this is the world today from bbc news, the headlines... world leaders discuss a deadly incident in gaza where more than 100 people were killed after they surrounded a an aid convoy. it comes before the un security council comes

to discuss it shortly. they are the among the latest victims in a war that, hamas says, has now left more than 30,000 people killed. we'll get the latest from the us border. joe biden and donald trump are in texas, trying to win over voters on one of the most important issues in november's presidential election. we hearfrom south korea, where striking doctors and the government are locked in a stand off over staff shortages. more on our top story. as we've heard, the hamas run health ministry says more than 30,000 postings have been killed since israel started its military action in october. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been watching a new statement that has come from israel's chief military spokesman. now paul has watched this and said there are some

elements of it that differ from the account given earlier by other idf spokespeople. the rear admiral says that aid convoy, which happened this morning, had been coordinated, in his words, by the idf. 38 trucks involved with the egyptian aid being distributed by private contractors. he goes on to describe how thousands of gazans had descended upon the trucks — he talked about some of them violently pushing and trampling, looting the humanitarian supplies, he says. now what is interesting is that he says tanks didn't fire on the convoy, he said that there was a cautious attempt by tanks trying to disperse by firing a few warning shots and the tank decided to retreat to avoid harming the gazans that were there. up paul adams reveals the idf had actually

been conducting humanitarian operations of this kind for the last four nights without any problem until early this morning. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office also said the idf have submitted a plan to provide humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip, and their words, humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip, and theirwords, in humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip, and their words, in a humanitarian assistance to the gaza strip, and theirwords, in a manner that will prevent the looting that has occurred in the northern strip and other areas, as we were reflecting earlier, the amount of aid that's actually been getting into gaza since the war has decreased by a huge amount and aid agencies have been warning about impending starvation there. we also talked there about that figure from the hamas run health and ministry, saying more than 30,000 postings have been killed since october 7th. bbc verify have been examining how many of those killed were members of hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments. here's frank gardner. bbc verify has been covering this

war ever since the october the 7th raid on israel. it's a war that has ravaged one of the most densely populated places on earth — home to over two million people who can't leave. so, how has this 30,000 deaths figure been arrived at? it's based on the number of dead bodies brought to hospitals. the world health organization has previously endorsed gaza's health ministry casualty figures as credible. if anything, 30,000 could even be an underestimate, due to bodies still buried under the rubble. so let's break this down. as you can see from this graph here, the vast majority of those killed have been women and children. today, the pentagon said more than 25,000 women and children have been killed in gaza. nearly half of gaza's population is under 18. separating civilian deaths from hamas fighters is not easy. those fighters tend to be embedded amongst the civilian population. some are in uniform, some are not. israel has accused hamas

of using gaza's civilian population as human shields. but there is no question that those civilians are suffering the brunt of israel's military operation. so, how many hamas and other militant fighters have been killed? at the start of the war, it was widely assumed hamas had around 30,000 fighters. on february the 19th, hamas reportedly admitted 6,000 of theirfighters had been killed, but they later denied that. as of today, the israeli army say they have killed at least 10,000 fighters. there are some clear discrepancies here between the israeli, the palestinian and pentagon figures. they don't all add up. but two things do stand out clearly — the civilian death toll in gaza is the highest of any israeli—palestinian conflict in recent history. and secondly, hamas — although severely damaged — still has an unknown number of unaccounted for fighters.

russia's president vladimir putin has warned western governments not to send troops to ukraine saying the consequences of doing so would be "tragic". in his annual state of the nation address in moscow, he claimed his forces were advancing confidently inside ukraine, two years after the invasion. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has more. it was president putin's 19th state of the nation address. and he used it to send this warning to western nations. "don't send your troops to ukraine." translation: they need to understand once and for all that we have _ weapons, too, that can strike targets on their territory. and everything they think up and scare the world with risks a nuclear conflict and the end of civilisation. regarding russia, he pledged

to reduce poverty, boost the birth rate and raise incomes. well, there is an election coming up. the kremlin clearly wanted russians to see this speech. it was shown live on billboards. even in some cinemas. although this moscow movie house wasn't exactly overflowing. putin and popcorn — not an obvious combo. this address was part campaign speech, part state of the nation, and state of the world as vladimir putin sees it, with warnings to the west and promises to his people that life here will get better if he stays in the kremlin. as for the current wave of repression in russia and the intensifying crackdown on dissent, there was no mention of that. and the audience, russian mps and senators, had little to say about the death in prison of the country's most famous opposition leader. are you not concerned about the state of the nation

