thanks very much to gavin at the team at the bbc sport centre. let's return to the israel gaza war. the first british field hospital has been set up in gaza — and is aiming to be fully functioning early next week. the hospital was sent by truck from manchester to provide life—saving medical treatment for the sick and injured in gaza. it has been established by a team from the aid organisation, uk med, which deploys many nhs staff to emergencies. uk med already has surgical teams working in the al aqsa hospital, the only hospital still functioning in the centre of the gaza strip. from jerusalem, our senior international correspondent orla guerin sent this report wheeled through the chaos,

12—year—old anas, another young victim of israel's assault on gaza. he's on his way to surgery in al aqsa hospital, a team from uk med standing by. so, we got the patient with a femoral fracture. he is a very brave boy. so, let's go. anas says he was playing when his neighbourhood was bombed. he was injured, and his mother and six—month—old baby brother were killed. "may god have mercy on their souls," he says. the surgery goes well. it's one of hundreds the team have performed at the hospital. where they have been faced with desperate need and some of the worst that war can do. i've worked on many

war zones over the past nine years and i think what shocks me about this particular context is the number of children injured that we are seeing, and the extent of the injuries. they are life—changing injuries that a child will have to live with. with gaza's hospitals overwhelmed and under israeli attack, the uk team have been building a new facility. it's in the desert sands north of rafah. they got started with local timber from destroyed buildings, when theirfield hospital was held up at the border. it took a lot of negotiation to get land, and to get things across the border. it's been a challenge to find staff, a challenge to communicate — none of the phones work, the internet doesn't work, and everything somehow has to be made to work in order to bring essential, urgent, life—saving services to people.

they are already seeing about 100 outpatients a day here, and expect to double that soon. the doctors are ready to treat everything from minor illnesses to gunshot wounds. and if israel carries out a ground invasion of rafah, as it's threatening to do, this field hospital could be crucial. orla guerin, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to dr konstilia karydi, an anaesthetist who was in the european gaza hospital. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i wondered thank you forjoining us on bbc news. iwondered if thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i wondered if you could first explain exactly what it was like in the hospital you are working in. thank you for having me and giving me this opportunity to speak about what i witnessed. the european gaza hospital in khan younis is one of the two governmental functional hospitals at the moment and before

the war it had a bed capacity of 220 beds, and when we were there, they had around 1000 patients so we are talking about four times the number of beds that they had, and a part of the 1000 patients, they had 22,000 internally displaced people who were internally displaced people who were in the hospital because it is considered a safe place to live if anything can be considered safe at the moment in gaza. there are people everywhere, there are people living in the external space of the hospital intense that they make from anything that they can find —— in tents. there are people living inside the hospital in the corridors. as we were walking

towards the operating theatres, families used bed seats to create some privacy and have their home and we werejust walking some privacy and have their home and we were just walking through people smack homes and some people didn't even have at least his privacy, they were just sleeping on mattresses on the floor or even without the mattresses. —— families used bed sheets. as i said, these are the lucky ones in a relatively safe place, so you can imagine that the hospital that is made for 220 patients does not have the infrastructure for 23,000 people at the moment. does hat not have enough toilets, enough showers whenever we had water, obviously we didn't have water always. and this overcrowding, in combination with the lack of hygiene because of the lack of

infrastructure, is the perfect mix for infectious diseases. we all have lived through covid, we all know what overcrowding means with infectious diseases. it is just terrible, terrible. infectious diseases. it is “ust terrible, terriblei infectious diseases. it is 'ust terrible, terriblei terrible, terrible. you are anaesthetist. _ terrible, terrible. you are anaesthetist. were - terrible, terrible. you are anaesthetist. were you . terrible, terrible. you are i anaesthetist. were you able terrible, terrible. you are - anaesthetist. were you able to terrible, terrible. you are _ anaesthetist. were you able to carry out surgery in such conditions and did you have the drugs to be able to do that, and what sort of injuries will be talking about there? 50. do that, and what sort of in'uries will be talking about there? so, the o eratin: will be talking about there? so, the operating theatres _ will be talking about there? so, the operating theatres were _ will be talking about there? so, the operating theatres were working. i l operating theatres were working. i mean, it wasn't like working in the uk where i usually work, and we had to work around it. sometimes we didn't have surgical drapes and we were using sterile surgical gowns for drapes instead of that. the surgeons had to, you know, be a bit

innovative and flexible with the surgical tools they had. the anaesthetic drugs they had, but there were a lot of international teams coming in in those weeks and they had brought in a lot and this isjust when i they had brought in a lot and this is just when i was there. i they had brought in a lot and this isjust when i was there. i don't know how other hospitals are. and it is only theatres. i know that for example, the intensive care unit did not have what we had in the theatres. the injuries we saw were blast injuries, gunshots, injuries from drone attacks, a lot of eye trauma. we had life—threatening emergencies and then we had a lot of urgent cases as well, cases that are traumatic injuries but they had to wait because of the lack of capacity. and yes, more or less that was it. ., , ., capacity. and yes, more or less that was it. . , ., , ., , was it. have you ever seen anything like it in your— was it. have you ever seen anything

