we've just got a taxi and the taxi driver didn't even mention it or anything. nhs consultants in england end their year—long pay dispute with the government. # my, my, at waterloo napoleon did surrender. # oh, yeah...# and 50 years on from the moment a little known pop group from sweden took the world by storm. and coming up on bbc news, the european championship qualifiers get under way for the home nations today, with the defending champions england taking on sweden at wembley. good afternoon.

the israeli military has sacked two senior officers after the air strikes on a convoy in gaza this week which left seven aid workers dead — three of them british. israel has now given its first detailed account about how and why it carried out the attack. it says its drone operators wrongly assumed hamas fighters had taken over the convoy in a serious violation of procedures. meanwhile, the israeli government is now opening up new routes for aid deliveries into gaza — the erez crossing here in the north, and also the port of ashdod in israel. it follows a warning from us presidentjoe biden that israel must do more to help civilians in gaza. here's our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. the investigation�*s finding starstart, it should never have happened. the devastating attack on monday, a combination of mistaken

identification and bad decision—making. the israeli army has been given more details about what they say happened on monday night —— been giving. half an hour after the convoy left gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the tracks. after it arrived at its destination, point three on the map, the convoy appeared to split, one vehicle with clearly visible gunman on board, i headed to a nearby hangar. mistakenly believing hamas were in the other vehicles, they were in the other vehicles, they were hit one after the other in four terrifying minutes. the statement is clear, it was a grave mistake, stemming from a serious failure due to mistaken identification, errors in decision—making and an attack on treated the standard operating procedures of the army. the army says two senior officers will be dismissed under the formally

reprimanded. world central kitchen calls it important steps but israel pulls my apologies represent cold comfort, they say. without systemic change, they said this morning, there will be more military failures, more apologies, more grieving families.— failures, more apologies, more grieving families. israel claims it was a tragic _ grieving families. israel claims it was a tragic accident, _ grieving families. israel claims it was a tragic accident, i - grieving families. israel claims it was a tragic accident, i think- grieving families. israel claims it i was a tragic accident, i think there needs to be an independent investigation. if it is a tragic accident, as they claim, i think the idf is inept and incompetent. no humanitarian convoy operating in... signs from israel it will do more to get aid into gaza, especially the north. after months of resistance, it says it will allow humanitarian supplies into the container port at ashdod port close to gaza. it is opening the major erez crossing, attacked and ransacked by hamas gunman on october the 7th. there was a tense fungal between president

biden and benjamin netanyahu, future american support, the president warned, could depend on how israel responds. we warned, could depend on how israel resonds. ~ _, , ,, responds. we welcome the steps announced _ responds. we welcome the steps announced by _ responds. we welcome the steps announced by israel, _ responds. we welcome the steps announced by israel, opening - responds. we welcome the steps j announced by israel, opening the erez crossing and ships going directly from the ashdod port, positive developments, but the real testis positive developments, but the real test is results and that is what we are looking to see in the coming days and weeks. figs are looking to see in the coming days and weeks.— days and weeks. as hunger and disease takes _ days and weeks. as hunger and disease takes hold _ days and weeks. as hunger and disease takes hold in _ days and weeks. as hunger and disease takes hold in gaza, - days and weeks. as hunger and disease takes hold in gaza, aid | disease takes hold in gaza, aid workers say things need to change quickly, food, medicine and personnel all needed to bring a desperate population back from the brink. pauladams, bbc news. we desperate population back from the brink. paul adams, bbc news. we will be talking to paul adams in a moment. on these new age routes being opened up, what difference do you think they will make on the ground, yolande knell? ==

you think they will make on the ground, yolande knell? -- new aid routes. it could _ ground, yolande knell? -- new aid routes. it could make _ ground, yolande knell? -- new aid routes. it could make a _ ground, yolande knell? -- new aid routes. it could make a dramatic. routes. it could make a dramatic difference, that is why we have had foreign governments and aid agencies asking for these changes for many weeks. from what we understand from local reports, there was a long meeting of israel's security cabinet after president biden gave his stark warning to the israeli prime minister in the phone call and at the meeting there were members of the meeting there were members of the security establishment of israel, israeli diplomats, warning the ministers present that if they did not make these kinds of changes, israel could face new sanctions, potentially even an arms embargo, and that is why we will now see although no timings have been given yet the erez crossing, the key crossing point in the north of the gaza strip, reopening, not very far away from the ashdod port, 20 miles to the north of there. we will also see much more aid going in through

