accused him of exaggerating. and the private company that made history by becoming the first to make a soft landing on the moon has given new details about problems with the mission. hello, i'm lauren taylor. the russian president vladimir putin is set to deliver his annual address to parliament and the nation. mr putin usually uses the state—of—the—nation address to send signals to audiences both at home and abroad. this time, the attention to the speech is especially high. not only because of the presidential elections that will likely grant him another six years in the kremlin, but also due to the ongoing waragainst ukraine, and the suspicious death of opposition leader alexei navalny. we arejust seeing we are just seeing some live pictures there on the scene as they

wait for the state of the nation address. just a reminder that we will be covering this in full on bbc news live page with analysis of president putin's speech as it happens. you can watch our live stream of the speech there, just press the play button. the dignitaries arriving for the speech they are in moscow. bbc news website to find complete coverage of this, or the bbc news app. let's speak to olga ivshina, from the bbc russia service. tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting? fine tell us about the speech today, what are we “petting?— tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the _ are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years _ are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years for _ are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years for putin's - stable over the years for putin's addresses and press conferences. this year is no exception. he is late, but according to his standards, five or ten minutes is nothing, sometimes even late hours. this year, it is important because as you rightly said, the presidential elections, which no

doubt will secure putin another term, are due in a few weeks. but the kremlin like to see things go smoothly, that is why everybody is on high alert and will be listening to the address at the address itself will be broke out in cinemas in russia for the first time. and later broadcasted on skyscrapers and houses. we haven't seen this much coverage on that scale before. it shows that the kremlin is struggling to send its message, yes, propaganda is working, yes, all russians are aware broadly of the kremlin�*s goals. at the same time, we see the number of people who want that special military operation, the war, to be over, this is not good news for the coming because it seems putin himself has no desire to stop.

as you say, a war that can't be called a war. do you think they will be acknowledged by putin during this or not? . . . a, or not? once again, he will call this a special— or not? once again, he will call this a special military _ or not? once again, he will calll this a special military operation, even though some patriotic bloggers who support the invasion are asking why is it so bad? he will be breaking the law is his government has introduced if he says that. in 2022. if things don't go that smoothly, the kremlin wanted to suppress talks about alexei navalny to make his funeral, as we hearfrom his team that they wanted to make the funeral as quiet as possible, but we see his family and his team is trying to attract as much attention as possible to the suspicious death of alexei navalny. on that, there are preparations for the service in moscow. is it likely that putin will even elude to

navalny? or do you think it will just not name him? i navalny? or do you think it will just not name him?— navalny? or do you think it will just not name him? i think he won't mention this _ just not name him? i think he won't mention this thing _ just not name him? i think he won't mention this thing at _ just not name him? i think he won't mention this thing at all, _ just not name him? i think he won't mention this thing at all, because i mention this thing at all, because as you rightly said, for years, mr putin has never called navalny by name, he always gave him strange adjectives. and after navalny�*s suspicious death, putin �*s spokesperson was asked would putin comment, and he always replied, "we said everything we wanted." thank ou ve said everything we wanted." thank you very much _ said everything we wanted." thank you very much indeed. _ said everything we wanted." thank you very much indeed. we - said everything we wanted." thank you very much indeed. we bring i said everything we wanted." thank you very much indeed. we bring you that speech as soon as it starts, and as olga was saying, putin is late for his own event. the leader of hamas says the group is showing "flexibility" in negotiations with israel but that it's ready to continue fighting. it's the first sign of any movement from hamas. the group is believed to be holding around 130 israeli hostages, and any deal to release them is expected to include

transfers of palestinians being detained by israel. paul adams reports from jerusalem. back where it all began. families and friends of the hostages are on the march. this is where hundreds of israelis were killed on october the seventh, and where hundreds of others were dragged away into gaza. they're marching tojerusalem, demanding their government do more to bring the missing home. hopes raised by talk of a ceasefire. 145 endless days and nights of yearning for our loved ones. we send them strength and ask them to hold a little longer. just a little longer. a deal is possible. but what would that deal look like? it's thought a ceasefire could last for six weeks and could be extended. a0 israeli hostages would gradually be released. women, civilians and soldiers coming first. in return, 400 palestinian prisoners would be released from israeli jails. israeli soldiers might move away from some of gaza's

