hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with breaking news from pakistan. at least 20 people have been killed, and dozens injured in two reported explosions in the pishin district of baluchistan, according to a local government official. one of the explosions happened in front of the party office of an independent candidate from the area. these pictures just in show the aftermath of one of the blast. police are trying to determine the cause of the blast, and the injured are being transported to the nearest hospitals. no group has claimed it carried out the attack, which has come just a day before the pakistan general elections. our pakistan correspondet caroline davies has the latest from islamabad. images on social media show the force of the blast. there are pictures of cars and motorbikes blown apart by this explosion. now, the first explosion happened in pacini district in baluchistan. we understand from officials that this was outside the offices of someone who is an independent candidate running in tomorrow's general elections here in pakistan. and we

hello, you're watching bbc news with me, catherine byaruhanga.of commons last night over the debate on a ceasefire in gaza. the snp leader in westminster has said his party no longer has confidence in the speaker sir lindsay hoyle. he's been accused of allowing labour to �*hijack�* the vote. but the labour leader sir keir starmer has "categorically" denied threatening sir lindsay to select labour's amendment in the debate let's hear more of what sir keir has had to say today: sot it is important to put the debate last night into its context. last weekend, i was at the munich security conference, talking to world leaders about the plan, hopefully, to bring an end to the awful situation in gaza, where it far, far too many people have died. i drafted a labour amendment, which not only dealt with how we stop the fighting now, and how we get aid in, but about what the long—term plan is, to make sure we get to a peaceful outcome. i have wanted that amendment put towards parliament because i wanted to make sure it was a good debate, that we had the wide

i'm catherine byaruhanga.ody of russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been handed over to his mother. spokesperson for the politician kira yarmysh, confirmed the news on social media site x formerly know as twitter. she further wrote the funeral is still pending. they the funeral is still pending. said they were not sure could they said they were not sure if they could give him the funeral they say he deserves. the country's most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison — 9 days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47—year—old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was yesterday given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. let's speak to our correspondent olga ivshina from bbc russia. thank you forjoining us on the programme. how much of a surprise is this decision by the russian authorit

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.n this hour in gaza, where the death toll has now passed 28 thousand — according to the hamas—run health ministry — and concern is growing over the shortage of food. the united nations is warning of looming famine, with half of gaza's population now in a food emergency. people living in isolated northern areas have told the bbc that children are going without food for days, and animalfeed is being used to make bread. one in four households is facing a catastrophic lack of food, according to the un, because of renewed fighting and aid convoys still being regularly blocked from reaching some areas. we start our coverage with this special report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. in the middle of a war, a battle for survival. men sent to fight over cans of beans and sacks of flour. the un is warning that famine is coming fast, to gaza's northern areas, as aid arrives more slowly. this, the first aid to arrive here for 11 days, brings crowds surging close to israeli forces

hello and welcome to the programme — i'm catherine byaruhanga.y has been handed over to his mother. while the g7 group of nations have again called on russia to fully clarify the circumstances of his death.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in the uk — where the conservative party is finding itself under increasing pressure after an mp made comments described as �*islamophobic, anti—muslim and racist�*. lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london's mayor was controlled by �*islamists�*. the suspension was not for the comments but for refusing to apologise. the party's leadership was drawn further into the argument on sunday — the deputy prime minister refusing to say whether he thought the comments were islamophobic. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he's known for speaking his mind, but lee anderson kept his lips firmly sealed following his suspension from the parliamentary conservative party. here are the comments about london's mayor that got him into trouble. i don't actually believe these islamists have got control of our country, but what i do believe is they've got control of khan and they've got control of london. labour said this was islamophobic, but the deputy prime mi

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.ing over israel's planned offensive in rafah — the city in southern gaza, where more than half the territory's population is sheltering after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the strip. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he's "deeply

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. welcome back to the programme. a nationwide operation is under way here in the uk to find a man suspected of carrying out a corrosive liquid attack in london. abdul ezedi, who is 35, is still at large after the attack in clapham, in south london, on wednesday. 12 people were injured, including two young children. he also suffered a serious facial burn during the incident. it's emerged he's a convicted sex offender who was granted asylum to stay in the country, having twice been refused. here's rajini vaidyanathan. the last known sighting of abdul ezedi at a tesco shop in north london, his right eye scarred by what could be the same chemical he's accused of using in an horrific attack. the street in clapham in south london, where a corrosive substance was thrown at a woman and her two young children on wednesday evening. this cctv footage appears to show the distressing sequence of events. a man is seen taking a child from the back of the car, before fleeing the scene as he's chased. police believe the victim was kn

let's speak to catherine byaruhanga, who's at tower pier. know now. you can just see behind _ are and what we know now. you can just see behind me _ are and what we know now. you can just see behind me hour— are and what we know now. you can just see behind me hour bridge. - are and what we know now. you can| just see behind me hour bridge. this is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the capital and you can see it is quite a busy waterway, there is a constant stream of boats moving up and down the river here. police say it was one of the boats passing this section of the river that elected them to the presence of a body in the water. this was around 4pm monday evening. marine police unit was then dispatched and the body pulled out. police believe this is the body of abdul shokoor ezedi because of the distinctive clothing on the body as well of the property that was inside or on the body. police say they cannot formally identify this body because they say the time they have spent in the water visual identification was not possible

the bbc�*s catherine byaruhanga has been at the southbank — near where the body was found — to bringf 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 ca

