hamas says the remains of shiri bibas, a mother of two who died while being held hostage, were mixed with others earlier israeli prime minister said hamas will "pay the full price". re—affirms britain's support for ukraine. the bbc investigates the companies that fuel and profit from the opioid crisis in west africa. today, with domestic abuse specialists working within their emergency service's control rooms. ta kes takes over the james bond is this a bond franchise. is this a skyfall moment 4007?

on the agenda there too. britain's support for ukraine. at the moment we've had talks effectively about talks. we have not got anywhere near a negotiated settlement. and i have to say, when i listen to what the russians and what lavrov has just said in the chamber this afternoon, i don't see an appetite to really get to that peace. on with their lives and letting them have their sovereignty. we look forward to speaking to president trump more about this.

is in johannesburg. david lammy, the foreign secretary, reiterating support for ukraine, being critical of russia. what has russia been saying? russia. what has russia been sa in: ? , russia. what has russia been sa in? , , saying? szézeégzeggfaf w..- ”w, in ukraine saying? e§%§%%,7i w..- w? in ukraine is saying? ’we%%%§§eww w..- ..-w in ukraine is dominatin: war in ukraine is dominating here. russia the conversation here. russia obviously is in full of obviously is in full support of trump's suggestion that should be in should be m should be m they should be trying to put an to the conflict there. so! t“ the "nf'" there. and' i ~ ' v f f has the so! t“ the "nf'" there. and' i ~ ' v f f has also the so! t“ the "nf'" there. and' i ~ ' v f f has also in the so! t“ the "nf'" there. and' i ~ ' v f f has also in support of 620 has also come in support of mr trump's that he mr trump's suggestion that he should negotiate directly with russia to try to put an end to conflict here. t20 is the conflict here. the t20 is a grouping. they huge grouping. they haven't always got on, particularly around the issue of ukraine. but altogether they represent 8§% j 8§% of j 8§% of the j 8§% of the world's 8§% of the world�*s gdp about 85% of the world's gdp and often these different interests seem to but up interests seem te but. e'e each against each other. the majority of us's allies,

majority of the us's allies, the majority of the countries here, pardon, have supported mr zelensky�*s claims he should be leading any kind of conversations around these talks, but it is already showing some of the divisions, some wider geopolitical division is taking place at the — " -" ifisaie 7 isn't there. what marco rubio isn't there. what impact is that having? last niuht impact is that having? last night the — impact is that having? last night the south _ night the south african president cyril ramaphosa was keen to downplay fact keen to downplay the fact marco rubio had refused to meeting. the us e -—j has also said "”'fi§;51'sl>;;iai}é”f "”'h':;.;i;;,;;ia iiéliifi secretary has also said he will not attend the meeting taking place in town next week place in cape town next week finance ministers. but for financeministers. but. said this cyril ramaphosa said this didn't amount to a boycott, ei'fiifit éfififlfit ii i i§§¥§tf 7777 77 77 7 77777777 had “e“�*eifit é'fifi�*j'fi e? ii i-fifi’ftfitf 7777 77 77 7 77777777 had sent a e'efltamfiwttfi s efistfitt’ .-.. "" ’ --.-.-- had sent a senior that they had sent a senior diplomat, there were diplomat, that there were strong connections between africa and the us south africa and the us and issues pertaining to the us still be discussed here -e—— the this leaves south at the t20. this leaves south africa as the african africa as the first african to president of the country to be president of the

t20. they really had this t20. they really had hoped this would be an opportunity for fleets be en. sepsftenityf’sr ’*’ to fleets be en. eeeeftenitvg't’er " to shine a light on some them to shine alight on. seme them to shine alight on seme theissues them to shine alight on seme the issues affecting of the issues affecting developing countries, issues to do with particularly issues to do with climate change, issues to do with development aid. of with development aid. all of this has been overshadowed somewhat by this us dispute. just for some background, marco 7 us 7 secretary rubio and us treasury secretary said they hadn't come because they blamed the south african for passing certain government for passing certain laws recently that say laws recently that they say discriminate the white discriminate against the white afrikaans minority here so they called the law is called thi and is called thi and that's wh anti—american and that's why they they haven't come. with its decision to start talks with russia about ending the war in ukraine, and telling europeans they would have in the asia—pacific region are nervously waiting to see what washington has in store for them. the us still underwrites

