live from jerusalem, this is bbc news. the bbc sees evidence that staff at nasser hospital in gaza were mistreated by israeli forces, we will bring you a special report. a ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid has left cyprus�*s larnaca port for gaza. also on the programme... the prime minister of haiti, ariel henry, resigns, as gang violence plunges the country into chaos. one of the conservative party's biggest donors has been accused of making racist remarks about the mp, diane abbott. hello i'm anna foster injerusalem. i want to go straight to these live

pictures of the scene in the southern part of the gaza strip and this is where more than i southern part of the gaza strip and this is where more thani million people are displaced and you can see the tents and temporary structures that people are living in after having to leave their homes in the north of the strip when the israeli ground offensive started there and we know there are many people crammed into a very small space without the aid they need, things like food, medicalsupplies, without the aid they need, things like food, medical supplies, they are very hard to come by and in a few minutes will bring you up—to—date with the progress of an aid ship that has left cyprus which is on its way to gaza so we will bring you the latest and that but i want to start with a special report because the bbc has seen evidence that doctors and nurses and other medical staff were detained, beaten and prevented from carrying out vital medical work at a hospital.

we've also heard accusations that some detainees were stripped and kept in stress positions for several hours. israel said it occupied nasser believing it was used by hamas and several released israeli hostages have said they were held there. wyre davies reports — and a warning, you might find some parts of his report distressing. not for the first time in this war, israeli soldiers have been filmed standing over stripped and kneeling detainees in gaza. but these are medical staff, detained after the israeli army overran the nasser hospital in khan yunis. most of them are still held captive. for weeks, the medics had witnessed israel's military advance closing in around their hospital. the fighting in khan younis was fierce. thousands of people who'd sought refuge in the grounds,

fled under gunfire. what should have been a place of safety was completely the opposite. one nurse was shot inside a hospital operating theatre through a window. another person shot at the main entrance. the hospital was under siege. on february the 15th, after giving warnings, israeli tanks overran the hospital. there were chaotic scenes as troops took control. patients who'd been unable to evacuate were moved by medics from collapsing wards. israel says it found hamas weapons, also medication which they say supports accounts from israeli hostages that they were held there. in the idf�*s own footage, you can see that hospital patients had their hands zip tied, detained outside in their beds and wheelchairs.

this was when troops also detained the medical personnel, more than 50 of them forced to leave their posts —— at least 49 of them... and remove their surgical clothing. israel says it did so in case there were concealed weapons, and that among the 200 arrested at nasser were terrorists posing as medics. dr amira assouli had remained at nasser throughout the siege, before the israeli incursion, risking her own neck to save lives, as people were shot inside the grounds. she later witnessed what happened to her fellow doctors. | translation: it was tough for us to | see how the doctors, who had bravely stayed at the hospital despite the dangers, were stripped and beaten. their hands were tied behind them and they were left in the sun for hours. his hand broken in captivity, dr ahmed sabha is one of the very few medics

to have since been released. he shows the positions they were forced to adopt for hours, and says they were also tortured. translation: they forced us to kneel down with our eyes blindfolded. - there was a pit in the ground, and we thought they would execute us and bury us there. we said our prayers, but they were just intimidating us. israel says any abuse of detainees is against idf orders and is strictly prohibited. but crucially, according to the hospital manager who dealt with the israelis during the raid, the detention of so many of his staff left his hospital woefully short of doctors. translation: eight doctors and 15 nurses were left - treating 250 patients. you can imagine the level of care we could give with no water or electricity in the hospital at that point.

during this time, 13 patients and injured people died. the israeli army says it operated within nasser in a precise and focused manner, and says it provided equipment enabling it to function and treat patients. but with the war continuing, and at least 46 medics still detained —— 40 —— a0 medics... or missing, the hospital has been closed for weeks. wyre davies, bbc news. the humanitarian situation in gaza remains dire. in the last few minutes there has been another daily airdrop that we have seen. some of the aid is coming from the sky being delivered from the journeying during a jordanian air force and us military and use the pallets, the planes and being dropped to the ground and this only delivers a small amount of the aid

needed. another option being explored is bringing aid by c. we have been tracking the aid being delivered by shipping larnaca in cyprus. there was an aid corridor announced by the eu last week and it will have 200 tonnes of aid on board. thejourney will have 200 tonnes of aid on board. the journey could take two days. the difficulties will be in the captain of the shipping run by the captain of the shipping run by the spanish charity says the last mile be the most difficult than actually unloading the aid and distributing it with other concerns and issues there are when they get to gaza. our correspond and give us this update. they finally got security clearances and then today they left before 9am

