translation: we'll make our own decisions on our own and the state| of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. a russian missile for killed iii people and wounded more than 60 in chernihiv in the north of ukraine. inactivity among working—age people in the uk due to long—term sickness is set to increase further over the coming years, new research suggests. and the countdown is on — here's the olympic countdown clock — marking 100 days before the opening of the paris games. and there's a theme here because we are going to catch up with all the sport news from cerebral clearance. some 0lympic chat? it is almost like we planned it! yes, we are 100 days away from the summer olympics in paris, so the countdown is on to

have the city ready in different ways to host the games, all permanent infrastructures are now complete and the building of the temporary sites has started and our sports editor dan roan is in paris for us. 100 days to go until paris 2024 and the venues that will host the games themselves are rapidly taking shape. as you can see, we are here in a temporary venue, a 13,000 seat arena. they only began work here only four weeks ago ago and it feels like it will be completed... shortly. this is where the beach ball volleyball competition will take place and as you can see it as here next to the famous iconic landmark the eiffel tower itself. this is really what the organisers want these games to be remembered for, sustainable venues, 95% of the infrastructure for these games will either be using existing buildings and then use or temporary ones like this. the only really new venue that

is being built to host sport is the aquatic centre in the area where the athletes' village is and of course the olympic stadium itself. but organisers are saying they want this to be a very green and sustainable games for the good of the olympic movement going forward and it is venues like this they say are a good example of that. there are questions as well over security ahead of the games, former olympian the man in charge of the paris 2024 olympic games has been telling the bbc about the security measures that are being put in place to help host the event. reinvested in the budget 350 million of private funds in terms of security. it is ten times more than what happened in the past. because we all know that it is non—negotiable. security is the

priority. non-negotiable. security is the riori . ., . priority. football now and premier leaaue priority. football now and premier league sides _ priority. football now and premier league sides manchester - priority. football now and premier league sides manchester city - priority. football now and premier league sides manchester city and | league sides manchester city and arsenal could be on a collision course for a semifinal meeting in the champions league. but both have work to do in the second leg of their quarterfinals at the etihad first. city host real madrid after a 3-3 first. city host real madrid after a 3—3 draw in the first leg and their manager pep guardiola says his side are well prepared to secure the title for a second executive season. in this time again, i'm not talking winning or losing, i'm talking be present, be who we are. always we have been in the last few years and i have had the feeling that we are prepared, we are prepared to perform well and at maximum, at our best, otherwise you cannot reach semifinals against teens like madrid. ~ , . . ., semifinals against teens like madrid. m . . . ., madrid. while arsenal have a tough task away against _ madrid. while arsenal have a tough task away against bayern _ madrid. while arsenal have a tough task away against bayern munich i task away against bayern munich after their 2— to draw last week, this is their last chance for silverware this season, the chance they had after the last 11 seasons went by with lubbock oozing over the weekend and this is decent but their

new striker�*s first season with the german side and he says ending the season without a trophy will be a failure. ., . ,�*, ,., ., failure. from the club's point of view it will— failure. from the club's point of view it will be _ failure. from the club's point of view it will be a _ failure. from the club's point of view it will be a field _ failure. from the club's point of view it will be a field season - failure. from the club's point of view it will be a field season if l failure. from the club's point of i view it will be a field season if we don't win anything this year because we are expected to win, but then all we are expected to win, but then all we can do is take that into next year and try and turn that around, so yes, i think there is a harsh reality in winning or losing and of course you can do a lot of good things throughout the year and still end up on the losing side. coverage of those games _ end up on the losing side. coverage of those games across _ end up on the losing side. coverage of those games across the - end up on the losing side. coverage of those games across the bbc - end up on the losing side. coverage | of those games across the bbc later, but finally former brazil striker romario has come out of retirement aged 58 and he is registered to play for an american football club alongside his sun. romario, who won the 1994 cup, is president of the rio dejaneiro —based side to play second tier. he said he would not play in the league, but wanted to feature in some games alongside his sun. romario retired in 2009, playing his final game for america before being elected as senator for rio dejaneiro in 2014. and that