the security of japan was invited to visit one of the navy s largest aircraft a 100,000—tonne nuclear—powered behemoth and the most visible manifestation of american military might. it's 60 state—of—the—art warplanes can be rocketed of one every 20 seconds. in this capacity to project power anywhere in the world. but it also brought us here to showcase american

in this case, france and japan. not exactly the mood music that's coming out of washington these days. this exercise is a demonstration of our efforts and prosperous indo—pacific. such as those we share with france and japan, collective security challenges. three countries operate out here in the pacific, off the coast of the philippines not that far from china, is intended to signal the enduring strength of the us—led network of alliances in this region. but the way the new administration in washington is ripping up the rule book that underscored the old international order raises serious questions about how

yet he had a different message when he called his counterparts cooperation with them. cost—cutting wrecking ball. for weeks at a time. it costs around $700 million a year to run the ship, of maintaining these giants when they are vulnerable yet with the trump administration now focused on containing china, aircraft carriers will almost certainly be at the heart of us strategy in the pacific for years, if not decades. 0ut here in the vast expanse of the ocean they are still seen as the best

way of protecting the vital interests of the united states. jonathan head, bbc news, on the uss carl vinson. we can give you quick update on the condition of the pope, who was hospitalised several days ago with double pneumonia. we are being told the we are being told by the authorities there that he had a authorities therethat he had a night, he woke up this good night, he woke up this morning and had breakfast. an update from that's an update from the this is the hospital the been since last 7 7 last week 7 lastweek 7 treated for more than a decade, west africa has been in pills packaged as medicines and sold on the streets. but no one has ever exposed the pharmaceutical executives behind this deadly trade. bbc eye has been investigating the companies which are making

yahaya masahudu reports. the streets of west africa. in tamale, northern 6hana, it's got so bad locals have set them simply to get high. 0verdosing can kill. with the task force. the "made in india" stamp, and in the corner,

it also appears on packets seized by 6hanaian police. found in nigeria. and muscle relaxant. aveo pharmaceuticals. as a businessman looking to supply opioids to nigeria. this is one of aveo's directors, vinod sharma.

in india, any drug made only for export must comply but in tamale, the citizens' task force meets to destroy millions more, driving the public health crisis across the whole of west africa. recognises its responsibility towards global public health."

involved in malpractice. india's efforts by enforcing similarly strong regulations. yahaya masahudu, bbc news.

some newsline is coming from the kremlin in russia ahead of the kremlin in russia ahead of the anniversary of their of ukraine. dmitry invasion of ukraine. dmitry peskov, vladimir putin a's spokesperson, giving comments peace negotiation abeut any peaee negetiatienr— .. ~ -. he doesn't abeut any aeaee negatiatienr— .. ~ -. he doesn't think trump saying he doesn't think trump is taking pro—russian is taking a pro—russian position. they have also said the kremlin has goals to the kremlin has goals to the kremlin has goals to our security and we to the kremlin has goals ready our security and we to the kremlin has goals ready to |r security and we to the kremlin has goals ready to achieve :y and we to the kremlin has goals ready to achieve these we are ready to achieve these negotiation. he said through negotiation. he said is a need, and

there is a need, and understanding of a need for a trump putin meeting although there are no concrete details that, so we will keep an eye on that, so we will keep an eye on that, so we will keep an eye on those news lines coming out of the kremlin and update you on them. working within their 999 control rooms. and threatening her. and a confrontation. but no one came. police emergency. hi. um, ijust called the police about half an hour, more than half an hour ago. and harmed my mum as well. raneem was on the phone to the police when both

she and her mother were stabbed to death. almost you are in the centre of being alone and no one understands you. that's what raneem experienced. she was in a place of... the police had no idea what domestic abuse is. there was no law, there was no framework around it. the call handlers had no idea how to deal with cases, they said more should have been done to protect raneem from a campaign of domestic violence. it will see domestic abuse experts in five force control rooms to begin with. victims are referred to specialist support services. on average, the police receive a call about it every 30 seconds, and yet only one in five victims are

