the right to abortion world to put the right to abortion in its constitution. and the raw national lifeboat institution celebrates 200 years of rescues. welcome to the programme. we begin in haiti. a 72—hour state of emergency has been declared in the capital port—au—prince after armed gangs staged jailbrea ks. the state of emergency covers the capital and surrounding areas. night curfews are in force until wednesday. now, this is what we know so far — the biggest incident happened at the national penitentiary, in the centre of port—au—prince, the biggest prison in the country. the bbc has been told the vast majority of inmates held there have escaped, that's around 4000 men. 0ne inmate spoke of people being massacred in their cells.

a gang leader had warned the haitian prime minister not to return to haiti. he was in nairobi, discussing the possibility of a kenyan—led multinational security force. but the bbc has established that he left returned to haiti safely on sunday. with the details, here's our caribbean correspondent, will grant. the decision to declare both a state of emergency and a night—time curfew in the haitian capital comes after fierce fighting by armed gangs who are now in control of most of the city. during the fighting, gunmen entered the main prison in port—au—prince and quickly overwhelmed the guards, allowing some 4,000 inmates to escape. eyewitnesses report seeing several bodies inside and around the prison compound. the gangs in haiti which oppose mr henry's rule sense a possible power vacuum and an opportunity to force him from office. a notorious gang leader, a former elite police officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecue, has claimed responsibility for the latest outbreak of violence. he has warned mr henry to stay away from haiti,

saying the armed groups in the provincial towns and the armed groups in the capital are united. given the strength of those gangs, enforcing a curfew may prove extremely difficult. with more on this, i'm joined now by bbcjournalistjorge perez. thank by bbc journalist jorge perez. thank by bbcjournalistjorge perez. you so much for you could thank you so much for your time. could you tell us more about this latest surge in violence? what could you tell us more about this latest surge in violence? what we are hearing _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what _ latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what is - latest surge in violence? what we are hearing about what is going i latest surge in violence? what we | are hearing about what is going on in katie is about the return to port a prance of the acting prime minister ariel henry and what is going to be the reaction of the gang leaderjimmy cherizier, who has been running for president not to return to the country because, as he has said in his words, he will use weapons to liberate the country and to change the current situation. the

country's authorities want to start bringing a multinationalforce into haiti to enforce security in the country amid this violence spiral that we have been seeing for the past weekend. that we have been seeing for the past weekend-— that we have been seeing for the past weekend. thank you for that u date. past weekend. thank you for that update. there's _ past weekend. thank you for that update. there's more _ past weekend. thank you for that update. there's more on - past weekend. thank you for that update. there's more on our - past weekend. thank you for that update. there's more on our bbcj past weekend. thank you for that - update. there's more on our bbc news website and app. negotiations for a six—week ceasefire in gaza, that is backed by the united states, have hit a major road block. members of hamas are in cairo alongside international mediators, but israel says it won't attend the meeting until hamas provides it with a list of hostages still alive. hamas took 253 hostages when gunmen launched an attack on october seventh. it says it can't provide the information because of israel's continuing bombardment and blockade of gaza, saying it was impossible to collect a list of names because the hostages are dispersed among different palestinian groups and in different areas of the gaza strip. the us vice president kamala harris

has said that people in the gaza strip are starving and has called on israel to do more to increase the flow of aid into the territory. she said that desperate people seeking food had been met with gunfire and chaos. here's what the vice president said. they must open new border crossings. they must not impose any unnecessary restrictions on the delivery of aid. they must ensure humanitarian personnel, sites and convoys are not targeted, and they must work to restore basic services and promote order in gaza so more food, water and fuel can reach those in need. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell gave me more details on the talks involving representatives from israel and hamas, which have so farfailed to agree another temporary pause in the fighting in gaza. this is the so—called paris framework deal that was laid out more than a week ago. there are talks currently going on in cairo involving egyptian and qatari mediators with a hamas

delegation said to be present. it had been hoped israel should have its delegation there as well but israel has not sent a delegation. we understand that's because it has been demanding an advance official hamas response to the paris framework proposals. it also wants in particular a full list of the surviving israeli hostages being held by hamas in gaza that would be part of an exchange deal swapped for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. but a senior hamas official has told the bbc that at the moment, because of the ongoing israeli bombardment in gaza it is not possible, for practical reasons, to come up with that full list that has been demanded. he said a ceasefire is needed before that data can be provided. ramadan is approaching, what other concerns about how that could impact the war? . . .

