the israeli prime minister doesn't apologise but accepts responsibility. translation: unfortunately, - in the past day, there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed noncombatants in the gaza strip. this happens in war. we'll have the latest tonight from northern israel and westminster. also on the programme... police say three men suspected of being involved in the stabbing of an iranian tv presenter in london left the uk just hours later. afterjk rowling challenges the police to arrest her under a new scottish hate crime law, the police say no further action will be taken. ukraine claims it's carried out a drone strike over 800 miles deep into enemy territory in russia. and thanks to her music and her hugely successful world tour, taylor swiftjoins the billionaire's club. on newsnight at 10.30, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories, plus a look tomorrow's front pages.

israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in gaza last night that killed seven people working for the food aid charity world central kitchen, including three british nationals. the bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, james henderson and james kirby. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said israeli forces had caused "unintentional harm" to "innocent people" — and called it a "tragic incident" — this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. the strike has been condemned by governments around the world — and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war

began in october. from jerusalem, our correspondent lucy williamson reports. hey, this is zomi. we're at the deir al—balah kitchen. they came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. their mission — to feed people, one of the simplest. in gaza, one of the hardest. and most dangerous. last night, israeli airstrikes hit their convoy, clearly marked with the charity logo of the world central kitchen. seven people killed, including three british nationals. colleagues, distraught, identified their bodies. "these are the people who brought the aid from the sea", he says. "they're all dead, all of them." the workers had been unloading a second shipment of aid brought into gaza by sea. they were travelling back from the warehouse in deir al—balah when their convoy was hit. theirvehicles, more than a mile apart.

translation: it was a direct hit. they tried to treat some of them and put them in another car in front, but they shelled the car. this is the situation here. anyone who brings aid to gaza is at risk of shelling and death. the remains of their convoy tell the story. three vehicles, each struck separately. 0ne straight through the logo that was meant to protect them. a sustained and targeted attack. translation: unfortunately, - in the past day, there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed non—combatants in the gaza strip. this happens in war. we are conducting a thorough inquiry and we are in contact with the governments. we will do everything to prevent a recurrence. six months into this war, the questions around the killing of civilians are getting sharper. this was a clearly marked aid convoy passing through an area without heavy fighting under

israeli control. aid agencies say coordinating safe passage with the israeli army in gaza is cumbersome and time—consuming. but it's this kind of event that it's designed to avoid. the un here says it's been warning about something like this for months. we have got people in these very, very dangerous situations moving around without any comms between the different groups or different teams. and then, you know, last night, for example, there was telephone calls coming from the world central kitchen trying to make connections and it just wasn't possible. so you're moving around gaza, no communication between teams. why not? well, because the israelis say we shouldn't have communications equipment because, if they do, they could actually be taken by hamas and used by hamas. i think it's a poor excuse. the first of the victims was buried today — a local man called saif abu taha. gaza, already a byword for grief,

is tonight mourning those who came to save lives and paid with their own. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is in westminster. as we've heard, the bbc has learned the three aid workers killed in gaza are called john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. the prime mininster says he is appalled by their deaths — and the israeli ambassador was summoned to the foreign office today. we often report a war in numbers, things destroyed, people killed, miles game, but war is about people and today it is about three men who have died and who now have names and you have go even —— who have given their lives, british nationals, and that explains the british diplomatic response today. the british prime minister called the israeli prime

minister, the foreign minister was called into the foreign office for what was called an icy conversation which has not happened for 12 years and it is not something allies normally are doing to each other and a similarthing normally are doing to each other and a similar thing happened normally are doing to each other and a similarthing happened in australia and poland. new messaging was remarkably similar, it was condemnation of what israel has done and a demand for swift, transparent investigation with full accountability, and the demand that israel is simply allows more aid into gaza because israel has not just angered allies, or further damage its reputation globally, but also undermined its argument that it is allowing the free flow of humanitarian assistance into gaza. it is hard to say you are helping aid workers when you are killing them. g ., , ., aid workers when you are killing them. _, . , , aid workers when you are killing them. �* . , . ~ , , . them. james at westminster, thanks for “oininu them. james at westminster, thanks forjoining us- _ israel lies in the heart of a wider region of tension — and that tension is increasing. yesterday, a suspected israeli

strike destroyed an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders in the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. iran has vowed to respond. iran, israel's arch—enemy, is a key supporter of hamas — the group designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — who carried out the attack on israel on october 7th. iran also back hezbollah — militants based in neighbouring lebanon — who have been exchanging fire with israeli forces almost daily since hamas's attack. most of those flash points have been on the border of northern israel, from where our international editor jeremy bowen has sent us this report. 25,000 israelis lived in kiryat shmona, a mile or so inside the border. around 90% of them have left because of attacks out of lebanon from iran's allies. this is the other war that has been fought since the 7th of october. deeper and more dangerous

after the assassination in damascus. but as you can see, the little marks from the anti—personnel. designed to kill people, right? yep. the town's mayor, avichai sten, said last year, 10,000 hezbollah forces practiced taking over northern israel — just like hamas in october. "it can happen here," he said. "the only way to stop it is to go into lebanon, to eliminate this threat as soon as possible." further west, right on the border wire, the avivim winery was destroyed last week in a hezbollah strike. the winery's owner agrees that israel has to go into lebanon to finish hezbollah. this man, who was born here, says he isn't scared by their threats, sent by text with photos of him taken from their side.