the kerem shalom crossing in the south. the us and others have made clear they are watching to see what changes are made particularly when it comes to indicators of famine, as antony blinken was saying that the eu meeting in brussels, and how many lorries go into gaza now, things like that. ., ~ , ., ~ . lorries go into gaza now, things like that. ., ~ ~ . ., lorries go into gaza now, things like that. ., ~ a ., ., like that. thank you. act now to paul adams. — like that. thank you. act now to paul adams, diplomatic- paul adams, diplomatic correspondent. a pauladams, diplomatic correspondent. a lot of detail from the israeli military about the killing of the aid workers. to what extent do you think their account is going to help satisfy some of israel's takes on this? it going to help satisfy some of israel's takes on this? it raises so many questions. _ israel's takes on this? it raises so many questions, how— israel's takes on this? it raises so many questions, how did - israel's takes on this? it raises so many questions, how did the - israel's takes on this? it raises so many questions, how did the idf, israeli defence forces, which the conclusion that because i gunman was seen on one of the trucks earlier and another vehicle with gunman was seen moving in another direction, how did that convinced them it was legitimate to target a vehicle clearly identified as from the world

central kitchen, travelling along a route already preapproved by the israelis themselves? clearly by the way it posed no threat, moving south along a road the israelis tell people to go to as they head back to the base. it is a major set of questions. israel has been very quick to respond, let's face it, because for the first time this involved a large number of foreign aid workers. it has not been so quick to respond to the deaths of upwards of 200 palestinian aid workers killed so far in this war. aid workers say it is not an anomaly, they say it is actually systemic, it is part of a culture which shows a lack of due care and attention to the needs not only of the palestinian population but of those aid agencies trying to help them in their darkest hour. and it really points to a culture of impunity. on the last point, the fact we have seen people being sacked and demoted, it does suggest

on the question of impunity, israel recognises it has to do something. obviously, as antony blinken was saying, a combination of that and the move is being taken on aid could have an effect in terms of tempering the storm of criticism we have been hearing for the last few days. thank ou ve hearing for the last few days. thank you very much. _ hearing for the last few days. thank you very much, diplomatic- you very much, diplomatic correspondent paul adams. here, rail passengers across england, scotland and wales are being warned of major disruption as a fresh wave of strikes by train drivers begin. today, the worst—hit areas will be the midlands and north—west as these four train companies go on strike. aslef members at 16 train companies will be taking industrial action over the next few days. our transport correspondent katy austin is in watford junction for us. katy. yes, at watford junction, far fewer trains running today than they normally would be. the impact around

the country will vary over the next few days, different areas affected on each strike day. other rail disputes have been resolved but the train drivers hasn't so it means passengers find themselves caught in the middle of what has become a long lasting stand—off. here we go again, picket lines, including at euston this morning, quiet stations, like birmingham new street, and altered plans, including for some families on easter holiday trips to the harry potter studios near watford. we got up very early to make sure we'd make it here on time. so, there are some trains, right, but not as many? well, we should have been able to get a direct line, but we had to catch three or four... four. ..four trains. we did take the overground, we did i not take the train, because there. was a strike. we had to leave a bit earlier, that's it. - take a different train? yeah. think about all the businesses that don't operate

because of this. i'm headed to work, but we're going to have a quiet day because of all of this. they already get paid enough, i don't get it, to be honest. i think it's terrible. i think we've not been notified enough about it. we got a taxi here and the taxi driver didn't even mention it oranything, sojust messed our day up completely. train operators in different areas of the country are affected by strike action today, tomorrow and on monday. they will run a limited service or nothing at all on strike days. an end to this dispute still feels far away. it hasn't moved since aslef rejected the latest offer nearly a year ago. that involved pay rises of 4% two years in a row but the union argued it also asked for too big a concession when it comes to working conditions. well, the people behind me haven't had a pay rise for half a decade, so at the core of this is the right for everybody in a cost of living crisis to have a pay rise and enjoy it. now, we have done 17 pay deals in the last 12 months —