concerns about how that could impact the war? . ., ., ., ., ., ~' the war? ramadan now about one week awa . the the war? ramadan now about one week away- the hepe. — the war? ramadan now about one week away- the hepe. of— the war? ramadan now about one week away. the hope, of course, _ the war? ramadan now about one week away. the hope, of course, was- the war? ramadan now about one week away. the hope, of course, was to - away. the hope, of course, was to have the six—week, temporary truce deal in place for the holy month but now that does look increasingly to be in doubt and the concern is that during ramadan, israeli restrictions are expected to be imposed on palestinian access to the most important muslim holy site here, alaska mosque, in the old city of jerusalem. israel expected to impose those restrictions for security reasons, driven by the context of the on ongoing war in gaza which could ratchet up tensions even higher and get even more complicated to get some kind of a truce deal. benny gantz, an influential centrist member of israel's war cabinet will call on america on monday. his visit

has been criticised. i spoke to a fellow at chatham house and asked them how benjamin netanyahu's and eyes have reacted to the visit. prime minister netanyahu is very upset, he doesn't like the idea that someone might run against him in the next election and according to public opinion is going to win and win comfortably, is now discussing the security issues, how to conduct the security issues, how to conduct the war in gaza place, discussing the war in gaza place, discussing the war in gaza place, discussing the war with the biden adminstration. this is a clear sign by the biden adminstration they are fed up with netanyahu and his right—wing government that in their view harms american interests of

peace and stability in the region and it is a clear sign also for the day after netanyahu.— and it is a clear sign also for the day after netanyahu. what “ustices sa secific day after netanyahu. what “ustices say specific about the h day after netanyahu. whatjustices say specific about the frictions - say specific about the frictions right now in the israeli war cabinet?— right now in the israeli war cabinet? , . ' . right now in the israeli war cabinet? , ., , . ., cabinet? there is a difference of oinions, cabinet? there is a difference of opinions. bear— cabinet? there is a difference of opinions, bear in _ cabinet? there is a difference of opinions, bear in mind - cabinet? there is a difference of opinions, bear in mind that - cabinet? there is a difference of. opinions, bear in mind that benny gantz onlyjoined at the start of the war to play a role in a government full of far right and military ideology, people thought it was a good idea to reoccupy gaza long—term even with building settlements. and so, in order to bring some rationale and rational thinking into the government, but there was never a love lost. before

there was never a love lost. before the last election, benny gantz said that because of the netanyahu corruption, he should be removed but the 7th of october changed everything and hejoined in. but now the future relations with palestinians, the release of hostages, humanitarian aid and we are watching gradually that grant and his colleagues that live there in the israeli government. what's in it for washington _ in the israeli government. what's in it for washington when _ in the israeli government. what's in it for washington when it _ in the israeli government. what's in it for washington when it comes - in the israeli government. what's in it for washington when it comes to | it for washington when it comes to this meeting because how much influence does benny gantz have in israel? it’s influence does benny gantz have in israel? �* , . . . influence does benny gantz have in israel? �* , . ., ., ~ israel? it's clear that the biden adminstration _ israel? it's clear that the biden adminstration is _ israel? it's clear that the biden adminstration is giving - israel? it's clear that the biden adminstration is giving full- israel? it's clear that the biden - adminstration is giving full backing to benny gantz and they want to see the back of netanyahu because he

harms the interests of peace and american interests and they are also watching public opinion polls and seeing the earth there are elections today in israel, gantz is the most likely candidate to become prime minister, so this is in preparation but also sending a scientific israeli people, you should move on to new leadership because the current leadership does not serve your interest. current leadership does not serve your interest-— your interest. cook it in the uk, georae your interest. cook it in the uk, george galloway _ your interest. cook it in the uk, george galloway has _ your interest. cook it in the uk, george galloway has arrived - your interest. cook it in the uk, george galloway has arrived atl george galloway has arrived at westminster well he will be sworn in as rochdale's mp. the controversial politician is representing the workers party of britain. his campaign that tapped into public anger over the war in gaza the prime minister called his victory beyond alarming, accusing mr galloway of dismissing the massacre committed by hamas. he is still in that car in

that picture and mr galloway spoke to the media on his way into work. harry feeling?— harry feeling? nice to see you auain, harry feeling? nice to see you again. i'm _ harry feeling? nice to see you again, i'm feeling _ harry feeling? nice to see you again, i'm feeling good. - harry feeling? nice to see you again, i'm feeling good. the l harry feeling? nice to see you i again, i'm feeling good. the sun harry feeling? nice to see you - again, i'm feeling good. the sun is shining. again, i'm feeling good. the sun is shininu. �* ,, ., again, i'm feeling good. the sun is shininu. �* ., ., , shining. are you glad to be back? i will tell you _ shining. are you glad to be back? i will tell you once _ shining. are you glad to be back? i will tell you once i'm _ shining. are you glad to be back? i will tell you once i'm inside. - shining. are you glad to be back? i will tell you once i'm inside. i've i will tell you once i'm inside. i've always loved the building, the people inside, not so much. lmill always loved the building, the people inside, not so much. will be brinuain people inside, not so much. will be bringing more _ people inside, not so much. will be bringing more and _ people inside, not so much. will be bringing more and that _ people inside, not so much. will be bringing more and that throughoutl bringing more and that throughout the day. france is set to become the first country in the world to include a woman's right to abortion in its constitution. president macron has called legislators to a special session at versailles on monday, where its expected the amendment will be approved by the necessary three—fifths majority. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris and has more on what this actually achieves. the polls seem to shout about 85% support and in parliament, the two

separate houses of parliament, the vote has gone through very easily. there were feelings that perhaps the right and the hard right were to vote against it. there are many people on the right who turned out against gay marriage many years ago, for example, but that hasn't happened at this time around. it seems that the country is pretty much happy that they should cover hyatt. what difference it will make it absolutely none at all because there is no immediate threat to the right to abortion, which was put into law 30 years ago or so. there is no similar situation as there is in the united states where there is a bloc of opinion and political pressure pushing for a reversal of the right. there are people who say this is an unnecessary move but the feminist and the people behind it to say, well, you can't ever be too sure, we need to put this into the

constitution so in the future this cannot be rolled back to politics and society changes. bud cannot be rolled back to politics and society changes.— cannot be rolled back to politics and society changes. and even from a olitical and society changes. and even from a political perspective, _ and society changes. and even from a political perspective, why _ and society changes. and even from a political perspective, why did - political perspective, why did president macron decide to push for this? it president macron decide to push for this? ., , president macron decide to push for this? . , ., ,., president macron decide to push for this? ., ., this? it was also a left-wing proposal— this? it was also a left-wing proposal from _ this? it was also a left-wing proposal from members - this? it was also a left-wing proposal from members of. this? it was also a left-wing i proposal from members of the left—wing party in the national assembly. it failed or did not pass its last hurdle at that time and then president macron a year or so ago decided to put his weight behind it which led to this much more positive conclusion today. i suspect the reason is political, president macron is under a lot of attack from the left for having abandoned the left. he is someone who believes his role is to represent the centre of french politics, meaning has to keep an eye on both camps and he's got to have support on both sides of the spectrum, centre—right and ce ntre—left. spectrum, centre—right and centre—left. people say he is a bank of the centre—left, this is a way

for him to say that on social issues, its heart is very much on the left. and at the same time, he was hoping this would provoke ructions on the right, he was hoping catholics and the hard right would come out against theirs, a political coup for him, he could portray them as being antique women's rights. that did not come off in the country is more or less all behind it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. the charity barnardo's has told the bbc the closure of a fund for people struggling with cost of living pressures will be catastrophic. more than 160 councils have warned that thousands of vulnerable families are facing a cliff edge without the household support fund. but the government says other benefits are rising to help cover living costs. there are calls for an independent inquiry into the treatment of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the uk. a report by the now former chief

inspector of borders claims basic bread and butter checks to keep children safe were not being done. the home office says the safety of unaccompanied children is its utmost priority. a charity has warned that former coal—mining areas are falling further behind the rest of britain decades on from pit closures. a0 years after the miners' strike, the coalfields regeneration trust said communities had been let down by a lack of investment since the loss of an industry which employed more than 220,000 people. you're live with bbc news. the kremlin says the content of leaked conversations between german officials discussing potential strikes on crimea proves that western countries are participating in the conflict with ukraine.

germany has denied earlier reports that its russian ambassador has been summoned by the kremlin. imilly that its russian ambassador has been summoned by the kremlin. with more and this is our— summoned by the kremlin. with more and this is our russian _ summoned by the kremlin. with more and this is our russian editor. - and this is our russian editor. thank you for your time. what generally has been the reaction within germany and by the chancellor to this apparent intercept?— to this apparent intercept? germany has accused — to this apparent intercept? germany has accused russia _ to this apparent intercept? germany has accused russia of— to this apparent intercept? germany has accused russia of waging - to this apparent intercept? germany has accused russia of waging an - has accused russia of waging an information war by publishing what appears to be intercepts of these conversations which really should be highly classified. however, what germany did not do, it didn't deny that the hack or wiretap happened, there were earlier reports suggesting that germany could not confirm that everything contained in this published audio is authentic, possibly apart could have been