local time. as you are saying in your introduction it will take us a while to get there, perhaps as long as 50 hours, two days. and the difficulty they face when they arrive is gazza, which is in a state of war and arrive is gazza, which is in a state of warand under arrive is gazza, which is in a state of war and under israeli bombardment, there is no infrastructure and function ports while the ship is at sea, they are busily building a jetty to be able to receive this aid and they are using rubble from some of the destruction to create that. what it is ready in time we do not know but the journey in is ready in time we do not know but thejourney in a is ready in time we do not know but the journey in a 200 tonnes of aid which is rice and flour and prepared meals is now under way to gaza but it is a tiny amount compared to what is needed in gaza. they have been receiving aid supplies by truck and using airdrops as well. this is the first time that the maritime corridor has been opened and the expectation is there will be many

more ships after this, notjust... they have this function in kitchens, 60 across gaza and were started by palestinians and they have been operating and providing aid and this does is notjust in gaza but they have been doing in ukraine, haiti and elsewhere in their quite nimble and elsewhere in their quite nimble and practised at being able to get this kind of aid to very hard to reach places but let me touch on the number ofaid. your reach places but let me touch on the number of aid. your average truck holes holes 20 tonnes of aid so doing a quick back of the envelope that will meet gas as needed by c 50 of those barges would need to leave every single day. another ship here is being prepared to deliver aid if this one is successful and also the united states has a separate maritime corridor initiative where they will be delivering aid or sending a ship from the united

states which will build appear —— a peer which will be able to deal with large amount of cargo in comparison to the ship which is now disappearing over the horizon. there is a big effort you're going on by international aid groups such as the uae, usa and cyprus and others but there is an interesting point that israel is the occupier of gaza and the west bank and should be responsible for ensuring that the people there have enough food and that they have enough water and electricity and clearly that is not happening the moment and in some respects, the responsibility is being passed on to others but it remains israel's responsibility under the geneva convention of the people of gaza, the palestinians, are fed and receive everything they need to live a proper life. our correspondent quentin somerville tracking the progress of the ship in larnaca in cyprus. it is the

beginning of ramadan around the world and palestinians here are watching what is happening in gaza. the difficult situation means that ramadan is being celebrated in a very different way to how it would normally be. yesterday i was speaking to palestinians in jerusalem and what they are seeing from gaza and how that will change the way they celebrate the holiest month in the muslim calendar. there is no “0 . month in the muslim calendar. there is no joy- there _ month in the muslim calendar. there is no joy. there is _ month in the muslim calendar. there is no joy. there is no _ month in the muslim calendar. there is no joy. there is no ramadan - is nojoy. there is no ramadan celebrations. look at the streets. and it's all because of gaza. there is no desire to celebrate anything. the atmosphere is bleak. the is no desire to celebrate anything. the atmosphere is bleak.- the atmosphere is bleak. the old ramadan widows _ the atmosphere is bleak. the old ramadan widows no _ the atmosphere is bleak. the old ramadan widows no war - the atmosphere is bleak. the old ramadan widows no war in - the atmosphere is bleak. the old ramadan widows no war in gaza, | the atmosphere is bleak. the old - ramadan widows no war in gaza, you will see _ ramadan widows no war in gaza, you will see crowded streets but now there _ will see crowded streets but now there is — will see crowded streets but now there is only older people. they don't let— there is only older people. they don't let young people in. the day before _ don't let young people in. the day before yesterday, they beat them with sticks. they wanted to go in

