the gloves are off — a row over a campaign video highlights the had blood between donald trump and joe biden. and hearing it through the grapevine, the lost music of marvin gaye discovered in belgium. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. the un peacekeeping mission in lebanon, unifil, says three of its observers and a translator were injured in an explosion near the israeli border. it said the peacekeepers were on a foot patrol when the blast happened and they've been taken to hospital. the un said it was investigating the cause of the explosion,

and warned the targeting of observers was "unacceptable." israel has denied any involvement. andrea tenenti, a spokesperson for the united nations interim force in lebanon, explained more about the investigation. three ogl observers, military observers, unarmed, were in the area together with their language assistants and they were injured. luckily they are stable at the moment, so we have launched an investigation to look into this incident and into the explosions. i know there are a lot of speculations at the moment, but in relation to what we do as an organisation, we need to verify the information through our own investigations. so i hope we will be able to find out more shortly. we have been in touch with everyone, with both sides, and we have been in touch even when we are doing patrolling. we informed the parties that we are going to different locations. and unifil, we are very visible, we have white vehicles

with the un written on it, big blue flags. so very difficult to think that we are somebody else. so we have been informing the parties, we are working with them and we are coordinating also during this investigation. in recent days we have seen more lethal targeting, and this of course is worrying. and this can create a scope for miscalculation, escalation can create miscalculation that could not be controlled and open for a wider conflict. and no—one wants it, because a wider conflict would not only be between lebanon and israel, it would be a regional conflict. that is why it is important for the parties to understand that, cease the fire, and to think about the political and diplomatic solution. andrea tenenti, spokesperson for the united nations interim force in lebanon. a second ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian supplies to the gaza strip has set sailfrom cyprus.

the vessel is towing a platform loaded with 400 tonnes of supplies. aid agencies have warned that people in gaza are on the brink of famine. meanwhile, international aid drops by air are continuing in a bid to relieve the plight of people in gaza. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, was onboard a us military flight dropping crates of aid — and sent this report. aid drops into gaza are expensive, inefficient, and increasingly controversial. these ready prepared meals from the us army are being flown more than 1,000 miles from a us airbase in qatar. there's plenty of food just a short drive from gaza's borders, but this american aid is being flown right across the middle east. 80 crates of food on board two c—i7 transport planes, dropped into a population the un says is on the brink of famine. it's not perfect.

we know that there's upwards of two million people who need food on the ground, who are hungry, innocent civilians who didn't ask for this conflict, and we are dropping meals in the tens of thousands, but at least it's something. so does it feel like a drop in the bucket? maybe a little bit, but if you're a family on the ground who got some of this aid, it can be a life—saver. 12 people were reported to have drowned this week trying to retrieve packages from the sea. six others crushed in a stampede. what are you doing to try and mitigate those risks? literally everything we can. so i know you spoke with the colonel earlier. we use a chute that falls at a slower rate to give the gazans more time to see the parachutes and make sure that they are out of the way. we also have assets overhead that clear the drop zone, so we will not drop if there's any sort of groupings of people there. after three hours in the air, the ramp opens on gaza's devastated coastline. theyjust opened the hatch ready to release the aid down into gaza.

there's no organised distribution system down there. there it goes. a drop of aid in an ocean of hunger. getting aid in this way is a last resort, but a growing number of countries are doing it. how much do these eye—catching flights relieve pressure on gaza's civilians, and how much the pressure on governments elsewhere? lucy williamson, bbc news, qatar. and for an update on the humanitarian situation, i spoke to unicef spokesperson james elder, who's in gaza. he gave me his thoughts on the effort to drop aid from the skies. there is an argument any aid is good aid, but the reality is we cannot be distracted. the fastest, safest way to get aid in is across the roads. and there is a road network here. i have literally sat with parents in tears with babies that are paper—thin,

that i don't know if they would still be alive now, three days later. and there are aid crossings that used to be open ten minutes away, 15 minutes away, so we have to look at what is the safest and quickest way, and it is roads, roads, roads. we've seen people killed from airdrops. yes, some aid gets to people, but we risk this being a distraction right now but we can't afford that distraction because the situation is getting so grim. there are hundreds of trucks not far from me, they are ones that need to get the aid across, they are the ones that will ultimately save lives in the sheer number and volume that we need right now. how long have you been in gaza on this trip, and what have you seen whilst you have been there? i have been here for two weeks. sometimes i almost break gaza up, as palestinians do, into threee parts — in the north, the areas where the food drops are happening, the people there are completely cut off from the rest of the world. they can't leave. they can't even come south.

