as international condemnation grows over an israeli attack on a aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign aid workers killed in the drone strike, have been taken to egypt. humanitarians and civilians should never be paying the consequences of war. this is a basic principle of humanity. at the time it looks like it's not a war against them any

more, it's a war against humanity itself. you cannot destroy every building, you cannot destroy every hospital, you cannot be targeting humanitarian aid workers. you cannot target children. the basis of what humanity stands for. in target children. the basis of what humanity stands for.— humanity stands for. in the past hour, the humanity stands for. in the past hour. the us — humanity stands for. in the past hour, the us state _ humanity stands for. in the past hour, the us state departmentl humanity stands for. in the past. hour, the us state department has had the killing of the aid workers by the israeli defence forces is unacceptable.— by the israeli defence forces is unacceptable. they have had the confliction measures, _ unacceptable. they have had the confliction measures, they've . unacceptable. they have had the| confliction measures, they've had coordination measures to try to prevent— coordination measures to try to prevent tragedies like this from happening and they haven't worked well enough. clearly. they haven't worked _ well enough. clearly. they haven't worked well enough when you see not 'ust worked well enough when you see not just the _ worked well enough when you see not just the seven aid workers who have been _ just the seven aid workers who have been killed — just the seven aid workers who have been killed but over 200 aid workers who have _ been killed but over 200 aid workers who have been killed since the outset — who have been killed since the outset of — who have been killed since the outset of this conflict. so they need — outset of this conflict. so they need to— outset of this conflict. so they need to do a betterjob. some of this has— need to do a betterjob. some of this has been bureaucratic with aid workers _ this has been bureaucratic with aid workers not talking to the right people — workers not talking to the right people not having set up the right channels — people not having set up the right channels to comedic it with aid

workers — channels to comedic it with aid workers and messages not getting passed _ workers and messages not getting passed back and forth. as i said, ultimately. — passed back and forth. as i said, ultimately, what ever the details are that — ultimately, what ever the details are that broke down here, the result is unacceptable and that's why they need to— is unacceptable and that's why they need to do— is unacceptable and that's why they need to do better. that's why they need _ need to do better. that's why they need to— need to do better. that's why they need to have improved coordination measures— need to have improved coordination measures to prevent tragedies like this from _ measures to prevent tragedies like this from happening in the future. as always. — this from happening in the future. as always, if you want to read more about what is happening in israel and in gaza, you can go to the bbc�*s website. next week sees the release of a new movie from swedish—iranian director milad alami. "opponent" is a swedish film about an iranian man who escapes with his family to sweden, ending up in a refugee centre. the film follows his story as he turns back to the sport of wrestling in order to speed up his asylum application — but then finds a devastating rumour which led to him fleeing iran has followed him to sweden. the film has done well with critics and was nominated for seven swedish film awards, winning one for best actress. its writer and director milad alami — who himself moved to sweden from iran as a child — told me...

were his inspiration for the film came from. i wa nted wanted to do something about my own memories of coming to sweden as a refugee in the end of the 805. i've been thinking a lot about that time and i wanted to portray it in a film. so that's kind of how it started. then i went into re5earch started. then i went into research and discovered that when i came to sweden it was a different time then it is now. it was just an exploration of my past, to be honest. 50 exploration of my past, to be honest. ., , . ., honest. so it does reflect to some decree on honest. so it does reflect to some degree on your — honest. so it does reflect to some degree on your own _ honest. so it does reflect to some degree on your own journey from | honest. so it does reflect to some . degree on your own journey from iran to sweden as a child refugee. the protagonist in this film isn't a child, he is very much an adult, very much the patriarch of his family. very much the patriarch of his famil . . ., ., , family. yeah, i mean, it was important— family. yeah, i mean, it was important for _ family. yeah, i mean, it was important for me _ family. yeah, i mean, it was important for me to - family. yeah, i mean, it was important for me to have - family. yeah, i mean, it was important for me to have a l family. yeah, i mean, it was - important for me to have a character that was rooted in the uranian 5ociety because in many ways, the film is about self—censorship and

