he ran follows revenge after a strike on the reunion because it —— consulate in syria, which is blamed on israel. retruning to our top story now and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has acknowledged that his armed forces were responsible for a strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza on sunday — calling it unintentional. more details are emerging of those who were killed in the israeli air strike. of the seven aid workers from the world central kitchen killed, the charity have confimred they include lalzawmi �*zomi' frankcom, an aid workerfrom melbourne, australia, who was described by her family in a statement as a "kind, selfless and outstanding human being, who travelled the world helping others in their time of need". the polish foreign minister, radoslaw sikorski, has also confirmed that polish national damian sobol was killed in the strike.

colleagues of mr sobol have posted comments on social media describing how he had taken part in delivering aid to ukrainian refugees following russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. and mourners gathered in the gazan city of rafah on tuesday for the funeral of the palestinian, saif abu taha, the driver who was killed in the strike. so, in the last few hours the foreign secretary has called on israel to provide a full transparent explanation of the incident. the foreign office has in the meantime summoned the israeli ambassadfor over the deaths — lets hearfrom our diplomatic correspondent james landale who is outisde the foreign officee. it's not normally the ambassador for israel, the last time an ambassadorfor israel was summoned to be hauled over the coals at the foreign office was 12 years ago over illegal settlements in the occupied palestinian territories. and so that shows how rare it is. and it also shows, i think, a measure of the scale

of the british government's concern about what's happening. the ambassador met the deputy foreign secretary, andrew mitchell, and andrew mitchell not only unequivocally condemned what he called these appalling killings, but he urged the ambassador to make sure that israel carried out what he called a quick and transparent investigation with what he called full accountability. earlier, i got the latest from our gaza correspondent rushdi abou alouf he told us about how the ngo, world central kitchen operates and how there was a reaction to the incident. this warehouse in the middle where they bring the aid and then store it then and next day they will they start to distribute into this makeshift kitchens that they will cook like fresh daily meal for the people in the south in gaza. and, you know, this is a very worrying sign for hundreds of thousands of displaced people who are now in the south,

and they are relying in a daily basis on the central, you know what, central kitchen for the food that they receive. and when we talk about the food, this is very essential now because we are close to a famine in the north and very difficult hunger in the south. in a separate development, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to shut down aljazeera's operations in israel, after parliament passed a law clearing the way for the closure of the qatar—funded news channel. benjamin netanyahu's government has long complained about aljazeera's operations, alleging anti—israeli bias. in his statement on x on monday, the prime minister accused the network of being a trumpet for hamas and accused it of t0 quote "actively participating in the october seven massacre, and inciting against idf soldiers." the aljazeera media network has responded... saying it "condemns these statements and sees as nothing but dangerous ludicrous lies."

the managing director of aljazeera's arabic channel has also spoken about the move. "i think the israeli government is feeling pressured by our coverage. but what we are doing is trying to give voice to the voiceless and try and make sure that the suffering of civilians on the ground is heard by the entire world." (pres)new research suggests that rates of depression in people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury are 10 times higher than in the general population. now, a major new study has started across nine trauma centres in england to see if giving antidepressant medication to patients straight after an accident can dramatically improve their lives. our health reporter, jim reed has more details. this video was three hours before the accident. four years ago, shannon was working on this building site in east london. i don't remember what actually happened to me, but from reports i was hit on the left hand side

of my head with the digger. i was told that i was going to die. but i was given a chance, had surgery, and then i was in the coma for three weeks. she needed operations to repair the damage to her body. the full impact, though, was not always visible. it took a real impact on my mental health. i wasn't going out. i wasn't taking care of myself. ijust completely let go of myself. i put on weight. yeah, any self—respect that i had was just gone. hi, shannon, it's nice to see you. come and take a seat. every six months, shannon's progress is checked by a psychiatrist. how have your headaches been? headaches, i've not had any. a head injury can change the way the brain works, affecting thinking skills, memory and personality. in particular mood, depression

is something which we see very commonly after traumatic brain injury in around about 50% of people. that's around about ten times higher than we see in the background population without brain injury. this is a really significant problem. now, a large scale study is being run at this and eight other major trauma centers. this commonly—used antidepressant is being given very quickly after the injury itself. the hope is it might better protect the brain from long—term damage. up to now, most of the research has been on the treatment _ of depression once it's set in, which we know can be - quite difficult. this would be one of the first. large—scale studies in the world that's actually trying to prevent itj from happening in the first place. five years ago, sean was knocked off his motorbike on his way home for dinner. broke all my left side, broke my leg, broke a couple of fingers, and i had a bleed on the brain. he now volunteers here, at the charity headway east london.