scotland, wales, freight, open access, elizabeth line, tube and numerous others. this is a westminster problem driven by government. the government does not want to resolve it and doesn't care. the department for transport said the offer remained on the table and would take drivers�* average salaries to £65,000. they and the train companies group have repeatedly said the union members should get a vote on it. we absolutely can't continue on as we are. we need the aslef leadership to accept that the financial situation that the railway finds itself in is really severe. a strike on the london underground on monday has been called off. but for many passengers around the country, there is more rail misery to come over the next few days. once again, the advice is check your journey before setting off. yes, and if you need to travel on a strike day, do check in advance because even if trains are running where you are com you might find they are starting later than usual

and finishing earlier. unions need to give two weeks' notice of strike like these and if you have already bought in advance ticket, you should be able to get a refund or claim that compensation for season tickets, and other tickets, any time of peak, you should be able to use those until that 10th of april. thank you, katy austin, transport correspondent. senior doctors in england have ended their pay dispute with the government. they've backed a fresh pay deal which means some consultants will receive an increase of nearly 20% for the last financial year. our health editor hugh pym joins us now. the consultants have settled, what about the junior doctors, they are still in dispute with the government?— still in dispute with the government? ., , government? that is right, the dis - ute government? that is right, the diapute is _ government? that is right, the dispute is ongoing _ government? that is right, the dispute is ongoing in _ government? that is right, the dispute is ongoing in england l dispute is ongoing in england betweenjunior dispute is ongoing in england between junior doctors and the government. the bma, the doctor's union, they have carried out a ballot recently to extend the mandate for further strike action for another six months although

there is no plan for a strike at the moment, but there was no sign of talks getting under way. senior doctors, consultants, they have voted in favour by a large majority of an upgraded offer put forward by the government and also another senior doctors union. in favour of it basically putting between 9—19% in pay packets for almost all senior doctors. victoria atkins, health and social care secretary, she has welcomed the move, saying it is a fair dealfor welcomed the move, saying it is a fair deal for consultants, nhs patients and taxpayers. the bma says it is good news because the pay review body will be reformed. i should say, disputes between consultants and governments in wales and northern ireland are ongoing. thank you. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has described the conservative mp william wragg's apology as couragous after admitting passing on phone

numbers of colleagues to someone he met on a dating app. and he urged mps to be very careful about cyber security. william wragg, a select committee chair, told the times newspaper that a man he was chatting to had compromising details on him and would not leave him alone. here's nick eardley. can i ask the leader of the house...? this is william wragg, a conservative mp with connections across parliament. he is now at the centre of a scandal at westminster about pictures shared on a dating app, and sharing the phone numbers of other mps. mr wragg has told the times that he met a man on the dating app grindr. they sent each other pictures. the man later started, we are told, asking for contact details for others in parliament. mr wragg told the paper, "they had compromising things on me. they wouldn't leave me alone. they would ask for people. i gave them some numbers, not all of them. i told them to stop. he has manipulated me and now

i've hurt other people." mr wragg has been contacted by the bbc, but we haven't had a response. he remains a conservative mp. the events of the last few days has been a great cause for concern. the mp involved has given a courageous and fulsome apology. but the lesson here for all mps is that they need to be very careful about cybersecurity. i'm very concerned about what seems to have happened in this incident, especially about mps' telephone numbers being passed onto unknown sources. that is really concerning. it's now been suggested at least 12 people have become involved, with unsolicited flirtatious messages from someone identifying as charlie or abbie. one former mp spoke to the bbc yesterday, saying they'd been contacted out of the blue last month, with a message saying, "miss you in westminster." the last part of that message was, "westminster misses you."

and that was basically something thatjust friends usually do say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed thinking i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messager claimed to have worked for william wragg, and later sent an explicit picture, which led the former mp to block the number. questions now, though, over how many people in parliament may have been impacted. leicestershire police says it's investigating a complaint of malicious communication. nick eardleyjoins me now. nick, how serious is this? i think there is a couple of things. the first is about william wragg himself. there are serious questions about his actions, the decision to share those phone numbers with someone it appears he didn't really know. i had spoken to some conservatives who are surprised he has not had the whip suspended, being removed from the conservative party in parliament. the whips

office say they are not commenting while police are launching an investigation. that is one thing. the other is how deep this goes. we can't be sure how many have been impacted by this. at the moment, cyber security has been a concern about westminster for years. i suspect there will be much more concerned this afternoon about who else might be potentially compromised by this. else might be potentially comromised b this. ., ~ , ., , compromised by this. thank you very much, nick — compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, _ compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, our _ compromised by this. thank you very much, nick eardley, our political - much, nick eardley, our political correspondent. it is 18 minutes past one. our top story this afternoon... israel gives its first detailed account of why it attacked a convoy of aid workers in gaza. it says two senior officers have now been sacked. the hand—made silhouettes of nearly 1,500 servicemen heading to normandy as prepartions begin to mark the 80th anniversary in june of d—day. coming up on bbc news, the former ufc world champion ronda rousey tells us she hid concussions and neurological injuries for years, during her trailblazing career.