thatis rio dejaneiro in 2014. and that that is your sport from me for the moment. sarah, thank you very much. the united nations has voiced concerns, about escalating violence in the occupied west bank. it comes after a wave of attacks, following the killing of an israeli teenager. the un has accused israel's security forces of active participation in attacks on palestinians byjewish settlers. the vast majority of the international community considers the settlements illegal under international law, although israel disputes this. hugo bachega reports. caught on cctv, a man setting fire to a car as israeli settlers storm a palestinian village in the occupied west bank. israeli soldiers watch outside and appear to do nothing. across the west bank on the weekend, israeli settlers went on a rampage. this was a village near ramallah on saturday. settlers set houses and cars on fire, killing one man, jehad abu alia.

he was 25 and planning to get married injune. translation: jehad was trying to prevent the settlers - from breaking the house door of the house where dozens of the town residents arrived in the home to prevent them from burning the house. it wasn't the first time settlers attacked us, but we weren't expecting a huge number of them. the violence was sparked by the disappearance of this israeli boy, 14—year—old binyamin ahimeir. he went missing on friday and a day later was found dead. the israeli army says he was murdered. the attacks show how tensions in the west bank are escalating. since the hamas attacks on the 7th of october, more than 460 palestinians and 13 israelis have been killed. if nothing changes, there will be even more violence. for this campaign in monitoring settlement activity, the situation is unprecedented. i think that the level

of the settlers' violence is the highest that i remember. they feel also a lot of support from the government and probably from the public, or at least their public, that their violence is kind of necessary against the evil which are the palestinians. it's not only settler violence that's on the rise. raids by the israeli army have intensified, killing many palestinians. the israeli army says it's investigating the arson incident caught on cctv. but across the west bank, many palestinians are living in fear. they wonder when the next attack will come. hugo bachega, bbc news, jerusalem. since the start of the war in gaza, israel has sped up the construction and approval of settlements across occupied eastjerusalem — an area which palestinians consider their future capital. the settlements are illegal under international law.

let's get more from amy cohen at ir amim, a nonprofit israeli organisation that aims to make jerusalem a equitable space for israelis and palestinains. for israelis and palestinians. like you forjoining us. first perhaps begin by doing us a sense of the scale of the settlements building in the last year, especially since october? certainly, thank ou especially since october? certainly, thank you so _ especially since october? certainly, thank you so much _ especially since october? certainly, thank you so much for— especially since october? certainly, thank you so much for having - especially since october? certainly, thank you so much for having me. l thank you so much for having me. basically what we are seeing is just a major surge in the advancements of settlements across jerusalem just since october seven we are seeing thousands of housing units that have been advanced and i think it is really important to note here that these are brand—new settlements, just in the last year, there have been essentially in moves to establish around eight hundred new settlement... weight establish around eight hundred new settlement... weigh— settlement... weight amy, we are lookin: at settlement... weight amy, we are looking at a _ settlement... weight amy, we are looking at a map. _ settlement... weight amy, we are looking at a map, let _ settlement... weight amy, we are looking at a map, let me - settlement... weight amy, we are looking at a map, let me interrupt| looking at a map, let me interrupt you because you have provided blue and green zones here, just explain to us what those are.

and green zones here, 'ust explain to us what those are._ to us what those are. yes, so essentially — to us what those are. yes, so essentially we _ to us what those are. yes, so essentially we are _ to us what those are. yes, so essentially we are seeing - to us what those are. yes, so essentially we are seeing the | to us what those are. yes, so - essentially we are seeing the light blue areas of settlements that have already been established since 1967 until today. the ones that are being established now, meaning they are either being constructed or there are plans in the works that have either been approved or advanced to the approval process are basically kind of a light turquoise colour. so i am not sure if you can see them, but basically dotted throughout, largely concentrated along the southern perimeter of east jerusalem, which i think is really important to point out, that where a lot of these new settlement plans are focused and targeted on is in the southern perimeter and if you think about it in terms of its impact on the viability of a two state solution with two capitals, you can see that it essentially creates like a sealing off effect, it creates a wedge between east jerusalem and the southern west bank. 50 jerusalem and the southern west bank, ., . ., jerusalem and the southern west bank. . . . . . bank. so a change in the area in which the _ bank. so a change in the area in which the settlements _ bank. so a change in the area in which the settlements are - bank. so a change in the area in which the settlements are being built, essentially, is what you are saying? i built, essentially, is what you are sa inc ? ., built, essentially, is what you are