we're waiting on rice, though, unless it's crispy. he's had to come to terms with differences to his brain and his personality. things that you used to do make you feel depressed, in a way. like, you know, because i want to be that guy. i want to be on that side of that guy. i want to be that guy again. but that's the hardest thing. you just have to accept a new person in your life. group therapy, like this art class, is one route to recovery. it's hoped new approaches to medication might help as well as the nhs tries to better treat a complex injury to the most fragile part of the body. jim reed, bbc news. let's now a look at one of the most read stories on our website on the increasingly alarming world of deepfakes. a bbc report follows a woman we're calling jodie who found images of herself used in deepfake pawn — and the later found, of herself used in deepfake porn — and the later found,

to her astonishment, the person responsible for it was her best friend. "jodie" has been speaking to kate west from bbc radio 4's file on a programme. here is kate explaining the impact of the deepfake on "jodie"s' life. years of her life taken over by people, herfriends messenger seen her picture being used on dating sites and twitter with expressive captions and it came to a head when she got an unknown enormous e—mail saying just a warning, i recognise you, i thought i would let you know that pictures of you have appeared on a pawn site and i would let you know, and she scrolled through the images, although completely innocent photographs, pictures of her on holiday with her mum, and pictures in a coffee shop, and someone has put them on and said this person makes me feel it so much like this, i need to see them on pawn. as she goes through, she sees one photo and

it six out, and she know that photo hasn't been anywhere on social media. the only person she shared it with was the other person in the photo, her best friend of nearly a decade, i guy called alex wolf, a popular upcoming composer, he won bbc composer of the year and he was the one behind it, doing it to her. in august 2021, jodie�*s so—called best friend was convicted of taking images of 15 women, including jodie, from social media and uploading them to pornographic websites. he was given a 20—week prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay each of his victims £100 in compensation. the bbc radio 4 team has contacted the social media platforms, where he posted this reaction — here's kate west again. we co nta cted we contacted the place wherejody�*s pictures of input, twitter did not respond to us. read it contacted us about and said the threat had been banned and that nonconsensual images had no place under platform and the

pawn had been shared to it has been taken down. still to come on the world today — is the love of your fans not enough? this k—pop star is in hot water after unveiling to the world she had a boyfriend — and is now single again! taylor swift is a billionaire ! the pop megastar features on the forbes billionaires list for the first time after her record breaking world tour around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

we're turning now to holidays and one of the latest frontiers in tourism, the arctic. this winter, finnish lapland has seen bumper visitor numbers. and while most of the country is yet to see tourism fully rebound after the pandemic, it's a different story in this northerly region. the growing arctic travel trend, is a pattern that's seen elsewhere. adrienne murray headed to rovaniemi,

a winter wonderland on the edge of the arctic circle. with long, dark nights and sub—zero temperatures, this seems an unlikely holiday destination. yet, here at the arctic circle, it's been a bumper tourist season. as a gateway to finnish lapland, last year, rovaniemi welcomed half a million people to this very spot. we wanted to do an arctic circle or like a northern tour, for a very long time. there's an appeal of coming up here when it's snowing and it's cold. we did our research on social media. they share a lot of| stories about here. we saw a lot of posts from santa claus village and it's, like, very romantic and very pretty. the covid pandemic hit tourism hard, but since then not only have visitor numbers bounced back, they've been surging. and the negative temperatures certainly aren't holding people back. tourism is yet to rebound elsewhere in finland, but in lapland, it's a different story —

hitting new highs last year. once popular with chinese tourists, now most visitors come from europe, particularly the uk, france and germany. and most of them had here to rovaniemi, where a doubling of international flight routes has helped tourism take off, sending visitor arrivals and overnight stays up 30%. this season is a record breaker, for sure. we're going to have this full speed until the beginning of april, so the whole winter season will be a record—breaking level. and social media has had huge pulling power. it has changed the structure for tourism, in my mind, because people seek for the most photogenic places and the instagrammable moments, and that draws people to travel. jenny is a tenth generation reindeer herder who began offering tours two years ago. here in lapland, tourists come here to see the northern lights.