rescue teams in taiwan are searching for dozens of people still missing after this week's earthquake. there've been aftershocks, and there's the threat of more landslides and rock falls. the death toll now stands at 12. rupert wingfield—hayes is there for us. how's the rescue operation going? there is a couple of things going on, the first is that behind me they are starting to dismantle this building you can see behind me. this is partially brought down by the quake on wednesday and was leaning over at a very precarious angle. it is in danger of toppling when there are any of these large aftershocks so they are now working to break it

apart and bring so they are now working to break it apartand bring it so they are now working to break it apart and bring it down in a controlled manner. then we have the other thing going on, this large search and rescue operation in the mountains to the west of here where hundreds are still stranded, we were there earlier today and they were steadily bringing groups of people out of this gorge where they had been trapped behind landslides. there are believed to be around 640 people still trapped up there in a hotel and other buildings where they are being shouted but it will be some days at least at this rate because they will had to bring them out on foot in small groups, so it will be a very long and difficult operation to get them out of the area and there are still some people missing. the search and rescue operation among the rock falls and huge landslides is going on but that is a very difficult situation with many people believed buried under those rock falls.— those rock falls. rupert wingfield-hayes - those rock falls. rupert wingfield-hayes with l those rock falls. rupert i wingfield-hayes with the those rock falls. rupert - wingfield-hayes with the very wingfield—hayes with the very latest from taiwan, thank you.

millions of workers will receive a national insurance cut as the new tax year gets under way from tomorrow. about 27 million workers will benefit from the reduction. but it's not the only tax which is affecting millions of workers will receive a national insurance cut household finances. our correspondent marc ashdown is here to explain. tomorrow is the first day of the new tax year, and millions of workers will benefit from this cut to national insurance. it's deducted from your salary to help pay for pensions and services, like schools and hospitals. it's being cut from 10% to 8% on basic rate tax earnings. self—employed people will see a similar cut. so someone earning the average uk salary of £35,000 a year will pay about £450 less. don't forget this follows a cut of 2% back injanuary as well — so the average earner is now paying about £900 less. but another thing to consider is so—called "fiscal drag". there are thresholds at which you start

paying tax and higher rate tax. the basic threshold is £12,570. tomorrow that would normally go up with inflation. but the government has frozen all the thresholds until 2028. which means more people paying more tax, or being dragged into paying tax for the first time. that will include some pensioners. they don't pay national insurance, so save nothing there, but their pensions will be going up from monday. benefits are also rising, but so are lots of bills — counciltax, water, mobile phones for example — although energy costs are getting a bit cheaper. all of this will depend on your personal earnings there's a handy calculator on the bbc website where you can put your details in to see how it affects you. thank you very much indeed, marc ashdown. sexism in schools is increasing because of harmful content on children's phones, according to the leader of britain's biggest education union.

daniel kebede of the national education union says boys are watching "aggressive and violent pornography" which "completely distorts their view of women." he's calling for action from the government and the tech companies. our education editor branwen jeffreys reports. growing up, the whole world in their phone, teenagers navigating their social lives online. but it's what they might encounter that parents fear. teachers told me they're worried, too — about the sexist attitudes, degrading language, which they believe is fed by online content. we asked them about their experiences. i've heard students in year eight, who are between the ages of 12 and 13, talking about the different plastic surgeries that they plan to have once they're old enough. i had one young man... i'll put it politely. he wanted to have sex with me. and sometimes it comes from girls as well. - it's notjust boys doing it.