or its reputation after the death of alexei navalny? who's that? i am ready to comment on the message which vladimir putin delivered but not on other issues, so thank you. the president, too, has stayed silent on mr navalny�*s death. alexei navalny is expected to be buried tomorrow at this moscow cemetery. his allies have accused the russian authorities of blocking their plans for a public memorial service for him. as for the kremlin, the choreography here sent a clear message — that on russia's political stage, there is only room for one man. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's turn to kenya where, for more than a decade, the family of this woman, agnes wanjiru, has been awaiting justice. she was last seen alive,

while exiting a hotel with a british soldier. her body was later discovered in a septic tank near a british military base, leaving behind a two—year—old daughter in nanyuki, in central kenya. the british army training unit in kenya is a permanent base in an interview with the bbc, britain's minister for armed forces and veterans, has offered to meet personally with the family, and sympathises with the family's anger at how long the process is taking. i'm happy to meet and discuss, and understand as best i can. it's an awful thing that's happened, and her daughter is now grown up. the uk government is supporting the kenyans in their investigation whenever we are asked to do so, and we will support whatever requests are made of us in the future, up to and including charging and extradition. agnes wanjiru's family is in a decade—long quest forjustice. here they are they are pictured in court in 2023, after another

postponment of their hearing. an investigation was opened in 2019, but no results have ever made public. this meeting with britain's defence secretary is one coming out of a compromise for agnes�* family their hope was to meet with britian�*s commander—in—chief, king charles, during his royal visit back in october. esther njoki, agnes�*s niece, told the bbc she remains unsure her family will ever getjustice. still to come on the world today... south korea's government is taking on its defiant doctors. it's given 9,000 striking medics an ultimatum — return to work or lose your licence. we'll find out why they are walking out in a moment.

what make a dramatic police rescue in florida after a five—year—old girl went missing in a dense wood. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. bbc news — bring you different stories from across the uk. back to training in middlesbrough. elias is already thinking about his next bout. after taking his welterweight belt in darlington. there is your welterweight champion! every day is training.

there are no days off. even after the fight, straight after two days, for the next fight. you can keep going as much as you can. if you get injured, obviously take timeout, but at pro level you get injured more and then keep going. ilyas�*s proud dad has been supporting him since he started at 1a. we've been working hard to get this. very, very proud. the sky's the limit now. we've got one title, we've got another lined up in the end of march. another one injune as well. after that, ilyas and his team have their sights set on the american circuit. for more stories, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. there's a growing row in south korea, where striking doctors and the government are locked in a stand off over staff shortages. doctors walked out last week in protest against the government's plans to increase the number of people admitted to medical school each year. they argue that more recruitment won't deal with the fundamental flaws to the system. but the government isn't backing down, and has accused them of putting patients' lives at risk. it has told them to return to the work or risk losing their licenses. translation: isn't your job to cure patients? - doctors exist for patients, and the patients are anxiously awaiting for you. if you want to oppose

the government, leaving your patient is not the right way to do it. doctors have hit back, saying that issues such as poor pay and working conditions should be dealt with first. with tensions high, some of them feel victimised by the government. here's the view of one doctor. translation: please stop insulting trainee doctors by treating _ them like criminals. patients are waiting for us. and their families are anxious. public opinion is divided — some people sympathise with the doctors. translation: when they expand the number of medical _ translation: when they expand the number of medical students, - translation: when they expand the number of medical students, the - translation: when they expand the number of medical students, the new| number of medical students, the new students won't be as reliable because schools will have to accept anyone just to fill the quota. if things continue like this, surgeries will stop altogether. doctors in clinical instructors will all disappear, and it'll be really

