welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore. i'm katie silver. the headlines: continue their return home. we have a special report. hello and welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver.

we're going to start the programme in india, after a crush at a major hindu festival. religious gathering being held in the northern indian our correspondent samira hussain is there — let me give you a little bit of the choreography. behind me here is part of the river and this is one of the river and this is ens. efrthe .., ~ , ,, areas where rivsr snd this is sns sfrths .., ~ , ,, areas where people want all the areas where people want to go take a bath but the :-= 2 that everyone 77 that everyone flocked to ’ idrifiéi’ w " 7 armada; " 77 further downth|s 7 mg; aolve7thisija7yf7 77 7 mg; dovvn7thi7s7vv7a7y7.7l7t 77 comes into a triangle really comes into a triangle kind of shape you can = -7: that organisers were imagine that organisers were expecting and millions expecting millions and millions people to come and so when of people to come and so when have massive number of you have this massive number of people converging into one spot, can get pretty snot. it can get pretty dicey terms of

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barricades that were put up and you saw several army officials yea sawseveral'army'effisials police ea sawseveral'arm reffisials y y police officials that were and police officials that were trying keep people at bay. trying to keep people at bay. at a certain point the at a sertaih paint the ' '* were over barricades were toppled over and people started climbing barricades were toppled over and �* barricades ted climbing barricades were toppled over and �* barricades and :limbing barricades were toppled over and �* barricades and underig barricades were toppled over and �* barricades and under them. over barricades and under them. there was a real lack of crowd control in some we control in some areas we witnessed. of killing a diabetic 8—year—old girl — by denying her insulin for almost a week. elizabeth struhs was found dead at her home the court heardthat, , of president donald trump's sweeping order to halt federal and cancer research.

according to a leaked government memo from the head are under instruction to temporarily pause secretary, karoline leavitt said direct payments she defended the measure as reasonable. what does this pause mean? and wokeness, across federal beeron roxy and agencies. you will continue to receive that and president trump

since taking office, the president has carried out 21 executive actions this signifies peace through strength is back. this president will not tolerate planet again to co—operate with the repatriation into our country and broke america's laws. it will not be tolerated and the colombian that's about three times the single day average for ice. that was followed up on monday with over 1,100 arrests. jared mondschein is the director of research

blocking donald trump's freeze on federal grants. i can't say i was surprised. or restricted by the courts or by different processes enacting their policy agenda. and nasty chaos.

to criticise the trump administration. have been to do with a right to life, anti—abortion protests, which aligns with the trump administration is one instance where it may be there because it is a tangible thing. assistance and childcare

centres, if that goes through, you talk about all filed by ngos. the devil will be in the details in terms many ways that goes to the trump administration's there is that department of government efficiency that

an opportunity today given to all federal employees the federal work force dramatically. is something that again is unprecedented but goes to exactly what the trump campaign campaigned saying it comes as thousands of palestinians continue to make the journey

back to their homes. returning to northern gaza. our correspondent fergal keane is the first international we joined thejordanian air force first mission to gaza before we left, on the ground, the loading of aid, including this consignment from britain. a lot of what's been brought today is medical aid. and that's absolutely crucial because the health system there was a message from jordan's government.

we passed over jordanian territory... ..then over israel, jordanian troops, and this possible we're now close to the gaza border. we should be putting down in a couple of minutes. it's a very small airstrip. we dipped and began the final approach to gaza. this is towards the south, close to deir al—balah.

this is the beginning of an air bridge into gaza. across there, the ruins where tens of thousands

this won't heal gaza. that is the longest journey of all. fergal keane, bbc news, inside the gaza strip. the israeli prime minister's office says that benjamin with president donald trump next week. gaza ceasefire deal. and in recent days — he's touted an idea to �*clean out�* the gaza strip. the proposal was condemned

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elizabeth struhs was found dead at her home in queensland in 2022. let's get more on this with our correspondent phil mercer. thank you forjoining thank you for joining what a thank you forjoining what a ti: case. 7 �*verdicts 7 it whether verdicts expected 7 it has a whether verdicts expected? it has a long case, elizabeth has been a long case, elizabeth struhs was found at her in a town 77 in a town told toowoomba home in a town told toowoomba to the west brisbane in to the west of brisbane in 2022. there was a very long trial at the queensland supreme court that ended last trial at the queensland supreme court today 1ded last trial at the queensland supreme court today wed last trial at the queensland supreme court today we had last trial at the queensland supreme court today we had the st trial at the queensland supreme court today we had the verdict thejudge that the judge that 14 of the judge deciding that 14 members of a religious 35395; “ta 515“; 7 called the organisation called the saints guilty of were guilty of manslaughter.

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thank you for reporting. with vibrant celebrations. in hong kong, hundreds gathered at the wong tai sin temple, and in taiwan, people raced to be the first to release let's talk to letao wang. thank for me. in chinese astrology? what does it represent? i know that last dragon

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pictures. it happened at the maha kumbh mela, the world's largest city of prayagraj. reports say at least seven people died. as predicted up to 100 million people expected attend ipeeple'werk expected te attend day. it ipeeple'werk: expected te attend day. it is one of the day. it is one of the world's biggest religious and today is being festivals and today is being as one the most seen as one of the most important, one of six most important, one of the six most important, one of the six most important of 45 day developments on that story and much more on our website i encourage you to check out the live page when it comes to the live page when it comes to the story. it being updated we rtm i we online vi i we onlinejournals. stay with bbc news. —— with ourteam.

hello there. across the country. the next few days are looking dry. to bring a lot of dry and sunny weather. a few showers across northern areas passing to the south of the uk. but it will bring a windy, cloudy, wet day throughout the day on wednesday. but it looks like 50—60 mph gusts here. it will be a chilly day, temperatures in single digits for most. showers continue across northern scotland,

and that rain in the south will be pulling away slowly from the southeast, and that will greet us for thursday morning. still a few showers and strong breeze later in the day, skies will cloud up for northern ireland and the western isles but at least we've got the sunshine to compensate. there'll be colder air ahead of it and behind it, as it moves its way southeastwards. leave a legacy of cloud across eastern areas, and we should see some good spells of sunshine

high pressure begins to build across the south and the east. but they're bumping up against both saturday and sunday,

with the lunar new year upon us, we take a look i'm katie silver. out with its quarterly numbers overnight. niccol. all the details from new york. to its chains in the us and canada, part of ceo sales and traffic.