sa inc? ., built, essentially, is what you are sa in? ., ., saying? i would say in part. i would saying? i would say in part. i would sa there saying? i would say in part. i would say there is— saying? i would say in part. i would say there is much _ saying? i would say in part. i would say there is much more _ saying? i would say in part. i would i say there is much more concentration along that southern perimeter. you see those areas that are already light blue that are there on the map and have been built, but if you see the filling in the edges and the dots that have not actually been built and they are in the process of either being constructed or have been approved or are advancing. i want to say that right now, as we speak, you have the first new settlement that is under construction, the first new settlement and two decades, we are talking about over 20 years, this is the first new settlement to be built in eastjerusalem over the green line. and this, of course, was an international red line for so many years and now it is literally, as we speak, being constructed. what years and now it is literally, as we speak, being constructed. what sort of recourse is _ speak, being constructed. what sort of recourse is there _ speak, being constructed. what sort of recourse is there for _ of recourse is there for palestinians who say their land rights are being breached? listen, there is very _ rights are being breached? listen, there is very little _ rights are being breached? listen, there is very little that _ there is very little that palestinians have, right? the recourse is very, very limited. of

course, there is a very bureaucratic system in place where if they are planning to make plans that have been submitted to the planning authorities, of course, palestinians do have the right to object, like anyone else in the public, but what we are seeing time and time again is that these objections are being rejected and that any time palestinians put forth a plan themselves for their neighbourhood or to expand their neighbourhood, it is being completely curtailed, rejected and if anything, it is also being completely non—implementable. so it is literally, basically an obstacle after obstacle that is being placed upon palestinians, who arejust being placed upon palestinians, who are just opposed with this massive robust development for israelis over the green line. hour robust development for israelis over the green line-— robust development for israelis over the green line. how fundamental is a an equitable — the green line. how fundamental is a an equitable solution _ the green line. how fundamental is a an equitable solution to _ the green line. how fundamental is a an equitable solution to where - the green line. how fundamental is a an equitable solution to where they l an equitable solution to where they can live for both israelis and palestinians to a wider resolution for the problems in this region? {iii for the problems in this region? of course. i mean, ithink that, not only do i think, but believe that it

is at the core of the conflict in jerusalem, particularly, buti is at the core of the conflict in jerusalem, particularly, but i would say across the region because when we are talking about notjust territory and geographical space and resources, but we're talking about people. we are about the concentration, really, is the front line of the political conflict and it culminates around the palestinian home, whether or not a palestinian can remain within their own home convertible can also remain within the city. and so do the things that this works on is not only are we asking the international community of 240 and to stop building, which of 240 and to stop building, which of course erodes conditions for an agreed—upon solution to the conflict, but we also ask in both the international community, but the israeli authorities, to afford equal planning rights and housing rights to palestinians because that is what is being deprived. it is essentially housing deprivation, which then translates into a mechanism of

displacement from the city. sham? displacement from the city. amy cohen, displacement from the city. amy cohen. thank — displacement from the city. amy cohen, thank you _ displacement from the city. amy cohen, thank you very _ displacement from the city. amy cohen, thank you very much for your thoughts on that today, amy cohen at the organisation ir amin. the inquiry into the uk's post office it scandal has been hearing from jon longman, who investigated alleged wrongdoing by postmasters. between 1999 and 2015, the post office prosecuted 700 people when a faulty system was really to blame. mr longman was asked why he didn't disclose information about a computer bug to the trial of postmaster seema misra, who was accused of fraud. it wasn't disclosed in mrs seema misra's trial. the existence of an important bug, the receipts and mismatched bug, was not disclosed in mrs seema misra's trial. was that deliberate? hat mrs seema misra's trial. was that deliberate?— deliberate? not on my part, no, because i— deliberate? not on my part, no, because i don't _ deliberate? not on my part, no, because i don't think _ deliberate? not on my part, no, because i don't think i _ deliberate? not on my part, no, because i don't think i was - deliberate? not on my part, no, | because i don't think i was aware deliberate? not on my part, no, i because i don't think i was aware of it. ~ because i don't think i was aware of it. . ., ., ~ because i don't think i was aware of it. ~ ., ., ~ . because i don't think i was aware of it. well, look, i am now going to ask ou, it. well, look, i am now going to ask you. what — it. well, look, i am now going to ask you, what did _ it. well, look, i am now going to ask you, what did you _ it. well, look, i am now going to ask you, what did you do -