that's where children have died of malnutrition and dehydration. i go on aid supply missions and see tens of thousands of people standing in the rubble, entire cities devastated, men, children and women, with hands to mouth, scenes i have not seen before, certainly not in an area where aid trucks are a matter of minutes and miles away. in the south, again, devastation, annihilation of cities that is unprecedented. i'm sorry to sound...my voice is slightly frustrated. there's almost been a distraction from the world, we've forgotten about the security council resolution for a ceasefire and hostages to go home. the skies have been relentless today, the bombardments. it will be another night of children being killed. we are past 10, 11, 12,000 children. where i am in rafah, like the rest of the gaza strip, bombardments continue from the sea,

air, that is the reality that people face day in and day out here. you are visibly emotional as we are speaking. the israeli government still denies that it's blocking aid into gaza, and it puts the blame on the un and says you aren't efficient enough in getting resources into gaza. look, i'm not going to go tit for tat. what to say? the gaza strip historically, pre this war, needed 500 trucks of commercial aid a day. there's been an average of less than one third of that. there's been entire weeks when no aid was allowed to get into the north. the obstructions are many, one of which is open aid in the north, allow us to get crossings into the north. people are killed trying to deliver aid. more of my united nations colleagues have been killed, more than any war since the un was founded. the truth matters because truth is

about life—saving humanitarian aid. truth is around the blocks, the delays, the deliberate obstruction of aid. today we had restrictions again for colleagues to go to gaza city in the north. that matters because that is why we have babies who have slid into the most catastrophic nutrition in record times in the north. it is important we share this, and it's more important than ever that we are allowed to get that aid in. and hat comes under an umbrella of a ceasefire. hostages home, flood the gaza strip with aid and allow families to go to bed for once knowing they will wake up. that was the unicef spokesperson james elder. the israeli military say they're investigating the killing of a palestinian boy during a raid by israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank. the thirteen year old was shot in the town of qabatiya nearjenin. the israeli military said several palestinian gunmen

had shot at its troops, who returned fire. donald trump has been criticised byjoe biden�*s campaign team for sharing a video on social media featuring a truck bearing the image of the us president with his hands and feet tied together. a trump spokesman said it was just a picture on the vehicle's tailgate filmed as it travelled down the highway. but a biden election campaign spokesman accused mr trump of inciting political violence. for more on this, let's cross live now to our reporter in washington, will vernon. it's have you on the programme. just tell us what this video shows. weill. tell us what this video shows. well, this is a video _ tell us what this video shows. well, this is a video that _ tell us what this video shows. well, this is a video that donald - tell us what this video shows. -ii this is a video that donald trump protest —— posted on his social media yesterday, it is about 22nd clip, it says it is filmed in long island. what it shows is to pick up

traps travelling along the road plastered with prior to images and flags, but one of them on the tailgate of the pick—up truck has a mocked up image ofjoe biden with his hands and feet tied, so kind of looks as though the president has been kidnapped and put in the truck. now, this image has caused some controversy, as you say. that statement from the biden campaign saying that trump is regularly inciting vertical violence and it is time that people took that seriously. the trump campaign has said this was just a truck travelling down the highway and they said it is democrats that have called for despicable violence against president trump and his family. trump supporters regularly use pretty radical extreme, you might say, imagery during their rallies. famously during the january sex attack on the capital, gallows

was erected outside —— the january the 6th attack on the capital. former president trump has been accused of using extreme language during his speeches. he said that immigrants were poisoning the blood of the country. so this kind of thing is a regular occurrence amongst former president trump and his supporters. but i think what this shows is how increasingly divisive and even aggressive in tone and american politics is becoming. when i speak to americans here, especially young people, and ask them about the upcoming election campaign, it is this kind of thing that they mention that is making people increasingly disillusioned with the political system, and, you know, making the political atmosphere here increasingly polarised. atmosphere here increasingly olarised. ~ ., ., ~

polarised. well vernon, thank you so much for bringing _ polarised. well vernon, thank you so much for bringing us _ polarised. well vernon, thank you so much for bringing us that _ polarised. well vernon, thank you so much for bringing us that story. - global food experts have warned that a year of civil war in sudan and a failure to deliver aid have left millions of people facing imminentfamine. a un—backed food authority, the ipc, says there must be a ceasefire and immediate action, to avoid widespread death. children underfive are most at risk. mohamed gamal is a spokesperson for the world food programme in sudan. he explained the scale of the emergency. it is unimaginable. we have nearly 18 million people who are severely food insecure. 5 million of these are in an emergency situation. sadly, around 90% of those are in areas that are inaccessible to humanitarian actors. that is the major problem we are facing. not only that, but sudan is currently witnessing the largest displacement crisis in the world.

