mourn the loss of these brave humanitarian workers, including the three british citizens that tragically were killed. taiwan is hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years — nine people are dead, and at least 800 injured. and 100 people are still trapped. hello, i hello, lam lucy hello, i am lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. israel is under increasing international pressure after seven aid workers — including three uk citizens — were killed in an israeli air strike on gaza. president biden has said he's "outraged and heartbroken" by the deaths. the uk foreign secretary david cameron said it's a "dreadful" event, and he paid tribute to those killed, calling them "brave humanitarian workers". and rishi sunak said he was appalled as well by the attack.

world central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers killed when a convoy carrying staff from the charity was hit on monday. three british men — john chapman, james henderson and james kirby — were among them. they were working as security advisers. israel said the strike was "unintended" and promised to investigate. the family ofjames kirby — one of the three british nationals killed in the strike — have released a statement. they said they were heartbroken and that... we've also heard from the family ofjohn chapman. they said... the bbc has been hearing from james kirby's cousin — adam mcguire.

he was completely selfless, which explains why he went to gaza. his experiences in the british army when he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he served in bosnia and afghanistan, he knew the dangers, he was no fool. and people were telling him, this could be very dangerous for you. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. in that regard and he “ust wanted to help people.— in that regard and he “ust wanted to hel --eole. �* ., ., ., help people. adam mcguire also told us that he wasn't _ help people. adam mcguire also told us that he wasn't happy _ help people. adam mcguire also told us that he wasn't happy with - help people. adam mcguire also told us that he wasn't happy with the - us that he wasn't happy with the israeli response. i us that he wasn't happy with the israeli response.— israeli response. i am a little bit anl israeli response. i am a little bit am in israeli response. i am a little bit angry in the _ israeli response. i am a little bit angry in the response _ israeli response. i am a little bit angry in the response from - israeli response. i am a little bit angry in the response from the l angry in the response from the israeli prime minister. in what he said. this isn't what happens in war. humanitarian people that are out there trying to do good for people don't get killed in this way. they are heroes, all seven of them. we are thinking of the other families at this time as well. but yeah, we are a little bit... unhappy

with the response from israel, if i am totally honest. what i will say is the british government have been good and the family would also like to say, give thanks to all the other nations that have offered their condolences. and on the back of that, we hope that there is a possible change from all of this, that age can get into the most desperate people. and i think that, ifjames and the desperate people. and i think that, if james and the other guys have brought that about, then that would be some kind of solace in that. james kirby's cousin, adam mcguire, speaking to bbc news there. a former head of the foreign office here in london — lord ricketts — has told the bbc the uk should stop selling arms to israel. i think there's abundant evidence now that israel hasn't been taking enough care to fulfill its obligations on the safety of civilians. and a country that gets arms

from the uk has to comply with international humanitarian law, that's a condition of the arms export license. so, honestly, i think the time has come to send that signal. it won't change the course of the war, it would be a powerful political message and it mightjust stimulate debate in the us as well — which would be the real game changer, if the americans began to think about putting limits, restrictions, on the use of american weapons in israel. that message was echoed by the liberal democrat leader, ed davey. now is the time to end british exports of arms to israel. it does look like israel has broken humanitarian law and we really shouldn't be exporting arms to any country that breaks international humanitarian law. the liberal democrats have been calling for a long time for immediate, bilateral ceasefire. the israelis have not listened to international pressure on that and so i think that, by ending british arms exports to israel, it will send a very, very powerful signal, including not

just to israel, but to america. so how could this affect aid deliveries inside gaza? matthew harding is a non—executive director for solace global, the firm who'd employed the three uk aid workers killed in the strikes. he's told the bbc that he expects similar organisations to start rethinking their work in the region. i imagine that all aid organisations will be looking very closely at what happened and those who are willing to continue to operate in this way will be making sure they put as many risk control measures in place as possible to minimise risk, but, yes, they will all be asking themselves that question and there will be different responses from different organisations, i'd imagine. 0ne one of those organisations is unrwa, the un relief and works agency. sam roseis the un relief and works agency. sam rose is the director of planning

there and he told me more about how aid operators —— like aid workers operate in wartime. there is a very well developed, a very involved process of coordinating aid to get it into gaza. in many ways, this predates it, the conflict, or a system of very harsh controls on the aid going in predates it, the conflict, and they have been stepped up massively since the 7th of october, both in terms of getting the aid into gaza, the checks that have to take place, the unloading, the reloading of aid shipments, the often rejection of entire trucks based on certain items being classified as rejected and non—humanitarian. and then, once aid is inside the rafah crossing, a very involved, very detailed process of distributing that aid around gaza, in which, depending on where that aid is directed towards, the israeli authorities are either notified or in more sensitive areas, where active conflict or the security situation is riskier, there is a very active