most populated areas. and some of the 1.8 million palestinians displaced by the fighting might be able to return to homes in the north. how close do you think we are to a deal here? one former israeli intelligence official with experience of negotiations says he's optimistic. i think that we are pretty close. i'm not saying that for sure we would see a release of hostages and palestinian prisoners, necessarily. but i think that the negotiation is getting forward. and today, the first oblique hints of progress from hamas. any flexibility we are showing in the negotiations is to protect the blood of our people and to put an end to their huge pains and sacrifices in the brutal war of extermination against it. what hamas's leader in gaza thinks is not yet known. yahya sinwar was last seen in an underground tunnel,

his guerrilla army slowly being annihilated above him. it's been almost three months since the last negotiated deal. dozens of israeli and foreign hostages were released, but the deal broke down after a week. since then, conditions in gaza for hostages and palestinians alike have only got worse. the hunt for food and water never ends. hunger and disease, a growing menace. any ceasefire deal will have to offer meaningful relief. for now, the waiting and the marching go on. the families say they'll reach jerusalem by saturday. will good news be waiting for them when they get there? paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem. live now tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. we are nearing the death toll of 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is

correct. 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is correct we — 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is correct. we are _ 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is correct. we are waiting _ 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is correct. we are waiting for- 30,000 in gaza, aren't we? that is correct. we are waiting for the - correct. we are waiting for the official announcement from the health ministry, part of the hamas — run government in the gaza strip, but certainly from the reports we are hearing in the palestinian media overnight, dozens of people have been killed in gaza, that would take it easily across the 30,000 mark. the deaths we are hearing about, people killed, dozens of them while waiting for aid to arrive. apparently in a location to the south of gaza city on the coastal road there. there is some quite graphic video circulating about, we have not been able to verify that just yet. there are also reports of some 25 people having been killed in the centre of the gaza strip, with air there. also in khan younis, several people killed, that is right in the south, and we know that has been a yellow location where there has been a lot of fighting in recent days with the israeli military and hamas fighters. and we have had the

israeli military saying there have been terrorists killed their and also a neighbourhood outside of gaza city in the past day or so. the first comments _ city in the past day or so. the first comments from - city in the past day or so. the first comments from hamas since those paris peace talks, the word flexibility but quite heavily caveat it. �* flexibility but quite heavily caveat it. ~ . ., ,�* , flexibility but quite heavily caveat it. and hamas's official position is that it is reviewing _ it. and hamas's official position is that it is reviewing that _ it. and hamas's official position is that it is reviewing that paris - that it is reviewing that paris framework that was laid out, agreed by israel, with us involvement and by israel, with us involvement and by qatari and egyptian mediators there as well. hamas and the israelis still have their delegations in loja looking at this deal, looking at the details of it, a lot of the devil is in the detail but that did seem to be a bit of a move from her mask that up to now it has been suggesting that it only wants to have a permanent ceasefire, it needs to have a path to a permanent ceasefire, an end to this war and a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. but saying that

there could be some flexibility does seem to open the possibility of an extended troops. if this was the last for a0 days, that would be the longest truce we had seen it so far in this war. and the hope would be that event you could have negotiators continuing to try to find some way during that period for an end to this war, to find some sort of way out.— an end to this war, to find some sort of wa out. ., ~ i. , . sort of way out. thank you very much indeed. let's speak to adnan abu hasna, who is the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees media advisor. hejoins us from cairo. can you give us an update on what is going on at the moment in terms of the humanitarian situation on the ground? we the humanitarian situation on the round? ~ . . ~ the humanitarian situation on the round? ~ . ., ~ ., ., ground? we are talking about a catastmphe _ ground? we are talking about a catastrophe in _ ground? we are talking about a catastrophe in the _ ground? we are talking about a catastrophe in the northern - ground? we are talking about a | catastrophe in the northern part ground? we are talking about a i catastrophe in the northern part of the gaza strip, we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people starving, they have nothing to eat, nor animals any more. lots of people

