this is bbc news, the headlines. the un's chief speaks out on gaza as the strip faces famine — he says there is still time to halt the crisis. as talks on a possible ceasefire resume in qatar, we'll speak to an expert on whether the conflict has weakened hamas.

wanted — someone who's self—motivated, empathetic and fine with showering once every two weeks — to work in antarctica's penguin post office. those stories in just a moment. first let's head to the bbc sport centre. hello there. let's bring you up to date with the news around premier league side nottingham forest. bbc sport understands the club have been docked four points for breaching premier league profit and sustainability rules. it puts the club into the bottom three with immediate effect. let's get some more on this now with our sports news correspondent laura scott. what does this points deduction centre around? these are the premier league's profit and sustainability rules which governs how much a club can lose over a three—year period.

typically it is £105 million over three years or £35 million per campaign but this is reduced if a club has spent time in the championship, as nottingham forest had done during the three years of assessment. because they had spent two years in the championship, they were permitted maximum loss of £61 million. what we have heard from the premier league this afternoon is that they exceeded that by {34.5 million and, as a result, the independent commission has docked them four points. this, crucially, drops them the relegation zone beneath luton town, with nine games to go. to beneath luton town, with nine games to .o_ ., 4' ., beneath luton town, with nine games to io, ., 4' ., beneath luton town, with nine games too. ., ~ ., . ,., to go. to know if the club are likel to to go. to know if the club are likely to appeal— to go. to know if the club are likely to appeal against - to go. to know if the club are likely to appeal against this l to go. to know if the club are - likely to appeal against this points deduction? i likely to appeal against this points deduction? ~ . deduction? i think, given what we saw with everton _ deduction? i think, given what we saw with everton appealing - deduction? i think, given what we saw with everton appealing their. saw with everton appealing their points deduction of ten, and that was reduced to six on appeal, i think it would be surprising if nottingham forest accepted this without at least exploring the opportunity to appeal, given how important and significant this

points deduction will be for potentially their survival in the premier league. they do have that opportunity to appeal but we haven't yet heard whether they will. they get given seven days to decide whether to appeal. clearly this is hugely significant, notjust whether to appeal. clearly this is hugely significant, not just for fans of nottingham forest, but luton fans of nottingham forest, but luton fans as well. and indeed all clubs will be taking notice of this decision because these are new rules that are put in place, to mean that any potential breaches of these profit and sustainability rules are dealt with in that season. we have seen what has happened with everton. now it is nottingham forest and we know manchester city have several charges looming over them. this is becoming an increasingly significant matterfor becoming an increasingly significant matter for all becoming an increasingly significant matterfor all premier becoming an increasingly significant matter for all premier league clubs and fans, of course.— and fans, of course. laura scott, thank you _ and fans, of course. laura scott, thank you very — and fans, of course. laura scott, thank you very much. _ well, let's take a look at where that leaves forest. now in the bottom three, below luton town who jump above them. forest now a point from safety.

the club were held to a draw by luton at the weekend, after conceding a late equaliser. britain's most successful female 0lympian, dame laura kenny, has annouced here retirement from cycling. her retirement from cycling. the 31—year—old won five 0lympic golds and seven world championship titles in a distinguished career on the track. she gave birth to her second child injuly and had previously been targeting a fourth 0lympics in paris this year. people were asking me what competition i was going to, what training camps i was going to. it was just filling me with dread. i just didn't want to leave the boys. when you start getting those feelings, cycling is so 21w, you cannot do itjust 50%, you're either in or out, and i knew then, i think this is my time, i need to step away from this. rory mcllroy has welcomed the meeting between the pga tour board and saudi arabia's public investment fund chairman in an effort to bridge the gap between the two entities. negotiations are continuing between the pga tour and the pif, which funds liv golf, about a potential merger. i think it should have

happened months ago. i am glad that it's happening and hopefully that progresses conversations and gets us closer to a solution. i see the two entities and i think there is a really big disconnect between them. 0ne over here, the other out there doing their own thing. so the closer we can get to them hopefully finalising that investment, i think that will be a really good thing. and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on. more on our top story now, and the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations in hamas's internal security force during a raid on gaza's biggest hospital. the military also made dozens of arrests in al—shifa hospital in gaza city. palestinian health officials say a number of people were injured in the raid.

benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has been speaking about israel's objectives. haw benjamin netanyahu has been speaking about israel's objectives.— about israel's ob'ectives. how do we define victory? — about israel's objectives. how do we define victory? we _ about israel's objectives. how do we define victory? we define _ about israel's objectives. how do we define victory? we define it - about israel's objectives. how do we define victory? we define it also - about israel's objectives. how do we define victory? we define it also as. define victory? we define it also as a return of the hostages which were working on now, that is why i was a bit late because we have to instruct our delegation. we define it also as preventing the return of gaza becoming a threat to us at any time in the future. if we achieve these goals then we will also deliver a stinging blow to the iran terror acts, which is behind everything we are seeing today. that is something that we all have to understand, that this is notjust israel's battle, it is a battle for our future, but it is a battle for our future, but it is also the battle for the victory of the israel, american, moderate access against the iran access. unless we have that victory that i

talked about, and we have a defeat. and a defeat spell terrible things for our future and for the future of the middle east and beyond the middle east. this is a war of civilisation against barbarism, those who want to bring back the middle east to the middle ages, early middle ages, and those who want to see it going through a century of progress and advance in the 21st century. that is the battle, it is a very big battle. the people of israel are united as never before. this is something that should inform everything that we discuss now. united as ever before and the need to have that victory over hamas. united as never before and the effort thatjoins the battle against hamas to return the hostages and united as never before in ensuring that gaza does not become a terror haven understood sort of

threat to israel in the future. after nearly six months of fighting in gaza, how weakened is hamas? and what is their political strategy? let's speak to ibrahim dalal—sha, director at horizon center for political studies and media 0utreach. thank you so much forjoining us live here on bbc news. let me ask you that straight forward question. after six months, militarily, you that straight forward question. aftersix months, militarily, how you that straight forward question. after six months, militarily, how we can do is hamas? i actually think that we can focus on the military capabilities. there are many indications that show hamas's military wing has been weakened, significantly, i would say. 0n the morning of october the 6th, seventh, sorry, there were 3000 rockets fired from gaza towards israel. that is a

sign what they have in terms of rocket firing. when you look at the situation inside the gaza strip in terms of... inaudible the third point which is more domestic, but we see a diminished capability of the militant wing of a mass word mac. the militant wing in terms of controlling or maintaining the central control that they had before, whether it is in the south, the north of the central areas of the north of the central areas of the gaza strip. there is no precise account of how exactly this level of damage that was sustained by the military wing but there are clearly

indications that there are a lot of it has been destroyed. if indications that there are a lot of it has been destroyed.— indications that there are a lot of it has been destroyed. if you add to that the infrastructure _ it has been destroyed. if you add to that the infrastructure destruction l that the infrastructure destruction that the infrastructure destruction that we have seen and we still see, and continue to see in the gaza strip, almost turning into a wasteland, i really think that between october the 7th and where we stand today there has been a huge destruction to the capabilities of the military wing.— the military wing. diminished capability. — the military wing. diminished capability, though, _ the military wing. diminished capability, though, because, | the military wing. diminished i capability, though, because, as the military wing. diminished - capability, though, because, as we have seen with this israeli operation at al—shifa hospital, they said they targeted hamas. this is an area they said they had under control a few months ago. they have managed to reappear there. us intelligence says that, in the future, hamas will be able to continue a lingering armed resistance for years to come. is that what you anticipate, that, in fact they revert to resistance tactics? £31

fact they revert to resistance tactics? u, , ~' fact they revert to resistance tactics? _, , ~ , fact they revert to resistance tactics? , ~ , ., tactics? of course. ithink, 'ust to be clear on — tactics? of course. ithink, 'ust to be clear on this i tactics? of course. ithink, 'ust to be clear on this one, * tactics? of course. ithink, 'ust to be clear on this one, the h tactics? of course. i think, just to be clear on this one, the question that i was basically answering is the level of destruction has been weakened. if you ask me whether there will be a situation where there will be a situation where there will be no mass word mac goodman fighting to the last man standing, total eradication and elimination, of hamas as an organisation, i tend to disagree totally because that is a situation or a goal that is an apostle paul to achieve. —— impossible to achieve. the conflict in gaza is not only a conflict that started on october the 7th. with go back a0 years there were people who are confronting the israeli army throughout the years. again if we are talking about the situation where the entire entity of