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.g international warnings over its planned offensive in rafah — the city in southern gaza where more than half the territory's population is sheltering after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the strip.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in the middle east, and international warnings are growing over israel's planned offensive in rafah — the city in southern gaza, where more than half the territory's population is sheltering after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the strip. the uk foreign secretary lord cameron says he's "deeply concerned" about the prospect of a military offensive and again called for an immediate pause in the fighting to get aid in and hostages out. the dutch foreign minister, hanke bruins slot, said there could be "many civilian casualties", and described the situation in rafah as "very worrying". while saudi arabia warned of "very serious repercussions" if rafah was stormed. the israeli army continues to target rafah with shelling and air strikes, which are reported to have killed more than a0 people in the last day. the hamas—run health ministry says 112 palestinians were killed across the whole of gaza in the past 2a hours. more than 28,000 have been killed since the october 7th attacks

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga.the hamas—run health ministry — and concern is growing over the shortage of food.

i'm catherine byaruhanga.y of russian opposition figure, alexei navalny, has been handed over to his mother. the g7 group of nations have called on russia to clarify the circumstances of his death. navalny spokesperson kira yarmysh confirmed the news on x, formerly known as twitter. she also wrote that information on a funeral is still pending and they weren't sure if they could give him the funeral they said he deserves. the country's most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison nine days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47—year—old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. on friday, his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. his sudden death came as a shock to many of his supporters and most of the people who follow russia, everyone was watching for this and waiting, after yulia navalny

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hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start with breaking news from pakistan.

hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start this hour in the middle east.iplomatic efforts to reach agreement on a new ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza are intensifying. america's top diplomat — secretary of state antony blinken — will meet israeli and palestinian officials today. the talks in tel aviv and the west bank follow reports that hamas has reacted positively to a proposed deal. president biden said there was "some movement". mr blinken said it was possible and essential to come to an agreement. here's a little of what he said after his talks with the qatari prime minister in doha. we had meetings already on the strip in cairo, now today in doha, focused on ensuring as well that we can use any pause to continue to build our plans for the day after in gaza. security, humanitarian, reconstruction, governance, all bring real challenges with them, but that is exactly why we are and need to be focused on them now. we are also determined to use any pause to continue to pave a diplomatic path forward to a just and lasting peace and security for

let's speak to our correspondent catherine byaruhanga to get the latest. tower bridge, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the capital, that police say they found the body of abdul shokoor ezedi. he is wanted in connection with a chemical attack on a mother and her two children in south london. following this attack there had been a nationwide operation to try and find him and police follow different lines of inquiry, at one point they thought he had gone back to newcastle where he had gone back to newcastle where he had gone back to newcastle where he had been living. at other times carried out searches in london and arrested a man believed to have been hiding him. once they followed cctv footage, they say he ended up on chelsea bridge not farfrom footage, they say he ended up on chelsea bridge not far from where footage, they say he ended up on chelsea bridge not farfrom where i am and that he'll was looming over the bridge and believed he had gone into the water. police say on monday evening they found a body they believe was of him. there h

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hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. welcome back to the programme.ndon. abdul ezedi, who is 35, is still at large after the attack in clapham, in south london, on wednesday. 12 people were injured, including two young children. he also suffered a serious facial burn during the incident. it's emerged he's a convicted sex offender who was granted asylum to stay in the country, having twice been refused. here's rajini vaidyanathan. the last known sighting of abdul ezedi at a tesco shop in north london, his right eye scarred by what could be the same chemical he's accused

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catherine byaruhanga has this report. protests like these are rare in hungary.n felt guilty of covering up child sex abuse was pardoned. this anger is turning into a major political crisis for prime minister richter 0rban. �* ,, �* for prime minister richter 0rban. �* ., , 0rban. translation: clearlyl have orban. translation: clearlyl have come _ orban. translation: clearlyl have come out _ orban. translation: clearlyl have come out because - orban. translation: clearlyl have come out because this - have come out because this child protection issue and the whole scandal is simply outrageous. it has gone on in this country is unacceptable to me. ~ ,, ~ this country is unacceptable to me. �* ,, ~ this country is unacceptable to me. ~ , . me. translation: i don't expect an hinu me. translation: i don't expect anything from _ me. translation: i don't expect anything from this _ me. translation: i don't expect anything from this government. . anything from this government. they— anything from this government. they aren't going to change anything. mr they aren't going

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