are suffering from several kinds of diseases. we are talking about a place which is a disaster. and maybe you have been hearing about what happened this morning, that tens of people were killed and injured while thousands of people of hungry people were waiting for trucks coming from the south. that is horrible, no one can believe what is actually going on. most of these people are innocent. because if they have anything to do with politics and the palestinian organisation, they would have left the north to the south, but they stayed in their homes because they believe that they are innocent. they have continued their life, but, unfortunately, they are starving now and they are being killed and injured with so many attacks here.—

killed and injured with so many attacks here. ., ., ., , attacks here. there were allegations that staff at the _ attacks here. there were allegations that staff at the united _ attacks here. there were allegations that staff at the united nations - that staff at the united nations refugee agency were involved in the attacks against israel, that has affected your funding. attacks against israel, that has affected yourfunding. how attacks against israel, that has affected your funding. how many donors have stopped paying and how is that affecting what you can do on the ground in gaza? it is that affecting what you can do on the ground in gaza?— is that affecting what you can do on the ground in gaza? it has extremely affected our— the ground in gaza? it has extremely affected our operation, _ the ground in gaza? it has extremely affected our operation, because - affected our operation, because there were many countries were suspended their funds to unra. last year, they gave us nearly 70% of unra funding, the funding that we have right now, we will be able to keep our operation until the end of the month, but after that, we will not be able to continue our work and we will be suspending our operation, not only in gaza but in syria, lebanon, jordan and the west bank, unless some donors contribute more and more. and some of these

countries renew their contribution, the donation to unrra. but now it is very difficult for us. the number of aid trucks that enter gaza this month, february, is nearly 50% of the aid trucks that entered gaza in january. the aid trucks that entered gaza in janua . ., ~ the aid trucks that entered gaza in janua . . ~' ,, , . the aid trucks that entered gaza in janua . ., ~ , . �* ., january. thank you very much. before we move onto — january. thank you very much. before we move onto other— january. thank you very much. before we move onto other news, _ january. thank you very much. before we move onto other news, i _ january. thank you very much. before we move onto other news, ijust - we move onto other news, ijust want to bring the live pictures from moscow, we are expecting president vladimir putin to give his state of the nation address, and that is being broadcast and cinema around the country. oh, there he is. let's have a listen. translation: thank you, please sit down. translation: thank you, please sit down- hello — translation: thank you, please sit down. hello to _ translation: thank you, please sit down. hello to you _ translation: thank you, please sit

down. hello to you all. _ translation: thank you, please sit down. hello to you all. senators, - down. hello to you all. senators, deputies, citizens of russia, each address to the federal assembly is first of all a look to the future. and today, we are going to talk about not only our next plans but also about our strategic objectives, theissues also about our strategic objectives, the issues that need to be solved for a confident and long—term development of our country. programme of concrete action has been formed also during my trips to the regions and my direct talking to the regions and my direct talking to the workers of the defence and civilian factories, with teachers and doctors, volunteers, parents of large families, our heroes on the front line, our volunteer soldiers and officers of the armed forces. of course, we understand that these are

a staged events, but people have a real need that we hear during these conversations, many of these ideas have been put forward at public forums. citizens are part of the proposals, their desires and aspirations are at the core of our initiatives today. i expect that they will be discussed in public, because to implement everything that we plan, this implementation can also only be done together. we have proven that we are prepared to solve the most difficult tasks and rise to the most difficult tasks and rise to the most difficult challenges. for example, we have repelled the aggression of international terrorism, we have preserved the unity of the country, we have stopped it being torn apart, we have supported our brothers and sisters and their desire to be with russia. and today is the tenth anniversary

of the legendary russian spring. and today, the courage of its heroes, the people of sevastopol and the uprising of donbas is of course a matter of pride. applause all this inspires us and strengthens our confidence that we shall overcome everything together. we shall be able to do everything together together all of us, we have not only stopped the threat of the global pandemicjust recently, but we have also shown that our society has values, such as compassion, mutual support and solidarity. and today, when our motherland is standing up for its sovereignty and security and defending our compatriots in donbas and not a

rossl compatriots in donbas and not a rossi, our citizens have the dominant role in this struggle, our unity, ourfaith in our unity to our country, all of these values, all of these qualities have been shown at these qualities have been shown at the beginning of the special military operation, when it was supported by an overwhelming majority of the russian nation, despite all the trials, all the bitterness of losses, people, people are steadfast in their choice and they keep confirming it that they want to do their utmost for the country and it's good. they work in three shifts around the clock in factories, everything that the front line needs, the industry is at the core of our victory, and it has shown flexibility and resilience. i want to thank entrepreneurs, workers, people working on farmland who work for the interests of