he says, "there's no other choice, otherwise the community "won't return to live here. maybe just a few crazy guys like me. "the children won't come back." it might not look it, but both sides have held back — conscious all out war could be even worse than gaza. but the israelis are now pushing harder, saying iran's strongest ally cannot be tolerated near them. and the reason why the israelis say all this is completely unacceptable to them is because life here has really ceased. people have left. businesses are being destroyed. the area has been emptied. something similar has been happening, too, on the other side of the border. israeli firepower has done a lot of damage in lebanon and has forced tens of thousands of lebanese civilians to flee the border. in 2006, when these israeli conscripts were infants,

hezbollah fought israel to a standstill. like their enemies in lebanon, israeli commanders have spent years training for the next war. hezbollah is quite a strong enemy. but after 170, or more than 170 days, we understand them much better. we know their weaknesses, we know their modus operandi, and we can attack them when we want. the borderlands on a spring afternoon can feel peaceful. we're going to walk, it's a couple hundred. it's an illusion. there's no frontier in the middle east that's more dangerous or as saturated with weapons. 0n the border, hezbollah set the pace at first — aiding hamas by tying down israeli troops. but israel is escalating faster now. the empty, overgrown border communities won't be iran's first choice to retaliate for the assassination in damascus. they could try an israeli target in another country or cyber attacks rather than artillery.

neither israel, iran or hezbollah wants all out war, but no side seems ready to stop the slide towards it. let's go live tojeremy now. six months into this war. tens of thousands of gazans have been killed in the conflict so far. the killing of these seven aid workers — and that strike in syria — how much of a difference do you think this will make to the path of the war? if any? let's begin with gaza and what happened _ if any? let's begin with gaza and what happened there, _ if any? let's begin with gaza and what happened there, the - if any? let's begin with gaza and what happened there, the attackj if any? let's begin with gaza and i what happened there, the attack on the aid convoy and the deaths of those aid workers. palestinians will find a very unfair, when they see the argument over those deaths, when 32,000 people, more than that, mostly civilians, have been killed already by israel, and getting on for 200 palestinian aid workers have also been killed, but that is way things work. there are strong advocates on one of the israeli allies for their own people who have been killed. they are clearly losing

patience with the way israel is conducting the war but the thing to look at in terms of wellow it changes things —— of will it change things, will america stop the pipeline of arms towards the israelis? they have not done that and in fact they have sent more of late. as for northern israel and the border with lebanon and the wider potential war, the parallel war with iran, well, the issue here is that no side who is involved in this is prepared to blink. the americans have an envoy who goes to israel and lebanon and tries to find a way through this but has not succeeded so far. the last big war between israel and hezbollah ended in 2006 with a un resolution which neither side has respected. perhaps that offers some kind of a way forward

but right now as i said in my report, there is a slide towards a deeper all—out war and i cannot see at the moment anybody who is able to stop it. at the moment anybody who is able to sto it. y , ., , ., stop it. jeremy in northern israel, thanks for— stop it. jeremy in northern israel, thanks forjoining _ stop it. jeremy in northern israel, thanks forjoining us. _ three men suspected of being involved in the stabbing of an iranian tv presenter in south london left the uk within hours of the attack, according to the metropolitan police. pouria zeraati was stabbed outside his home in wimbledon on friday afternoon — he's now been discharged from hospital and is under police protection. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is here. what more can you tell us? was attacked in broad daylight on an afternoon on fridayjust before three o'clock —— pouria zeraati was a time. this was in a residential street in wimbledon and witnesses saw two people running off in dark clothing and then being driven off in a car. there is cctv in the area and police would have had access to

the number plate as well, and the net's counter terrorism command said this was an attack involving two men in this residential street —— the metropolitan police. the car was found three or four miles away in your bolt on and from there they tracked the suspects to heathrow airport where they left the country. airport where they left the country. a passport in somebody�*s name would have been used so they say they have identified three suspects, but what they have not saved is what the motive for this attack was. —— what they have not said. they say there could be a number of explanations and they are keeping an open mind but this is being investigated by the counterterrorism police. pouria zeraati said the suspects purposefully planned the attack and he would have spoken to liaison officers from the police but he also says he has been discharged from hospital and is recovering and feeling better.— hospital and is recovering and feeling better. thanks for “oining us. an 80—year—old man who has been