dangerous without anyone able to perform surgeries, especially for cancer patients. however, the overwhelming majority don't support the strikes. translation: what is happening to the country? — translation: what is happening to the country? what _ translation: what is happening to the country? what are _ translation: what is happening to the country? what are doctors - translation: what is happening to the country? what are doctors doing when _ the country? what are doctors doing when they— the country? what are doctors doing when they are getting paid to cure patients? — when they are getting paid to cure patients? doctors have to cure sick people _ patients? doctors have to cure sick peeple and — patients? doctors have to cure sick people and if they leave, who will cure patients? everyone will die. here's our correspondent jean mackenzie with her assessment. this is a spectacular showdown between junior doctors in the government. the doctors have walked out for over a week now over government plans to increase the number of doctors in the country. starting from next year, the government wants to admit 2000 more medical students to university each year. now this is to address a shortage of doctors in the country because korea's population is ageing rapidly, and they are already shortages and care. 0ther

rapidly, and they are already shortages and care. other doctors argue that more doctors won't necessarily address these shortages, and there are much more fundamental flaws in the system. they say some areas of medicine are overheated, they are too competitive. doctors are choosing to enter the more lucrative fields such as cosmetic surgery. so by increasing the number of doctors in the system, you'll just increase the competition in these already competitive areas. stricter brownsville, texas, to show these pictures of us presidentjae these pictures of us president joe biden these pictures of us presidentjoe biden who arriving in texas —— taking you to brownsville, texas. as we've been reporting today, bothjoe biden and donald trump are making separate visits to the same state to talk about immigration and the security of the us southern border. sojoe security of the us southern border. so joe biden security of the us southern border. sojoe biden hasjust security of the us southern border. sojoe biden has just touched security of the us southern border. sojoe biden hasjust touched down, you can see him there meeting officials on the tarmac. the car door is open and he is ready to move onto one of his first engagements. they will both be speaking, bothjoe

biden and donald trump, to reporters while they are there. they are both hoping to set out their stall on immigration from the southern border of the us. of course we are only a few months away — november is when the present election is due, and immigration is a huge topic of course, but it's really interesting that both men have decided to make almost exactly the same — i say campaign visit, we are still a few months out, but everything is really building towards the election now, both men have chosen to make the same visit to the same place, sojoe biden they are in brownsville, climbing into his armoured car and getting ready to go and make his statements. —— statements on immigration to the awaiting public. swinging away there byjoe biden as he prepares to move onto the first of his campaign we'll keep you up—to—date on what he says and where

he goes here on bbc news. prince william was visiting a london synagogue where he heard people's experience is of hatred. it was his first public engagement since an especially pulling out of the memorial service this week. 0ur royal correspondent daniella relph reports. it was meant to be a joint visit for the prince and princess of wales, but the prince was on his own today, as his wife continues her recovery from surgery. a careful positioning of his kippah at this west london synagogue. he was here to learn more about anti—semitism. and for this group of students, there were stories to share. what, personally, do you feel when somebody, you know, does something like that? it's just constant and neverending, and definitely dehumanizing. it was a powerful conversation for all involved. both catherine and i, you know, are extremely concerned

about the rise in anti—semitism that you guys have talked about so eloquently this morning. and i'm just so sorry that all of you had to experience that. it has no place and it shouldn't happen. he then met renee salt, a holocaust survivor. she talked of her fears for her family in the current climate. it's very bad at the moment and we hope it can only get better. is it the worst that you've known it? it's the worst since i've known it, since the last war. last week, prince william had a video call with red cross workers in gaza. like today, it was an engagement designed to highlight human suffering. as he left, there were flowers for his wife, who continues her recovery in private in windsor. a properly heart—warming story. police in florida miraculously found a five—year—old girl who had wandered away from home and into the woods on monday. the dramatic rescue

was all caught on camera. the hillsborough county sheriff's office's aviation mutant used thermal imaging to find her walking through this dense wooded area. she was heading towards a body of water, and basically they guided, using those cameras, guided deputies to find her. let's watch the moment the police officers actually managed to locate her. you'll not come here, sweetie. hey! == locate her. you'll not come here, sweetie- hey!— locate her. you'll not come here, sweetie. he ! , sweetie. hey! -- come here, sweetie. come here. — sweetie. hey! -- come here, sweetie. come here, sweetheart! _ sweetie. hey! -- come here, sweetie. come here, sweetheart! hi! _ sweetie. hey! -- come here, sweetie. come here, sweetheart! hi! hi, - sweetie. hey! -- come here, sweetie. come here, sweetheart! hi! hi, babyi come here, sweetheart! hi! hi, baby girl, let's get you out of the water! ,, �* , ,., girl, let's get you out of the water! ,, �*, , �* girl. let's get you out of the water! ,, �*, , �* , water! she's so little, isn't she? and 'ust water! she's so little, isn't she? and just the _ water! she's so little, isn't she? and just the timing _ water! she's so little, isn't she? and just the timing there - - water! she's so little, isn't she? i and just the timing there - again, and just the timing there — again, those pictures, it wasjust and just the timing there — again, those pictures, it was just so fortunate that they had those aviation units to locate her. such a