russia. millions have rallied around the actions, everything for victory. russian business in the two years have sent billions of roubles to charities and organisations supporting our servicemen and their families. people are sending letters and packages to the front line, masking measures and everything that they can take from their immoderate savings —— moderate savings. this is a contribution to ourjoint victory. matthew amroliwala we are watching president putin and the start everything he termed the maxtor directory, and he doesn't refer to it as a war, so he says things are being sent to the front line in what he maintains a special military operation. this will probably last for a while, if you want to watch

more of it, do go to our bbc news life page. we will have analysis of president putin's speech as it happens, you can watch a live stream there as well, just press the play button. go to the bbc news website or the bbc news app. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. voters in rochdale will head to the polls today to elect a new mp. the by—election was called after the death of labour mp sir tony lloyd injanuary. there are 11 candidates standing, with results expected early on friday morning. a public health campaign to remind parents of the importance of childhood vaccinations has been launched in england. health experts have warned children are "suffering needlessly" because of the decline in uptake since the pandemic. it comes amid a rise in measle cases across the country. a woman has died and two people

are missing after a migrant boat had to be rescued in the english channel. french authorities say a small boat carrying around 50 migrants got into difficulty yesterday. passengers told rescuers three people had gone overboard. former leeds rhino player rob burrow and his family have met the princess royal, as a special thank you to those raising awareness of motor neurone disease. over the last four years, more than £8.2 million has been raised for the mnd association, whose royal patron is princess anne. you're live with bbc news. prime minister rishi sunak has warned of a "growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule" in the uk. speaking to police chiefs, he warned of a pattern of increasingly violent and intimidatory behaviour stopping mps from doing theirjobs. he said he wants more robust police responses to protect politicians. but the human rights group amnesty international says the prime minister "wildly exaggerates the issue". let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson.

an act talking about concerns of safety for mp5, what can you tell us about what he has been saying? i think there is a bit of frustration from rishi sunak over the continuing pro—palestinian demonstrations here in london and elsewhere upset i think by the projection of the slogan "from the river to the sea, seen as anti—semitic onto big ben during a recent demonstration, and yesterday effectively he brought in police chiefs, police and crime commissioners for a roundtable session, as it was described in downing street, he wagged his finger at them and said, "look, you have existing powers and you should be doing more to use the existing powers to police these demonstrations." in particular, he was concerned about demonstrations outside mps' homes, they have been footage we have broadcasted on the bbc too of a demonstration outside

the conservative mp tobias ellwood's home, for example. he says there are existing powers in the law, police don't need new powers for this. for the police to disperse these demonstrations that, in effect, they can regard them as intimidator ri, and that would allow them to get rid of the people who are protesting, at least to get rid of them from that particular location. he also wanted to see more notice given by organisers of demonstrations to the police so they can decide what is an appropriate response. and as part of appropriate response. and as part of a £31 million package helping not just to improve the safety of mps but also in the general election year, candidates from all parties. there will also be a provision for such policing, so if something appears to be getting out of control, the funds will be there for the police to increase their numbers —— search control. people have been a bit concerned about this because demonstrations are nothing new, and

demonstrations are nothing new, and demonstrations against the poll tax, iraq war, and characterising pro—palestinian demonstrations as mob rule has been controversial in some quarters. you mentioned amnesty international, also groups such as liberty as well, they are exposing concerns. but whether there will be some kind of clearing of the ground to try to further restrict those protests in the first place, that will not be met by a positive reaction from the organisers. they are making it very clear that even though it has been very costly to police these demonstrations, they will continue for as long as the conflict continues. we will continue for as long as the conflict continues.— conflict continues. we are approaching _ conflict continues. we are approaching the _ conflict continues. we are approaching the budget, l conflict continues. we are i approaching the budget, any conflict continues. we are - approaching the budget, any idea floated about in the newspaper today? floated about in the newspaper toda ? , ., , today? there is quite an interesting wheeze floated _ today? there is quite an interesting wheeze floated at _ today? there is quite an interesting wheeze floated at the _ today? there is quite an interesting wheeze floated at the moment, i wheeze floated at the moment, wealthy foreign individuals can avoid paying tax on their income outside the uk for up to 15 years, known as so—called non—doms for tax purposes. laboursays known as so—called non—doms for tax purposes. labour says it would get rid of that tax break and that would

