Hywel griffith was watching the announcement. A two horse race where both men stuck rigidly to the centre but in the end of the new leader of the welsh labour was elected byjust under two 52 of the vote. Vaughan gething, congratulations. After being responsible for health and the economy, Vaughan Gething will now take a big step up to become the first black First Minister of wales. Today we turn a new page in our welsh history. A history that we write together. Notjust because im the first black leader of any european country, but a generational dial hasjumped, too. I want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future in behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In pieces and the bill for those who came before them. Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled the came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled the issue came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled the issue of came before them. In his campaign video, he tackled the issue of race | video, he tackled the issue of race head on. He has spoken about facing taunts as a teenager and struggling against stereotypes as he entered student politics. Student politics. They do damage access, student politics. They do damage access. They student politics. They do damage access, they do student politics. They do damage access, they do put student politics. They do damage access, they do put people student politics. They do damage access, they do put people off. I access, they do put people off. Since access, they do put people off. Since entering the senedd he has ruffled a few feathers, and forgot in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gethin in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gething need in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gething need to in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gething need to turn in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gething need to turn his in the pandemic how to mute. Vaughan gething need to turn his microphone i gething need to turn his microphone off. The campaign brought controversy, too, not least a £200,000 donation from a Company Whose owner was prosecuted for dumping waste. Izre prosecuted for dumping waste. Ive alwa s prosecuted for dumping waste. Ive always been prosecuted for dumping waste. I� e always been scrupulous about following the rules. It is an indivisible part of modern politics. Will that convince his political rivals . Jeremy myles left without speaking, but issued a statement stressing that trust needed to be earned. Ultimately, it will be up to the voters of wales to show how they judge next First Minister. A second day of voting is taking place in russias president ial election. Vladimir putin is expected to win a further six years in power, as his only serious opponents are either in prison, in exile, or dead. Authorities in russia have called on Security Officers to be vigilant, after vandalism at some Polling Stations on friday. I spoke to nina khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs at the new school in new york city, and Great Granddaughter of the former soviet leader nikita khrushchev. I asked why putin is going through this process in the first place. Well, he is bothering because he needs legitimacy. It is 25 years in power, not always the president , but this is now his fifth term as president and he needs to show, the kremlin needs to show that the nation that he talks about since the war in ukraine began, that the country is behind him, he is this leader that brings russia to a new era of development, which is a unique civilisation that nobody can stamp on or humiliate. So he needs that, and that is why this election has been touted as the most important because also, this is the first russian election. I mean, we shouldnt even call it an election. It is a new song and dance procedure of how putin is going to become president again. It is the first time in wartime, and thats why they need this, to show that it is a referendum on putin, on his actions, on his future at six years, and thats why they really make it into a giant show of support. We heard about sky numbers a giant show of support. We heard about sky numbers when a giant show of support. We heard about sky numbers when it a giant show of support. We heard about sky numbers when it comes | a giant show of support. We heard i about sky numbers when it comes to the turnout. The media in russia is controlled or heavily leaned upon by the kremlin. How much are russians themselves hearing about the options on the ballot paper . Is this a situation where Ignorance Is Bliss and theyjust hear wonderful things and they just hear wonderful things about and theyjust hear wonderful things about Vladimir Putin and they are happy to give their vote . Imeii. About Vladimir Putin and they are happy to give their vote . Well, no. Thats another happy to give their vote . Well, no. Thats another thing. Happy to give their vote . Well, no. Thats another thing. I happy to give their vote . Well, no. Thats another thing. I mean, happy to give their vote . Well, no. Thats another thing. I mean, of. Thats anotherthing. I mean, of course the press belongs to the kremlin or is leaned upon by the kremlin, but there are telegram channels, you get information that you need to get. You quoted these people who say they vote for putin and its difficult for them not to because when they live outside, say in estonia, they dont want to go to russia, but they are in estonia where there is a lot of animosity towards putin. So of course, as the nationals of that country they will say they have to vote for the main man. So it is not necessarily ignorant bliss, but nonetheless it is very difficult to express your concern in the ballot box because what the authorities now need is a need 75 of voting. They then said it was over 50 , so tomorrow and the last eight should be 75 , and an 80 plus voting for putin. It doesnt mean that this is all going to be for putin, but these are not observed by