but they— with sticks. they wanted to go in but they didn't let them. why? it is for us _ but they didn't let them. why? it is for us |_ but they didn't let them. why? it is for us. ,., , but they didn't let them. why? it is for us. , ., for us. i feel sad. there is no --eole for us. i feel sad. there is no peeple are — for us. i feel sad. there is no people are visitors. - for us. i feel sad. there is no people are visitors. the - for us. i feel sad. there is no | people are visitors. the city is empty. — people are visitors. the city is empty, no movement - people are visitors. the city is empty, no movement leg - people are visitors. the city is . empty, no movement leg before people are visitors. the city is - empty, no movement leg before in the know people _ empty, no movement leg before in the know peorrie from _ empty, no movement leg before in the know people from the _ empty, no movement leg before in the know people from the west _ empty, no movement leg before in the know people from the west bank- empty, no movement leg before in the know people from the west bank or - know people from the west bank or the north — know people from the west bank or the north. there _ know people from the west bank or the north. there is— know people from the west bank or the north. there is no— know people from the west bank or the north. there is nojoy— know people from the west bank or the north. there is nojoy this- the north. there is nojoy this ramadan _ the north. there is no 'oy this ramadamfi the north. there is no 'oy this ramadan. ., ., ., ., ramadan. we feel a lot of pain over what is happening — ramadan. we feel a lot of pain over what is happening in _ ramadan. we feel a lot of pain over what is happening in gaza and - ramadan. we feel a lot of pain over what is happening in gaza and this | what is happening in gaza and this is the result of the unfairness of the united states in security council and all the international organisations that do not stand up for the righteous. people are hungry and thirsty. there is no food or drink and they do not have the basic of human needs.— of human needs. thoughts from the old city there _ of human needs. thoughts from the old city there in _ of human needs. thoughts from the old city there in east _ of human needs. thoughts from the old city there in east jerusalem. - of human needs. thoughts from the old city there in east jerusalem. i i old city there in eastjerusalem. i will show these live pictures of the north of the gaza strip and this is the place where the aid ship we were talking about a few minutes ago is going to try to get some of that aid into, around 300,000 people looking... when you look at the live

pictures there you can really see how broken the skyline is and how difficult it is to get those people orfor difficult it is to get those people or for those people who have stayed behind and have not moved south. interestingly as well, the qatari foreign ministry had held a news conference in the last few minutes. the other brokers of the peace talks, along with egypt. the peace talks, along with egypt. the peace talks between israel and hamas. unsurprisingly israel and hamas are not close to cessation at the moment. but sows are not seeing a language that would agree to the implementation of a deal. this is we knew we were in but the qataris confirming that in the press conference. i want you to see these live again of rafah at the south of

the strip. you can see the intense situations people are living in without food or medical supplies. though situation is that you're looking at, that's why world leaders are trying so hard to arrange this immediate humanitarian ceasefire and while the channels of communication remain open, as you are hearing there, even though they hope to have some kind of deal in place by ramadan, but has not been the case. we continue to watch the progress and that aid ship that's on the way from cyprus to gaza as well. much more to come through bbc news hand you back now to london. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. some other stories the news. the rate of unemployment in the uk rose from 3.8% in the previous three months. the new labour market figures released from the national statistics office show that one fifth of 16—64 —year—olds

in the uk were not actively looking for work. in the uk were not actively looking forwork. some in the uk were not actively looking for work. some prisoners in england and wales could be released up to two months early in order to relieve overcrowding injails. thejustice secretary said the policy would only apply to certain low—level offenders and will be in place for a limited period. officialfigures show and will be in place for a limited period. official figures show the prison population is nearing the operational capacity. more than 900,000 people in england who did not get measles, mumps and rubella jab as children are being invited to take part in a catch—up campaign. the mmr vaccine coverage is of the lowest it has been for more than one decade. the campaign has been prompted by rising numbers of measles cases in parts of england. you will live with bbc news. haiti's prime minister, ariel henry, has called for calm and a return to stability after agreeing to resign to make way for a transitional authority. he's been stuck in puerto rico, unable to return, as his country wrestles with growing anarchy.

us officials say he s welcome to remain on us soil if he wishes. mr henry has held the unelected role since the assassination in 2021 of the country's last president. but armed groups have been calling for him to step down, leading to widespread violence. news of his resignation came during a high—level meeting of the caribbean community injamaica. he's now urged his countrymen to focus on rebuilding the country. haiti wants peace and stability and sustainable development in haiti needs democratic institutions. i am asking all haitians to remain calm and do everything they can for peace and do everything they can for peace and stability to come back as fast as possible for the good of the

country. speaking at the caricom talks injamaica, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, announced a multi million dollar aid package for haiti. what we've seen in recent days, again, should remind us that the already challenging and difficult security situation has now deteriorated even further and makes the multinational support mission even more important than ever. the united nations security council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. given this increasingly urgent need, i'm announcing today that the united states department of defense is doubling its approved support for the mission from $100 million to $200 million, and that brings the total us support to $300 million for this effort. i'm also announcing additional humanitarian assistance for the people of haiti. $33 million to further support their health and food security. now, all of us know that only the haitian people can — only the haitian people should —