mass word mac and its three structures as a military wing, is a government and political organisation would have to be defeated and eliminated off the face of the earth, then i simply would stand to actually say that this is not an achievable goal. you talked about the governance _ not an achievable goal. you talked about the governance of _ not an achievable goal. you talked about the governance of the - not an achievable goal. you talked about the governance of the gaza l about the governance of the gaza strip. is that element over now with hamas, and in terms of how palestinians in the region spirit, they will obviously blame israel, in a large part, four, of course, what has happened since october the 7th, but how much people there, palestinians, blame hamas for the destruction? i palestinians, blame hamas for the destruction?— destruction? i think, frankly, the question of— destruction? i think, frankly, the question of blame _ destruction? i think, frankly, the question of blame is _ destruction? i think, frankly, the question of blame is essentially l destruction? i think, frankly, the i question of blame is essentially not the immediate one on people's minds right now. in a conflict like the one we have, a territorial conflict, people under occupation, you will always find voices who would

actually blame hamas, but those are not the higher voices because because the question of being under occupation continues to stay higher in people's mindset. if i may, i just want to say, on a more accurate assessment, and research we have done recently, which informs us that hamas's capability of governing gaza has been eliminated in so many different ways because, not only because of the massive destruction of its own government infrastructure, but also because of the huge damage inflicted on civilian infrastructure. hamas, even if the water stops now this minute, does not have the resources and access to meet people's needs in terms of reconstruction and provision of services. without going into the question of blaming, but

basically, the assessment is that hamas is no longer in a position to regain governance of the gaza strip and there is one more important point that i have to mention here, is that it was an israeli prime minister's policy, mr netanyahu, over the past 15, 17 years, where he was actually cooperating with the finances of the hamas governance capabilities in gaza a strategy that he had of own. sanctions alone cutting that policy, in addition to the destruction we have spoken about, i don't think hamas is in a position to retain governance of the gaza strip any longer. we position to retain governance of the gaza strip any longer.— gaza strip any longer. we have to leave it there _ gaza strip any longer. we have to leave it there but _ gaza strip any longer. we have to leave it there but thank _ gaza strip any longer. we have to leave it there but thank you - gaza strip any longer. we have to leave it there but thank you for i leave it there but thank you for joining us life here on bbc news. thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk, you watching bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. before we move on ijust want you're live with bbc news. before we move on i just want to show you the live pictures coming into us from moscow. there is a huge rally in its early stages there in central moscow because, in the next little while, we will hear from vladimir putin after that victory in the election in the election of course that the west has described as not to free and fair, but 87% in terms of the figures that have been collated, supporting vladimir putin, as he goes into another term in office. large crowds gathered there, no surprise in terms of the election result, given that all forms of opposition have been so totally crushed inside russia. those of the live pictures, when vladimir putin appears we will regularly tune in and hear some of the things that the russian president says to that crowd. those on the scenes live in

moscow. as the world looks to move away from using fossil fuels, demand for deep—sea mining permits is increasing. there are tens of billions of pounds�* worth of metals and minerals lying on the ocean's seabed, which could be used in renewable technologies. but what impact could mining have on marine life and coastal communities? 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt has been exploring the issues. in november last year, a research vessel chartered by a mining company is assessing the impact of mining on the abyssal plain, the sea bed of the deep ocean. protesters from greenpeace board the vessel, hampering the research, according to the mining company. you might think this is the usual conflict between industry and activists, except that in this case the miners, like the greens, claim to be acting in the best interests of the planet. why?

they claim the potato—sized metallic nodules they are after are crucial to the green transition, and that hoovering them up from the sea floor is far less damaging than mining on land. this is what the miners are after. this is a polymetallic nodule. they take millions of years to form and they contain cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese, all metals used in renewable technologies. the problem is getting hold of these destroys the creatures that live among them. for years, it was assumed there was little life in the cold, dark depths of the ocean. it's true there aren't many animals per square metre, but what scientists are learning is that what is there is far more diverse than was expected. but the abyssal plain is vast. it covers a0% of the entire surface of the earth. land makes up just 29%. mining companies say the area they plan to work is a tiny proportion of the total.