process of coordination that takes place over two or three days and is dependent on israel's approval for that mission to go ahead. lets ta ke lets take you to taiwan now. taiwan has been hit by its biggest earthquake in 25 years. the government says at least nine people died and more than 800 were injured, after an offshore earthquake struck the east coast of the island. the quake was at a magnitude of 7.4. the deaths all occured in hualien county — a mountainous region near the epicentre — with many killed by falling boulders. we can take you live there at the moment because search and rescue operations moment because search and rescue oh-eration ., , way right in the middle of hualien. you can see here rescue workers at the scene, heavy lifting equipment there as well because some buildings have come down. this is a remote, quite mountainous region of taiwan

and there is damage that has been done to this area that will take weeks to repair, including some damaged infrastructure as well and two rail lines. but there were tremors felt right across taiwan, evenin tremors felt right across taiwan, even in taipei, and we have seen lots of videos that show building shaking violently, there have been aftershocks as well, about 100 of those and it has been really scary for people who live in taiwan. let's bring you the latest from there with rupert wingfield—hayes. this is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station the middle of their morning news. the shaking was intense and prolonged. buildings across the city swayed violently. cupboards were emptied, furniture toppled. this construction site, this big building behind me here under construction, a massive piece of either construction equipment or steel came off the top of this building this morning during the quake, crashed into the building beside it and then crashed down

into the alleyway behind me, where you can see some workmen 110w. they've closed off that road. remarkably, no—one was injured, no—one was on the street there at the time. no—one in the taiwanese capital has experienced anything like this in a quarter of a century. many young people have neverfelt shaking on this scale. translation: an earthquake hasn't happened in a long time, so it - felt really terrifying. 0n the east coast, in the city of hualien, the shaking was much stronger and the damage much more severe. people on their way to work watched in fear and awe as a partially collapsed building was left leaning at a precarious angle across this intersection. translation: whenever our team move, the building becomes unstable _ and they have to find something to hold onto to ensure their safety before pulling people out. but it is the landslides that have unleashed the greatest terror. the east coast of taiwan is a rugged landscape of high

mountains and deep valleys. the quake triggered hundreds of landslides that came roaring down into the valleys below. this is where most of the more than 700 injuries must have happened. people would have had little warning and nowhere to escape. taiwan has done much to strengthen its buildings and infrastructure since another huge quake killed more than 2,000 people back in 1999. this time, few buildings have been brought down and the death toll is, so far, mercifully small. but there is little that can be done to stop a mountain falling into the valley below. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. so rescue efforts continue, including for dozens of people who are trapped in road tunnels after the quake struck. we can show this image that shows the entrance to one of them. on the left is a picture taken last year and on the right, this is what the tunnel looks like

today. 60 people are believed to be trapped inside one of the tunnels, including four mini buses full of hotel staff. they appear right now to be unreachable by phone. it is late in the evening in taiwan at the moment, but we are few aftershocks in the night, but those rescue efforts continue and we will keep you you up—to—date with those. earlier, i heard from gregor stuart hunter, who's in taipei. he told me about his experience of the earthquake this morning. it was the feeling of being lifted up by someone and shaken. and then, even once the initial shock had died down, the rest of the morning was spent with a series of aftershocks in very quick succession, some as close as five minutes apart. when i checked the news and realised that the epicentre of what had felt like a very powerful quake was actually in hualien, my jaw hit the floor. i instantly knew this was going to be a really big quake and it seems like that is how it was.

the quake is huge, the biggest in 25 years. we have hundreds of people injured, as well as hearing reports of many trapped. not so many deaths yet and let's hope that figure doesn't go up. what are you hearing in terms of reports of damage, particularly to infrastructure? i think the infrastructure has been one of the most obvious ways the damage has shown up. links into hualien itself have been damaged quite severely, some of the railway network is down, some of the tunnels have collapsed, which means getting in and out has become quite difficult unless you are going by air or sea. the damage extends beyond hualien. in taipei itself there was the suspension of the city subway services in the morning and the high—speed rail operator announced delays up and down the line which runs down the opposite coast of the island. so, quite severe delays

to infrastructure. stay with us around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

nato foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to mark the 75th anniversary of the signing of the north atlantic treaty. today's meeting will debate a multi—year commitment to help ukraine defend itself against russia and is considering the setting up of a multi—billion dollar fund for the country. that's being largely seen as a move to insulate nato from a possible donald trump presidency. the uk's foreign minister lord david cameron is at the meeting, where he urged allies to continue their support of ukraine. it is important we keep a focus on ukraine and that's why i'm here at the nato meetings for the next two days. it's absolutely vital that britain and other countries in this alliance get the weapons, get the ammunition and get the support to ukraine that they need.