determine their own future. international aid agencies are warning that the upsurge in violence means it's impossible to give food into the capital. earlier the world food programme current lima country director for haiti updated food programme current lima country directorfor haiti updated us food programme current lima country director for haiti updated us on the military and situation in port—au—prince. military and situation in port-au-prince.- military and situation in port-au-prince. , ., ., , port-au-prince. the situation is more dramatic _ port-au-prince. the situation is more dramatic and _ port-au-prince. the situation is more dramatic and in _ port-au-prince. the situation is more dramatic and in rows - port-au-prince. the situation is more dramatic and in rows are i more dramatic and in rows are impossible to port—au—prince and it was looted a few days ago. it's impossible to get in and out of port—au—prince safely at this time and there has been an upsurge in violence and mass of population displacement and the degradation of the manager and climate is bad in port—au—prince. the un secretary general has again called for a ramadan ceasefire in sudan. it's suffering from the biggest displacement crisis in the world, and aid agencies warn it risks becoming the world's largest hunger crisis. reports say a top general in sudan's army rejected

a ramadan ceasefire ? unless the rival rsf paramilitary group leaves civilian and public sites. us officials are pushing to open more land routes for aid from chad — the army had closed access points, saying the rsf was using it to transport weapons, and has only re—opened one. the fighting must end for the sake of the sudanese people, who face hunger, horrors and untold hardships. in gaza, in sudan and beyond, its time for peace. i call on political, religious and community leaders everywhere to do everything in their power to make this holy period a time for empathy, action and peace. the controversial influencer andrew tait and his brother had been rearrested in romania and an arrest warrant for six abused her charges.

tate, a self—proclaimed misogynist, and his brother, deny all the allegations. they also face separate rape and human trafficking charges in romania — which they also deny. earlier i spoke to our corresponded nick beake. the police in bucharest are saying that they arrested the pair last night after about 11pm local time and they say that was because of concerns over alleged sexual offences committed in the united kingdom, apparently the european arrest warrant request to be carried out was issued by the british authorities and what happened is the prosecutor in romania decided on the brothers be detained for 2h hours. that has not been confirmed but this is what the two sides of the story, two key players of the story, are saying these representatives are claiming they were previously considered by

british police and the british authorities and prosecutors and no action was taken. that is not being confirmed but this is what the two sides of the story from the key players of the story are seeing today. frank hester has accepted he was rude about making comments about down hester but that they had nothing to do with miss abbott pours my gender or skin colour. must be to political correspondent. tell us how this came out what it's about. frank hester runs — this came out what it's about. frank hester runs a _ this came out what it's about. frank hester runs a health _ this came out what it's about. frank hester runs a health care _ this came out what it's about. frank hester runs a health care software | hester runs a health care software company and especially in recent times is one of the conservative party was my biggest donors. he gave £10 million to the party, that's a lot in british terms, just last year. how did this come out? yesterday the guardian newspaper produced an article in which it claimed that in a meeting at his business back in 2019, frank hester

said this... "is like trying to be rices but you see diane abbott on the tv and you want to hate all black women because she is there and i don't hate all black women but i think she should be shot." it is important to say bbc has not independently verified those alleged remarks. diane abbott is a long—standing mp in the first black woman mp elected in 1987. while frank hester�*s team have not confirmed that he made those precise comments as alleged by the guardian, he has issued a statement through his company where he says he accepts he was rude about diane abbott in a private meeting several years ago but he also says his criticism had nothing to do with her gender, nor her colour of skin. interestingly, that's similar to an argument made by mel stride the work and pensions secretary when he was asked today. it's clear that what he said was inappropriate and he has apologised for his— inappropriate and he has apologised for his remarks. i think the critical— for his remarks. i think the critical point here is i don't think what _ critical point here is i don't think what he — critical point here is i don't think what he was saying was a

gender—based race days to comment but it— gender—based race days to comment but it was— gender—based race days to comment but it was clearly inappropriate. he has apologised and i think we need to move _ has apologised and i think we need to move on — has apologised and i think we need to move on from that.— to move on from that. henry, how damauuin to move on from that. henry, how damaging is— to move on from that. henry, how damaging is this _ to move on from that. henry, how damaging is this for _ to move on from that. henry, how damaging is this for the _ damaging is this for the conservative?— damaging is this for the conservative? ~ ., ., conservative? we can hear from the comments of _ conservative? we can hear from the comments of mel _ conservative? we can hear from the comments of mel the _ conservative? we can hear from the comments of mel the vicar - comments of mel the vicar conservatives would like people to move on in his words from this. i don't think that's where opposition parties are on this. labour's shadow health secretary has said the comments were revolting, the alleged comments were revolting, the alleged comments i should say, racist and insightful and calling the conservative party to return the £10 million they got from frank hester last year. the liberal democrats have made the same call. it's clear the conservative party wants to resist that and let's see whether the pressure builds on them or it dissipates somewhat. finally we shall see the diane abbott herself, she responded to a well wish on twitter or x yesterday. she said she was quite upset to learn of the comments inside also i feel less safe. , .,