densely wooded area, you can see how close she was to the water. a really heart—warming moment, scenes of the five—year—old girl being rescued in florida. you're watching bbc news. let's turn to a story about a designer who's one and a war democrat award for transforming cron shells into plant pots. prawn shells make up over eight billion tonnes of landfill waste every year. meanwhile, half a billion plastic pots are thrown away, in the uk alone. that was fishy enough for one designer to take action, by transforming the net waste into something useful. rhea thomas turns the waste from prawn shells into fertilising seed trays — and it's quite the catch for the arts foundation, who have given her a futures awards fellowship. rhea thomasjoins me now.

thank you for speaking to us. honestly until today, until i'd read about this. i had no idea that prawn shall waste with such a big thing. but you honestly did.— shall waste with such a big thing. but you honestly did. thank you so much for having _ but you honestly did. thank you so much for having me. _ but you honestly did. thank you so much for having me. it's _ but you honestly did. thank you so much for having me. it's been - much for having me. it's been incredible to be recognised by the arts foundation for the work that i do. and surprisingly, prawn shall waste is huge, it's being massively consumed and almost 60% of the prawn is discarded, so it's like 8—15 million tonnes discarded every year. also i was injapan doing my thesis, there's a lot more consumed than produced, which is where the idea started from. we produced, which is where the idea started from-— started from. we are still seeing these brilliant _ started from. we are still seeing these brilliant pictures _ started from. we are still seeing these brilliant pictures as - started from. we are still seeing these brilliant pictures as you i these brilliant pictures as you speak to us of your invention, but talk us through your thought process. for most people, it's really hard to think about what to do with waste — so how did you begin to dream up something to turn it

into? 50 to dream up something to turn it into? _, ., ., to dream up something to turn it into? ., ., ., into? so i come from a coastal community _ into? so i come from a coastal community back in _ into? so i come from a coastal community back in india, - into? so i come from a coastal community back in india, so i into? so i come from a coastal. community back in india, so i'm into? so i come from a coastal- community back in india, so i'm used to seeing seafood every day and consuming it. it really only hit me when i started my masters in london when i started my masters in london when i started my masters in london when i went to japan and started looking at all the waste and being cognizant of it, then during my course with biomaterials when they taught us how to work with nature and natural elements to create new products that i came across prawn and saw the potential that it holds. i started from looking at when you use the prawn shell as a whole, what can be done with that? and using like a symbiotic approach, i came across the prawn pots and lining trees for a. across the prawn pots and lining trees for a-_ across the prawn pots and lining trees for a. , , ., . trees for a. just quickly, how much better to plants —

trees for a. just quickly, how much better to plants grow _ trees for a. just quickly, how much better to plants grow in _ trees for a. just quickly, how much better to plants grow in these - better to plants grow in these feeding trays? doesn't really help them? pa. feeding trays? doesn't really help them? �* ., ., , ., feeding trays? doesn't really help them? ., ., , , them? a lot of the prawn shell is basically proteins, _ them? a lot of the prawn shell is basically proteins, chitin - - them? a lot of the prawn shell is basically proteins, chitin - these| basically proteins, chitin — these plants would otherwise be in plastic bags which don't help the plan anyway, whereas this breaks down in the soil, acting as plant fertiliser, so it helps the plant grow in the process rather than being waste, and your utilising your waste material in the process. thank ou for waste material in the process. thank you for telling _ waste material in the process. thank you for telling us _ waste material in the process. thank you for telling us about _ waste material in the process. thank you for telling us about it, _ waste material in the process. thank you for telling us about it, and - you for telling us about it, and well done on your fellowship, as well, turning those prawn shells into these brilliant feeding pots for plants. peter the chimpanzee has been a star attraction at twycross zoo in leicestershire for more than three decades — but he's now moving home. he'll live at a safari park near stirling in scotland,