it is vital for us that ukraine wins and putin loses. it's notjust an investment in their defence and their security, it's an investment in our defence and our security. we will be safer in britain if we ensure the right outcome of this conflict, and it's vital we talk about that over the two coming days. it's also important that we commemorate the 75th anniversary of this alliance, the most successful defensive alliance in history, and nato is a strong and nato is strong and is getting stronger. today, we will be having the first time a swedish foreign minister has attended this meeting as a full member of nato. and with sweden and finland joining, nato has become stronger. the most important thing we can do to make sure this alliance continues to grow and continues to strengthen is to ensure that we all spend over 2% of our gdp on defence. many more countries are now doing that, but we need every country to do that.

frankly, that's the best thing we can do to make sure the nato summit in washington this summer is a success and it's also the best way to prepare for the american elections in the autumn, whatever that outcome may be. i spoke earlier with sir richard shirreff, former deputy supreme allied commander in europe, on what nato can do to strengthen ukraine's defence against russia. and also to increase the supply of ammunition. this requires a clear nato strategy, which of course, has got to be supported by all 32 member states, which lays out a pathway to a vision which nato needs to set. in my view, that vision should be a europe whole, free, with ukraine as a nato member. because that's the only way that the transatlantic region is going to remain safe from the threat of a resurgent russia. for that to happen, that needs

clarity, leadership and the buy—in of all 32 member states. but most important, most intersting here, most interesting here, it's effectively nato taking the lead for the provision of lethal aid to ukraine, which has not yet happened. it has very much been in the american lead up to now, this is, i think, nato recognising the real threat of a trump presidency to nato and taking the necessary steps to ensure that ukraine gets what it needs, because it's not getting what it needs right now. more specifically, could that involve moving the ukraine defence contact group, set up by the americans, to be under the umbrella of nato? i think it does. exactly that. as i say, this is nato taking the lead with a strategy to bring nato... to ensure that europe is safe, that ukraine is part of nato and that ukraine gets the means it needs in order to achieve

the conditions for ukrainian membership, which ultimately means defeat of russia, and we're a long way short of that. police in finland said the suspect on tuesday's school shooting said he was bullied. this is bigger than in their investigations. one child was killed and two others seriously injured at the school outside the capital, helsinki. the suspect was the same age as the victims and he used a handgun belonging to a close relative. to hollywood next. american actress kirsten dunst says her new film about a civil war in present—day america is a warning about what could happen. the film, called civil war, features a president some have compared to donald trump. it's written and directed by alex garland, who's behind dystopian hits such as 28 days later. charlotte gallagher has been talking to kirsten and alex about the film, and about the hollywood gender pay gap. an america divided. engulfed by civil war.

citizens of america... led by a president who is refusing to leave the white house. kirsten dunst plays a war photographer traumatised by her work. i think the movie is very much so a warning, and i think it leaves people with so much to think about, and ifeel like if you're in the theatre and you really take it in, i think it's a very moving piece about journalists, and you don't really get that look inside in the way that alex filmed this movie, and kind of felt very realistic while watching the film. every time i survived a war zone, i thought i was sending a warning home. "don't do this." but here we are. the film is set in america, but really this film is about two things. it's aboutjournalists,

and it's about polarisation. populist politics and polarisation, which leads to extremism and extremist thinking, and that is happening in america, but it's happening here in this country, and has been happening here for a long time, and it's happening across europe. i could list the countries, or you could list the countries, where that would be true. he saved my life twice, and i've never even seen his face. kirsten has been acting since she was a child, and as a teenager starred in some of the biggest films of the era. she had stardom, but she didn't have pay equality. i definitely grew up in a time with major pay disparity between the lead actor and myself, even though i had been in bring it on and he hadn't. and did you feel in that time you were in a position that you couldn't say, "hang on, why is this person "being paid more than me?"

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i hope so. t think times have changed, don't do? i ho he so. ., , think times have changed, don't do? i hoe so. .,, think times have changed, don't do? i hoe so. i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully _ i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the - i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the way - i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the way i - i hope so. i hope so as well. i - mean, hopefully the way i carved my path will help other actresses. charlotte gallagher, lucy news. -- bbc —— bbc news. motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, considered incompatible, with many players retiring early in order to start a family. but now there's a growing number of mothers returning to the women's super league. attitudes are changing and support is increasing but there are still challenges, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. you may know carla ward as aston villa women's manager. wsl history! but she has another, more importantjob. what did you do at school today? science! did you? mum to four—year—old hartley. ok, are you going to sing to me? wednesdays are special for ward. it's the only day she makes it home to sheffield in time for the school run. you are getting an incredible mum. thank you so much.

i feel honoured. what does hartley think of yourjob? she's very proud. she loves myjob. yeah. she loves telling everyone that i'm a football manager. ward co—parents hartley with her former partner. butjuggling the demands of motherhood and management is a struggle. it was just before christmas, hartley said to me, "why do we never "have a day off together?" because naturally i work on the weekends. it's mum guilt. it's tough, you know. you miss parents�* evening. you miss shows that she's doing. and that's when you start to question, what are you doing? why are you doing it? and is there longevity in it? it's a heavy heart, constant pulling battle. there's not many female managers at the top of the game. but do you think the struggle of balancing football and family life is a factor in all of that? 100%. ward says she feels supported at villa. she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight. herfriend emma hayes is the other, but the chelsea boss will soon leave for the usajob.

a better work—life balance was part of the appeal, was part of the appeal. while mothers in management are a rarity, more top players are choosing to have children during their careers. west ham's katrina gorry is one of them. a mum to two—year—old harper. for as long as i knew, i kind of thought, you know, i'd have to hang up the boots before i started a family. it's all i thought about. i dreamt about it. i just knew that there was something missing. and i went to an ivf clinic and four weeks later i was pregnant. and then after i had her, all i thought about is getting back to the game. ifelt like i loved it more than i ever had before. and having harper on the sideline, just it made me become more proud. she was back playing three months after giving birth and last summer walked out for australia at the world cup. she was one of the players of the tournament, but life's not been without its challenges. the amount of things you have to do before you got out of the house just to get to training was insane. you just didn't think that you'd be able to get through it.

and i was breast—feeding her until she was about a year old, so that was hard trying to juggle that as well. but i had no doubt in my body that definitely wasn't a challenge for me. i knew i could, you know, i went through birth so i knew i could do anything. now that clubs are more supportive, football and family are coming together. it's taken baby steps, but the sport is changing. katie gornall, bbc news. i want to know how they manage on so little sleep as well expect to stay with us here on bbc news. hello, we've got some windy weather on the way by the end of the week and some warmer weather as well, but still some spells of rain. everything is sprinting across from the atlantic. this area of cloud bringing rain later, this one bringing rain overnight. and that cloud has brough rain today across scotland.

and that cloud has brought rain today across scotland. it's been wettest in central and southern parts of scotland. with the north—easterly wind in scotland, it still feels on the cold side. it's more of a south—westerly wind elsewhere, which is why we're seeing higher temperatures. but the rain is all coming from the south—west. some rain into this evening still in scotland. then some showery outbreaks of rain pushing into england and wales overnight. some heavier bursts of rain in southernmost parts of england. the risk of thunder and strong winds in the channel. that will keep temperatures up here. still chilly air we've got in scotland overnight. it could be cloudy, grey and even a damp day in scotland, possibly for northern ireland and the far north of england. elsewhere, further south, once the overnight rain clears away, we should see some sunshine with the odd shower around and more rain arriving in the south—west later. temperatures ahead of that could reach 15, 16. but still feeling cold across northern and eastern scotland in particular. rain coming into the south—west, getting pushed northwards overnight by that area of low pressure. wet weather as we head into friday in scotland and northern ireland,

maybe even some snow over the mountain tops. that will push through. then lots of showers following in on behind. these will be heavy and blustery as a southerly wind starts to strengthen. still cold in the north of scotland. temperatures elsewhere could make 17 to 18 in eastern areas of england. the next area of low pressure arriving for the start of the weekend. this one could be more threatening because it is deeper and it will mean much stronger winds as we head into saturday. rain from overnight on the weather front soon moves away from scotland. then again we will see sunshine and showers. the low itself is tracking to the west of ireland and bringing in a southerly wind. it will be a windy day on saturday with the strongest winds out towards western areas. but because it is a southerly, even the temperatures in scotland will be higher. but we could reach 20 degrees across east anglia, and that would make it the warmest day of the year so far.

global energy systems under pressure — is the path to net zero too bumpy to navigate? and disney's boardroom battle — we'll explore the arguments and what's at stake.

welcome to world business report. i'm lukwesa burak. energy leaders are faced with multiple diverse challenges on the path to net zero. amongst them are ensuring energy security, affordability and delivering wider economic goals right around the world. in particular, global energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. these are the findings of the �*2024 world energy issues monitor', a major international survey by the �*world energy council'. i'm joined now by the secretary general and ceo of the world energy council, dr angela wilkinson. welcome to the programme. there are a number of key