i think there's a sort of this - self—replicating misogyny that girls show to other girls, i like, "oh, why haven't you put make—up on today?" 0r "you've put too much make—up on today." - i think there's a great pressure to conform to a certain standard of, for example, outfit or body type or make—up. and the access is... it's all around them and it's 24/7. they have not got the ability to switch off. this teachers�* union is already campaigning, saying sexist behaviour or hateful language is not ok in schools. young boys at the moment are accessing a lot of content that goes well beyond just influencers, but is very extreme. and big tech really do need to be social partners in dealing with some of this. we need some regulation from government as well. this isn't about smartphones, which teenagers can use to learn and to connect with each other socially. it's more about harmful content which they can access online, which is changing attitudes towards girls and women, particularly.

i've been bullied before. cyber bullying on facebook. i think there is quite a lot of hateful words and comments, and there's lots of racial slurs and things like that that i've come across. the government says its online harm bill will help. tech companies will have to enforce minimum age limits orface large fines. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. arsenal footballer oleksandr zinchenko says he will leave britain to go and fight in his home country of ukraine if he's called up to serve. this week, ukraine's president zelensky signed into law a bill lowering the age for a military call—up from 27 to 25. zinchenko, who is 27, told the bbc�*s newsnight programme that he has already donated about a million pounds to help people in his homeland since the russian invasion. you talk about coming back.

if at some point you thought it was of more value to leave this behind and go back and fight if you were called, would you go? i think it's a clear answer, of course. you would go? i would go. and you can see more of that interview on newsnight tonight at 1030pm on bbc two. hand—made silhouettes of nearly 15 hundred servicemen are being transported to normandy for an art installation to mark the 80th anniversary injune of d—day. the figures represent the number of fatalities under british command on d—day in 1944. they'll go on show at the british normandy memorial from 6th april. tim muffett has this report. november 2019, and 101 soldier silhouettes appeared on a hill overlooking the m40. the idea was to mark the 101

years that had passed since the end of world war one. but to its creators' astonishment, around 10,000 people visited — raising £25,000 for the poppy appeal. it's a way of telling youngsters, you know, just to be mindful of where their freedom came from. since then, standing with giants has grown — with more and more installations. this one last year, at fort nelson in portsmouth, commemorated those who died in the falklands conflict. but now it's time for the biggest yet. 1,475 silhouettes — representing the number of men under british command who died on d—day — are to stand at the british normandy memorial — close to gold beach, where many of them landed onjune the 6th, 1944.

it's been a labour of love and commitment. volunteers young and old helping create the silhouettes out of recycled materials. stan ford is a normandy veteran, and recently came to see the silhouettes being made. the reverence is there, and with the bowed head, it's really good. really good. i'm proud to be here. i was only 18 when ijoined. very proud to have done my bit. yeah. it'll be half a century tomorrow since abba — a relatively unknown group from sweden — won the eurovision song contest in brighton with a number called waterloo. the rest, of course, is history. they went on to become

a global pop sensation. well, our reporter fiona lamdin looks back now on that night 50 years ago and the beginning of britain's long love affair with abba. welcome to a saturday night out in brighton. 50 years ago, brighton was electric with eurovision fever. waterloo by abba for sweden. watch this one. as they strutted onto the stage in platform heels and satin knickerbockers, these swedish artists were still relatively unknown. and then the results were in. abba. we won. it was one of those moments, you know, when life changes from one day to another. suddenly the world is open to us. the whole world is open.

and, 50 years on, brighton is remembering and celebrating the eurovision glory, and this drag bus will be touring the city, making sure abba is played from every street corner, making it absolutely impossible not to sing along. # whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. # waterloo. # finally facing my waterloo.# # waterloo, i was defeated you won the war...# - and just round the corner, more abba. brighton gay men's chorus getting ready for this weekend. # waterloo, couldn't escape if i wanted to...# _ back outside the dome where it all started, a special plaque. sandra and frank travelled from belgium to see it. we love very much abba, and we are following them all over the world.

also for an event like this. so it's unbelievable. five decades on, they're still arguably the biggest stars eurovision has ever created. fiona lamdin, bbc news. feels like yesterday. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da navos. they don't have any weather name songs, but i thought the windy takes it all this weekend! it will be turning windier, we have a named storm on the way, storm kathleen which has been named by the irish met service for this week at the biggest impact will be across more western parts of ireland. and western parts of ireland. and western parts of the uk have the potential for travel disruption, especially the ferry routes up and down the irish sea. this is a deepening store moving along the

west of ireland, strongest impacts