it. well, look, i am now going to ask you, what did you do wrong l it. well, look, i am now going to. ask you, what did you do wrong in seema misra's case?— seema misra's case? well, at the time, i seema misra's case? well, at the time. i didn't— seema misra's case? well, at the time, i didn't think _ seema misra's case? well, at the time, | didn't think | _ seema misra's case? well, at the time, i didn't think i had - seema misra's case? well, at the time, i didn't think i had done - time, i didn't think i had done anything — time, i didn't think i had done anything wrong, but obviously since the inquiry— anything wrong, but obviously since the inquiry it seems that... disclosure of other potential, armm — disclosure of other potential, arm... horizon integrity issues should — arm... horizon integrity issues should have been made known to the defence _ our correspondent azadeh moshiri is at the inquiry and joins me now. bring us up on other key points from today's hearing? l bring us up on other key points from today's hearing?— today's hearing? i want to put what he said into — today's hearing? i want to put what he said into context _ today's hearing? i want to put what he said into context because - today's hearing? i want to put what he said into context because we - today's hearing? i want to put what l he said into context because we were talking about the seema misra case there and her case is well known here in the uk because she was sent to prison when she was eight weeks pregnant and wrongfully convicted of stealing more than £70,000 and so, what happened with her case is viewed as particularly important here. now, jon longman has acknowledged that perhaps he should

have been more forceful in hindsight when it came to what was disclosed to her legal team and the reason that that questioning has been going on this morning is because so many victims have been telling the inquiry that they were regularly told they were the only ones having problems with the horizon it system. and that therefore they thought that perhaps they had no other legal recourse in that sense. here today we have found that these reports suggest there was growing concern around challenges to the horizon it system, butjon longman insisted he kept being told that the system was robust and that therefore he didn't think it was relevant to tell other sub—postmaster is of any other concerns mentioned. we have also heard him being told by a lawyerfor the victims about, asked whether he pursued other trails enough, whether he relied on charging these witnesses, on believing that they were responsible for the losses, and

he acknowledged that perhaps he should have done more work to look at other options.— happened has been a terrible thing for everybody who has been involved in, particularly the sub—postmaster blue and _ in, particularly the sub—postmaster blue and supposed mistresses. it is unbelievable that it has happened and i_ unbelievable that it has happened and liust— unbelievable that it has happened and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry— and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry death — and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry death and the supposed mistresses. it is a blue board has happened — mistresses. it is a blue board has happened and i am just worried that what has _ happened and i am just worried that what has occurred by the tenure of my time _ what has occurred by the tenure of my time at— what has occurred by the tenure of my time at royal mail, i am sorry for that— my time at royal mail, i am sorry for that happening. that was allan leighton, who was chairman of the royal mail in 2002, starting in 2002, when it was part of the same organisation as the post office and it is —— he is giving his evidence right now. he started his testimony by apologising for his wrongful convictions and these

prosecutions happening under his tenure. now, so far the questioning has been around what he knew about horizon it's problems, as well as whether he was overcommitted, overboard it is the term the council here used, and therefore was he focusing on the post office and royal mail as much as he should have been? which he was very unequivocal about, saying that he gave all his time to it. the inquiry is continuing as it tries to understand how what is seen as one of the widest miscarriages ofjustice in uk history could have possibly happened, so we will keep updating you as this goes on.— happened, so we will keep updating you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank ou you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank you very _ you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank you very much. _ around very much. the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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mps have begun voting on the controversial rwanda bill. the next step will be for the house of lords to decide whether they will try to amend or stop it. under the proposed legislation, some asylum seekers arriving in the uk would be sent to rwanda to have their claims processed there. if successful, they'd be granted refugee status and allowed to stay in rwanda, but would not be allowed to return to the uk. let's speak to drjoelle grogan. thank you very much for your time today. she is head of research at uk in a changing europe. critics say the evidence isn't there to show that rwanda isn't a safe place to send asylum seekers too. so what is this parliamentary process, this ping—pong between the house of commons and the house of lords is complete death once this process is complete death once this process is complete and this becomes an act of parliament, what likely legal challenges might there be? well, a number of legal _ challenges might there be? well, a number of legal challenges... - number of legal challenges... inaudible

