live from washington, this is bbc news. tensions between the us and israel are exposed after the un security council pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the us and uk charge china of a sweeping cyber espionage campaign that allegedly impacted millions. donald trump gets a win in one case, while a judge in another sets the date for his first criminal trial. hello. i'm caitriona perry. you are very welcome. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cancelled a scheduled trip to the united states by two of his top advisors,

after the us did not veto a un security council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between hamas and israel. the us abstained from the vote, allowing the resolution to pass, after numerous failed attempts. the resolution also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages. the us says it's very disappointed by the cancelled visit. a separate visit by israel's defence minister, is underway. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu called benjamin netanyahu called the move a clear retreat for the previous us position. hugo bachega has more from jerusalem. it isn't surprising there has been strong reaction from israel. shortly after this resolution was approved, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued an angry statement. he criticised the americans, saying that the fact that they had abstained in this

boat marked a departure in their position. the point the israelis are making is any kind of ceasefire in gaza should be based on the condition that the israeli hostages who remain in captivity in gaza should be freed. after the american boat the prime minister decided to cancel a visit by an israeli delegation to washington that was expected to happen later this week. these israeli officials were expected to explain to biden officials the plans that the israeli military has four it's promised ground offensive into rafah. we know there has been strong opposition inside the biden administration over this planned offensive. us officials, also the un and aid organisations are saying that any kind of offensive into rafah could have catastrophic

consequences. more than i million palestinians are now sheltering in rafah after having to flee their homes because of the conflict. this action at the united nations shows frustration within the biden administration and the increasing international isolation of israel amid growing criticism over the way it is conducting this war. to discuss these developments, we go live tojohn hannah, former national security adviser to us president dick cheney —— vice president dick cheney. why is the administration repeatedly saying that this is not binding?— repeatedly saying that this is not binding? first, thank you for having — not binding? first, thank you for having me. _ not binding? first, thank you for having me. i— not binding? first, thank you for having me. i think - not binding? first, thank you for having me. i think the - for having me. i think the administration knows that there is no chance that the security council is going to be able to

enforce this resolution. israel is not going to ceasefire until it gets all those hostages back. so i think the administration knows that — that this isn't going to have any operational effects on the ground in gaza and doesn't want to pursue this fight any further. with israel. it has sent a message which it wanted to do to its domestic political base here in the democratic party by allowing this resolution to pass but i don't think this is a fight that the administration now wants to pursue any further. but given that the resolution _ pursue any further. but given that the resolution has - pursue any further. but given l that the resolution has passed, what will the international community do if nothing happens? according to the un and ngos operating in gaza, there is a catastrophic demonstration with children starving to death, and hostages still being held as well. yes. still being held as well. yes, and of course _

still being held as well. yes, and of course all _ still being held as well. yes, and of course all the - still being held as well. yes, and of course all the things i and of course all the things that you just mentioned, the suffering of innocent gazans and the hostages in the war itself are all because of october seven, which i remind you, the un security council hasn't yet brought itself to condemn either the attacks on israel on october seven, or hamas, specifically, for carrying out the worst pogrom on dues since the holocaust. so i don't think much is going to happen here operationally. israel is determined to go to rafah. it is determined to destroy hamas. we all hope they can be a deal with respect to hostages that would give us some kind of temporary respite from this wart so we can bring in a lot more humanitarian aid and get those ports suffering hostages back to their families. but the ones holding up families. but the ones holding up a ceasefire deal that has been on offer, a six—week