comments inside also i feel less safe. , . ., ., , safe. henry, we heard that there has been no official— safe. henry, we heard that there has been no official reaction _ safe. henry, we heard that there has been no official reaction to this - been no official reaction to this but do you think that was it? that's the most senior— but do you think that was it? that's the most senior reaction _ but do you think that was it? that's the most senior reaction we - but do you think that was it? that's the most senior reaction we have i the most senior reaction we have had. it's a funny one because it's not really a government matter so much as a conservative party matter and the conservative party spokesman last night pointed us essentially to frank hester�*s response and mel stride formalise today when he said what frank hester has said that the comments were as alleged to have been made were not about diane abbot�*s race or her gender. i am detecting a bit of a knees. not necessarily the —— honeys. —— the adoption of frank hester was a defence. i had a conservative mp saying he's not sure if it was for the conservative party to follow that line of argument even if they decide they don't want to hand back the money. decide they don't want to hand back the mone . . .. decide they don't want to hand back the mone . ., ,, i. , . the money. thank you very much indeed. airbnb _

says it will ban most indoor security cameras at the property and lists. it follows complaints they have been found in areas where guests would expect privacy stop they have been allowed in common areas such as hallways and living rooms clearly visible and listed in the property description. the new policy comes into effect at the end of april. eric carmen known for the hit song all by myself has died. the song became one of celine dion's most iconic hits where she covered it and it appeared in the first bridgetjones film. eric carmen, who died at the age of 7a. stay with us on bbc news. hello again.

today's turning out to be fairly cloudy and also wet, the heaviest rain across england and wales, and that will be quite slow to clear. and as we go through this week, although it's turning milder, there will be spells of rain. now, if we take a look at the rainfall accumulation chart, you can see the key is here. we've got a lot of dark blues in the chart, meaning 20 to 30 millimetres of rainfall. but locally we've got the bright greens, which is even more than that, and it's falling an already saturated ground, exacerbating the risk of localised flooding. so a lot of cloud on the cards today. for most of us it's been producing some rain. but even as the rain pushes steadily eastwards behind it will have a legacy of cloud, murky, dank conditions, hill and coastal mist and fog. the brightest skies with some sunshine will be across the far north of scotland. temperature wise, seven in lerwick to 13 in belfast, birmingham, london and plymouth. now as we go through the evening and overnight, we start off on a largely dry note, but we've got two weather fronts.

here's the first one pushing eastwards, taking some rain. here's the second one moving south—eastwards, bringing heavier rain across scotland and northern ireland, eventually into the far north of northern england. the wind picking up behind it, but a very mild night ahead of it. so tomorrow we start off with this rain again, slowly sinking southwards. there will still be a fair bit of cloud ahead of it, but we'll see some breaks in the cloud tomorrow with some sunshine. whereas for scotland and northern ireland it's going to be windy with sunshine and showers, gales across the far north, temperatures 8 to 15 degrees. but in the sunshine in the south—east, we might see a little bit higher than that. wednesday night into thursday, our weather front retreats northwards once again taking its rain with it. there's another one coming in from the atlantic as well. so thursday is looking fairly cloudy, wet as the rain moves northwards. showery rain coming in from the west pushing eastwards. these are the temperatures — eight to about 16 degrees north to south. again, in any breaks in that cloud, we might see a little bit higher.

and that's illustrated here. we've got this south—westerly wind coming in across much of the country, but note how we've got more of a north—westerly in the far north. so here temperatures will dip temporarily. so the outlook remains unsettled with rain or showers.

the uk unemployment rate edges up, but wages head higher. we will explain what it means. and falling market, lego increases its sales last year despite a shrinking world market. welcome to world business report. we begin here in the uk. the rate of unemployment rose to 3.9% in the three months to january. that's from 3.8% in the previous three months. meanwhile, british wages excluding bonuses grew by 6.1% compared to a year earlier. that's slightly lower than expected. what does it tell others about the state of the economy.

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