1.i inaudible u think should be emphasised from the beginning as a point everyone is in agreement about, which is that asylum seekers can be removed to a third country, as long as there is a safe point that claims to be processed there. safety means there is not going to be a chance there is not going to be a chance there that they will be returned to countries where they would face death or torture or other irreparable harm. this is a law for the echr, it is law here domestically in the uk, it was agreed by the supreme court and agreed by the supreme court and agreed by the government. the central contention or disagreement between now the house of lords and the house of commons is whether or not safety is a matter of fact on evidence or whether or not it is a statement of law. so, when this is, and this is very likely to become law very soon, we will see a lot of challenges on that basis. we will see challenges that go to whether or not asylum seekers can fit within the very, very narrow exception within the bill of being almost individually targeted and that is

why they cannot be removed or whether there are constitutional challenges that by making the safety of rwanda in a statement of law, it is fundamentally changing that celebration of powers between the courts and the parliament. —— that segregation of powers between the courts and parliament. the other argument we are likely to see is going to the strasbourg court, the european court of human rights, where if the strasbourg court think that the only evidence is a very high risk that if people removed to rwanda will be returned to countries where they, again, could face irreparable harm like death or torture, then they could again issue another rule 39 order or an inter—measure stopping flights. let's talk about timing, then, dr joelle grogan, because rishi sunak, the prime minister here, has taken a lot of political capital on this issue, hasn't he? he has talked about planes being in the air taking people to rwanda in the spring. so

how long could these legal challenges take? a considerable time, perhaps? challenges take? a considerable time. perhaps?— time, perhaps? very, very potentially- _ time, perhaps? very, very potentially. if _ time, perhaps? very, very potentially. if there - time, perhaps? very, very potentially. if there is - time, perhaps? very, very- potentially. if there is imminent risk that a flight is about to take off, then it is very likely we could see a very immediate order from the european court of human rights, these take place very quickly, but due to some clarifications in the court recently the litigants, the asylum seekers and the lawyers, would have to prove that there is an imminent risk of harm, so it is quite a high bar. this would then become a very difficult political situation for the government because the home secretary would have to be asked whether or not to comply with the order of the european court on human rights. just by way of context, these are very rare for the uk. the uk has one of the strongest human rights records and with the law, there is discretion born from the secretary to disregard, to

ignore in order, but that would be a very difficult legal and political decision for him to make. i’m very difficult legal and political decision for him to make. i'm afraid we're out of — decision for him to make. i'm afraid we're out of time, _ decision for him to make. i'm afraid we're out of time, to _ decision for him to make. i'm afraid we're out of time, to thank- decision for him to make. i'm afraid we're out of time, to thank you - decision for him to make. i'm afraid j we're out of time, to thank you very much for your time, dr we're out of time, to thank you very much foryourtime, drjoelle grogan, from uk in a changing europe. since the pandemic, inactivity among uk people of working age due to long—term sickness has soared, pushing up the benefits bill and holding back the wider economy. now let's hearfrom ann raymond, who's an economic analyst at the health foundation and the lead author of this report. thank you forjoining us, so this growth of illness, it is spread evenly across the country? yes, what we find is we — evenly across the country? yes, what we find is we projected _ evenly across the country? yes, what we find is we projected a _ evenly across the country? yes, what we find is we projected a 2596 - evenly across the country? yes, what we find is we projected a 25% growth | we find is we projected a 25% growth in the number of working age people with major illness by 2040. that is a 700,000 increase and we find that this increase is not going to be evenly spread across the country. 80% of this increase will be in more deprived areas. we are also able to

