Drops from the sky. The us military delivering 38,000 meals for gazans in dire need. The un says famine will be inevitable, the mission and ongoing effort to get more aid into gaza through land, sea and air. But it drops like these are not enough. Access through the land routes, say us officials, is crucial. 0n officials, is crucial. On friday, President Biden said america is insisting the israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza. Israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens lives| the line and childrens lives on the line. We will not stand by until we get more aid in there. We should be getting hundreds of trucks in, notjust several. Hundreds of trucks in, not ust several. ,. , several. Signs of hope as well for dozens several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of hostages several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of hostages still i for dozens of hostages still held by militants. A us official has said a framework deal is in place that could lead to a pause in fighting and the release of hostages. In the meantime, the us military says aid by airwill meantime, the us military says aid by air will continue. A sign ofjust how desperate the situation in gaza has become. Will vernon, bbc news. Lets speak to hiba tibi, west bank and gaza Country Director for care international. Thank you for coming on the programme. These air drops, do they have the potential if they are stepped up, to make a significant difference . Good morning significant difference . Good morning. Thank significant difference . Good morning. Thank you significant difference . Good morning. Thank you for significant difference . Good morning. Thank you for this | morning. Thank you for this discussion. Unfortunately, air drops is not the preferred intervention when it comes to humanitarian situations, especially like the one in gaza. They are expensive, they are limited in terms of the number of packages that are dropped and the content itself but within the current situation, they are also saving lives. Every drop would save a life, every mill would save a life. With the situation where we have a huge number of children dying, died yesterday, 30 kids who died in hospitals after yesterday, because of hunger, this is something that is incredible. It is important. Is it the preferred method . It is not and it is dangerous as we have seen the day before, they are very dangerous for the people to access. 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It is. | what we have seen in all of is a concern as well . It is. What we have seen in all of the images, people trying to go to access them and to try to find, to reach out to the packages. We have seen also what is called now a flower massacre, if another airdrop would come in 30 minutes, people would try to access that even if they are trying to risk their lives just flour massacre. We trying to risk their lives just flour massacre. We had the awful things just flour massacre. We had the awful things where just flour massacre. We had the awful things where people just flour massacre. We had the awful things where people were j awful things where people were crowding around the aid and the numbers of people that died trying to get to the aid trucks. I suppose the issue is one of the aid is in, it is so hard for people to actually get it, isnt it . Do you feel hopeful at all about the talks taking place at the moment . It is some note of optimism from some parties on them . We get our ho e some parties on them . We get our hope from some parties on them . We get our hope from the some parties on them . We get our hope from the people, some parties on them . We get| our hope from the people, even people are hopeful that, but it is not enough. All of the borders, land borders, if all of them are open now with hundreds and hundreds of trucks entering gaza, it would also be very hard for the people and a ceasefire with a safe environment for them to access is something they wish for currently because simply they are dying. This is a life saving moment, unfortunately, lucy. Lifesaving moment, unfortunately, lucy. Thank you for talking unfortunately, lucy. Thank you for talking to unfortunately, lucy. Thank you for talking to us. Unfortunately, lucy. Thank you for talking to us. We for talking to us. We appreciate your time. A british registered cargo ship has sunk two weeks after being attacked by houthis in the gulf of aden. Yemens government said the rubymar was drifting and taking on water for days before it sank. The bbc obtained an image of the ship on february 21, which showed it submerged at the stern, but still afloat. Its the first ship to have been sunk by the iran backed rebels in yemen since they began targeting vessels in the red sea. The rubymar was in the gulf of aden when it was hit by two missiles. All of its 2a crew had been rescued. Pakistans parliament is due to elect a new Prime Minister weeks after a controversial election marred by allegations of widespread vote rigging. A Coalition Led by the Pakistan Muslim League of nawaz sharif has proposed his Brother Shehbaz for the role. The pml n coalition has said its confident of victory. The party of the jailed former Prime Minister imran khan is backing its chief organiser. Last months election produced no outright winner. Independent candidates backed by imran khans party won the most seats, but