about achieving an inner freedom film is about self—censorship and about achieving an innerfreedom if you grew up in a society like the uranian 5ociety you grew up in a society like the uranian society that has a very kind of strict rule, oppression of people on the way people speak, the way people expre55 on the way people speak, the way people express themselves. and having a character that is rooted within that society and suddenly that character come5 within that society and suddenly that character comes to sweden, that's a completely free society and how difficult it can be to achieve that. that was very important for me because i grew up seeing this and that men who came from iran where i could see that they had difficulties kind of being completely free. it kind of being completely free. it very much is about masculinity, freedom, orthe very much is about masculinity, freedom, or the lack of it and i ran as you explained. it has resonance with people who've left the country and come to the western world. talk to me a little bit about your relationship with iran.

talk to me a little bit about your relationship with iran, because, of course, things have changed since the late eighties and more recently we've seen a lot of protests happening in the country. do you still feel close to iran? do you have family there? what are your views on what's happening now? i mean, yeah, i have a lot of family there. i feel very close to what's happening to iran. and i have to say even closer after the mini prote5t5 began, because i think as an iranian who live outside of iran, you were kind of hoping that something like this, or at least a kind of uprising of the people would happen. so when the whole when you see images of young girls, you know, on the streets of iran, that's shot in one eye and then they have an eye patch and continue prote5ting you. ——and then they have an eye patch and continue protesting. your, kind of, feelings about that country change. and i felt very much and i feel very much close to it.

i have a lot of, you know, i talk to a lot of people there, friends who still are in this struggle. so, i mean, it's a kind of complicated relationship because as an iranian who left the country, i feel a lot of freedom where i live. but at the same time, i dream of going back and kind of have the life i'm living outside of iran in iran. the man accused of the medal in the can 5u5pect has been removed to making comments to the media about the mccann case. ——the trial of the man identified as the prime suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann, has been paused, after the defence called for part of the prosecution team to be removed for making comments to the media about the mccann case. christian bruckner is being tried in germany on five unrelated sex offence charges. 0ur correspondentjessica parker is at the german courthou5e,

where christian bruckner is on trial and you may find some of the details distressing. the trial is going on in that courtroom behind me here in braunschweig, lower saxony in germany. 47—year—old christian brueckner has been charged with five alleged sex offences alleged to have happened in portugal between the years 2000 and 2017. they are unrelated to the disappearance of madeleine mccann. now, christian brueckner has been named by german authorities as a chief suspect in her disappearance, but he's never been charged in that case and has denied involvement in terms of the trial happening here for those five alleged sex offences. today, the court has been hearing from a witness and former friend of christian brueckner, a man called helga b. now, helga b says that many years ago he saw tapes of christian brueckner raping an elderly woman and a young girl that prosecutors say was aged around ia or above. christian britain is defense team has previously said christian's defense team has previously said that they believe this case is based on very shaky foundations and as well today they have been

saying that they believe comments by pro5ecutor5 linking christian brueckner to madeleine mccann�*s disappearance means that they're questioning whether it's possible for christian brueckner to get a fair trial. motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, con5idered 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 a5 aston villa women's manager. commentator: wsl history for aston villa... _ but she has another, more important, job... what did you do at school today? we did science! did you?! ..mum to four—year—old hartley. 0k, 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. thank you. what does hartley think of yourjob? she's very proud. yeah. she loves telling everyone that i'm a football manager. mama! ward co—parent5 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?" becau5e 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? ward says she feels supported at villa. she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight. 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. 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. still to come on the world today — you've heard of greenwich mean time —— but what about moon time? the white house wonders if its finally time to give are orbiting neighbour its own time zone. and from stepping out on the red carpet — to 5tepping over the pay gap. kirsten dunst speaks out over gender disparity in hollywood. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