and reindeers are the other thing also, and the culture. i think that everybody have been on the beaches and things like that. so now they wanted to see the arctic life. over recent years, other arctic regions have also seen an upswing in tourism. buoyed by a weaker currency, northern norway has outpaced the rest of the country. and in greenland, the volume of tourists has soared. this hotel employs a staff member to watch out for the aurora. i think this kind of arctic destinations are trending at the moment. people usually seek something really unique and different. tours have ballooned and in the local area there's now more than 100 companies offering northern lights tours. but you'll also need some luck to see them. adrienne murray, bbc news, rovaniemi. it's bring you some breaking news. this is our top story. the death of those seven aid workers in gaza are not killed by an idf drone attack.

we have had news coming to us from the prime ministers office, the prime minister rishi sunak, has, in the last hour or so this evening, spoken with israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, we know the prime minister said today the israeli prime minister he's appalled by the giving of aid workers, including three british nationals, and the prime minister also said far too many aid workers and civilians have lost their lives and the situation in gaza is increasingly intolerable. the prime minister also called for a thorough and transparent investigation into what has happened in gaza. that is if phone call between the prime minister rishi sunak and is really by minister, benjamin netanyahu. a k—pop star who previously felt the need to issue an apology to her fans for having a boyfriend, has annouced today that she's single. in february, when karina, whose real name is yuji min,

and actor lee jae wook went public with their relationship, fans were shocked with the singer's choice — accusing her of "betrayal". for months, she was criticised for being an irresponsible front—woman of her four—woman group, esspa. in a statement written by lee's management agency, confirming the break—up, the duo stated they will continue to support each other as colleagues. earlier i spoke tojeff benjamin, a k—pop columnist for billboard magazine. i always bring up this comparison that we kind of have maybe in the uk or america, where we love relationships with our celebrities, and it's almost used as a marketing tool. in k—pop and in this world of asian idol pop music, it's not exactly the same. the use a word "idol" is what they use to describe their artists — they're supposed to be ideal, focused career people. and they are very much supposed to be focused on their career, their fans. are they not seen as human beings, though, as well, who need love? i don't think it's that they're not seen as human beings, but the industry itself has been so quickly moving —

most groups only last about — they had typically only lasted about five years, now k pop is getting bigger, groups are lasting longer. the payoff was seen as five years dedicated to your fans, then you get a life of luxury as a celebrity. things are changing now, and more and more celebrities are having their lives opened up in this way. so it's causing a bit of tension. if it were me, i don't know whether i'd consider having a secret boyfriend, do they do that? oh yes, of course! and this is sort of the, i think, the unfortunate part — that naturally, if you have young people, young beautiful people who are very talented, they're going to date and have relationships. so many times it's kept secret, and that's where i think this idea of an apology comes from, because it feels like almost it's something you have to keep secret. and i think that's quite unfortunate.

for the record, to my husband and anyone watching, i don't, and don't intend to have a secret weapon. days after releasing her country album, beyonce has been awarded with an innovative award. bay. beyonce has been awarded with an innovative award.— beyonce has been awarded with an innovative award. bay, queen bee, such a fear. — innovative award. bay, queen bee, such a fear, beyonce, _ innovative award. bay, queen bee, such a fear, beyonce, no _ innovative award. bay, queen bee, such a fear, beyonce, no matter i innovative award. bay, queen bee, i such a fear, beyonce, no matter what you call her, she is already 2024 iheartradio innovator. innovation starts with the _ iheartradio innovator. innovation starts with the dream, _ iheartradio innovator. innovation starts with the dream, but - iheartradio innovator. innovation starts with the dream, but then l iheartradio innovator. innovation l starts with the dream, but then you that execute that dream and that road can — that execute that dream and that road can be bumpy. being an innovator_ road can be bumpy. being an innovator is seen what everyone believes — innovator is seen what everyone believes is— innovator is seen what everyone believes is impossible, it being an innovator— believes is impossible, it being an innovator often means being criticised _ innovator often means being criticised which often test your mentai— criticised which often test your mental strength, being an innovator is being _ mental strength, being an innovator is being underfaith mental strength, being an innovator is being under faith and trust in god wiii— is being under faith and trust in god will catch you and guide you, so to ali— god will catch you and guide you, so to all the _ god will catch you and guide you, so to all the record labels and radio stations— to all the record labels and radio stations and award shows, my hope is that we _ stations and award shows, my hope is that we are _ stations and award shows, my hope is that we are more open to the joy and liberation _ that we are more open to the joy and liberation that comes from enjoying