like it in your career? _ was it. have you ever seen anything like it in your career? no. _ was it. have you ever seen anything like it in your career? no. and - was it. have you ever seen anything like it in your career? no. and i - like it in your career? no. and i think it is _ like it in your career? no. and i think it is the — like it in your career? no. and i think it is the combination - like it in your career? no. and i think it is the combination of. like it in your career? no. and i j think it is the combination of all these horrible injuries because the injuries were really horrific, like open wounds, the whole leg was an open wounds, the whole leg was an open wound, and also because of the lack of capacity, we have to keep in mind that these injuries, whatever we do in the theatres, we will do our best but there is a huge risk of post—operative infection. this would get infected, these wins, even under ideal circumstances —— these wounds. the hospitals and gaza right now are far from the hospitals and gaza right now are farfrom ideal, so we the hospitals and gaza right now are far from ideal, so we were finishing surgery and the patient was doing relatively well in terms of the

anaesthetic and i was just wishing that he won't get an infection afterwards. which would mean a disability or death. fire afterwards. which would mean a disability or death.— disability or death. are you optimistic _ disability or death. are you optimistic for _ disability or death. are you optimistic for the - disability or death. are you optimistic for the future? | disability or death. are you i optimistic for the future? you disability or death. are you - optimistic for the future? you been there, do you see it getting any better? and what needs to be done now? i better? and what needs to be done now? ~' ., , ._ ., now? i think the only way me to optimistic _ now? i think the only way me to optimistic for _ now? i think the only way me to optimistic for the _ now? i think the only way me to optimistic for the future - now? i think the only way me to optimistic for the future is - now? i think the only way me to optimistic for the future is for i optimistic for the future is for this war to end. and for supplies to go in, because otherwise, i would mention that this is one of the two functional hospitals, because i had 2.3 million people before the war, two hospitals are not enough. —— gaza had 2.3 million. two hospitals are not enough or 2.3 million people so the only way to be optimistic is

for the war to end. qm. so the only way to be optimistic is for the war to end.— for the war to end. 0k, doctor konstilia karydi _ for the war to end. 0k, doctor konstilia karydi there, - for the war to end. 0k, doctor konstilia karydi there, a - for the war to end. 0k, doctor| konstilia karydi there, a doctor for the war to end. 0k, doctor - konstilia karydi there, a doctor who was in gaza. thank you for being with us. some of the world's most famous landmarks have turned off their lights and been plunged into darkness, taking part in earth hour. the global event aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and the impact of climate change. here is the moment the sydney opera house in australia flicked the switch, in unison with the sydney harbour bridge. injapan, this is the tokyo tower having its lights switched off. a sight rarely seen, hong kong's victoria harbour and city skyline in darkness as part of the campaign. and here's bangkok's iconic temple of dawn, going dark. here in the uk we're expecting landmarks like big ben to turn off their lights between 8.30

and 9.30 tonight. we will bring you those pictures a little later but now it is time to have a check on the weather with ben rich. hello, it was a day of dodging the downpours. some really heavy showers out there driven by some big storm clouds, including this one captured by one of our weather watchers in surrey, with this shape here indicative of what we call mammatus clouds that form when the air is very turbulent, very unstable, and you can see that unstable air, all driven by an area of low pressure, allowing these big storm clouds to bubble up. a brisk north—westerly wind blowing those showers and storms through. the centre of our area of low pressure moving out into the north sea overnight. but still quite windy for eastern scotland and eastern england and still some showers in northeast scotland which will be wintry over high ground and clear spells elsewhere and because of the strength of the wind, it will not be a particularly cold

night but still getting down to around three or 6 degrees so that area of low pressure sliding away eastwards and very briefly a ridge of high pressure, which you can barely see on the chart, and there is then another weather then another weather system approaching from the west. so, for sunday it is really a window of fine weather with some showers and still some brisk winds down this east coast and still some showers at times in northern scotland and then through the afternoon, cloud thickening up across northern ireland and maybe some rain into western counties by the very end of the day and also perhaps into the west of cornwall and parts of pembrokeshire. not as chilly as it has been today, eight to 12 degrees, and then here comes this frontal system as we move on into monday but instead of sweeping through quickly, it sort through quickly, it sort of meanders and takes its time, it does dawdle, this weather front. so, not moving through quickly, in fact, rainjust lingering across western england, wales, northern ireland and if the rain get into central and southern parts of scotland we could see some significant snow over the high ground. if we keep hold of some sunshine in the south—east corner, we may get up to 12 degrees.

by tuesday, many of us will be left with some relatively cold air so any showers we see in the north of the uk could be wintry over high ground and a slow—moving band of rain could sit over south—west england and the channel islands and it'll be and the channel islands and it could a very wet day here and this temperature is no great shakes, seven to 11 degrees. as we head to the end of the week and into easter weekend, it looks very unsettled with bouts of rain and turning very unsettled particularly in the south but cold air may linger in the north of the uk.

live from london. this is bbc news. four gunmen arrested after 133 killed in a moscow concert hall attack — president putin vows they will be punished. the islamic state group claims responsibility — releasing a photo of four masked men it says were involved. iam in i am in windsor with the princess of wales lives with her family and people here have been offering support to her after she has revealed her cancer diagnosis. 0n the outskirts of gaza city deaths have risen to 19.

the world's most famous landmarks are plunged into darkness, as they take part in earth hour, to raise awareness of environmental issues. hello i'm nicky schiller — welcome to the programmme. we start this hour in russia. president putin says all those involved in the attack on a concert hall near moscow — which killed at least 133 people — will be punished. this is the scene live in moscow where people have been leaving flowers in memory of those who died and we've seen candles being lit. others have queued to donate blood for the victims of the massacre. memorials also appeared outside russian embassies in several countries, including the uk. a national day of mourning has been declared for sunday. armed police have been patrolling the area around the crocus city hall. in a televised address, president putin called the attack a �*barbaric terrorist act,�* and said all four gunmen had been detained.