on the run for almost three decades has been arrested after returning to the uk from thailand. richard burrows had failed to attend the start of his trial over alleged child sex offences in 1997. police said he was arrested at heathrow airport on thursday. here'sjudith moritz. richard burrows was about to stand trial when he disappeared in 1997. this police mugshot shows how he looked when he was last seen in the uk, in his 50s. and this is how he looks today, 80 years old, walking stick in hand, having finally appeared at the very court where he was supposed to be tried nearly 30 years ago. the hunt for him was high profile. it made the bbc�*s crimewatch. he is 53, with receding grey hair, and short, at five foot six. initial sightings were in the uk. he is known to like boats and barges. he was seen on a canal in warwickshire in january. but he ended up in thailand,

where he was until thursday, when he was arrested at heathrow airport and brought back to chester for the case against him to pick up where it left off. the passage of time was obvious. the judge had to speak up today because the defendant was struggling to hear. the court heard that three of his alleged victims have died in the years since he went on the run. richard burrows is charged with child sex offences alleged to have happened between 1969 and 1971 at this former children's home in cheshire. he also faces charges up to 1981, some relating to his time as a scoutmaster in the west midlands. in 1997, the pensioner denied all of the alleged offences. today, he was told he'll appear in court again injune and will be asked to re—enter his pleas. he was led away to be taken back into custody again. judith moritz, bbc news, chester. yesterday, the authorjk rowling challenged scottish police to arrest her under a controversial

new hate crime law. today, police scotland resisted that challenge, saying they won't be taking action over a series of social media posts byjk rowling about transgender people as they are not criminal. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has more. jk rowling why does the author of harry potter but the edinburgh based writer has long been a critic of some trans activism. so there was no surprise when she expressed her views against scotland's new hate crime law on social media. there were several posts about transgender people, including... she went on to challenge police scotland.

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hatred in scotland relating to protected characteristics, including age, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity. since the act came into force, police scotland has received more than 3000 complaints. the bbc has been told that those dealing with the complaints are extremely busy, they are under pressure but they are coping. jk rowling welcome to the police decision and said she hoped every woman who wants to speak up for what she called the reality of biological sex, will be reassured by it. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news. ukraine says it has carried out a drone strike in russia more than 800 miles from the border. it's thought that's the furthest into russia that ukraine has managed to attack so far. sarah rainsford is in kyiv. sarah, to what extent is ukraine's capacity to hit russia changing? i think it is changing because this

was a strike on a site that russia must have thought was well out of ukrainian range. that is where it chose to build a giant factory to make the kamikaze drones russia uses so often in its attacks on ukraine. but that is where ukrainian drones managed to fly hundreds of miles into russia itself undetected and to reach that site. there is a video that has been posted on social media that has been posted on social media that shows one of those drones looking very much like a light aircraft and is hurtling towards a building and it explodes there on impact. there was another attack, a drone attack on an oil refinery in the same area. in kyiv tonight, ukrainian intelligence officials have told us that they carried out those attacks and they have talked about significant damage. but there is an actually ebony evidence of the drone production facility itself being damaged. so far the only details show damage to a student hostel across the road. but i think it is still clear that ukraine is

significantly increasing its capacity in terms of drone production and that is happening at a time when ukraine's western allies are stalling on providing ammunition and shying away from providing long—range missiles. ukraine is focused on its long range drones and president zelensky talks about the need to ramp up that production, particularly against what he calls special tasks, long—range drones for special tasks, long—range drones for special tasks. there was another reminder tonight by all of this is happening. another russian missile strike on an eastern ukrainian city. students at their running for cover, for bomb shelter in their school as a russian missile hit there. several people were injured tonight there. thank you. the woman who complained about red bull team principal christian horner�*s behaviour is "scared and intimidated", according to a family friend. the woman lodged a complaint in december of coercive, abusive behaviour and sexual harassment by homer, but red bull dismissed the complaint following an investigation. horner has always denied the claims.

0ur sports news correspondent laura scottjoins me now. so another development in this story that doesn't seem to go away? exactly. and this is significant because in the nearly two months since this story first broke, dominating the build—up and start of the formula 1 season, it is the first time we have heard anything from the side of the women at the centre of this. while she is unable to speak because of the confidentiality agreement that both she and christian horner had signed, which we have been told restricts her dismissing the claims to just have other and her brother, we have heard from a family friend about how everything has affected the complainant, who was suspended by red bull racing last month. she is said to feel very upset, angry, scared, intimidated and lonely. horner, who has been at the helm of red bull racing for two decades and is married to geri horner, always denied the allegations, which until now have been described as relating to inappropriate and controlling behaviour. red bull racing said they

couldn't confirm they also included complaints of sexual harassment but the bbc has seen evidence of that effect. 0n the 28th of february, he was cleared of wrongdoing after an internal regulation. the friend says the woman struggled to understand how that decision was reached and has appealed. this could all end up at an employment tribunal for stop she has asked the fia to investigate, so whilst horner wants the matter to go away, it seems the complainant does not.— complainant does not. laura, thank ou. working parents in england can now receive more government—funded care for their young children. from this month there'll be 15 hours per week available for parents of two—year—olds during school term—time. the government says it will help thousands of familes but many in the industry are warning there might not be enough staff, and spaces, to meet demand. here's our education editor branwenjeffreys reports. nurseries have been getting ready for these extra hours — worrying about costs rising faster than funding and recruiting enough staff.