arts with _ liberation that comes from enjoying arts with no preconceived notions. from _ arts with no preconceived notions. from one — arts with no preconceived notions. from one ledge to another. taylor swift hasjoined elon musk as ranking among the world's wealthiest people. what the american pop star entered the forbes world's billionaires list for the first time with a massive 1.1 billion dollars. here's ellie price music. taylor swift was young when she started making some serious cash from her music atjust 16. but ten studio albums and 14 grammy�*s later, she's even got industry experts talking about swiftenomics, the economic boost she brings to the places she plays. she is credited with nudging up viewing figures at the super bowl, and it is thought her recent tour made more than $1 billion in ticket sales alone, with some estimating it contributed nearly $6 billion to the us economy. she is so successful, you can even study her at harvard university. it starts and ends with the songs. she writes and co—writes songs that people want to hear.

she also has a head for business, she understands money, she's a good manager. she is able to bounce back from public setbacks and she is connected, emotionally, to all of those fans. taylor swift may have no bad blood with her modest $1.1 billion. there were 14 century billionaires on the rich list, that's people with 12 figures, 11 zeros in the green bit of the bank balance. forbes said the class of 2024 is now worth $2 trillion. a truism, and they cannot shake it off, the super rich keep getting richer. ellie price, bbc news you're watching bbc news, the world today with maryam moshiri. around the world, millions of people have to deal

with type one diabetes — meaning they have to inject themselves with insulin every day to balance their sugar or glucose levels. well, in england, health authorities will shortly begin contacting ten of thousands of people who could benefit from a pump known as an artificial pancreas. it has been trialled two years by many kids including six—year—old charlotte, and there you can see the device on herarm. experts say the technology will be a game—changing treatment. in general, with type one diabetes, you have to prick your finger and look at the number and think about what to do with the number, whether glucose or insulin and if needed give yourself group insulin through a pen. what we're doing with this, lots of that becomes active automated. the word artificial progress, it certainly does a lot of the work done previously by automated technology, so a big

change, very star trek in his nature, but related changes that can be brought by this particular science. the nhs bosses have warned about how it needs to train more staff, and stock more of these devices to fit over 300,000 people living in the uk with type one diabetes. but have a listen to the experience from les watson, who is type one diabetic and part of the study i very quickly, my blood and glucose control, _ i very quickly, my blood and glucose control, it _ i very quickly, my blood and glucose control, it wasjust i very quickly, my blood and glucose control, it was just a tremendous improvement to the point where i am now below— improvement to the point where i am now below the diagnostic threshold for type _ now below the diagnostic threshold for type one diabetes. i feel healthier in myself more able to do everything. it's now six decades since marie mcdonald mclocklin lorrie traded her four names forjust one — lulu. when she released "shout", in 1964, it catapulted her to chart success across the globe. this weekend sees the start of lulu's farewell tour — and she's been looking back

on a career full of highlights with our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. # you know you make me wanna shout, look, my hand'sjumping. # look, my heart's bumping... 1964, a 15—year—old lulu in the film uk swings again, making a big noise with a first single shout. now, exactly 60 years later, she's about to embark on herfinal ever tour. to be honest with you, if when i was 15 years old and i would have, someone would have suggested i'd be doing a farewell tour when i was 75, i'd have said, "you're having a laugh"! how difficult a decision was it? you almost need an army to go on the road, and... i don't want to do it like this any more.