anybody of credibility, so they can actually draw any number in and give any percentage that they and thats what they need. So these are sham elections and people go through the motions, which is important, but also, even if there is not 75 of voting, they would be told that there is. Great granddaughter of nikita khrushchev. Well, the estonian Town Of Narva is one of only a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia is still open although you can only cross by foot. Many of narvas residents are russian, and can cross the border to vote in russias president ial elections. Bbc russians 0leg Boldyrev sent this report from the border town. Here in the Estonian BorderTown Of Narva lies the frontier between the western world and russia. Across the river with its formidable fortress lies narva, a town 170 kilometres from st petersburg, and this is one of a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia is still open. Whats even more unusual is that this place and the surrounding region, thousands of people are, in fact, russian citizens. This is the legacy of soviet union break up. In the 19605 and 19705, people were brought from the soviet union to work in local industries, and after the collapse of the soviet union, they failed to get estonian citizenship. This is a source of bitter arguments between the residents and the estonian authorities, but the fact is that these people have applied and got russian passports, and this means they can go and vote in the president ial elections which are taking place right now. The Voting Station is just across the bridge there. There were not any big queues on this side of the border. We tried to look for people who would cross over, and most people were turning away. They clearly are not willing to talk about this. They are afraid that if they admit that they voted, this will somehow mean trouble for them. But one woman named anna was not afraid to talk. Translation i voted for putin. He is closer to my viewpoint. I understand him. I have no doubts about him. I think every president should care for his country and his people. I see this in putin. I have a sister there, my husbands brother is there, our relatives are buried there. To cut us apart is painful. We spoke to several more people who confirmed that they had crossed the bridge and voted in support of mr putin. They were choosing their words very carefully. If they say that they support mr putin and his war in ukraine, this will certainly mean trouble for them here in estonia. Their votes did not matter much for mr putin. His victory in this election is a foregone conclusion. Narva illustrates the complex situation the Baltic States are in, nervously watching over their giant neighbours to the east, russia. In egypt, one of the oldest and most prestigious film studios in the arab world has been destroyed by a majorfire in cairo. Several buildings near Al Ahram Studio in the giza District Of Cairo also had to be evacuated as the fire spread to them. No casualties were reported, but some people had to be treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Translation the fire reached the upper floors translation the fire reached the upperfloors in translation the fire reached the upper floors in those translation the fire reached the upperfloors in those buildings translation the fire reached the upper floors in those buildings and then spread. All those buildings burned down. Then the ambulances and fire trucks arrived. This is a cinematography studio where tv shows used to film series in ramadan. The lace is used to film series in ramadan. Ii2 place is always used to film series in ramadan. ii2 place is always active used to film series in ramadan. Ii2 place is always active and nobody knows what happened. Some say it is due to a short circuit, while others say that something strange happens inside. With me in the studio is our middle east analyst at the bbc world service. What more do we know about this fire . ~ ,. , this fire . Well, the egyptian Prime Minister has this fire . Well, the egyptian Prime Minister has been this fire . Well, the egyptian Prime Minister has been visiting, this fire . Well, the egyptian Prime Minister has been visiting, so this fire . Well, the egyptian Prime Minister has been visiting, so that| minister has been visiting, so that gives minister has been visiting, so that gives a minister has been visiting, so that gives a sense of the significance, it is being gives a sense of the significance, it is being regarded in egypt. We dont it is being regarded in egypt. We dont know 100 about the damage, it looks at dont know 100 about the damage, it looks at the dont know 100 about the damage, it looks at the whole thing has been wiped looks at the whole thing has been wiped out looks at the whole thing has been wiped out but it is a huge area and there wiped out but it is a huge area and there are wiped out but it is a huge area and there are three studios there. My understanding is that the archives, part of understanding is that the archives, part of the understanding is that the archives, part of the most significant thing that is part of the most significant thing that is in part of the most significant thing that is in these studios, are still intact that is in these studios, are still intact. What has been affected is a tv series intact. What has been affected is a tv series that was being filmed there. Tv series that was being filmed there, and the set has been destroyed. In ramadan, its a huge thing destroyed. In ramadan, its a huge thing in destroyed. In ramadan, its a huge thing in the destroyed. In ramadan, its a huge thing in the arab world in egypt, to produce thing in the arab world in egypt, to produce these tv series that go every produce these tv series that go every day produce these tv series that go every day throughout the holy month, and they every day throughout the holy month, and they carry on filming during the month and they carry on filming during the month so and they carry on filming during the month so that there is some