estimated to report incidents to the police. campaigners say raneem's law is a good start, but much more needs to be done. often the response to domestic abuse has really low status within police forces. there's high turnover. it doesn't have the resources that it needs. raneem's law, and other changes like this, are important, we need to see whole system change. the government says today's announcement will be a key part of their legacy. 6raham satchell, bbc news. surgeons in the uk have become the first in the world to successfully preserve the sight of young children a study new explains how four children who would've gone vision through the use

of gene therapy. surrounding lack of vision may now be coming into focus. surgeons based here at moorfields eye hospital on children with a rare form of blindness. jase from america was one of the first children in the world to have the treatment. the first time i think we realised i was coming home from work, playing withjcse at night on the bed, from work, playing with jace at night on the bed, and i looked up at my wife and i asked her was herfirst child at the time, and i said to her, you know, at what point did they start to look at you? known as lca four.

done by university college london, was looking for answers. the light sensitive membrane, which is the retina. this is what's affected by the condition. and this is the tissue we're targeting with the gene therapy. first flew here to london to be assessed at moorfields eye hospital. they were all born with a rare genetic condition, of days going through pre—op. but in september 2020, jace flew to london and visited of minutes he was able to get out of bed. he was spinning, dancing around, making all of the nurses laugh. so how does it work? an injection through the front

of the eye delivers working copies of a faulty gene aipli straight into the retina. into the retinal cells. while similar treatment for a more gradualform blindness may soon see the benefits. children returned to london, where they underwent a number of tests, including locating objects just five millimetres in size and navigating the corridors. today, the study will be published stating all have this is a particularly rare condition, but it lends weight, it lends confidence to the idea that this

children with more common diseases in the future. but we've seen some phenomenal results, and for us, matt 6raveling, bbc news. the james bond movie franchise will no longer be controlled by the broccoli dynasty. long—serving producers barbara broccoli and michael 6 wilson have announced they're stepping down. instead, creative control will now be given to amazon mgm studios. amazingly, it's now four years since the last bond film — no time to die. one thing is clear, daniel craig will not be james norton and paul mescal are amongst the names bookies are taking bets on. you're watching bbc news(. you're watching bbc news. people living in the poorest areas of the uk are up to 60% more likely

to die from cancer by cancer research uk. the figures suggest several possible reasons including lifestyle and the quality of cancer 0fficialfigures show the uk government spent considerably less than it received in tax last month, generating a surplus of £15.4 billion. began in 1993. with me is our international business 6ood good news it looks -ositive but economy? it looks positive but is it economy? it looks positive but _ is it doesn't - economy? it looks positive but _ is it doesn't make i the reality is it doesn"t. make any �*for life any easier for chancellor rachel reeves. the reason for bathe! reeves. thee-“ade —— w. . — w. —— is a bathe! beetles. thee-“ade .. w. e . we .- is a m bathe! beetles. there-emu“ ee ewe . .. is a in january bathe! beetles. there-emu“ ee w-. . .. is a injanuary is that is a surplus injanuary is pretty normal. this is when tax from self-assessment receipts from self—assessment come in so that's a big of

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maybe a little bit more around some western coasts and hills. you can check the wind gusts where you are hour by hour this afternoon, brightening up across many western areas after a wet morning although it does remain pretty wet bursts of rain. a band of cloud and rain pushes its way into eastern scotland, north—east england, yorkshire, down towards the south and channel islands, but with sunshine continuing in east anglia and the south—east. 15 also along the moray coast. the daylight hours dry, east anglia and the south—east has rain arriving and could last all night for many. of scotland and a fresher start to saturday compared we should still be frost—free. still some outbreaks of rain lingering, it will take a while before the cloud clears.

will be dry with some sunny spells, best still above where we would normally expect. after a cloudy, maybe damp start at twickenham, be coming out more abundantly. for a time, temperatures will drop, but then on sunday the next area of low pressure spreads in. in the day, especially east anglia and the south—east, but elsewhere some wet and windy weather will spread see through,this.afternoon.. . .,. that spreads through, and next week looking a little bit cooler but still fairly changeable.

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support for ukraine. i don't see an end