dozens remain trapped in road tunnels in taiwan — after the biggest earthquake there in 25 years. at least nine people have died, with more than 800 injured. and, we hearfrom actor kirsten dunst about hollywood's issues with equal pay. i definitely grew up in a time with pay disparity between the lead actor and myself. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tolsen. there are three matches in the premier league this evening. ahead of their match with aston villa the manchester city boss pep guardiola has defended striker erling haaland, after pundit roy keane likened him to a league two player. following city's goalless draw with arsenal on sunday, former manchester united captain keane said haaland's "general play" was "so poor". the norwegian scored 52 goals last

season in city's treble—winning run, and he has 29 so far this season. guardiola said he "absolutely" disagreed with keane's assessment. he is the best striker in the world, and he helped us to win last season. and the reason why we don't create much chances is not from erling, it is we need more presence in the final third, we need more people. we played an exceptional game, but we missed more people in the final third. maybe for the quality and different skill sets we have, but erling is exceptional. as we just mentioned in the day's late game third—placed manchester city host aston villa in fourth. unai emery�*s side won the return fixture at villa park i—o back in december. elsewhere brentford host brighton while 18th placed luton travel to second placed arsenal. luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation, has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation. he was detained on his arrival in

madrid from the dominican republic. he is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. prosecutors are seeking a two—and—a—half—yearjail term for mr rubiales, who denies any wrongdoing. separately, he's also due to go on trial for sexual assault for kissing playerjenni hermoso on the mouth after last summers world cup final. emma hayes will face no further action after appearing to shove at the end of sunday's league cup final. arsenal beat chelsea 1—0 after extra time, meanwhile they will notjoin up with norway for their euro 2025 qualifier after collapsing in the same match. arsenal have said the player is stable and doing well but will not feature in the upcoming international break. four—time world champion sebastian vettel has hinted he could be tempted to make

a formula one comeback after revealing he has been talking to the boss of a major team. vettel, who won his four drivers�* titles with red bull between 2010 and 2013, left fi at the end of the 2022 campaign after six years at ferrari and two with aston martin. not really, i mean, people ask him to keep asking, but i've obviously retired and set a date on a come back, but you never know what happens, i think i'm still sane, and happy, life is good but you never know with the opportunity opening up, i might be appealing it's something to consider or think about, so obviously lots of stuff happening next year, still early and obviously it does come up eventually, but not at the minute. to the] league where thiago santana scored a stunning goal of urawa red diamonds but couldn't prevent them slumping to defeat to fc tokyo.

with the scores level, the brazilian produced this moment of magic from just inside the fc tokyo half to break the deadlock. the ball sailing over the head of stranded goalkeeper taishi nozawa. but it proved in vain as fc tokyo stormed back in the second half. ryotaro araki equalised before kuryu matsuki earned his side the three points. and that's all the sport for now. returning to the middle east. international pressure is mounting on israel to conduct a full the un suspending moves in gaza for at least 48 hours. it is as it evaluates security after the deaths of seven aid workers on tuesday. international pressure is mounting on israel to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the strike by its forces that killed seven aid workers in gaza. at a nato summit in brussels, the uk's foreign secretary, david cameron, said an inquiry had

to happen �*very, very quickly�*. i welcome what the israeli foreign minister said yesterday to me about a full urgent and transparent inquiry into how this dreadful event was allowed to happen, and we want to see that happen very, very quickly. the three british men who died in the attack were working as security staff for the charity — duncan kennedy reports. from guardians to victims. john chapman, james kirby and james henderson, the three british men who died protecting others in gaza. they�*d only been working there for a few weeks, defending convoys of aid workers. james kirby�*s family spoke of someone who wanted to make a difference. the way he helps people and his compassion for just helping everyone. he was... sorry. he was completely selfless,

which explains why he went to gaza. john chapman was married with three children and had served with the sbs or special boat services. his family said... all three men worked here at solace global in poole, a company that provides safety staff around the world and who today said they were devastated. solace is very much a family, all former serving soldiers with long experience in the risk management industry, all highly trained, highly professional and a truly tragic loss to both us and, indeed, their loved ones. the company is carrying out its own inquiry into what happened, but says it believes all its protocols were followed and that the three men will be deeply missed. duncan kennedy, bbc news in poole.