lulu's many achievements includes being the first scottish solo act to have a us number one. # my heart goes boom bang—a—bang, boom bang—a—bang. # when you are near... she also won eurovision. # boom bang—a—bang, loud in my ear... # an assassin that's second to none # the man with the golden gun... and recorded a bond theme. # we—e—e—e—ell... 60 year career. how much of an achievement is that? to be living at 75 is an achievement and to still be able to sing and to have energy and have your health is an incredible blessing in life. i feel very... i've always said i feel lucky and i'm grateful. i think that is really important. i get down on my knees every morning and thank god forjust being alive and for what i've got. for being lulu. for being lulu, i mean, wouldn't you want to be lulu? no, thanks! # we—e—e—e—ell.

and such has been lulu's longevity that even her number one with take that was 31 years ago. it was an incredible thing. and they were very, very respectful, is the word, i think, because, of course, they were like in their teens, i think, and i was 40. but i've had many reinventions in my life and that was a big one. and now we're family. # relight my fire! lulu, lovely to speak to you. nice to speak to you. you ready for the tour? i was born ready. i think that's been said before, but i stole it! colin patterson, bbc news. apparently she doesn't talk before noon because it preserves her voice

for the concerts later in the day, every —— negative for anyone who talks to much, i'm not sending thing. that's it for me on the world today, the context is staying is coming up next, stay with us and bbc news. hello there. there was some sunshine here and there today. this was rural essex earlier on. but we are seeing more cloud and some more rain arriving as well. you can see how the cloud has been racing across the atlantic and then pushing up from the southwest. and these areas of cloud are areas of low pressure and their weather fronts which are bringing the rain up. and we're seeing rain at the moment moving up from the southwest across england and wales. and these outbreaks of rain will continue to affect england and wales for the next few hours and then head northwards into northern ireland and across scotland, where it's going to turn increasingly wet here. now, we do have some colder air across the far north of scotland, so a little bit chilly here overnight, but otherwise milder than last night. and in the south, temperatures could start at 10—11 early in the morning. further north, we've got the rain in northern england.

that is moving northwards and it will get wetter across much of scotland and also northern ireland. some heavier rain and some heavier showers will follow that rain in northern england. further south, fewer showers. most places will be dry and there may be a bit more sunshine around than today. so again, we'll see those temperatures getting up to around 15 celsius. but if anything, in northern ireland and in scotland, it may be a bit colder than today thanks to a north easterly wind. for many parts of the uk though, we've got the winds coming in from the atlantic, the south—westerly winds bringing one area of low pressure after another. and on wednesday night, we've got some rain moving mainly to england and wales that should then pull away during thursday. so things will turn a bit drier, maybe a bit brighter as well. but there's more rain to come in the southwest during thursday afternoon. where the sun does come out ahead of that, it could be pleasantly warm, but it's still cold for the north where we've got the cloud in northern ireland and also in scotland. that northeasterly wind, it's going to be a feature of the weather in scotland over the next couple of days. further south, we've got the south—westerly winds — that of course is bringing in milderair. but this is where all

the rain is coming from. and the next area of low pressure is moving a bit further north actually on friday. and that's going to take some wetter weather across northern ireland and into scotland, where briefly there could be some snow over the mountains. we'll see some showery bursts of rain for england and wales. windier weather out towards the west, not quite so windy in the east. there'll be a bit more sunshine here. so temperatures could reach 17 celsius, and those temperatures slowly rising in northern ireland. could be quite windy to start the weekend, but it should be warm in the sunshine.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. you're watching the context on bbc news. the charity world central kitchen halts operations in gaza following the death of seven of its workers, including three britons, in an israeli air strike. translation: unfortunately, i in the last day, there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike

of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. this happens in war. ijust spoke to wck founder chefjose andres and expressed the deepest condolences of israel defense forces to the families and entire world central kitchen family. these people are heroes. they run into the fire, not away from it. - they show the best of - what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. they have to be protected. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly there are questions that need to be answered. seven aid workers have been killed by an israeli air strike on their vehicles in gaza.

we'll ask why the attack happened and what it's