manipulated, but the impact of this publication is pretty significant. it shows that russia has the capability to tap into these highly classified meetings and also, it would put more pressure on the german chancellor 0laf scholz potentially to deliver these highly capable long—range missiles or maybe it would make more difficult for germany to consider these requests coming from ukraine to get these missiles. and russia's been exploiting this leak endlessly since friday, when it first appeared. the general line coming out of the kremlin and kremlin—controlled media is that this just shows how the west is that this just shows how the west is involved in ukraine and using ukraine to attack russia. but this is the kind of line that we've been

getting from moscow for years now. you mentioned what this means in some ways for german intelligence and some people may be watching and thinking they would assume that russia and the west would be spying on each other in that someways and trying to listen in on conversations. how big a blow is this in that context for german intelligence? aha, this in that context for german intelligence?— this in that context for german intelligence? a significant blow. it's not the _ intelligence? a significant blow. it's not the first _ intelligence? a significant blow. it's not the first one _ intelligence? a significant blow. it's not the first one and - intelligence? a significant blow. it's not the first one and may i intelligence? a significant blow. | it's not the first one and may not be the last. it's worth mentioning that while these missiles are so important that —— why dismissal muscles are so important. ukraine is quite simply running out of western—supplied ammunition and if it was to obtain such long—range missiles, it would be able to target really important russian facilities, which is also the reason while

germany is reluctant to supply these missiles. 0liver scholz said that germany's concerned that ukraine could use them to target targets within russia, such as possibly moscow itself or the kremlin. that would mean a significant escalation for germany, which is keen to continue to be seen as helping ukraine but not being directly involved in the war that's unfolding there. b, involved in the war that's unfolding there. �* ., ~ ,, involved in the war that's unfolding there. �* ., ~ ., involved in the war that's unfolding there. �* . ~' i” ., i” the official preliminary results of iranian elections show that the radical conservatives dominate majority of seats in the national legislature. friday's polling saw record low turnout in an election marred by a vetting process that disqualified numerous candidates. voting came a year after months of

mass protests demanding reform, protest led by women, and those protests were met by a fierce crackdown by authorities. baran abbasi from bbc persian says the government has avoided releasing turnout figures while announcing the intial results. the government has not officially announce turnout figures, which is surprising because the elections were held at two days ago and pointed the results have been announced stopping the government has said it the pallets have been counted but have not yet officially announced a result. unofficial figures put the turnout at 41%, the lowest in the history of the islamic republic, and there speculation is that since the official turnout has not yet been announced, the regime might not be willing yet to admit to the low turnout. the government was trying to repair its image inside and outside of the country by appealing to the people of�*s

national duty and appealing to them to go to polling stations and cast ballots but it seems to have failed. a large number of people, as predicted, refused to vote and a lot of people who wanted to vote were only given limited choice because a number of reformists, almost all of them, as well as moderate and centrist conservatives, were prevented from running. we centrist conservatives, were prevented from running. we saw the women-led — prevented from running. we saw the women-led protest, _ prevented from running. we saw the women-led protest, they _ prevented from running. we saw the women-led protest, they were - prevented from running. we saw the l women-led protest, they were shown women—led protest, they were shown around the world, but broadly what are some of the reasons for this low turnout? , ., , , are some of the reasons for this low turnout? , . , , . ., turnout? this was the first election after the nationwide _ turnout? this was the first election after the nationwide protests - after the nationwide protests against the regime that was sparked by the death in custody of mahsa amini. that was one of the reasons for the boycott of the elections because a large number of families of those who were killed in the

protests, as well as mahsa amini's mother and nobel peace laureates in prison in iran called for a boycott. that there are also economic reasons and systematic reasons for the low turnout. report is calling for the church of england to create investment fund to pay for its historic links to slavery. the report last year revealed the church invested large amounts of money in a company that transported slaves. the report today says the church should also fully acknowledge the harmful legacy of slavery. church representatives are meeting descendants of african slaves at lambeth palace today. we slaves at lambeth palace today. - decided that £100 million was the appropriate financial commitments for the church commissioners to make at this stage. we thought that we need to make a financial commitment

there were significant enough to be impactful while also ensuring that we could honour all of our existing financial commitments to support the various ministries of the church of england that we currently support. and having considered what other organisations have done by way of response. we organisations have done by way of resonse. ~ _, , . organisations have done by way of resonse. . u, , . ., response. we recognise the church of encland is response. we recognise the church of england is deeply _ response. we recognise the church of england is deeply embedded - response. we recognise the church of england is deeply embedded in - response. we recognise the church of england is deeply embedded in the i england is deeply embedded in the core of— england is deeply embedded in the core of the institutions of this country— core of the institutions of this country and so to have the church of england _ country and so to have the church of england and — country and so to have the church of england and the church commissioners particular. _ england and the church commissioners particular, who hold the funds for the church— particular, who hold the funds for the church of england, we recognise that our— the church of england, we recognise that our responsibility that we've taken _ that our responsibility that we've taken on — that our responsibility that we've taken on intentionally is to do what we can— taken on intentionally is to do what we can do— taken on intentionally is to do what we can do and we hope that by doing what we _ we can do and we hope that by doing what we can— we can do and we hope that by doing what we can do, others will look at us and _ what we can do, others will look at us and see — what we can do, others will look at us and see that as an example. gur us and see that as an example. our correspondent _ us and see that as an example. oi" correspondent has filed us and see that as an example. lj' correspondent has filed this report. it is based on a £100 million figure that was come up with injanuary last year. the report looked into whether that was enough and exactly

how money might be spent. it maintained basically that £100 million fund would not necessarily be enough other the target should be “p be enough other the target should be up to £1 billion. where hearing more details today about how that might work in practice. it looks like the church of england will essentially stump up that cash of £100 million to start with with the impression that it will make investments that will start to generate more money and other investors will come on tap to make that further investment, up to make that further investment, up to £1 billion over the next nine years. that report also said that money should be spent over the next nine years, they want to make that quicker. that was the headline figure, i think today was also interesting that there was this idea that the church of england wanted to be seen as something of a catalyst, i.e apologising for its role in the past and also stumping up the cash

with the inference being that other institutions here in england should basically take responsibility for their role in the past. the research has been done and many organisations, institutions and companies that still exist benefited from the slave trade and they too should follow suit and stump up the cash. ,, ., , hello again. some of us got off to a frosty and also a foggy start to the day. that's now lifting quite nicely and most of us will have a dry day, but there is some rain in the forecast. we've got a weather front draped across the northern isles that will bring rain on and off through the day. and also rain which has been coming in from the southwest that's moving northwards and eastwards. but in between, we do have the sunshine. at times the rain in shetland will drift towards 0rkney and we also have the rain which has been coming into the southwest, pushing northeastwards with cloud building ahead of it. and the wind picking

up in the southwest and the english channel. temperatures, seven to about 11 degrees. through this evening and overnight this band of rain continues to push northwards and eastwards, fragmenting in doing so. follow the curl round, you can see the rain coming back into northern ireland by the end of the night. and we also have some heavy showers which could be thundery in the channel islands, drifting in the direction of hampshire. these are our overnight lows, but actually as the cloud and rain pushes northwards and eastwards, temperatures will rise by a degree or so. so into tomorrow, we've got this weather front draped across us. we also have high pressure out towards the east and as the weather front bumps into the high pressure, it really is a fairly weak affair. so we've got some showers across the far northeast of scotland, a lot of dry weather. and then we've got some showery rain, moving out of northern ireland into western scotland, western parts of england and wales. the showers that came into hampshire overnight look likely to drift over towards the southeast. they could be heavy and thundery. and these are our temperatures, 6 to 12 degrees, but windy

through the north channel and western scotland. as we head into wednesday, high pressure is effectively blocking all these fronts coming in from the atlantic. there will be quite a bit of cloud at times across eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. push further west, this is where we'll see the lion's share of the sunshine. but having said that, there will be some showers and a bit more cloud at times across northern ireland and also south—west england. temperatures, six to about 13 degrees, and it will be breezy in northern ireland and also western areas too. towards the end of the working week there'll be a lot of dry weather around. will be one or two showers at times in the west. but what you find is after chilly starts, these temperatures are roughly where they should be at this stage in march.

welcome to world business report. i'm marc ashdown. we start here in the uk, where it's a crunch week for the chancellor who is under pressure from some in his party to reduce taxes in wednesday's budget. he's not keen to cut taxes by increasing borrowing. he's also got less money to play with, as the economic forecast has worsenened in recent weeks. joining me now is yael selfin, chief economist at kpmg uk. plenty ofjeremy plenty of jeremy hunt's plenty ofjeremy hunt's mps want to see these tax cuts. if he did go ahead with them talk us through the various options he might consider. he has got very little room to cut

taxes. the