ceasefire for the last several months is a must, not israel. israel has agreed to several iterations of the current deal thatis iterations of the current deal that is being proposed by egypt, qatar, and the united states. ~ ~ , states. we saw prime minister netanyahu _ states. we saw prime minister netanyahu cancel _ states. we saw prime minister netanyahu cancel that - states. we saw prime minister netanyahu cancel that is - states. we saw prime minister netanyahu cancel that is reallyj netanyahu cancel that is really delegation that was due to meet the biden administration officials to discuss alternatives to the invasion of rafah, as you mention. but the israeli defence minister is already in washington, dc, has already in washington, dc, has already met secretary of state antony blinken, and rafah has been discussed. is there a lot of posturing and objects happening, orwhat of posturing and objects happening, or what you think is really going on? i happening, or what you think is really going on?— really going on? i think you have basically _ really going on? i think you have basically nailed - really going on? i think you have basically nailed it, - really going on? i think you l have basically nailed it, that both in israel and in the united states, both of these leaders are dealing with very difficult domestic political situations, domestic audiences that they are talking to. so i

believe this cancellation was a way for israel to register its disappointment, for the prime minister to stand up and say, you know, you can'tjust walk all over israel at the united nations and expect us to play along. but the bottom line is his defence minister, a former major general in the idf, is here, who understands the military planning being done for rafah. he will be able to explain what israel intends to do, including with those i million displaced palestinians in rafah that the idf knows needs to be moved into — into safety, if they are going to be able to operate effectively. and he will be able to talk to his military counterparts in the united states to see if they really have a better idea and a better strategy for doing rafah than the one the idf is proposing. i'm sceptical that

the us has such ideas, because i think we would have all heard about them by this point in time. but let's — let's see what happens over the coming days here in washington with the defence minister. indeed, let's see what _ the defence minister. indeed, let's see what happens. - the defence minister. indeed, let's see what happens. john l let's see what happens. john hannah, former adviser to vice president dick cheney, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. russian president vladimir putin says the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow on friday was carried out by islamist extremists, but maintains that ukraine was involved — it's an accusation care have describes as absurd. at least 139 people were killed in the atrocity for which the islamic state group claimed responsibility. four people have been charged with terrorism and three remanded in custody. a report by our writer editor

steve rosenberg. a warning, it contains images some viewers may find distressing. —— russia editor. in court, the men russia says committed mass murder. four suspects. battered. bloodied. and, in one case, barely conscious. all four were charged with terrorism. just days after this. islamic state had been quick to claim it was behind the attack on the crocus city hall concert hall. tonight, russia's president said radical islamists had carried out out the mass shooting. but he still tried to link it to ukraine. translation: we must, of course. _ answer the question why was it ukraine that the terrorists tried to go to after their crime? who was waiting for them there? it's clear that those that support the kyiv regime don't want to be accessories of terror and sponsors of terrorism, but there are many questions.

same message in the russian media. "ukraine is to blame," but no evidence. so this paper says it believes that ukraine carried out the attack, without providing any evidence for that. it writes, "there are some basic truths, fire burns, "the wind blows and the kyiv of regime are murderers "and terrorists." and in this paper, a russian mp says, "russia needs "to take kyiv and crush the terrorist beast." which raises the question, will russia try to use the devastating attack on the concert hall to try to justify a future escalation in its war on ukraine? concern too, that moscow may use this moment to increase repression at home. that's what happens with the kgb state. the kbb state uses any opportunity, when there is some crisis or a threat, to make sure that it hammers all the nails into the coffin of freedom. so, in other words, a further crackdown coming? i actually would even

bet on that. and as russians reflect on the horror that unfolded here, what is the mood in moscow? there is no sense of panic, but people are worried. "things don't feel right," alexandra says. "i don't feel safe." i felt fear going outside, - and i had to go to the store, and when i left my home, i ijust thought that i should hurry and come back to my flat, because it is the only place - where i can be safe. and that is what the gunmen wanted. notjust to kill, but to leave a nation in fear. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. china slammed british cyber attack claims as malicious lender after us and uk officials filed

charges, imposing sanctions and accusing jonah of a cyber espionage campaign. —— china. in the uk, attacks on the country's electoral commission took place in august 2021 but were only revealed last year. several mps who have been critical of beijing were also targeted. our political editor chris mason has the details. who is watching? who is listening? china, an economic powerhouse, a one—party state, a world view a world away from our own. right honourable oliver dowden... beijing spying and meddling, a cyberattack on the elections watchdog — the electoral commission. this is the latest in a clear pattern of hostile activity originating in china. two people and a company linked to the chinese state are to face sanctions, banned from travelling to the uk and their assets here frozen. we will support the government in efforts to counter attempts by china or any other state to interfere with or undermine