failed to get a majority. Donald trump has overwhelmingly won the republican nomination in three more states edging closer to becoming the partys official candidate in this years election. The former us president convincingly beat his only rival, nikki haley, in caucuses in michigan, missouri, and idaho. Mr trump addressed a rally of supporters in virginia after the wins with the contests taking place just days before whats known as Super Tuesday, when 15 states, and one territory will vote. With your help, we will win big on Super Tuesday and this november, virginia will tell crooked joe biden, you are fired you are fired get out of here, get out of here, get out of the white house 0ur Digital Campaign reporter Bernd Debusmann was outside that rally, and filed this update. Donald trump is spoken into states, North Carolina and virginia and in the speech he focused heavily on the border and his perception of the border is out of control and the message Thenjoe Biden is numbers at the border. It is a message that clearly resonates well with Republican Voters as polls have shown and ive been speaking to voters the last few hours and it comes up over and again, the perception Thatjoe Biden is not handling the border properly and it leads to crime in the cities. The Trump Campaign hopes the enthusiasm for this message and other Campaign Promises he has been making will result in a strong showing on Super Tuesday when virginia and 15 other states vote and he will not quite cleaned the republican nomination on Super Tuesday but it would put him in striking distance. His campaign has been telling reporters that by march 12, they hope to wrap it up at the end of the month by the latest. Donald trump will be hoping this enthusiasm for his message which is shown by the fact people have been waiting hours and hours for a glimpse of the man will result in a very Strong Performance to solidify his grip on the republican nomination and make it official. Lets take you live to south korea now, where a mass demonstration of doctors is just starting. The korean medical association, the countrys biggest lobby group for doctors, is expecting a huge turnout. Theyre protesting against the governments plan to increase medical School Admissions by about 65 from 2025 to try and combat a shortage of doctors in a country with a rapidly ageing population. Thousands of medical interns and residents have been striking since late february. Live now to yuna ku from bbc. Huge numbers expected today . Yes, doctor is a stating a rally against the government and the National Assembly in seoul today. According to the medical association, they reported 20,000 doctors will participate against the government planned to increase the number of doctors. The number of doctors. Talker throu h, the number of doctors. Talker through. I the number of doctors. Talker through, i mention the number of doctors. Talker through, i mention why the number of doctors. Talker through, i mention why they i the number of doctors. Talker i through, i mention why they are going on but please explain the reasons for this. It going on but please explain the reasons for this. Reasons for this. It has been two weeks reasons for this. It has been two weeks since reasons for this. It has been two weeks since thousandsl reasons for this. It has been l two weeks since thousands of Junior Doctors walked out of hospital ever since the government announced a package of policy changes aimed at improving essential medical care through the country. The most controversial measure was increasing the number of Medical School quota 02 5000 ploy year for five years from currently 3000, the government insisting it will upgrade the quality of medical services due to the level of incompetence. What does the government say about that . About that . They have repeatedly about that . They have repeatedly warned about that . They have | repeatedly warned that about that . They have repeatedly warned that doctors who leave hospitals that will take legal responsibility for their actions including suspension of medical licenses unless they return to work. We do not know exactly how many doctors returned and he did not, following the long weekend but before now it seems like most doctors chose to not return. We will have to see how things unfold next week. The government things unfold next week. The government argument is they need more doctors and thats what they need to take these measures. What they need to take these measures what they need to take these measures. ,. , measures. Yes indeed. They are thinkina measures. Yes indeed. They are thinking that measures. Yes indeed. They are thinking that in measures. Yes indeed. They are thinking that in a measures. Yes indeed. They are thinking that in a few measures. Yes indeed. They are thinking that in a few years, thinking that in a few years, considering the rapidly ageing population in seoul, we will be short of doctors. Doctors are saying what should be done beforehand is improvement of their working conditions. Thank ou for their working conditions. Thank you for talking their working conditions. Thank you for talking to their working conditions. Thank you for talking to us their working conditions. Thank you for talking to us through i you for talking to us through that. The ukrainian president has called on his western allies to rapidly deliver more air Defence Systems after a