to other news now — the trial of the man identified as the prime suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann 17 years ago, has been paused, after the defence called for part of the prosecution team to be removed for making comments to the media about the mccann case. christian bruckner is being tried in germany on five unrelated sex offence charges. 0ur berlin correspondent jessica parker has more. the trial is going on in that courtroom behind me here in braunschweig, lower saxony in germany. 47—year—old christian brueckner has been charged with five alleged sex offences alleged to have happened in portugal between the years 2000 and 2017. they are unrelated to the disappearance of madeleine mccann. now, christian brueckner has been named by german authorities as a chief suspect in her disappearance, but he�*s never been charged in that case and has denied involvement in terms of the trial happening here for those five alleged sex offences.

today, the court has been hearing from a witness and former friend of christian brueckner, a man called helga b. now, helga b says that many years ago he saw tapes of christian brueckner raping an elderly woman and a young girl that prosecutors say was aged around 14 or above. christian britain is defense team has previously said that they believe this case is based on very shaky foundations and as well today they have been saying that they believe comments by prosecutors linking christian brueckner to madeleine mccann�*s disappearance means that they�*re questioning whether it�*s possible for christian brueckner to get a fair trial. the biggest challenge facing our railways is climate change — the president of botswana, has threatened to send 20 thousand elephants to germany — after the environment ministry in berlin suggested there should be stricter limits on the import of trophie hunting. the president, told the german

newspaper, bild, that conservation efforts had led to an explosion in his country�*s elephant population — and that hunting was vital to keep them in check. earlier i spoke to nicola white, senior wildlife campaigns manager at humane society international uk. trophy hunting is an extracted practice which is based on data which is not strictly accurate, it�*s very difficult to understand how much actually is beneficial to the communities and it is a practice thatis communities and it is a practice that is not supported by everybody. we did actually carry out a letter last year at humane society international which was signed by a number of different community leaders in africa who are not in support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as — support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a _ support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline _ support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline from - support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline from the -

ridiculous as a headline from the threat to send 20,000 elephants to germany, but i think the point the president is trying to make as he thinks the germans simply do not understand the problem that they are dealing with, a population that has grown, that causes damage and if you ban trophy hunting, he says he will impoverish his people. do you understand some of the difficulties they are trying to juggle? we understand some of the difficulties they are trying to juggle?— they are trying to 'uggle? we do understand. — they are trying to 'uggle? we do understand, but — they are trying to juggle? we do understand, but what _ they are trying to juggle? we do understand, but what we - they are trying to juggle? we do understand, but what we would | they are trying to juggle? we do i understand, but what we would say they are trying to juggle? we do - understand, but what we would say is there are humane alternatives such as immuno contraception projects for elephants that they have funded for a long time now and can produce scientific evidence on the benefits of this. we also would say that, especially in the uk, the uk public does support a ban on imports from trophy hunting. we are not trying to tell botswana or any other african country or any country that carries that trophy hunting what to do. we are merely saying that we do not want the imports to come here. i�*m

want the imports to come here. i'm certainly puzzled why germany is the largest importer of african elephant trophies. do you understand it, you referenced the uk in terms of a band, it�*s still not in, is it? it�*s band, it's still not in, is it? it's not. band, it's still not in, is it? it's not- we _ band, it's still not in, is it? it's not. we have _ band, it's still not in, is it? it's not. we have just _ band, it's still not in, is it? it�*s not. we have just had the second reading of the bill which is going through the house of commons at the moment. we do understand that trophy hunting is something that some individuals, and it�*s a small minority of individuals, like to do. it does seem to be something which they do because they want to bring a trophy home. but what we need to remember is that trophy is an animal, it�*s a sentiment animal that has gone through suffering, either fear, pain, in orderforthat has gone through suffering, either fear, pain, in orderfor that trophy to be brought home. it�*s an extractive practice where targeting animals that are endangered, threatened, vulnerable and bringing