the democratic process. america is accusing china of a vast and brash illegal hacking operation. it's bringing criminal charges against seven chinese nationals. and from beijing? dripping contempt. translation: one should not pin the blame on some - certain countries- without any factual basis. don't let's politicise this issue. - back in westminster, a campaign group gathers. the chinese state media says this alliance, which has members in more than 30 countries, is sinister, extremist. this is a challenge to the very way that we live our lives, to our belief in democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, freedom of worship. sir iain reckons the uk's still too soft on china, and plenty of mps on all sides agree. things have changed though.

look at this! it's less than 10 years since the now foreign secretary, david cameron, was swigging a pint with the chinese president in buckinghamshire. there is much more scepticism now but there was one key question i wanted to ask for you, when i spoke to this former secret service official. i wonder how worried we should be as individuals, maybe scared even, about china? the overwhelming majority of the british people probably have nothing to be worried about, but if you are engaged in politics or in areas such as human rights promotion then you can safely assume that china is going to want to be on your case. cybercrime in the shadows, the world's newest superpower — dealing with china, one of the challenges of our age. chris mason, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this

is bbc news. farmers around europe have been protesting in recent weeks about the way they are being treated, and in particular cheap imports and tighter environmental regulations. today it was the turn of british farmers to demonstrate. a convoy of around 50 tractors made its way through central london. meghan owen has been there for us. they are protesting against a number of things, in particular cheap food in points and tightening restrictions. —— imports. it comes after eu countries and countries around the world have also staged their own farming protests. but this is the first time in a while that farmers have taken to the streets of central london in their tractors. the government says "we firmly back our farmers, government says "we firmly back ourfarmers, we put agriculture at the forefront of any deals, we negotiate" but i think from the sounds of it and look of it here, farmers don't accept that in the uk.

here, farmers don't accept that in the uk-_ here, farmers don't accept that in the uk. ~ ., in the uk. our reporter meghan owen reporting _ in the uk. our reporter meghan owen reporting there. - in the uk. our reporter meghan owen reporting there. you - in the uk. our reporter meghan owen reporting there. you are. owen reporting there. you are live with bbc news. a new president has been elected for senegal. he will be the youngest ever president of the country. his victory comes ten days after he was released from prison after facebook posts over alleged injustice in the political system. french president emmanuel macron also congratulated diomaye faye on his win. here is diomaye faye speaking a short while ago. translation: by electing the president of the republic, the senegalese people have chosen to break with the past, to give substance to the immense hopes raised by a vision of society. i pledge to govern with humility and transparency and to fight corruption at all levels.

former us president donald trump was back in court on monday for two major updates in his ongoing legal battles. the judge rejected his attempts to secure a long delay in his new york hush money trial. the trial is set to begin on april 15 and will be the first ever criminal trial of a former president in us history. he is alleged to have made a so—called much money payment to aduu so—called much money payment to adult film star stormy daniels for a sexual relationship he denies. there was also positive news on a separate fraud case, a new yorkjudge ordering that his $464 million fine due to be paid could be reduced to $175 million. nada tawfik has more from new york city. it was a day of mixed news for donald trump and two of the legal cases here in new york. but first the civil business broad case where he was ordered

in february to pay 464 million dollars after he was found liable for inflating property values to get better loans. he faced a deadline today of pain that massive bond in order to stave off collection efforts while his appeal plays out. and if he missed today's deadline, the new york attorney general said that he would again begin seizing his assets. but at the last minute, a court of appeal stepped in and agreed to let him be a far lesser amount. a bond of $175 million that he has to secure within the next ten days. it was far less, you know, great news for donald trump, when it came to his criminal case here in new york, where there was a pre—trial hearing in the courthouse right behind me. remember, that case is the first he was ever charged in, on schedule to go to trial to begin, on monday,