as part of its ongoing work to protect the endangered species. navtej johal reports. it's moving day. wait, wait, wait. peter, a 32—year—old chimpanzee, is leaving twycross zoo in leicestershire, the only he's ever known, for a new life in scotland. he is a fun character. he's what i call a chimpy chimp. he likes to himself, he's a very loyal ally to his fellow troop mates. chimpanzees are endangered in the wild. peter is leaving so that with fewer males left here it will hopefully make it easier to breed more of them as part of a european breeding programme. he's off to blair drummond safari park near stirling. so once all the paperwork behind the scenes is complete, he will then have a short health check and then he will be crated and then be on the road to blair drummond. so he's in his crate and he's got a full lunch box with him. so he's got his favourite food in there, peppers, sweet potato and pellet. any tunes? what's he listening to in there? his own sound. no tunes, he'lljust probably be having a nice sleep on the way.

health checks are complete, goodbyes have been said, and peter is ready. this is it, this is the moment. after spending his entire life, 32 years here, peter is off for a new life in scotland. i'll miss him. i miss all of them. they all have a special place, you work with them and see them daily. you see them more than your family so it will be sad to see him go, but it's the best thing for him and us moving forward. a five—hourjourney lies ahead and a new home. navteonhal, bbc news, twycross. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, the weather has been particularly grey and wet today across eastern areas of england. you might recognise this weather watcher picture, which shows the uk's tallest building, the shard, in london — or at least the bottom half of it, the top half sticking out into the cloud and the rain. now, the rain has been caused

by this slow—moving weather front that really dragged its heels. but further northwest, we did manage something a bit brighter — although we did have some strong winds bringing some large waves to lerwick harbour, in shetland. 0vernight tonight, those winds will fall light in scotland and northern england. with cooler spells here, we'll probably see some frost developing in the countryside. at the same time, a band of rain will start to encroach in wales and southwest england — the rain itself could be heavy enough to cause some localised surface—water flooding, given how wet the weather has been over recent weeks. for friday the low pressure is here to stay, and this occlusion brings with it the risk of some hill snow. now we are talking about the risk just across the high ground — 200 metres or above — with the main threat across north wales, the peaks, the pennines, and the high ground in northern ireland. the amount of snow we get will vary a lot from place to place — some places not getting very much, others could see five centimetres or more, bringing some localised disruption to high—level routes. but at lower elevations — which of course, is where the vast majority of us live — we're looking atjust cold outbreaks of rain. temperatures really struggling underneath that band of rain,

probably 2—3 celsius for large parts of the day. otherwise we should get up to around 8—9. but there'll be plenty of showers around for wales, the midlands, east anglia, and southern counties of england, as well. now, heading into the weekend's by the prospects, well, we continue to have the same area of low pressure withers, albeit it's weakening and drifting northwards through the course of the weekend. now, on saturday, it's a day of sunshine and showers. sunny spells may well be quite limited, but showers will be widespread — some of them will have hail and thunder mixed in, and it'll still be cold enough for a bit of snow over the tops of the scottish mountains and the hills in northern england — but really quite high up, so i'm not really expecting any weather impacts from that. it will continue to be quite cold — temperatures around 6—9 celsius, so those temperatures below average. by sunday, most of the showers will be across the northern half of the uk. in the south, something a bit drierfor wales, the midlands, east anglia, and southern england — but even here, you could see an odd passing shower. temperatures continue to run a bit below average for the time of year — highs between 8—10 celsius. that's your latest

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hello, i'm sarah campbell. you're watching the context on bbc news. nice weather, beautiful day, but a very dangerous border. we are going to take care of it, thank you. we're a mere eight months away from the general— we're a mere eight months away from the general election. and of course while we don't know

that this will actually be a matchup between sitting president biden and former president trump, one thing is for sure, with republican voters they feel that nothing has changed this past four years. the polling consistently of american puts emigration of the top two concerns. beaten usually only by the economy into the dramatically increased cost of living. it's a battle at the border today. the two men most likely to be running for us president are in two texan border hotspots, each hoping to persuade voters that they have the answer to cutting illegal immigration. the number of gazans killed since october the 7th tops 30,000 according to the hamas—led ministry of health. we have a special report into an incident overnight in which more than 100 people were killed. what is the state of the nation in russia two years after the war

in ukraine began and two weeks before the elections?