this nursery, in cumbria, is full until september 2025. i think the general consensus is we haven't got the space. unless there's more investment from the government, then we're not going to be able to meet the demand that they say should be available. as a working mum, kirsty will benefit from september, but is struggling to find a nursery place in liverpool for her daughter. i've been to three nurseries and i've put her down on three waiting lists because they've all got massive waiting lists now, because there's not enough nurseries for the hours that are funded. so, yeah, it will help — if i can get her in somewhere! leo's two and his granny thinks the free hours will help family finances. the 15 hours that comes in, i in april, is going to be a massive help because i think it's _ going to go down to about £15 a day, as opposed to £60 a day. so it's going to be i a huge help to them. on a visit to a hartlepool nursery, the prime minister said they could deliver.

we've fully funded the programme and increased the rates that we're paying to nurseries — making sure there are more childcare places available, more childcare staff available, and the future looks bright and this is a really positive intervention which, when it's fully rolled out, will be worth around £7,000 worth of support to working parents. it's an...? elephant! from september, working parents will get the 15 hours for nine—month—old children too. by september 2025, the conservatives are promising 30 free hours. labour is refusing to outline its plans untiljust before the election. if you're going to make commitments, you've got to have a plan to make it happen, and there is a total absence of that from the conservatives. parents know it, they see it every day, and the rhetoric from the government, i think, will ring very hollow for parents when they try and access childcare places only to discover they just aren't there. the lib dems also warned the places

might not be available. people are finding that there aren't the nursery places, there aren't the childminders, and parents are very disappointed, actually. they've been promised help by the conservatives but childcare is in chaos. for working parents in england, childcare is one of the biggest bills. expect to hear a lot more about it as the general election approaches. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. taylor swift has joined elon musk in a very exclusive club — the forbe's world's billionaires list. she's worth a whopping $1.1 billion — that's £877 million. along with her vast song writing back catalogue, it was her latest tour that catapulted her into the ranking of the world's richest — and also boosted economies around the world. here's ellie price. welcome to the eras tour! they call it swiftonomics — the economic boost taylor swift brings to the places she plays.

the ten studio albums and 14 grammys made her popular, this most recent tour has already made her lots of money. industry experts say the eras tour has earned more than $1 billion in ticket sales alone with some estimating it contributing nearly $6 billion to the us economy. she brings in the crowds, boosting the number to the millions who already watched the super bowl. # we were both young when i first saw you...# taylor swift was young when she started making some serious cash from her music — just 16. now, nearly 20 years on, students are studying her at harvard. 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's connected, emotionally, to all of those fans. # i have this dream

# my daughter—in—law kills me for the money...# taylor swift may have no bad blood with her modest $1.1 billion. but she is not one of the 14 centibillionaires on the rich list — that's people with 12 figures in their bank balance. forbes said the class of 2024 is now worth $14 trillion. # it's me, hi, i'm the problem, it's me... a truism, and they can't quite shake it off — the super rich keep getting richer. ellie price, bbc news. on a night of five premier league matches, everton picked up a vital point in their battle to avoid relegation with a 1—1 draw at newcastle, while nottingham forest's 3—1 victory over fulham also boosted their top—flight survival hopes. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall watched the action. it's that time of the season when, for some, the walls can feel as if they're closing in. everton arrived at st james' park

having not won a league game since mid—december, while newcastle had a spring in their step. it was no surprise who struck first. alexander isak�*s stock is only rising. everton nearly made it worse for themselves in the second half but clung on until newcastle, through var, handed them a lifeline, a penalty. dominic calvert—lewin hadn't scored in 23 games. what a time for your luck to turn. 1—1 it finished, everton's winless run continues but this was a point hard earned. nottingham forest are also battling at the wrong end of the table, but as instructed, they drowned out the noise and callum hudson—0doi turned on the style. chris wood has popped up at key moments for forest this season. here he showed what he can do from distance. it was all too much for fulham's boss, who made a triple substitution afterjust half an hour. but it seems nothing could stop forest or morgan gibbs—white. after the break, fulham went on the attack

and the game opened up. but nottingham forest held on for what could be a vital win. at this stage, every point feels precious. katie gornall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. please