lets move the supreme court ruling. lets move on from that _ catherine burns has been to one hospital trying to improve its safety rating. bbc analysis has found that two—thirds of nhs maternity units in england don't consistently meet safety standards. that's worse than a year ago, when the figure was just over half. the health regulator, the care quality commission, says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspects. our health correspondent, catherine burns, has been to one i think something's going wrong. that's why i'm getting out. there's something wrong with the baby, i think. we were filming on a corridor in the labour ward

at northwick park hospital in north—west london, when it became clear there was a serious problem. a young woman was in the end stages of labour, and they couldn't hear the baby's heart beat properly. every member of staff had one focus — delivering the baby safely. as the minutes passed by it was incredibly tense. but then the sound everyone wanted to hear. baby cries. absolutely beautiful. yeah. she's come out in really good condition. then mum was taken away to theatre for some stitches. it's a rare gift, seeing a new life less than ten minutes after coming into the world. seeing the joy as a family meets its youngest member. she's adorable! meets its youngest member. and seeing the instant love as new father himanshu locks eyes with his daughter kiana for the very first time. awesome! this might not look like a maternity unit with problems, but it is. two years ago, inspectors from the care quality commission, the cqc, rated it as inadequate for safety,

the worst—possible rating. a follow—up saw progress, but still said it required improvement, and it's far from alone. last autumn, we analysed cdc data and found that 55% of maternity units in england weren't always meeting safety standards. the cqc has prioritised maternity inspections and now has a fuller picture. it's worse. almost 70% either require improvement or are inadequate for safety. and 15% are in that bottom category, inadequate. that's more than doubled since last autumn. kate terroni from the cdc told me maternity currently has the poorest safety rating of all the hospital services it inspects. it's disappointing, it's unacceptable. i think the point is, we've seen this deterioration and action needs to happen now, so that women next week can have the assurance

that they need that they're going to get that high—quality care in any maternity setting across england. my daughter's life was effectively ended before it got started. rachel tustain didn't get that quality of care when her daughter eve was born in a hospital hundreds of miles away. she was injured at birth, a forceps delivery that went badly wrong. that force actually fractured part of her skull, which also severed an artery and caused a massive bleed in her brain. eve lived with huge challenges until last year. she was just five. i think sometimes itjust catches you unexpectedly. we as parents have so much guilt that we couldn't stop what happened to her in the first place. the life she had was not the life she should have had. ministers here at the department of health know, and they have known for some time, about problems with maternity safety. they also know they're not looking

likely to meet targets to halve the numbers of mothers and babies dying by 2025. then there's the fact that families affected by certain high—profile maternity scandals at some hospitals are now calling for a full public inquiry across england. we wanted to speak to ministers here about all of this, and several times we asked for an interview. that request was eventually refused. instead, they gave us this statement, wanting to reassure mothers and families that maternity care is of the utmost importance to this government. they said... "we're working incredibly hard to improve maternity services, focusing on recruitment, training and the retention of midwives. but we know there is more to do." in northern ireland, a review has called for a new safety strategy. wales has delayed the second phase of a maternity review. and the scottish government says it is committed to delivering high—quality care. i think once you know how to use it, it's actually really easy, isn't it?

here at northwick park, they say maternity is already improving, with the stillbirth rate lower than the national average. i'm determined that we're going to turn things around, i really am. and actually, from the improvements that we've made in the last year, actually, that shows evidence that we are turning things around. but they are not quick improvements. so i like to think in another year we'll be in a very different place in terms of what our cqc rating will look like. like the vast majority of the 1,500 babies born in england every day, baby kiana is fine, home with herfamily, happy and healthy. the hope is that every baby can have such a safe start. catherine burns, bbc news. the new foreign secretary cameron has been visiting ukraine, his first visit in the post and has been meeting president zelensky. find

visit in the post and has been meeting president zelensky. and he is the first minister _ meeting president zelensky. and he is the first minister to _ meeting president zelensky. and he is the first minister to visit - meeting president zelensky. and he is the first minister to visit the - is the first minister to visit the black sea port of 0desa since the russian full—scale invasion and says he is supporting ukraine against putin's aggression and says it is vital which is why he is pleased to make this his first visit as secretary of state. the actor tom hanks, one of the stars of the film apollo 13, has always loved everything to do with space. now his passion for the stars has led to a new project — the moonwalkers — a show that he hopes will bring viewers a sense of what it's like to journey to the moon. the show is part of nasa's build—up for the next lunar mission. tom's been showing our entertainment correspondent david sillito around the exhibition. hey, tom! david! what a pleasure.

nice to see you. this is amazing. you're taking me somewhere? yes. it's only its only a small step, but it's also a giant leap at the same time. lead me. a spirit of adventure about you now. you know when someone asks if you fancy going on a journey to the moon with tom hanks? you say, "yes". that's quite... rocket motors you can experience. you would think that thing would shoot up. we shouldn't be standing here, should we? we should not. it's going to get a little hot, but that's ok. but don't worry. that's ice that is falling down. oh, that's what that is. that's the moisture from the super cold liquid hydrogen fuel tanks. tom, as you can probably tell, really knows his space. it's been a passion from childhood and this is his show, an astronaut�*s eye view of what it was like to be on an apollo mission. and it all began when tom first saw this space being used for a david hockney show, and he had an idea. how did this begin? i mean, this is your project, isn't it? well, yeah, i guess so.