but then federal prosecutors gave donald trump, at his request, his legal team, some additional documents they were requesting. they accused prosecutors of misconduct. but that was something the judge wasn't having. they said the district attorney's office had gone above and beyond to get all the materials in their possession, and that donald trump's team just didn't put forward a convincing argument that there was any misconduct whatsoever. so he really shut down that and he said that the trial would go ahead on april 15. now, that means that donald trump will go to trial before the november presidential election and voters will know before then if he is either a convicted felon or if he is acquitted of the charges against him. that is significant because there was a big question mark over whether he would face any of the criminal trials against him

before the presidential election.— before the presidential election. �*, ., ~ ., ., election. let's talk more about this now- _ election. let's talk more about this now- we _ election. let's talk more about this now. we are _ election. let's talk more about this now. we are joined - election. let's talk more about this now. we are joined by - this now. we arejoined by formerfederal prosecutor faith gave. let's start with the hush money case. —— faith gay. we often see stalling and proceedings, and donald trump of vaccine dominic thiem seems to be doing this. that i donald trump's team since to be doing this. in this case it was — since to be doing this. in this case it was a _ since to be doing this. in this case it was a complex - since to be doing this. in this case it was a complex issue | case it was a complex issue before court which was additional documents requested at the very last minute from donald trump's team. the documents were provided by federal prosecutors and donald trump had a chance to review those. in court there was close questioning by the judge of how many documents were relevant to this trail, to this offence. donald trump's lawyer was unable to answer, giving generalities that didn't make

thejudge happy at generalities that didn't make the judge happy at all. it turns out there are about 300 documents to review that were maybe relevant, maybe not, arguably relevant, and those documents had been reviewed over the last two or three weeks, plenty of time. the judge said "this is fair play, you've had notice, you could have asked for them early, much earlier, go ahead, get ready for trial, you have had a lot of time to repair, we will start." . ., ., start." the 'udge called out the delay — start." the judge called out the delay efforts, - start." the judge called out the delay efforts, saying i start." the judge called out i the delay efforts, saying that donald trump's lawyers were accusing the manhattan da of misconduct. does this amount to misconduct. does this amount to misconduct or election interference, do you think? absolutely not. the prosecutors got these documents into the defence team's hands. they had plenty of time to look at them. the number of documents that are relevant to this case were quite modest. it has nothing to do with election interference. frankly the charges here are

about covering up, from the american public, a sordid sex scandal by falsifying documents. the election interference charge go to donald trump, not to this prosecutorial team. looking at the other court _ prosecutorial team. looking at the other court proceedings i the other court proceedings today involving the former president, he was supposed to post half $1 billion in bond in a severalfraud case. thejudge in that appeals at $175 million in that appeals at $175 million in space is only $175 million would be acceptable. is that what usually happens, or did they come as a surprise? i think is a surprise. it was issued in short order without any reasoning from the presiding justice and for other judges. essentially it is a conservative decision. this is a 1—of—a—kind civil fraud judgement against an ex—president. the amounts of money are staggering. although

the court didn't give its reasoning, we could perhaps speculate that because of the amount, $175 million is still a lot. perhaps one or more of the appellate courtjudges have appellate court judges have some appellate courtjudges have some concerns about the amount is calculated in the trial court below stop perhaps there may be a reduction, eventually, of the decision in the trial court. i think this decision gives them hope to donald trump's lawyers that maybe that finaljudgement won't be quite as massive. still, you know, gobsmacked income of $175 million or so. but maybe it won't be quite as large as was anticipated. so yes, this was a surprise in this 1—of—a—kind civil trial. surprise in this 1-of-a-kind civil trial.— surprise in this 1-of-a-kind civiltrial. ., , civil trial. what happens if he doesnt civil trial. what happens if he doesn't make _ civil trial. what happens if he doesn't make the _ civil trial. what happens if he doesn't make the deadline? l civil trial. what happens if he i doesn't make the deadline? the same thing _ doesn't make the deadline? iie: same thing that would doesn't make the deadline? "iie: same thing that would happen with the half billion dollar