speculation over whether that will be able speculation over whether that will be able to speculation over whether that will be able to continue to film. There was another tv series as well being produced was another tv series as well being produced which apparently has not been affected. As a studio, i mean it goes been affected. As a studio, i mean it goes back been affected. As a studio, i mean it goes back 80 years. It was first established in 1944 by two egyptian businessmen. It is one of the studios businessmen. It is one of the studios that was active during the Golden Studios that was active during the golden age of egyptians and amount when Egyptian Culture dominated the arab world, it was a unifying cultural arab world, it was a unifying cultural aspect of life in the arab world cultural aspect of life in the arab world i cultural aspect of life in the arab world. I mean, people who speak different world. I mean, people who speak different dialogues can understand each other through listening to the egyptian each other through listening to the egyptian dialect. That has changed and that egyptian dialect. That has changed and that is no longer the situation and that is no longer the situation and egypt and that is no longer the situation and egypt still has a huge film and tv industry. Not quite the level of the 60s, tv industry. Not quite the level of the 60s, 70s and 80s, but this is one studio the 60s, 70s and 80s, but this is one studio that continues throughout the great one studio that continues throughout the great rise and the slight failing the great rise and the slight falling off that there has been since falling off that there has been since then, and it has seen some of the greats since then, and it has seen some of the greats of since then, and it has seen some of the greats of egyptian cinema. 0ne director the greats of egyptian cinema. 0ne director had his beginnings there, possibly director had his beginnings there, possibly the greatest of egyptian film directors. So it does have this significance. I think the pictures were significance. I think the pictures were so significance. I think the pictures were so shocking to egyptians, to see this were so shocking to egyptians, to see this ablaze, but it seems the damage see this ablaze, but it seems the damage may not be as bad as first thought damage may not be as bad as first thought. Unfortunately, egypt is no stranger thought. Unfortunately, egypt is no stranger to these sorts of fires. 0ther stranger to these sorts of fires. Other buildings nearby were also affected other buildings nearby were also affected. The Prime Minister has promised affected. The Prime Minister has promised compensation to people in those promised compensation to people in those buildings. But this is a story, those buildings. But this is a story, aside from the cultural significance, which egyptians are famiiiar significance, which egyptians are familiar with, that there are lax buiiding familiar with, that there are Lax Building Regulations For Fire Codes which Building Regulations for fire codes which are Building Regulations for fire codes which are not strictly adhered to and this which are not strictly adhered to and this kind of thing happens, unfortunately, on a regular basis. Do you unfortunately, on a regular basis. Do you think the studio will be rebuilt . �. ,. ,. ,. , rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far, rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far. But rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far, but the rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far, but the damage rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far, but the damage may rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that so far, but the damage may not i rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that| so far, but the damage may not be rebuilt . Ive heard nothing on that. So far, but the damage may not be so extensive so far, but the damage may not be so extensive that it will have to stop operating extensive that it will have to stop operating. From what i understand and what operating. From what i understand and what the Prime Ministers seems to have and what the Prime Ministers seems to have said, the culture minister, it sounds to have said, the culture minister, it sounds like they definitely want it sounds like they definitely want it to he it sounds like they definitely want it to be restored to the situation they had it to be restored to the situation they had before the fire broke out. As i say, they had before the fire broke out. As i say, is they had before the fire broke out. As i say, is one of the last surviving as i say, is one of the last surviving of those studios that have spanned surviving of those studios that have spanned the whole era of each applause cultural importance in the arab world world. Time for a look world. Time for a look at the sport now. Ireland are just one of four sides that could win rugbys six nations title on saturday, but theyre certainly the one most likely to do so, and will retain the championship if theyjust get a point against scotland in dublin. Italy have beaten them 24 21 in cardiff. Its the first time the italians have not lasted the standings in nine years. It is a second win in a row. If ireland win in dublin again scotland it is back title. If they lose and pick up two bonus points, that will still be enough. The other possible outcomes bring their rivals into play with england to play france later their closest of them. You have to discuss these things. We are making discussions around three referees. We are going out to win. But of course theres a handful of us who might need to know the permutations. We want to put in a performance that is capable of winning. That is what the Super Saturday means for the competition. Its great that there are so many teams involved. If the first match is anything to go by, the fa cup quarter final weekend is going to be an entertaining one. Championship side coventry are through to the semis for