i probably actually asked a question. i said, if we can walk into this painting, could we actually walk on the moon as well? and they said, "yeah, yeah, we can make that happen." "yeah, we could do that" and i said, "would you like "to work on it with me?" and they said, "yeah." so that's when you had the idea you walked in and you certainly thought this could be the moon. you could put people on the moon in a way that has never, ever, ever, ever been done. and it requires a space as unique as this and a crack team. this is the closest you're going to get to what it feels like to be on the moon. that's what you're looking for? outside of the fact that we're still in 16 gravity, this is visiting the moon yourself. yes. but this isn'tjust history. it's also a fanfare for what's about to happen. good morning. good afternoon. what is it exactly up there now? tom has been working with nasa, meeting the astronauts for the next moon mission, which is due to take off next year. but there is a question. this, going into space, it's an indulgence. there are so many other things we could be spending our money on, so many more important things in life.

is it still important? what does it do for an individual? you could argue that maybe not much. but what does it do for the cause of humanity? something magnificent. it takes us to this next place. there's going to come a time when someone is going to live permanently on places like the moon or in space. and when that happens, who are we as a species? who are we as a race? who are we as earthlings? we will become interplanetary beings. and isn't that what we're supposed to do as human beings? we're always supposed to... is it? we're always supposed to get out of the cave and go beyond the campfire and cross the valley and get on the other side of the river to see what is there. and we have never not found something magnificent as well as a magnification of ourselves. you get a different feel, don't you, when you're looking at it this way? and then as we stood there, a thought occurred. so, you love space. you've loved it since you were...

well, watching all this as a 13—year—old, so why have you never been up there? i don't think it would be the experience that i myself would be looking for. i'd like to go... if they want to invite me up and do science experiments on me for six and a half months... you're available to go? i would do that without a doubt. and when the artemis missions go to the moon, if they need a guy to crackjokes and clean up after everybody, i'd do that as well. sojeff bezos hasn't offered you a lift up there yet? no, not yet. not that i know of. but i'll leave that to the folks with time on their hands and the money to pay for it. what do you want people to take away from this? awe. wonder. that's it. and at the end, a chance to really look at the main attraction. you know your moon, don't you? i couldn't point out to where it is, but i know the names of them, and they are

so filled with romance. yeah. wouldn't you like to take a cruise in the sea of crises, wouldn't you like to go visit the ocean? i have. i have sailed the sea of crises many times. we all have. we all have, haven't we? yeah. it's a reminder that while we might see it every night, it remains for most of us... ..strange. mysterious. when you get up just a little bit closer, it's quite stunning, that magnificent desolation. and that's what it is. it is desolate. it seems lifeless. it is a void. and in that there is just such magnificence to behold. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. the temperatures will be up and down over the next few days. at the moment, we're in a colder spell, but drier with some sunshine around. and then into the weekend, it turns a lot more unsettled, but much milder once again. today, mostly fine, although it will be cloudy. southern britain will see a spell of wind and rain at times, tied in with this area of low pressure.

its main impacts will be felt across france and through the channel islands. southern britain will see a spell of wet and windy weather for a time, and then this weather front will start to work in from the west to bring outbreaks of rain here as we move through the day. so the wet and windy weather eventually pulls away from southern britain as we head through the afternoon. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, a few showers close to the east coast. best of the sunshine after that very cold start will be across northern scotland, and rain starts to push into northern ireland, then spreads across the irish sea into western wales, western scotland. and a chilly day to come. temperatures of six to ten or 11 degrees in the south. this evening and overnight, that weatherfront spreads across the country, bringing some showery bursts of rain and then it's followed by clear spells and scattered, blustery showers. most of the showers will affect irish sea coastal areas. again, it's going to be quite a chilly night, especially again across central and northern scotland, where skies will be clear. sharp frost there, maybe some mist and fog around. friday, we're in between weather systems, though there are still a few other fronts around that will lead to

shower activity close to the coast. so a much brighter day for friday than what we've had today. and there'll be lots of sunshine around, although it will be another chilly start. a few showers peppering western areas and later in the day, signs of a new weather system arriving to bring some cloudier, wet weather and windier weather to the far southwest, with the temperatures lifting here. otherwise, it's mostly chilly day across the uk. here's the picture for saturday. low pressure firmly in control, lots of isobars on the charts, a weather front spreading northwards. so it will turn blustery. a lot of cloud around, bands of rain spreading their way northwards through saturday morning, followed by sunshine and blustery showers across southern and western areas into the afternoon. but you'll notice the temperatures much milder on saturday, highs of nine to 15 degrees. similar story into sunday, though i think we should see more sunshine around on sunday, particularly top and tail of the country. showery bursts of rain will affect central areas and it will remain blustery, especially across the south. still quite mild, though.

temperatures of ten to iii celsius. take care. live from london, this is bbc news. the bbc goes inside gaza's largest hospital to see what israel says

is evidence hamas has been using al—shifa as a command centre. they say that among the things they have uncovered are more than a dozen kalashnikovs, grenades, personal protective equipment, some of it with the hamas military brigade insignia on it. in other news: president biden and china's xijinping meet for the first time in a year, agreeing to resume high—level military communications. the uk government says it's in the "final stages" of negotiating a new treaty with rwanda, as it tries to revive its plan to send some asylum seekers there. hello. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. israel has promised to provide proof to back up its claim hamas

was using gaza's largest hospital as a command centre.