those trophies back to the country where the hundred lives. and we believe that this is a practice that is outdated. the biggest challenge facing our railways is climate change — that�*s according to network rail, which owns and manages britain�*s tracks and major stations. in its new five—year plan, it says it will spend £3 billion over that period to try to deal with the impact of extreme weather — such as heavy rain, which causes landslips, forcing lines to shut down. more details from our transport correspondent katy austin. flooding, heat waves, landslips. they can all be the result of extreme weather, which is becoming more common. that can spell major disruption with damaged equipment and closed lines leaving passengers facing delays and cancellations. network rail is funded by government grants, charges to train companies and commercial sources like property. it expects to have just over £45 billion to spend over the coming five years. but it thinks the impact of recent inflation will mean the money

doesn�*t go as far and will in real terms be less than the previous five year period. and it�*s aiming to cut costs by 5.9 billion by 2029. however, it will be spending nearly £3 billion on measures to try and combat the effects of climate change. that�*s nearly a billion more than before. winters getting wetter, summers getting hotter. and we need to adapt the network. so lots of money spent improving drainage, employing literally hundreds of extra people to maintain drains. we�*re strengthening embankments and also lots of telemetry and technology to monitor the network in real time. the organisation says funding pressures mean difficult decisions, for example, prioritising busy routes when it comes to replacing equipment or structures. problems between reading and london paddington recently showed what can happen when infrastructure breaks. at one point, passengers were left stranded for hours. network rail has since announced

an improvement plan. what passengers want is a reliable railway and the way you get that is to invest in it so that the system basically works. and it�*s not, it�*s not clapped out. where we are is pretty much the same place we have been for the last several decades, which is kind of playing catch up. network rail�*s boss has acknowledged today that train performance has suffered of late, saying the industry needs to improve this and deal with climate change. katy austin, bbc news. an advert posted on instagram by katie price has been banned by the advertising watchdog. in the ad, which promotes a low—calorie diet, the former model detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. the advertising standards authority said the ad was "irresponsible" and must not appear again. 0ur reporter aruna iyengar, has more from the newsroom. well, the ad, which was on instagram and featured katie price having her breakfast in the morning. it was a video of her, and extolling the virtues

of this low calorie diet that she was advertising. and the advertising standards authority, which monitors adverts and can come down and look at complaints and decide whether the advert should be withdrawn or not decided that this was a misleading advert because it said, first of all, that the advert should be clearly flagged and it said that you had to actually engage in the ad, you had to watch it in order to realise at the bottom of the post where it said #ad and that was only really at the bottom of the advert. so in order to get to that point, you would have had to have fully engaged in the advert before you actually saw that. so it was not clearly flagged enough. it was also said to be irresponsible because it showed katie price taking around 775 calories a day and it said that that was irresponsible to be promoting a diet which was less than 800 calories a day. and it said that really she should have been guiding her viewers towards medical advice before they took such an extreme diet

and that she should have really emphasised that the diet should only be taken for a short period of time. katie price has withdrawn the advert now. 0k. and there is another advert in the news today, this one about nationwide that features the actor dominic west that�*s been banned. what was the decision there and why? right. so again, the advertising standards authority said the advert was misleading. this featured dominic west, the actor. he was the bad boss of a fictional bank and basically it was criticising other banks for bank closures. this has been happening over the past couple of years where larger banks have been closing banks on the high street because people are changing the way that they are banking and the nationwide took out this advert between october and november last year and the asa said it was misleading because it led viewers to believe that nationwide had completely stopped closing its bank branches and that it would not be doing that any more.

and that, it said, was misleading because nationwide had actually said that it would not close any more branches until 2026 and before the adverts went out, it had closed branches, two branches in the previous year. so it said that was misleading. there was around 228 complaints about this. and one of the people who complained was the leading bank, the large bank, santander. american actress kirsten dunst says her new film about a civil war in present—day america "is a warning" about what could happen. the film — called civil war — features a president some have compared to donald trump. its written and directed by alex garland, who 5 behind dystopian hits such as 28 days later. charlotte gallagher has been talking to kirsten and alex about the film, as well as the hollywood gender pay gap. newsreel: 19 states have seceded. .. an america divided. engulfed by civil war. citizens of america... led by a president who is refusing