give more than £2 million to spend on the health service, breakfast clubs at primary school. it now would appear that the chancellor has not made a final decision but is considering doing the same thing, in other words, taxing these rich, wealthy foreign individuals. but he might well devote the money to cutting taxes for working people, cutting taxes for working people, cutting the rate of national insurance further. if he did that, thenit insurance further. if he did that, then it provides something of a challenge to labour, because effectively it would say, "right, what are you going to do? are you going to reverse that tax cut for working people or are you going to raise taxes elsewhere if you still want to pay for that investment in the health service and in children's breakfast club?" i think you can see in an election year, budgets are often more about politics than economics. often more about politics than economica— often more about politics than economics. ., ~ , ., , . economics. thank you very much indeed. we will listen to putin for a minute. we up some of what he has said. he has said the absolute

majority of russian support for the special military operation, he says he will not allow anyone to interfere in our domestic affairs, and he has said that of the west seeks to weaken russia from within. he has also been saying, talking about what he calls the special operation and what the rest of the world go to war, he says, "our military has gained colossal, experience and our military has the initiative in ukraine and is operating in new territories." we will keep an eye on that speech from vladimir putin, get more analysis as the morning wears on. do stay us and bbc with news. hello there. sunshine was a scarce commodity across the uk on wednesday, but we had most of it in eastern scotland, withjust overfour hours of sunshine in edinburgh. however, the rest of us rather cloudy, grey and at times wet. but it was mild with it.

however, as the rain continues to push south and east, the wind direction is changing. we're going to see a return to some colder air across our shores. so, thursday will start off mild but wet across southeast england and east anglia. quite a lot of cloud generally across england and wales, with the best of any brighter skies into northern ireland, scotland. northwest scotland seeing a real rash of showers accompanied by gale force gusts of winds through the day. it will start to turn colder generally across scotland, 6 to 9 degrees, maybe double digits for a time before that front clears through in the southeast. but as we move out of thursday into friday, we see this next frontal system moving in. and as temperatures fall away through the night, bumping into that cold air which is sitting in place across the country, yes, we could see a return to some wintriness. it's going to be across higher ground. generally, temperatures will be sitting around freezing first thing on friday morning, perhaps below in eastern scotland. but there's going to be a risk of some snow above 200 metres in northern ireland.

scottish borders, across the pennines and into north wales. we could see a few centimetres accumulating, so that might cause some minor disruption, but it will be rain elsewhere. so, you can see circulating around that low pressure is that frontal system, and it will bring some sunny spells and scattered showers. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow at times across wales and south west england, perhaps drier into the far north of scotland. but temperatures a little bit down — six to nine degrees. don't forget, friday is the first day of march. so these values are just below par for this time of year. then, as we move into the start of the weekend, we maintain the sunny spells and scattered showers, and the wind direction still coming from the north. so it will feel quite cold and we could still have a wintry flavour with any elevation. so again, six to nine degrees the expected high. but as we move out of saturday into sunday, we see another frontal system bringing a spell of more organised rain. fora time, again, on the leading edge, there could be some wintry showers,

but it will be rain eventually as that front moves through. so the weekend will stay pretty unsettled for most of us. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... vladimir putin has been addressing parliament in his annual speech ahead of upcoming elections. the minister responsible for the uk armed forces has offered to meet the family of a woman allegedly

killed by a british soldier more than a decade ago. the us supreme court agrees to rule on whether donald trump can be prosecuted on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 us election. and from devastation to oscar hope — we bring you the ukrainian film 20 days in mariupol, the favourite to win the best documentary. vladimir putin is delivering his annual address to parliament and of the nation ahead of the elections, and within the last few minutes he has talked about his relationship with the west. he says russia is ready for dialogue with the united states on strategic stability, but he also said that we understand that the west is trying to draw russia into an arms race. earlier, he talked about moscow doing everything it can to end the conflict in ukraine, to solve the tasks of the special military operation, as he

still calls it. he said his