i understand why the greens are cautious, but on this occasion they've got it wrong. let's go back to first principles. we should be carrying out extractive industries in parts of the planet where there is the least life, not the most life. mr barron says greenpeace's approach is anti—science. as the world is saying, "give me more scientific evidence", here we were, going back to an area that we had been harvesting these very same rocks from a year earlier. greenpeace, unfortunately, do not sit into that group that want more scientific evidence. what they wanted to do was to disrupt us. greenpeace says its protest wasjustified because the metals company plans to press ahead with mining before regulations have been agreed. there is so much science out there already which is urging extreme caution. 800 scientists, more than, have said we should not be transitioning right now to actually mining.

we don't want to see licences coming forward... they're not transition to mining, they're collecting evidence, right? with the intention to put that into application... you've said we need more science and then greenpeace is blocking the effort to get that science done, aren't you? i think there's a big difference between tick box science by a company that has a clear commercial interest in the outcomes of that research, and independent scientific research, which is helping us understand the complexity and the fragility of deep ocean environments. a decision about greenpeace's future with the international seabed authority will be made at the meeting injamaica. in the meantime, scientists continue to gather more information about the ocean depths. it's a new industry and we should be concerned and we should ask difficult questions. essentially, there's always a risk with these things. and collecting data, collecting evidence, is the way to reduce that risk, to understand what it is, and then ultimately to make a decision. and i suspect that decision will be difficult. the really good news, says dr glover, is that decisions about regulating the collection

of these nodules are being made before the industry begins. and that, he says, is very rare indeed. justin rowlatt, bbc news. if you've got the monday blues today, then this next story might interest you. applications are now open, to work in antarctica's famous "penguin post office". located in port lockroy, it's the southern—most post office in the world. you'll need to have a range of skills, including sorting the post, selling stamps, and counting the 1,500 penguins that live there. let's speak to camilla johns, head of development at the uk antarctic heritage trust. she was at port lockroy last season. welcome to the programme. i absolutely love the ad that has been placed. it calls for a self—motivated, empathetic person, fine with showering only once every

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we do see that rain coming in, together with stronger winds into northern ireland and we'll see one band of rain pushing eastwards overnight, followed by a second band of rain that's developing. that one could be quite heavy rain with gusty winds, gales likely in the far north of scotland. it will be a pretty mild night out there, milder than it was last night. temperatures no lower than 9 or 10 degrees. those two bands of rain that we start with in england and wales willjust tend to fade away and it will brighten up in many places, leaving just a few showers. a few showers will continue in northern ireland, but the earlier, heavier showers in scotland will move away, sunshine will come out and the winds will ease as well. temperatures still reaching 12 or 13 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, but again peaking at 16 in the south—east of england. we could see a bit of rain developing in the south—west of england by the end of the day. that weather front is going to move back northwards again overnight and into wednesday, taking rain northwards too. some of that rain for a while affecting northern ireland, perhaps some southern and eastern

parts of scotland. most of the rain more likely from the south—west into wales, through the midlands and across northern england. scotland and northern ireland turning drier and brighter through the day. across the south—east of england it may stay dry, as well. here it is still quite mild — 16 or 17 degrees — but behind the rain to the north things are cooling off a little bit now. we're all going to see some rain over this week ahead, but there may not be too much rain across the north—east of scotland and we're probably going to miss most of the rain in the south—east of england. it's going to be wetter in the west, particularly across western parts of scotland. as we head into thursday, we will see the winds picking up across northern areas and these weather fronts bringing more rain into scotland and northern ireland in particular. as we move into the end of the week and into the weekend, it's staying windy, but the wind direction is changing, eventually coming to the north—west or the north. that will bring colder weather and lots of showers.

live from london, this is bbc news. gunfire. israel raids gaza's al—shifa hospital, saying hamas is hiding there. hamas says the raid violates international law. meanwhile, the un says gaza is on the brink of famine — its chief says there is still time to halt the crisis. vladimir putin says he'll prioritise the war in ukraine during his fifth term as president. western leaders say the poll

was neither free nor fair. these are the pictures live from moscow with crowd turning out in big numbers. we expect to hear from vladimir putin in the next while. rishi sunak dismisses reports of a new plot to oust him, saying he's concentrating on delivering his government's priorities. and the battle over deep—sea mining as the demand for permits increases — greenpeace says it damages pristine eco—systems. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, welcome to verified live. the israeli army says it has killed the head of operations

in hamas's internal security force during a raid on gaza's