the First Time Since they won the trophy in 1987 after a dramatic 3 2 win over wolves at molineux. Coventry had led 1 0, but two goals in the final ten minutes of normal time put wolves 2 1 up. It stayed that way until the 97th minute, with ellis simms getting second of the game to level things. There was still time for a winner in the 10th minute of injury time from haji wright, as coventry became the first team through to the last four. Later, Manchester City host newcastle. Its nearly 70 years since newcastles last major trophy. No such problems for city who could become the first english side to win successive trebles but Pep Guardiola knows the threat newcastle pose they knocked city out of the league cup back in september. This season, the previous one and the previous one, the people from saudi arabia, i dont expect differently tomorrow. We have an equal chance at home and from now on we need every home game to have support from our fans are likely had against united. To reach the wembley semifinal again. Three of the bottom four are playing in the Premier League on saturday in a programme much depleted because of the cup quarter finals. Two of them are meeting at kenilworth road, with luton needing a win over Nottingham Forest to have their opponents replacing them in the relegatoin zone. Burnley started their match against brentford ten points from safety, but they are beating them by a goal. Bayern munich will attempt to take a bite out of Bayer Leverkusens commanding lead in Germanys Bundesliga on saturday. It was at ten points ahead of bayerns game at darmstad, where harry kane has put bayern 4 1 up at half time. Leverkusen play on sunday. While in spains la liga, the top two are both playing on saturday. Real madrid have a seven point lead over girona, girona have a trip to getafe later. The woman in the Christian Horner controversy has lodged an official complaint about his behaviour with formula 1s governing body, the fia. Bbc sport has learned the complainant, who accused red bulls Team Principal of inappropriate behaviour, has registered a grievance with the fias ethics committee. Horner has always denied the accusations made against him. Belgian sprinterjasper phillipsen has won cyclings first major one day race of the season milan san remo. Britains tom pidcock had broken away to lead in the closing stages but was caught by the peloton with 200 metres to go, and in the sprint that resulted, phillipsen won it by centimetres from australias Michael Matthews in a photo finish. The biggest one day race victory of his career. Thats all the sport for now. The first maritime humanitarian aid shipment to gaza has been unloaded on to the shore. The us charity behind the Mission World central kitchen is carrying out the mission in co operation with the united arab emirates. It said it had to build a jetty to the south of gaza city to facilitate the operation. The shipment contained 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for gaza, which the un says is on the brink of famine. Earlier today, Gazas Health Ministry updated the number of people who have been killed in the territory since israel launched its Military Action there in october, to 31,553. Most of the dead are women and children. Heres our correspondent injerusalem, mark lowen. This includes the numbers killed in the last 24 hours, which was 63 of this morning, according to gaza health officials, including a single strike in central gaza that killed 36 people on one single building. We are yet to hear from the Israeli Military to say what they were targeting, but it shows the continued disastrous death tolls and suffering for people on the ground in gaza, and of course also for those suffering from looming famine, with unicef, the un childrens charity, saying that one in three children under the age of two are suffering from acute malnourishment, and that figure is double what it was injanuary. So that is the situation on the ground, and people are desperately needing aid. The first large ship to have arrived with aid coming from cyprus has off loaded the shipment of aid, and that is a spanish ship which was carrying about 200 tonnes of aid, food aid, oil, flour and rice and that has been off loaded onto smaller boats, which will then transport it into gaza. It is unclear how it will be distributed, but the Israeli Forces are saying that they will provide some level of security for that shipment. If it is a successful shipment, the cypriots say a second ship with 240 tonnes of aid is ready to leave. This all comes a day before new Ceasefire Talks are due to begin in doha, with the israelis say they are sending a delegation to those talks. The head of the Israeli Spy Agency will have talks with qatari and egyptian officials, perhaps a glimmer of progress even though the israelis say that some of the demands made by hamas are unjustified. Lets speak now to doctor Margaret Harris who is a spokesperson for the world health organization. Thank you forjoining us on bbc news. I quoted there those very shocking statistics about child malnutrition, according to your colleagues at unicef. What are your teams on the ground in gaza telling you, particularly about disease and famine among young people . Indeed. In our meetings people say it is beyond words. Its misery they have never seen. My colleagues are people who have worked in the toughest places in africa, in many, many wars and situations and they have never seen the speed and the horror and misery that people are living in. They are living massively crowded together, starving, in places covered in human waste, unable to clean the place because they cant even get chlorine in. It is good news to hear that at least there is some Movement Towards a ceasefire because that is the only answer to what we are seeing in gaza right now. You paint a very depressing picture, of course, of the reality therefore people on the ground. I mentioned that ship that has off loaded food aid. Are you getting any medical aid into Northern Gaza at the moment . We have been able to get medical