understand those who, as - months ago? i would say that i understand those who, as a . months ago? i would say that i - understand those who, as a matter of conscience, had to reach the judgements they feel they should reach, deeply concerned about the huge loss of life. but i am absolutely clear that it is right we call for an immediately humanitarian cease—fire today and it is clear that there should be no offensive on the rafah crossing, and also it is important that cease—fire is lasting. it is notjust about the privilege of being able to call for something, but actually not being able to effect change. you can only effect change if you are serious about recognition, you are serious about recognition, you are serious about two states, and you're actually in with their allies in the arab world, in europe, in the us, and yourfive eyes arab world, in europe, in the us, and your five eyes partners, which is what we sought to do from the opposition benches and we support those in the room, whom we respect

greatly, for calling out for an immediate humanitarian cease—fire. can i ask you briefly then, do we know if the labour party amendment will be tabled, and if it isn't will you —— your party back the s&p motion? you -- your party back the s&p motion? . , you -- your party back the s&p motion? ., , ., ., motion? that is the matter for the seaker motion? that is the matter for the speaker of — motion? that is the matter for the speaker of the _ motion? that is the matter for the speaker of the house, _ motion? that is the matter for the speaker of the house, and - motion? that is the matter for the speaker of the house, and he - motion? that is the matter for the speaker of the house, and he willl speaker of the house, and he will make that determination in the next 24 make that determination in the next 2a hours. make that determination in the next 24 hours. �* , make that determination in the next 24 hours. 3 . ,, make that determination in the next 24hours. v , make that determination in the next 24hours. �*, , ., 24 hours. let's assume it is not tabled, would _ 24 hours. let's assume it is not tabled, would you _ 24 hours. let's assume it is not tabled, would you back- 24 hours. let's assume it is not tabled, would you back the - 24 hours. let's assume it is notj tabled, would you back the s&p amendment. tabled, would you back the s&p amendment-— tabled, would you back the s&p amendment. ~ ., ., , ., amendment. what i would say, if your viewers, if amendment. what i would say, if your viewers. if they _ amendment. what i would say, if your viewers, if they put _ amendment. what i would say, if your viewers, if they put up _ amendment. what i would say, if your viewers, if they put up the _ amendment. what i would say, if your viewers, if they put up the motion, . viewers, if they put up the motion, as i'm sure it will be on your website, they will see if it's a motion that can be supported by conservative members and the snp, so we asked the united kingdom parliament speak with one voice on this most complex and detailed and serious of issues. that would send a message to what is happening in the middle east. let us move away from

the partisan rancour that we have had. , , ., the partisan rancour that we have had. �* , ., . ., , the partisan rancour that we have had., ., , , the partisan rancour that we have had. , ., , , ., had. just to clear this up, i have the s&p motion _ had. just to clear this up, i have the s&p motion and _ had. just to clear this up, i have the s&p motion and that - had. just to clear this up, i have the s&p motion and that labour| the s&p motion and that labour amendments in front of me, both of them, and there are more qualifications in the labour amendment. soto be clear, if no labour amendment is tabled by the speaker, will your it back the s&p? the s&p motion does not call for two states nor mention recognition, it feels unbalanced and seems to imply that israel should lay down their arms, i don't think it is explicit about hamas, so for all of those reasons, if we are serious about bringing this violence to an end, if we are serious about with the un definition of cease—fire means, which is that both sides must now stop, to get that cease—fire, i think the motion we have put forward should command respect of everybody.

david lammy, foreign shadow secretary, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that change in your parties position. this is bbc news. the headlines. the us again vetoes a draught un security council resolution, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. a strongly—worded intervention on the conflict, the prince of wales says he wants to see an end to the fighting in gaza "as soon as possible". after days of party debate, labour changes its position on the war, saying the situation in gaza is intolerable. the mother of the russian opposition figure alexei navalny makes a direct appeal to president putin to release his body to her. illness prevents wikileaks founderjulian assange from attending his last—ditch hearing against extradition to the united states. sport and for a full

round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's marc. let's start with football. there's one match in the premier league this evening, and it's manchester city playing their game in hand over the two teams currently above them in table. they host brentford. the defending champions will leapfrog arsenal into second with a win, while brentford have lost ten of their last 13 league games. however, pep guardiola refuses to see this as an easy match — particulalry when their only defeat in the past 37 top flight home games came in this exact fixture last season. you'll make you demand us all the time. we you'll make you demand us all the time. w. you'll make you demand us all the time. w; ., time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note — time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note that _ time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note that -- _ time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note that -- live _ time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note that -- live with - time. we achieve what we achieve, we have to note that -- live with that, - have to note that —— live with that, we know that. your comments in the past and the last month, you've been wrong. we know how difficult it is, we know it. so we know it, you choose to believe it's easy, not us. it's up to us again to go there and

heat _ it's up to us again to go there and heat city, —