to leave the white house. kirsten dunst plays a war photographer traumatised by her work. i think the movie is very much so a warning, and i think it leaves people with so much to think about, and ifeel like if you�*re in the theatre and you really take it in, i think it�*s a very moving piece about journalists, and you don�*t really get that look inside in the way that alex filmed this movie, and kind of felt very realistic while watching the film. every time i survived a war zone, i thought i was sending a warning home. "don�*t do this." but here we are. the film is set in america, but really this film is about two things. it's aboutjournalists, and it's about polarisation. populist politics and polarisation,

which leads to extremism and extremist thinking, and that is happening in america, but it's happening here in this country, and has been happening here for a long time, and it's happening across europe. i could list the countries, or you could list the countries, where that would be true. he saved my life twice, and i�*ve never even seen his face. kirsten has been acting since she was a child, and as a teenager starred in some of the biggest films of the era. she had stardom, but she didn�*t have pay equality. i definitely grew up in a time with major pay disparity between the lead actor and myself, even though i had been in bring it on and he hadn�*t. and did you feel in that time you were in a position that you couldn�*t say, "hang on, why is this person "being paid more than me?" i was very young and it just felt like the time. what do you do when you�*re...? and it was how it all worked. it is. and it sort of, it wasn't questioned. i was 17. i�*m still learning, you know?

when you�*re that age, i�*m still learning my taste in film. i didn�*t even think to ask. nobody questioned it. yeah. male executives didn't question it. that�*s right. these were all inherited opinions. they were not thought about. you represent the future. all eyes will be on you. marie antoinette was one of kirsten�*s lavish, big budget films. it�*s not too much, is it? oh, no. but it wasn�*t welcomed by the critics. the people who were watching that movie were my age, they were not movie reviewers. movie reviewers were old men. so, to me, the people who enjoyed marie antoinette have now grown up and they were like, "we loved this movie," but they were not the people who were writing the reviews. we grew up in a world where it is mankind, manmade, man this, man that, that is how we grew up. i think times have changed, don�*t you? i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the way i carved my path will help other actresses. charlotte gallagher, bbc news.

motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, considered incompatible — with many players retiring early in order to start a family. but now, there�*s a growing number of mothers returning to the women 5 super league. attitudes are changing and support is increasing — but there are still challenges, as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. you may know carla ward as aston villa women�*s manager. wsl history! but she has another, more importantjob. what did you do at school today? science! did you? mum to four—year—old hartley. 0k, are you going to sing to me? wednesdays are special for ward. it�*s the only day she makes it home to sheffield in time for the school run. you are getting an incredible mum. thank you so much. i feel honoured. what does hartley think of yourjob? she�*s very proud.

she loves myjob. yeah. she loves telling everyone that i�*m a football manager. ward co—parents hartley with her former partner. butjuggling the demands of motherhood and management is a struggle. it was just before christmas, hartley said to me, "why do we never "have a day off together?" because naturally i work on the weekends. it�*s mum guilt. it�*s tough, you know. you miss parents�* evening. you miss shows that she�*s doing. and that�*s when you start to question, what are you doing? why are you doing it? and is there longevity in it? it�*s a heavy heart, constant pulling battle. there�*s not many female managers at the top of the game. but do you think the struggle of balancing football and family life is a factor in all of that? 100%. ward says she feels supported at villa. she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight. herfriend emma hayes is the other, but the chelsea boss will soon leave for the usajob. a better work—life balance was part of the appeal. while mothers in management

are a rarity, more top players are choosing to have children during their careers. west ham�*s katrina gorry is one of them. a mum to two—year—old harper. for as long as i knew, i kind of thought, you know, i�*d have to hang up the boots before i started a family. it�*s all i thought about. i dreamt about it. i just knew that there was something missing. and i went to an ivf clinic and four weeks later i was pregnant. and then after i had her, all i thought about is getting back to the game. ifelt like i loved it more than i ever had before. and having harper on the sideline, just it made me become more proud. she was back playing three months after giving birth and last summer walked out for australia at the world cup. she was one of the players of the tournament, but life�*s not been without its challenges. the amount of things you have to do before you got out of the house just to get to training was insane. you just didn�*t think that you�*d be able to get through it. and i was breast—feeding her