look at some of the conditions that contribute to health inequalities and we find that these are things like chronic pain, diabetes and anxiety and depression and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cpd. the link between living and more deprived areas and ill health, long—term conditions has been known for quite a while, so why is this getting worse? rather than improving?— getting worse? rather than improving? getting worse? rather than imrovin.? . �*, . improving? that's right, we have known about _ improving? that's right, we have known about the _ improving? that's right, we have known about the existence - improving? that's right, we have known about the existence of- improving? that's right, we have i known about the existence of health inequalities in england for a while now, but what we are doing is looking at this in a bit more detail and then projecting that into the future stop this is largely due to current trends in risk factors, things like obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, poor diet and we know that people in more deprived areas have a greater exposure to these risk factors and so, that is partly explaining these inequalities that we see in diagnose illness between people living in more and

less deprived areas, but that is not all. we also know that there are other wider drivers of health inequality, so for instance poor quality housing, employment, air pollution, which also play a big role in health and that is why we need to see, in addition to action focused on prevention and early intervention, some cross government effort on the underlying drivers of health inequality. shim effort on the underlying drivers of health inequality.— health inequality. ann raymond, thank ou health inequality. ann raymond, thank you very — health inequality. ann raymond, thank you very much _ health inequality. ann raymond, thank you very much for - health inequality. ann raymond, thank you very much forjoining l health inequality. ann raymond, i thank you very much forjoining us, ann raymond the lead author on that study. do stay with us here on bbc news. good evening. sunshine for some, but not for all, that has been the story today, quite a dramatic weather picture here sent in from north wales. most of the showers have been out to the west first thing this morning with these frontal systems thinking steadily self. this evening

we have a clutch of showers just clinging on to east anglia and south—east england. they fade away, sky is clear, temperatures are likely to fall away and gardeners and growers take note, we could see and growers take note, we could see a touch of light frost in sheltered western areas with low single figures. forthe western areas with low single figures. for the north and west, we keep around four or 5 degrees and thatis keep around four or 5 degrees and that is because we have cloud and rain spilling in from another system that will bring some wet weather as we go through the day. in through the afternoon, perhaps the best of the afternoon, perhaps the best of the sunshine in east anglia, the midlands and southern england, clouding over from midlands and southern england, clouding overfrom north wales, north midlands, up into northern england too close to the scottish borders, where there will be outbreaks of rain. the way not very bad in northern ireland, it will stay fairly persistent on and off through the north west of scotland throughout the afternoon. rain obviously having a little impact on the feel of the weather once again, only highs of eight to 12 degrees, but we might see 15 celsius in the south—east with the best of season show. there will be some rain for all of us at some point through

thursday night into the early hours of friday morning and then the high pressure really trying to influence its story. however, because of the position of the high, we still pick up position of the high, we still pick up this northerly wind, so we will be chasing cloud amounts around, a breezy day on friday and that will have an impact on the feel of the weather once again. temperatures just below par, really, for the time of year. into the start of the weekend, the high pressure continuing to nudge its way a little bit further north and used. this weather front could enhance some showery rain for a time across eastern scotland and may be north—east england. it also, again, depends on the direction of the wind because of the position of the high, we are continuing to drag in the wind from the north—east, coming from scandinavia, a cooler source, and so that means that along the north sea coasts, yes, at times those temperatures struggling and there will be a few scattered showers. so west is best for not only sunshine, but also warmth this

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live from london. this is bbc news the uk's foreign secretary lord cameron has urged israel to do as little as possible to escalate tensions in the middle east — but benjamin netanyahu has said israel will decide on its own steps. we hope that anything israel does is as limited and as targeted and as smart as possible. it is in no one's interest that we see an escalation.

translation: we will make our own i decisions on our own and the state i of israel will do what it needs to defend itself. a russian missile kills 14 and wounds more than 60 in chernihiv in northern ukraine. bbc verify has been assessing the latest footage. on verified today we have been looking into the russian strike on the ukrainian city of chernihiv and reports of explosions on a russian airbase in annexed crimea. the actor hugh grant settles a long—running lawsuit against the publisher of the sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them.