the movement against ai music—making tool5 has gone a step further — as 200 artists, including billie eilish and nicki minaj, have written an open letter calling for the 'predatory�* use of artificial intelligence in the music industry to be stopped. they have called on tech firms to pledge not to develop ai music—generation tools "that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists, or deny u5 fair compensation for our work". laura snapes is the guardian's deputy music editor — she says ai is posing a huge threat to the music industry. it's very good that such big names have lent their name to this argument, although, i don't think they are the people who will be most affected by it. of course, there are simulations of their music, anybody with al can say they want to hear a beyonce song but song in the style of billy billie eilish and the machine will spit that out for you,

last year there was a very famous example of a collaboration that was supposedly drake and the weekend, which went very viral, but it was actually ai thing made by somebody called gho5t writer. i think the musicians who will be most affected by ai are working—class musicians, people who do 5oundtrack work, ambient work, people who are not superstars, even technical roles like mixing and production which could be replaced by computers if they were so trained. so, yeah, i think it's good that these 5uper5tar5 have sort of lent their voice to this argument because it will affect people who don't have that kind of power. here's a question for you — what time is it, right now, on the moon? well, soon we might actually be able to answer that question. the united states has asked its 5pace agency na5a to establish a unified standard of time for the moon. the white house said it was vital to set international norms, a5 nations and private companies race to establish a more permanent lunar presence. nasa has until 2026 to figure it all out, and the time zone is being called coordinated lunar time. professor catherine heymans is astronomer royal for scotland... she tried really hard to explain how it all works to me. have a listen.

the way we define time here on earth is using atomic clocks. now, if you took those atomic clocks up to the moon they would run time might work differently in the universe, but what einstein told us is that gravity bends space and time. that means that clocks run differently depending on how much gravity is they are. you will be familiar with the pictures of the astronauts when they were on the moon, the apollo landings, when they walk him with a bounce really high and that's because the gravity on the moon is so much less then it is on earth. so if i took one of the atomic clocks that defines time here on earth and took it to the surface —— surface of the moon and we did 50 years, then the clock on the moon would be one second faster. so it's only slightly different come of the time on the moon and the earth, but

there is that relative difference between the two of them, which on earth doesn't make any difference. catherine, you lost me at hello. laughter but i'm not a scientific brain. let me ask you this. it is now about 17 minutes to 7pm in london, so what time is it on the moon? a second later? ., ., ., ., ., :: , ., , later? no. you have to wait 50 years for the time — later? no. you have to wait 50 years for the time to _ later? no. you have to wait 50 years for the time to change _ later? no. you have to wait 50 years for the time to change by a - later? no. you have to wait 50 years for the time to change by a whole . for the time to change by a whole second. so the time it runs... if you are on the moon commit would be like the time was moving exactly the same as it does on earth, your experience of time is always going to be the same. but the relative time between the two changes. it's this really strange quirk of this fundamental nature of the universe and the way gravity and space and time work together. to hollywood next. 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 their film, as well as men being paid more in hollywood. newsreel: 19 states have seceded. .. 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?" i was very young and it just felt like the time. what do you do when you're...? and it was how it all worked. it is. and it sort of, it wasn't questioned. i was 17. i'm still learning, you know? when you're that age, i'm still learning my taste in film. i didn't even think to ask. nobody questioned it. yeah. male executives didn't question it. that's right. these were all inherited opinions. they were not thought about. you represent the future. all eyes will be on you. marie antoinette was one of kirsten�*s lavish, big budget films. it's not too much, is it? oh, no. but it wasn't welcomed by the critics. the people who were watching that movie were my age, they were not movie reviewers. movie reviewers were old men. so, to me, the people who enjoyed marie antoinette have now grown

up and they were like, "we loved this movie," but they were not the people who were writing the reviews. we grew up in a world where it is mankind, manmade, man this, man that, that is how we grew up. i think times have changed, don't you? i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the way i carved my path will help other actresses. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. taking you briefly to these live pictures here in bbc news, this is taipei and taiwan, it is about 2:50am on the 4th of april they are, of course, ahead of gmt and bst. the country is still reeling after being struck by one of the most powerful earthquakes in 25 years. it measured 7.4 in magnitude, officials have confirmed that at least nine people

