qatari world cup in paris world cup and ballast ambassador who is cold homosexuality and damage in the mind. the petrol actor leslie phillips, star of the carry on films, has died at the age of 98. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. many headteachers in england say they may have to cut the number of teaching staff because of pressure on their budgets. a survey by the headteachers union found two thirds of its members said they ll have to make teaching assistants redundant or cut their hours. the government says it is giving schools an extra four billion pounds in funding this year. here s our education editor, branwen jeffreys. it s all go for these four and five year olds, learning through new experiences. but making the sums add up is getting harder. some teaching assistants have left and not been replaced. that s because the bills are going up. we are tightening our belts and it gets to a point where, how much more can you tighten? we are shopping around as mu
the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there, too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and that others were killed during the israeli raid. in this photo the men had been moved to another location, which we have not been
seekers to rwanda, saying he will finish the job. rishi sunak insisted his new law would end the merry go round of legal challenges and insisted it was the toughest anti immgration law. he was speaking at a news conference in downing street after the immigration minister robertjenrick, resigned, saying the plans didn t go far enough. our political editor chris mason is in westminster the prime minister tonight stares down the narrowest footpaths, a general, a snicket, with high walls on either side. he faces political, practical and legal challenges, which means the whole future of the policy is on the line, and his authority is on the line too. autumn of last year. rishi sunak becomes prime minister, the rwanda plan is already six months old. but as the seasons turn, no migrants are sent to east africa. winter becomes summer, and still no planes are leaving. and then the supreme court, this autumn, said it was unlawful. the slogan on the lectern is familiar, and boat cross
presidential election. tanzania s president, john magufuli, has died at the age of 61. the vice president said he d succumbed to complications related to a heart condition. birdsong and the birdsong that s almost become extinct. how the regent honey eater has almost forgotten how to sing its own song. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. uncertainty over stocks of covid vaccines is causing growing tension between the uk and the european union. with around 25 million british citizens vaccinated, the nhs has warned that there ll be a significant reduction in vaccines available next month, urging providers not to take new appointments for april. meanwhile, the eu has warned that it might need to impose export limits on vaccines from european factories. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, in northern italy, covid patients gasping for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is
that s it for me. mike will be here at the top of the hour with more news. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. millions of readers all over the world are drawn to fiction that explores our fears. horror sells, and no one does it better or more prolifically than my guest today, stephen king. he s written more than 60 books, sold close to 400 million copies. he is the master manipulator of dark places and the paranormal. if you re not a reader, you may have seen the shining, carrie, stand by me all films based on his stories. he s been writing for half a century. how has our appetite for fear evolved? stephen king in florida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s nice to be here. i wish we could do it in person. me too. but nonetheless, it is a pleasure to see you on my screen. and let me begin by asking you about the threat that we all, all over the world in florida, in the uk, all over the world are livin