and the problem is that most of the people who flee the conflict areas are going to countries that are already suffering. these are south sudan and chad, for example. i spoke to africa security correspondent ian wafula for more on the crisis. the united nations actually said the situation is like nothing we've ever seen before. they say this is the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. i've come across a report that say children are actually dying of hunger, old people and sick people cannot access medication, and that's just the tip of the iceberg, so to say. when you look at the numbers, last year when the un was calling for all international parties to kind of contribute money towards humanitarian situation, they said 25 million people are in need of aid.

and when you look at the scale of how many people have been affected by this war since it began nearly a year ago, we are talking more than 30,000 people who have died and nearly 8 million others who have been displaced. as the war continues the situation continues to be worse. we are looking at 90 million children are out of school, and the un and other agencies are concerned the effects of this war can be felt for years to come. one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises. what is making it even more difficult is that both sides are being accused of blocking access to humanitarian organisations. this is right. in fact, some humanitarian organisations are describing this as both sides using food as a weapon of war. they say — the rsf, the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces, as well as the army — said one of the main reasons

they are stopping aid from flowing into areas controlled by their rivals is because, out of suspicion these routes or these convoys are being used to transport weapons contributing to the success of their rivals. another reason, we are also seeing for instance port sudan controlled by the army. humanitarian organisations have been lamenting that there have been bureaucratic processes. for instance, a convoy that needs to be cleared from port sudan, which is under the control of the army, needs about five stamps for each to be approved and this could take up to weeks for that. so as you can see, humanitarian aid, which is much needed all over the country, is not reaching the people that need it the most. and they are the people suffering, and i've given you the numbers and the scale of what that looks like. that was ian wafula, the bbc�*s africa security correspondent. the london—based iranian tv news channel whose presenter was stabbed

yesterday says "heavy threats" have been made to its staff. pouria zeraati was attacked outside his home in south london. the iranian regime has denied any involvement in the attack, which is being investigated by counter—terrorism police. sima sabet is a former iran international presenter and a former bbc world service journalist. police urged her to leave her home following the attack on mr zeraati. she gave us her reaction to that attack. well, i was shocked, and i was angry and outraged, of course. i heard news that irgc were planning an assassination against my life and my colleague, which we were informed of the whole plot in december. this came just a few months after. and i know that if there was a serious action taken after that bit of news came out, we wouldn't have observed another attempt on the life of another

journalist in london, at the heart of london, at our home. of course, i was very angry. and a few hours after the attack happened on pouria, i got a call from counterterrorism police asking me i should leave my residence and stay somewhere until they let me know that it is safe for me to come back. at the same time, this is not fair and this is not right for us as journalists because we should be safe in what we do. we should feel safe in our country. this is our country, this is our home, and we are uk nationals being threatened at our home at the doorstep. so what i was thinking is that if the uk government had taken it seriously, if the uk government had met with me, if the uk government was willing to listen to us that we are victim... well, we are victim and we are not victim, i don't like to declare myself as a victim but at the same time the islamic republic is taking a step to attack us, and never

hesitates to take our life. so we have to have a channel of being communicated to the government, being heard at the government. us pop star lizzo says she's quitting because she's fed up with being targeted for her looks and character online. in a post on instagram, the truth hurts singer wrote, "i'm starting to feel like the world doesn't want me in it." the 35—year—old was last year accused of sexual harrassment and creating a hostile work environment by herformer dancers — allegations she denies. it's not clear if the instagram post meant lizzo was quitting the music industry, or social media. earlier, i spoke to the entertainment reporter, caroline feraday, i started by asking her what the reactions been

to lizzo's announcement. well, quite a lot of shock. i mean, lizzo is somebody who burst onto the music scene as a bit of a breath of fresh air. she looked different, she was body positive, she promoted positivity, and she brought this kind of different look and vibe to the music industry, and brought all of the positivity that came with that. and the last year or so for lizzo has been pretty rough, she was the subject of a lawsuit, as you said, from two of her former backing dancers. parts of that lawsuit have been dismissed but parts of it continue. so no doubt that will play out as time goes forward, but there are some allegations in that of misconduct, allegations that stem around a trip when they were on tour where they went out in the red light district in amsterdam and the backing dancers

say they were sort of forced to go to these venues that had nude dancers. there are allegations that they were forced to participate in a prayer circle. so that is the sort of basis of the allegations of that lawsuit. on top of that, lizzo, she really has been subject to an enormous amount of online trolling. it does not take a deep dive on social media sites to see the depths and terrible things, the racist remarks, the fat—shaming remarks, that are made about lizzo online. and i think for lizzo or for other stars in that position, that can really have an impact, because with social media, those comments, the stars are not protected from it. they are able to see them and i think these trolls that are able to hide their identity are actually able to have quite an impact. and what has been the impact of those allegations against her,

as we have said, she denies those allegations — but how have they impacted her career? she did a fundraiser for biden and so that sort of seems to have been the final thing that broke the camel's back, so to speak. this fundraiserforjoe biden, and off the back of that was criticised and then she took to social media to say, "look, i just want to make music, i wanted to make people happy and i am being constantly criticised, and i quit, i have had enough, i don't want my character to be pulled apart, i want no part of this." that was the entertainment reporter caroline fereday based in los angeles. now, he was a soul legend who helped shape the sound of the �*60s and �*70s. now, nearly a0 years after the death of marvin gaye, there's a claim that previously unheard music has been found. he lived in belgium towards the end

of his life and now a lawyer representing the people he lived with says they've found a huge collection of his belongings, including costumes and audio cassettes. kevin connolly reports. marvin gaye, seen here in the legendary performance at montreux, made some of the greatest records in pop history. but what if there are more songs, maybe more classics, that no—one has ever heard? these are the tapes that we found... this belgian lawyer says there is just such a track, although he's keeping it under wraps for now. he'll describe it to us but he won't play it to us. it's an amazing song, a great tune, great lyrics, catchy, and i thought, "this is a planetary alightment moment". i'm interested to hear them. the jazz musician and marvin gaye expect gary crosby is looking forward to hearing any new songs. because we don't know — until we hear the tapes, i

we actually don't know. but we are talking about - marvin gaye, one of the greatest artists of all time. there's bound to be - something of value in there. we did hear a sample of hours of private recordings. and there is a lot of unheard marvin gaye material. a vast collection of audio cassettes, stage costumes and documents has turned up in belgium, because in the early �*80s, marvin gaye lived in 0stend and gifted his landlord's family a treasure trove of memorabillia which they now propose to sell. the clothes and the accessories, they will be sold. any new music, though, could only be sold with the permission of marvin gaye's children. compromise is called for, says alex trappeniers. i want to reach my hand to the family because when you exploit the copyright which is in the tapes, you can't do that without the authorisation of his three children.

if there are to be negotiations over any new material, they have yet to start. but there is at least a chance that another pop classic could emerge from this unexpected source. kevin connolly, bbc news, 0stend. we are all guessing just how good that unheard sound is, you are watching bbc news with me, lizzo, stay with us, i'll have more headlines after this short break. —— stay with me catherine byaruhanga. hello, we've had some sunshine, not a bad day overall, just a few showers here and there, i think easter sunday is going to be

little more overcast, particularly across england and closer to the north sea coast, chilly breeze off the north sea with drizzle at times. the satellite picture shows that gap in the whether that is over us right now so things are set fair for the moment but this thick cloud towards the east will shroud the uk during the course of sunday, particularly eastern areas of the uk. tonight, they will be some rain in the forecast for some south—western areas, perhaps just around the irish sea and into northern ireland but the bulk of the uk should have predominantly clear and dry weather, chilly north of scotland, touch of frost and and fog forming, particularly across central parts of england. the morning is looking bright for many of us, particulary across the north and west of the uk, a few showers are northern ireland but then this thick cloud invades off the north sea, chilly breeze, fleeting rain possible from parts of the south—east

through east anglia, lincolnshire, and really all along that north sea coast, the best of the sunshine will be out towards the west tomorrow around the irish sea, south—western scotland, northern ireland, the western isles. sunday night into monday, a weather front moves in from the south, this will be more substantial rain, around spell of rain to come for many of us on easter monday, not looking particularly pretty across england and wales. your best bet for fine weather is the north of northern ireland, also northern and western scotland, away from the weather front. temperatures around 9 degrees in aberdeen but in the south, despite the cloud and rain, still getting up to 14, although i don't think it will feel like it. the outlook for the week ahead will see a series of low pressures lining themselves up in the atlantic, heading our way, one weather front after the other and that basically spells rain so whether you are checking the website or looking at the app, an indication here with these rain symbols that the weather is going to be predominantly unsettled, rain at times certainly possible almost anywhere in the uk.

before i go, a quick message that british summertime begins tonight. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the un peacekeeping mission in lebanon says three of its observers and a translator have been injured in an explosion

near the israeli border. the un said it was investigating the origin of the blast — and that the targeting of its observers was �*unacceptable.’ a convoy of ships carrying hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian supplies to the gaza strip has set sailfrom cyprus. aid agencies have warned that people in gaza are on the brink of famine. the trump campaign has defended a video posted by the former president which makes it look as though his rival, presidentjoe biden, is tied up in the back of a pickup truck. a biden election campaign spokesman accused mr trump of inciting political violence. now on bbc news... the media show: pamela abdy. i love it. i love walking around the lot.

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