have died and over 800 are injured. rescuers are still searching for more than 100 people who are trapped. take a look at this article on the bbc news website. i want to take you there momentarily because we are reporting on this tunnel. you see the tunnel there, it's been blocked off and there are drivers who are inside that tunnel when the earthquake struck and they are still stuck in there, trapped in what our correspondent has called a "nightmare scenario." read all about it on the bbc�*s website, which you can access online or on the bbc�*s news app. the biggest challenge facing railways in the uk is climate change — so says network rail, which owns and manages the country's tracks and major stations. in its new five year plan, it says it will spend £3 billion over that period to try to deal with the impact of extreme weather — such as heavy rain which causes landslips, forcing lines to be shut. more details from our transport

correspondent katy austin. flooding, heat waves, landslips. they can all be the result of extreme weather, which is becoming more common. that can spell major disruption with damaged equipment and closed lines leaving passengers facing delays and cancellations. network rail is funded by government grants, charges to train companies and commercial sources like property. it expects to have just over £45 billion to spend over the coming five years. but it thinks the impact of recent inflation will mean the money doesn't go as far and will in real terms be less than the previous five year period. and it's aiming to cut costs by 5.9 billion by 2029. however, it will be spending nearly £3 billion on measures to try and combat the effects of climate change. that's nearly a billion more than before. winters getting wetter, summers getting hotter. and we need to adapt the network. that's nearly a billion more than before.

winters getting wetter, summers getting hotter. and we need to adapt the network. so lots of money spent improving drainage, employing literally hundreds of extra people to maintain drains. we're strengthening embankments and also lots of telemetry and technology to monitor the network in real time. the organisation says funding pressures mean let's leave that package there and just bring you one more story before you go, i want to fit this end, which is why we are coming out slightly early. londoners are lonelier than people in the rest of the country, new research has revealed. according to the belonging forum, an organisation that aims to combat loneliness — some 35% of londoners report being lonely often, or some of the time. that's compared to 28% for the rest of the united kingdom. the group polled a sample of more than 10,000 people across the uk, including more than 1,300 based in london, on questions relating to loneliness and belonging, in what it said was the biggest national poll on the subject ever conducted in the uk. the study also revealed that young women and renters joining me now is kim samuel.

she's the founder of belonging forum who conducted the research. so good to talk to you. why did you decide to do this research? thank ou, first decide to do this research? thank you. first of _ decide to do this research? thank you, first of all, _ decide to do this research? thank you, first of all, very _ decide to do this research? thank you, first of all, very much, - decide to do this research? thank you, first of all, very much, for. you, first of all, very much, for having me. i decided to do this research because i noticed that a lot of the research that was being done around loneliness, and there is a lot of lit, wasn't getting at the split between different constituencies in different cities and so on, even different groups within them, and i kept seeing a lot of calls for solutions but no solutions. so i thought that by going directly to people that we would be able to get more information.— would be able to get more information. ~ . , , ., information. what exactly did you ask --eole information. what exactly did you ask peeple in _ information. what exactly did you ask people in the _ information. what exactly did you ask people in the survey? - information. what exactly did you ask people in the survey? what . information. what exactly did you l ask people in the survey? what was it that pushed london to show us the most lonely city in the country. right, we were asking them questions such as, "do you have someone that

you can reach out to when you need help? do you have close friends? do you have a community? do you feel safe in your neighbourhood? " how do you live, how is your experience, for example, with the environment in your area? for example, with the environment in yourarea? not for example, with the environment in your area? not only connection to one another but your sense of purpose and sense of place and sense of power, and it seemed really across the board that london came out as being very lonely, especially without people feeling this connection to one another into the systems that governing them. having lived in london _ systems that governing them. having lived in london my— systems that governing them. having lived in london my whole _ systems that governing them. having lived in london my whole life, - systems that governing them. having lived in london my whole life, i - systems that governing them. having lived in london my whole life, i can i lived in london my whole life, i can kind of see where people are coming from. talk to me about other places in the uk. where do they come in terms of loneliness? what's the second loneliest city in the uk? first to say that this was done more by constituency than by city, but looking at the glasgow and liverpool

and constituencies there falling just behind london would be a good example to start, but it was looking at not only loneliness but people's sense of belonging and connection as well. ., ., , ., well. founder of the belonging forum, well. founder of the belonging forum. it's _ well. founder of the belonging forum, it's good _ well. founder of the belonging forum, it's good to _ well. founder of the belonging forum, it's good to get - well. founder of the belonging forum, it's good to get you - well. founder of the belonging forum, it's good to get you on | well. founder of the belonging i forum, it's good to get you on the programme and thank you for talking to us about loneliness in london, it can be quite a lonely city, can't take? you have been watching the world today. stay with us, the context with ben brown is coming up in a few minutes. so don't go anywhere. goodbye. hello there. the coldest, wettest weather today was across scotland. we're all going to see some rain in the next few days, but we should all see some higher temperatures as well. now, at the moment, all the weather is rattling in from the atlantic, that's going to bring us some rain later tomorrow. that's going to bring us some rain overnight tonight, that's going to be pushing its way into england and wales. could be some heavier bursts of rain for a while along the south coast,

where it's going to be gusty winds, may even be a rumble of thunder. but it should be turning drierfurther north, particularly in scotland, but it's still quite cold air here, so temperatures could be as low as 2 degrees or so. it's going to be another chilly day in scotland tomorrow. looks like it's going to be quite cloudy, a little bit dampness in the air as well. similar picture for northern ireland and the far north of england. once the overnight rain clears the south—east, we should brighten up further south with some sunshine, the odd shower, ahead of some more rain arriving in the south—west in the afternoon. but ahead of that, temperatures could reach 15 or even 16 degrees. but again, it's a struggle despite lighter winds in scotland — temperatures here only around 6—7 at best. the winds will pick up overnight, though, on thursday night into friday morning. and we've got more bands of rain coming northwards and eastwards across the uk. we'll start with most of the rain

early in the morning on friday in northern scotland and maybe some snow over the mountains as well. but that moves away, we get showers following on — a lot of blustery, heavy ones out to the west. further east, it should be drier with more in the way of sunshine. still quite cold across northern scotland, but temperatures lifting elsewhere likely to make 17—18 through the midlands and eastern parts of england. there's another area of low pressure arriving for saturday and this one is going to be much deeper. the winds are going to be a lot stronger and there may well be some travel disruption as well. the rain that gets swept northwards overnight should clear away from scotland on saturday morning, and then again around the low which is tracking to the west of ireland we'll see some sunshine, but also some showers and some stronger winds as well. it will be a windy day on saturday, particularly for the western side of the uk. it is a southerly wind so temperatures will be higher, even in scotland, but it's across eastern parts of england that we could see temperatures reaching 20 celsius. that would make it the warmest day of the year so far. now, so far, the highest temperature we've seen this year was recorded injanuary in scotland — 19.9 celsius, very different from what we're seeing right now.

hello, i'm ben brown and you're watching the context on bbc news. they have to do that in accordance with international humanitarian law. protect civilian lives. sadly, too many civilians have already lost their lives. get more aid into gaza, that's what we are consistently calling for. clearly, that these vehicles were carrying humanitarian aid workers.

this is why we want answers, really, from the israeli government. look, humanitarians and civilians should never be paying _ the consequences of war. this is a basic - principle of humanity. the claim of israel, or of the israeli army, that there was no intention, that it was a mistake, that it was by chance, all of those sound now quite ridiculous. pressure on israel grows, after seven aid workers killed in an israeli air strike forces aid agencies to halt work in the region. also tonight. we have the latest from taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the island — the strongest in 25 years. more than 100 people are still trapped tonight in the rubble.

nato leaders descend on brussels for a key summit,