wave of russian missile, drone and artillery strikes killed at least 11 people on saturday. Volodymyr zelensky says russia continues to wage war on civilians and that the Ukrainian Air shield needs strengthening. Translation ukraine has asked for nothing more than what is necessary to protect lives. When lives are lost and partners are simply playing internal internal games, or disputes limiting our internal defence. It is impossible to understand and it is impossible to accept and it will be impossible to accept. And impossible to accept. And impossible to accept. And impossible to forget. The world will remember this. The ukrainian president went on to say he expects a detailed report and proposals for further changes and actions from the countrys new military chief. General 0leksandr Syrsky will return from a visit to the Eastern Front line early next week and has already said hell replace some military leaders there. Live now to peter dickinson, from the Atlantic Councils eurasia centre. Hes also the editor of ukrainealert blog. Petersjoining me from kyiv. How bad is the situation with supplies for Ukrainian Air defence, to protect civilians . Good morning. The need is extreme. Ukraine has built up its air defences over the last two years but they are steel woefully inadequate, frankly. The city of kyiv, the capital, is now fairly well protected but other major cities across the country are extremely vulnerable to attack. Edessa, on the black seed and then towards the north, they simply do not have enough air defences to go around, and russia is exploiting it now. We have seen a reduction in attacks on kyiv itself because they were not getting through and a refocus on other major cities over the weekend we saw a particularly deadly attack on 0desa in the south a number of civilians were killed and they take place at night and often in civilian residential buildings are attacked, killing people in their beds. This is a matter of Terror Bombings and ukrainians are desperately saying to their partners we need more. President zelensky has been very good at getting support from countries around the world but how much more can he get from people . How much more is the able to convince them of his cause . His cause . This is a Great Challenge his cause . This is a Great Challenge he his cause . This is a Great Challenge he faces his cause . This is a Great Challenge he faces in his cause . This is a great i challenge he faces in terms his cause . This is a Great Challenge he faces in terms of mobilising support, yet again. Amongst the international community. And were seeing a lot of Noise Conversations about whether ukraine can win the war, whether it can break the war, whether it can break the deadlock. The air defence situation relates to the country as a whole, but ukraine also needs significant increases in military aid in order to move on the front lines, weather has been a stalemate for an almost a year, more than a year, 1. 5 years, with minor movement. Ukraine needs significant military support there to break through and thats another issue now being addressed by the new Commander In Chief. Being addressed by the new commanderinchief. Being addressed by the new commanderinchief. What is auoin on commanderinchief. What is going on with commanderinchief. What is going on with the commanderinchief. What is going on with the new going on with the new Commander In Chief and the changes expected at the top . What are the issues there . The key challenges what are the issues there . Tue key challenges to what are the issues there . Tte key challenges to breakthrough on the front lines. Ukraine has made significant headway in 2022 during the first year of the war, they were able to liberate half of the territories of russia seized in the initial weeks of the invasion but since then the front lines of barely moved. We have a front line around 1000 kilometres in length. It is not really budged much since late 2022, the only movement in fact has been, a significant movement, has been some russian advances early last year and then in recent weeks, the commanders of ukraine have been looking and struggling, frankly, to find a way three. The change at the top is partly a response to that to say we need to have new responses. We have a new Commander In Chief, appointed by president zelensky. The new commander, general 0leksandr Syrsky, has appointed a new row of generals beneath him, many of whom are combat experienced generals, younger men, seen as a new generation. They will be looking to mobilise the new technology, especially drone and electronic technologies, to somehow find a way through but there is a sense that unless they get the military aid they need from the western partners of ukraine, they will struggle to find a way through. The question to find a way through. The question is to find a way through. The question is whether to find a way through. The question is whether changing the personnel will make all the difference, when the resources of the issue, isnt it . Absolutely. Yes. There is a sense they need to be receiving far more and certainly need to be receiving specifically the basics, as in ammunition, shelves, otherforms of shelves, other forms of armament. Shelves, otherforms of armament. They also need long range missile capabilities to strike out russian logistics behind the front lines, and they need airpower, they need to be receiving jet planes and we promised f 16s but it is taking a very long time and they are still not delivered and talk is now this summer. We shall see. We shall see when they are delivered and in what quantities. But ukraine desperately needs to be receiving jet planes, long range missile, greater quantities of drawings and the bread and butter of modern warfare are artillery shells. A month ago, sinn feins Michelle Oneill became the first nationalist to be appointed first minister of Northern Ireland. That has prompted increased debate about the prospect of a united ireland. Census data suggests there are now more people from a catholic background than protestant but polls suggest most voters are against constitutional change. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page reports. Northern ireland has changed. Statistically, politically and physically. Logan is one of the towns in the middle of population trends. The first Irish Nationalist Party b mirror of the area has been a major difference. Major difference. One of the big changes major difference. One of the big changes for major difference. One of the Big Changes For Me Major difference. One of the big changes for me were major difference. One of the l big changes for me were there were no local areas in terms of canvassing. There were areas where you just would have been frightened, quite frankly, to go into. 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Of things to appreciate i everybody for all of our differences everybody for all of our differences and everybody for all of our i differences and celebrate everybody for all of our differences and celebrate that. Noone differences and celebrate that. Noone can differences and celebrate that. Noone can be differences and celebrate that. No one can be sure differences and celebrate that. No one can be sure what i differences and celebrate that. I no one can be sure what things will play out in the coming years. The uk government says it sees no realistic prospect of a referendum but others believe they can sense a shifting big picture. Chris page, bbc news. Lets return to the us, where a massive blizzard is pounding parts of california and nevada. The snowstorm has closed major roads, shut down ski resorts and left Tens Of Thousands of homes without power. The blizzard was especially severe in the mountainous Sierra Nevada region. People there have been warned of a high to extreme avalanche danger. Lets go live to travel photographer dakota snider, who lives in Mammoth Lakes and who found himself in the middle of this blizzard. Tell us what is happening now, where you are. It is currently dumping snow this has been a storm for the books, for sure. Books, for sure. Has it been especially books, for sure. Has it been especially bad . Books, for sure. Has it been especially bad . You books, for sure. Has it been especially bad . You are i books, for sure. Has it been | especially bad . You are used books, for sure. Has it been i especially bad . You are used to snowstorms but this is been especially bad. Explain why. Yeah, Mammoth Lakes, where i live in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and when they think of california, they dont often think of snow, right . But where are our Ski Resort Towns are, we are up 3000 metres, Superhigh In Elevation and on average with the about 1000 centimetres of snow a year. 400 inches. Ive lived in these mountains for about ten years now and this is only the second time ive ever seen a Storm Warning of a blizzard type warning. The second time in ten years. We are used to snow but not used to this much snow with this much wind. Visibility outside is almost nothing. You can barely see very far in front of you when you are outside. Front of you when you are outside front of you when you are outside. ,. ,. , outside. Your first thought was to no outside. Your first thought was to go out . Outside. Your first thought was to go out . We outside. Your first thought was to go out . We are outside. Your first thought was to go out . We are currently i to go out . We are currently looking at the photos you took. People walking through the snow and a big snowplough with a huge amount of snow up against it. Just talk through how it was taking photos . It. Just talk through how it was taking photos . It. Just talk through how it was taking photos . Yeah, as a professional was taking photos . Yeah, as a professional photographer, i was taking photos . Yeah, as a| professional photographer, its one of those experiences where we wait for, especially one like myself, who takes a lot of weather content. I wait for moments like this its one of those things where i bundle up properly, go walking out of my house, take a lap around the neighbourhood, dont go that far in one of the biggest things is you dont want to put yourself in danger or any other Emergency Services in danger. However, as a professional photographer, these other storms we dream of and documenting. Storms we dream of and documenting. Storms we dream of and documentinu. ,. , documenting. How prepared are eole in documenting. How prepared are people in general documenting. How prepared are people in general for documenting. How prepared are people in general for this i documenting. How prepared are people in general for this type i people in general for this type of weather. Living in a place like this, snow, where. Living in a place like this, snow, where no. Living in a place like this, snow, where no stranger i. Living in a place like this, | snow, where no stranger to snow, where no stranger to snow, however, for tourists and others visiting, going into the storm for the last week, the media in the United States has been talking about please do not travel during certain times. If youre going to travel, make sure your vehicle is properly prepared and all of those things. I would like to commend the local place here in Mammoth Lakes for putting that information out early on and we have done a really good job of preventing things from being a lot worse. You go a few hours north of us, you are staying stories of hundreds of cars stranded in the snow and im very happy we dont have that going on here where i live. Thank you for talking to us about it and sending your photos so we can get a good sense of what is going on. Thank you very much. Qt sense of what is going on. Thank you very much. Its been A Night To Remember at the brit awards especially for Singer Songwriter raye, whos broken the record at this years ceremony in london, winning six prizes including best artist and best album. She beats blur, adele and harry styles record four wins at a single ceremony. The veteran pop star Kylie Minogue who performed a medley of her hits was honoured with a global icon award. Female acts dominated the awards, in sharp contrast to the controversy of last years ceremonies, when only male performers were shortlisted for best artist. Hello there. Low pressure has been dominating our weather picture this weekend and on saturday, we had widespread showers around the vast majority of them coming through as rain. We did see some snow return to parts of cumbria and also some snowfall from somerset through the West Midlands and into parts of wales as well. Quite localised snowfall but a covering in places. Cold air, then, firmly in place at the moment with our area of low pressure spiralling around with further showers gradually moving their way northwards for the time being. Again, the vast majority of these are coming through as rain. A little bit of sleet or snow mixed in across some of the higher parts of Dumfries And Galloway and over the next few hours, well also see a bit of snow across higher parts of the grampians. Otherwise, any showers will come through as rain. It will then get cold with Clearing Skies across wales, the middle and southern counties of england. The lowest temperature about 2, so some frost and a few icy stretches to watch out for sunday morning. A few mist and fog patches around as well. By and large, though, a decent kind of day coming up on sunday. There will be some high cloud affecting eastern parts of both scotland and england. The best of the sunshine will be further west with just one or two showers running through across parts of western scotland, Northern Ireland, wales and the south west of england. But even here, the showers will be pretty well spaced, so youve got a decent chance of having a dry day. Through Sunday Evening and sunday night time, well start to see the next Weather System approaching and that will be bringing more rain our way into monday. So, the Rain Making Inroads in across parts of South West England and wales pretty quickly monday morning. After a dry and bright start in Northern Ireland, it turns wet here through monday afternoon. We hang on to some brighter weather for scotland and North East England thats where the best of the sunny spells will be. Temperatures continue to be a little bit below average for this time of the year with highs between 9 and 11 degrees celsius. Deeper into next week, areas of low pressure in the atlantic will continue to threaten outbreaks of rain in the west. High pressure close to the near continent will keep the north and east largely dry, so well see some changes in the weather from place to place. Western areas likely to see the heaviest of the rain, particularly towards wales and South West England. The driest, brightest weather is likely to be across more eastern parts of the uk as we go through the week ahead. Thats your latest weather. Bye for now. This is bbc news. The headlines mediators are due to convene later today in cairo to try to reach an agreement on a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. It comes as the us carries out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza. Donald trump takes the republican nomination in three more states in the lead up to Super Tuesday, edging closer to becoming the partys official candidate in this years election. A massive blizzard hits parts of california and nevada. The snowstorm has closed major roads, shut down ski resorts and left Tens Of Thousands without power. Avalanche warnings have been issued in some areas. And its A Night To Remember at the brit awards as female acts take centrestage. Singer songwriter raye picks up a record breaking six prizes, including best artist and best album. Now on bbc news, talking business. Hello, everybody, a very warm welcome to talking Business Weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. The 300 billion question should russias cash be taken away to pay for the war in ukraine . With the fighting into its third year, can the west finally land the financial blow on President Putin and finally stop him from affording the war . Im going to be discussing that with these two