number that was reduced by the appellate court. if he doesn't get the $175 million together, the new york attorney general can start to seize donald trump's assets. but you can only seize $175 million rather than half $1 billion in assets. 0k, than half $1 billion in assets. ok, thank you very much for joining us with your insides there. former us federal prosecutor faith gay, and defence lawyer. thank you for joining us. thank you. now let's check in on other— thank you. now let's check in on other important _ thank you. now let's check in on other important news. i on other important news. boeing's ceo will step down at the end of 2024. his departure as part of a major shakeup at the aircraft manufacturer. the head of its commercial allies division will retire immediately and its chairman will not stand for re—election. boeing has been under pressure for safety issues, including incidents including when an exit door on a 737 plane blew

off at about 6000 feet above ground. the us department of homeland security agents have opened a case against sean 'diddy�* combs. the lawsuit was filed in november accusing him of engaging in sex trafficking. los angeles dodgers player shohei ohtani denies bidding a sport, saying that is former manager stole money to fuel a gambling habit. he was fired last week after claims of massive theft emerged. at least four and a half million dollars was reportedly transferred from shohei ohtani's bank account to the bookmaker. he says he found out about the theft in a meeting last week. that is it promotes for the moment. thank you for watching. i'm katrina

perry. stay with us on bbc news. take care. hello. an area of low pressure is going to sit around on top of the uk over the next few days, and that will drive some very heavy downpours of rain, with some flashes of lightning, some rumbles of thunder, some of the showers over high ground will be wintry, and we will often have some strong and gusty winds. so here is our area of low pressure. you can think of this as the engine room of the weather, driving things over the next few days. a couple of different slow—moving fronts. one which has been bringing some rain and snow across scotland, that tending to pull away eastwards but leaving a residue of cloud across southern scotland, northern england, northern ireland, some quite murky conditions, damp and drizzly, too. and then another weather front�*s just bringing some rain northwards across central southern england, into parts of the midlands, the southeast eventually getting into parts of wales, something a little bit brighter into the south—west of england, also brighter but with some wintry showers in northern scotland, highs of 6—12 degrees. now, during tuesday night, we'll see this rain band

journeying northwards and then bumping into cold air across scotland with some snow, especially over high ground, but to relatively low levels in the northern half of scotland. behind that, some clear spells, but bands of showers pushing in from the west, some of which will be heavy with some hail and thunder. that theme continues on into wednesday. you can see one band of heavy thundery rain here moving its way northwards and eastwards. plenty of showers following on behind. it's going to be a windy day for just about all of us. and our area of rain and snow still affecting the far north of scotland. temperatures struggling a little bit, 6—12 degrees. our area of low pressure still with us through wednesday night and into thursday. further bands of very heavy rain circulating around the lows. so expect more intense downpours on thursday with some hail, some thunder, could be some wintriness over higher ground, gales likely through the english channel and quite windy elsewhere, particularly across eastern and north—eastern parts.

and those temperatures, again, between 8—12 degrees. now, as we move into good friday, there are some signs that this area of low pressure will loosen its grip a little. so not as many showers on friday, more in the way of sunshine and actually a decent amount of dry weather on saturday as well. so drierfor a time over the easter weekend. it's certainly going to turn a little bit warmer, but it does look like rain will return through sunday and monday.

more turbulence for boeing as its ceo announces his exit from the company. and we look at the chinese company that has emerged as a frontrunner in the global electric vehicle market. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. we start with boeing. it has announced that its chief executive will step down later this year. has been under pressure since a panel on a boeing 737 blew off midflight in the us injanuary. amid the deepening safety crisis, two other senior executives are also leaving the company. the bbc�*s international business correspondent theo leggett has more. a terrifying moment for passengers as a door flew off a brand—new

alaska airlines boeing 737 max injanuary.