aid, and it has been possible for us to do more missions in the last couple of weeks than it has been for a long time. It is harder to get to the north simply because of the destruction and the danger, and we have to get our missions approved, of course, and agreement that we can safely go. We were able to get to the south. Now, remember only 12 of 36 hospitals that are even partially functioning, but in the south one hospital is managing to deal with 650 patients and there are 140 staff, and they also have Emergency Medical Teams who are working there as well. We were able to get medical supplies to serve 80,000 patients. It sounds a lot, but it is a drop when you are dealing with the enormity of the Health Disaster we are dealing with right now. India has announced the date of its national elections. Voting will take place for several weeks from 19th of april. The current hindu nationalist Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is expected to win a third term. India has 968 million eligible voters. Samira hussain sent us this update. India is the Worlds Largest democracy and there are 968 million eligible voters. In order for all of those people to be able to cast their ballots, voting will take place over several weeks. It is going to be broken down into seven different phases, and the results of the elections are expected on 4thjune. 0n the one hand, you will have the Prime Minister and his party the bjp, and they are looking very strong coming into these elections. The countrys Main Opposition Party the congress, is trying to mount a counter to the might of the bjp. They have aligned themselves with more than two dozen other smaller Political Parties to try and push back against the bjp government. But so far they have not been able to gain much traction. For the Prime Minister, who is seeking his third consecutive term in office, they are looking, or rather the bjp party is looking, to increase the number of seats that they already have in parliament. Here in the uk technical glitches mean Supermarket Deliveries are suffering severe delays. Sainsbury� s says it will not be able to fulfil the vast majority of online deliveries today. Customers have been contacting the supermarket on social media to report issues with their online orders. Sainsbury� s says it was caused by an overnight Software Update and has apologised to customers. And another supermarket, tesco, says its also working to fix a technical issue that has meant it has had to cancel some of its online orders that were due for delivery on saturday. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello there. Tomorrow is going to be a warmer day. Today felt a lot chillier across south eastern parts of the country, but we have all seen the cloud increasing and there has been some rain and drizzle in the air as well. Low pressure is staying probably out to the west, but well ahead of it, this cloud is getting thrown our way, and these Weather Fronts will bring the wetter weather and that is pushing east. It will clear away from Northern Areas overnight, but across england and wales, coming up from the south west, we will see rain developing more widely by the early hours. Not welcome rain by any means. Eight or nine celsius, but whether cloud breaks later in northern scotland, temperatures down to three or four celsius. Unlike today, tomorrow is going to be an improving picture, where we will see the rain clearing, sunshine coming through and that could lead to a view showers here and there. The rain should not last too long in wales, but you would expect a wet start in the midlands first thing. The cloud will then break, sunny spells will develop, leading to a few showers. Mainly for the northern half of the uk. The winds will be quite light and it will be a warmer day. Compared with today temperatures will be three or four degrees higher. In the milder air on sunday night, a couple of weakening Weather Fronts moving sunday night, a couple of Weakening Weatherfronts moving in from sunday night, a couple of weakening Weather Fronts moving in from the west. They wont bring much rain at all. Thats the extent of any cloud and rain early on monday. That moves away, and we will see some sunshine coming through. Then the next Weather System arrives out in the west, northern ireland, strengthening the winds through the irish sea and into western most parts of scotland. It is a southerly wind, hence those higher than normal temperatures, peaking at 15 or 16 celsius. The wind is coming from a long way south, hence those higher temperatures. But the potentialfor more rain. This area of low pressure is going to track north and it will take the rain overnight across the northern half of the uk, and then clear away north on tuesday. Following that there will be a few showers, but then it will dry up with some sunshine. Still some Rain Hanging In The South and south west. Those temperatures not changing much, 13 16 c. This is bbc news, the headlines. Vaughan gething has been elected as the next Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister of wales, the first black leader of any european country. In his acceptance speech, he said it marked a generational shift. One of the oldest and most prestigious film studios in the arab world has been destroyed by a fire in cairo. Several buildings near Al Ahram Studio in the citys Giza District were also evacuated as the fire spread to them. As the first ship bringing aid to gaza unloads its supplies, the us and un renew warnings about an Israeli Offensive in rafah, saying a Ground Assault would be a humanitarian catastrophe. Vandalism arrests in russia as voters spoil their ballots on day two of the countrys president ial elections. Vladimir putin is almost certain to win a further six years his only serious rivals are dead, in prison or in exile. Now on bbc news its newscast. Chris, one of the biggest mysteries of british politics in 2024 is getting a little bit closer to being solved. It is, and its the question that keeps rearing its head. When will the general election be