until she was about a year old, so that was hard trying to juggle that as well. but i had no doubt in my body that definitely wasn�*t a challenge for me. i knew i could, you know, i went through birth so i knew i could do anything. now that clubs are more supportive, football and family are coming together. it�*s taken baby steps, but the sport is changing. katie gornall, bbc news. here is a question for you. what time is it right now on the moon? well, soon we might be able to answer that question because nassau has been asked by the us government to establish a standardised time zone for the moon, time moves slightly more quickly there because gravity is less powerful than it is on earth. the white house says it�*s vital to set international norms as more nations and private companies raise to establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface. pretty simple, isn�*t it? if you see the moon, it is bedtime. 0ne pretty simple, isn�*t it? if you see the moon, it is bedtime. one more story before i go, taking you live to washington, the white house,

because in the next few minutes we will get at the latest briefing, rage and frustration from the white house over the death of those seven aid workers. so we will keep an eye on that and bring you the latest details coming to us from the american administration. time to tell you that scotland�*s first minister has written to the prime minister here to demand an immediate end to uk arms sales to israel. he says the civilian death toll in gaza is intolerable as is the killing of humanitarian workers. more on that here in the next little while. that�*s it for me. hopefully see you at the same time tomorrow. hello there. the coldest, wettest weather today was across scotland. we�*re all going to see some rain in the next few days, but we should all see some higher temperatures as well. now, at the moment, all the weather is rattling in from the atlantic, that�*s going to bring us some rain later tomorrow. that�*s going to bring us some rain overnight tonight, that�*s going to be pushing its way into england and wales. could be some heavier bursts of rain for a while along the south coast,

where it�*s going to be gusty winds, may even be a rumble of thunder. but it should be turning drierfurther north, particularly in scotland, but it�*s still quite cold air here, so temperatures could be as low as 2 degrees or so. it�*s going to be another chilly day in scotland tomorrow. looks like it�*s going to be quite cloudy, a little bit dampness in the air as well. similar picture for northern ireland and the far north of england. once the overnight rain clears the south—east, we should brighten up further south with some sunshine, the odd shower, ahead of some more rain arriving in the south—west in the afternoon. but ahead of that, temperatures could reach 15 or even 16 celsius. but again, it�*s a struggle despite lighter winds in scotland — temperatures here only around 6—7 at best. the winds will pick up overnight, though, on thursday night into friday morning. and we�*ve got more bands of rain coming northwards and eastwards across the uk. we�*ll start with most of the rain early in the morning on friday in northern scotland and maybe some snow over the mountains as well. but that moves away, we get showers following on — a lot of blustery, heavy ones out to the west. further east, it should be drier with more in the way of sunshine. still quite cold across northern scotland, but temperatures lifting

elsewhere likely to make 17—18 through the midlands and eastern parts of england. there�*s another area of low pressure arriving for saturday and this one is going to be much deeper. the winds are going to be a lot stronger and there may well be some travel disruption as well. the rain that gets swept northwards overnight should clear away from scotland on saturday morning, and then again around the low which is tracking to the west of ireland we�*ll see some sunshine, but also some showers and some stronger winds as well. it will be a windy day on saturday, particularly for the western side of the uk. it is a southerly wind so temperatures will be higher, even in scotland, but it�*s across eastern parts of england that we could see temperatures reaching 20 celsius. that would make it the warmest day of the year so far. now, so far, the highest temperature we�*ve seen this year was recorded injanuary in scotland — 19.9 celsius, very different from what we�*re seeing right now.

at six — the bodies of the foreign aid workers killed in an israeli air strike have left gaza. the family of one of the three british nationals who died says he was a humanitarian just trying to help people. hejust had to do it for him and he has died a hero, you know, they all have. also this evening, could there be

a repeat of last summer�*s teachers�* strikes over pay? at least nine people have died and 1,000 are injured following taiwan�*s worst earthquake in a generation. and what time is it on the moon? the white house has ordered nasa to find out. and coming up on bbc news — another big evening ahead at the top of the premier league, with manchester city hoping to avoid another loss to aston villa. mayor, but no commitment to a new cash from shadow chancellor rachel reeves. good evening. as international condemnation grows over an israeli attack on a aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign aid workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt.

three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby,