hello, i'm carl nasman. israel's military says it's recovered the body of a man taken hostage and held in gaza, in an overnight operation in khan younis on saturday. it accused the islamichhad group of murdering the man, who's been identified as 47—year—old elad katzir. elad was a farmer who was kidnapped from his kibbutz during the hamas attacks on southern israel last october. his sister said she blames israel's government for failing to do a deal with hamas. she, along with thousands of protestors, are calling on their government to do more to free the remaining hostages. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in tel aviv, protesters are back on the streets. it's been six months since palestinian gunmen

stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. people are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their prime minister to go. he should resign after what happened six months ago. the war start and hamas and everything. he claims that he wants to go to a war and make hamas go away and bring all the hostages home, back home. for one israeli family, the hope is over. elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. the israeli military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group injanuary. and that special forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. during the attack in october, his father was killed. his mother was abducted, but later released. in a facebook post, his sister blamed the israeli government for his death,

saying, "he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas" and said the israeli leadership was "cowardly". in gaza, a desperate wait for food, amid warnings of famine. aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic. when help does arrive, people rush to get it. translation: when we were displaced at the beginning, i we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. this is the only place where i can get food for my children. the attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. from the us came a warning — it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. israel is not only facing pressure from its allies, but also threats from its enemies. the army here is on high alert. there's anxiety about

a possible iranian strike. iran has vowed to respond to the death of a senior commander in damascus earlier this week, in an attack iran has blamed on israel. both sides may still want to avoid a full—out war. but miscalculation is always a risk and the consequences of an escalation unpredictable. meanwhile, a hamas delegation is expected to attend ceasefire talks in cairo on sunday, following an invitation extended by egyptian mediators. others expected there include us central intelligence agency director bill burns and qatar's foreign minister. israel's war cabinet is reportedly set to discuss whether to send a delegation. live now tojohn hannah, former national security adviser to vice—president dick cheney, and seniorfellow at the jewish institute for national security of america. thank you for taking the time tojoin us on bbc news. israel

has said it recovered the body of a hostage during this raid in gaza. the victim because family blames israel for not doing enough to strike a deal with hamas. how much blame do you think the israeli government should shoulder for the failure to bring the many dozens of hostages home? it is hard for me _ dozens of hostages home? it is hard for me to _ dozens of hostages home? it is hard for me to place _ dozens of hostages home? it 3 hard for me to place much blame at all on the israeli government. of course, hamas is the one who took almost 250 innocent israelis hostage six months ago, has kept them away from theirfamilies, and from their families, and probably from theirfamilies, and probably entirely brutal conditions in gaza. hamas is the one that should be blamed. there was a temporary pause in which israel was able to get back about 100 of its citizens back about 100 of its citizens back at the end of november. there has been ongoing negotiations now for several months and israel has made clear that it is prepared to

have a pause for as long as six weeks, in order to get its remaining hostages back. we did hear that there _ remaining hostages back. we did hear that there will _ remaining hostages back. we did hear that there will be _ remaining hostages back. we did hear that there will be a - remaining hostages back. we did hear that there will be a hamas l hear that there will be a hamas delegation apparently in cairo this weekend. why do you think negotiations have stalled? we did see successful talks that freed many hostages, but that has been weeks and months now. i think hamas is stalling. hamas, its demands have been far beyond anything israel can accept in terms of demanding a permanent ceasefire, thousands of terrorists let out of israeli jails and a return of the entire population to northern gaza, including as many hamas fighters as they can get back into the north. so israel simply cannot accept those conditions, neither the united states or egypt or qatar i don't think can accept those

conditions. they know that they won't go anywhere. but hamas is holding out. i think it believes it has a winning formula. the longer this goes on, the more palestinians —— palestinian suffering and destruction there is, it is clear the more pressure there is on israel to stop this war, short of an all out to feed on hamas. ~ . hamas. meanwhile, there were these fairly _ hamas. meanwhile, there were these fairly large _ hamas. meanwhile, there were these fairly large protests - these fairly large protests across israel to demand the government do more to free hostages and asking for more early elections in the country. we have seen increasing international pressure on prime minister benjamin netanyahu, how much pressure is he under, how much pressure is he under, how would you rate the viability of his government now, can he continue to effectively lead israel? it is a big question _ effectively lead israel? it is a big question and - effectively lead israel? it is a big question and it - effectively lead israel? it is a big question and it is - effectively lead israel? it 3 a big question and it is one israelis have to answer. there is a lot of division in the country. the war brought people

together to need to respond to hamas. but the divisions that we saw before the war coming back now, the government clearly bears a lot of responsibility for what happened on october the 7th. whether or not you have an election in the middle of the war is a difficult call. israelis will have to make that call. i don't think this coalition will fall on its own accord. it is a right—wing government, 64 stable seats, they won't break this government unless they are forced to obviously by people in the streets. it forced to obviously by people in the streets.— forced to obviously by people in the streets. it has been six months now _ in the streets. it has been six months now since _ in the streets. it has been six months now since the - in the streets. it has been sixj months now since the attacks in the streets. it has been six i months now since the attacks of october the 7th. how do you assess the global standing of israel and really the way that it is conducting this war? we have seen several countries, including members of the uk government, calling for an end to security assistance to israel. , , ., ., , israel. yes, there is no doubt. and we have _

israel. yes, there is no doubt. and we have seen _ israel. yes, there is no doubt. and we have seen this - israel. yes, there is no doubt. and we have seen this in - israel. yes, there is no doubt. and we have seen this in the l and we have seen this in the past israeli war is that the longer these kinds of wars go on, the higher the suffering imposed on innocent civilians, largely by terrorist groups like hamas and hezbollah who instigate these wars. the more isolated israel becomes internationally, it is hard to see how israel could have fought this war much differently, given the way hamas is prepared to see as many palestinians as possible get killed, as human shields. 300 to 400 miles of tunnels underneath gaza. it is a brutal, terrible, awful war. hamas doesn't care about the human suffering. and itjust puts israel, that is a moral, western military, that tries to operate within the laws of armed conflict, it makes it very hard to fight this kind brutal campaign against a

genocidal terrorist group right on its border.— genocidal terrorist group right on its border. before we go, we have a minute _ on its border. before we go, we have a minute left, _ on its border. before we go, we have a minute left, i— on its border. before we go, we have a minute left, i know- on its border. before we go, we have a minute left, i know you i have a minute left, i know you are part of a group that has published some guidelines or plan for a post—war gaza. do you think of the conflict is ongoing, but is there enough torque or attention paid to what might happen once the fighting stops? ida. what might happen once the fighting stops?— fighting stops? no, there is -robabl fighting stops? no, there is probably not. _ fighting stops? no, there is probably not, in _ fighting stops? no, there is probably not, in part - fighting stops? no, there is. probably not, in part because fighting stops? no, there is i probably not, in part because i just think there are no perfect solutions in gaza. there probably are not even any good solutions in gaza. you'vejust got to manage this as best as you can and minimise the suffering of innocent gazans as much as possible through humanitarian aid efforts, which is one thing that our report urges that people do, including the israelis, take more steps. but we also say that if you want to ever get to a better day after, a betterfuture

want to ever get to a better day after, a better future fog gazans, then somehow, this hamas terrorist group that started this war on october 7th has to be defeated. that regime in gaza that has been there for 16 or 17 years needs to be removed if we are to ever have hoped for a better future removed if we are to ever have hoped for a betterfuture in gaza and for israeli and palestinian peace being able to move forward.— palestinian peace being able to move forward. former national security advisor _ move forward. former national security advisor to _ move forward. former national security advisor to the - move forward. former national security advisor to the us - security advisor to the us vice—president dick cheney and senior fellow vice—president dick cheney and seniorfellow at the vice—president dick cheney and senior fellow at the jewish institute for national security of america, john hannah. thank very much. of america, john hannah. thank very much-— projected results in slovakia's closely fought election suggest that government candidate peter pellegrini will become the next president. slovak opposition candidate ivan korcok has conceded defeat, after a number of local media outlets reported that mr pellegrini's lead was unassailable.

he is seen as having more pro—kremlin views, compared to mr korcok who is a pro—western former diplomat. the role of president is seen as a largely ceremonial, but highly influential post, especially at a time when there are divisions over support to ukraine. final results are expected in the coming hours. joining me live is our correspondent rob cameron in prague, in the neighbouring czech republic. just bring is up—to—date now with the latest. well, yes, it looks like ivan korcok has lost to peter pellegrini, as you say, the candidate of the populist nationalist governing coalition. it seems that mr mpellegrini is won 53% of the vote to 57 of mr korcok, a far wider margin than had been suggested in the opinion polls running up to this second round of the elections. so that has been something of a surprise.

and i think really, it is the worst fears of the liberal pro—western opposition in slovakia coming to pass, because now the populist, nationalist government of which mr pellegrini is a part, led by robert fico, he now controls the parliament, the government and will soon have his man in the president's office. they believe and they fear that that will give him free rein to create what they claim will be a sort of illiberal democracy, perhaps models along the lines of viktor orban's hungary. so they are certainly not celebrating this evening in bratislava.— celebrating this evening in bratislava. �* ., ., bratislava. and what about when it comes to _ bratislava. and what about when it comes to ukraine? _ bratislava. and what about when it comes to ukraine? we - it comes to ukraine? we mentioned this is mostly a ceremonial role. but what could a mr pellegrini presidency mean for support ukraine?— for support ukraine? well, it certainly is — for support ukraine? well, it certainly is a _ for support ukraine? well, it certainly is a ceremonial- for support ukraine? well, it| certainly is a ceremonial role, but an influential one, especially at a time when

robert fico is making so many inroads on changing slovakia. and of course, slovakia only has one chamber of parliament, one house of parliament, so the role of president is very important. but on ukraine, i think what has happened here with the election of peter pellegrini as president, there will be in two or 2.5 months' time, there will be no senior slovak official who is unequivocally in favour of ukraine's right to defend its territory with weapons. since mr fico came to power in october and reversed the previous slovak government policy of giving ukraine everything it needs to defeat russia on the battlefield, there has been a substantial departure in policy on ukraine. the current president, a liberal president, she had been maintaining a very strong pro—ukrainian stance. but she

will leave office in two months to be replaced by mr pellegrini, seen very much as an ally of robert fico, the prime minister, so kyiv will have lost at least the official support of the slovak government. so after hungary, it seems slovakia has now lost, officially at least, slovakia is an unequivocal ally in the military campaign against russia. ., , military campaign against russia. ., ., ., , russia. rob cameron for us in prauue russia. rob cameron for us in prague covering _ russia. rob cameron for us in prague covering that - russia. rob cameron for us in prague covering that closely l prague covering that closely fought presidential election in slovakia. thank you very much. tens of thousands of people joined a rally in the hungarian capital, budapest, against the right—wing government led by viktor orban. the protest was led by peter magyar, a lawyer who was previously close to the administration. in recent weeks, he has emerged as a leading challenger to the prime minister. mr magyar said he will launch a party to contest elections to the european parliament injune. one opinion poll suggests that even before it's officially founded, mr magyar�*s new party is already the third most

popular in hungarian politics. the changes starting today, the hungarian people are fed up with the corrupt government. and now with the changes governing —— coming, the time is here and we take back control and the power. seven people were killed in two russian drone attacks on ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. the city's mayor reported that iranian—made drones hit several buildings, including a residential blocks of flats, early on saturday morning. 11 people were injured. shortly after, president volodymyr zelensky said that ukraine could run out of air defence missiles if russia keeps up its intense long—range bombing operations. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, shared an update from kyiv. well, there are constant strikes on kharkiv at the moment. it is becoming increasingly regular to hear of missile and drone attacks against ukraine's second city, up in the north—east of the country. certainly, we know that seven people were killed early this morning.

so the first missile struck sometime after midnight. two s—300 russian missiles, according to the ukrainian authorities, fired at kharkiv, killing residents in a residential area of the city and wounding other people there. they then talk about a wave of drones that were launched by russia, again at kharkiv city centre. they say those were shot down by ukraine's air defences. and of course, when that happens, it means fragments fall to the ground, they explode, more people are injured, more buildings are damaged. we know about nine residential buildings, blocks of flats, that have been badly damaged in this latest attack on kharkiv, but it is the latest of many. certainly, we don't know exactly what the russians were targeting. they say it was a military target. we do know, though, in recent days and weeks, the energy system in kharkiv has come under direct and sustained attack and that that city is now living with blackouts, rolling blackouts, people without power for at least six hours every day. nicaragua hasjoined mexico

in suspending diplomatic relations with ecuador. it's in protest against a police raid on the mexican embassy in the capital, quito. officers arrested the former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas, who later appeared in court on saturday. he was wanted on corruption charges and had sheltered in the diplomatic compound since december. mexico says it had granted mr glas �*political asylum', a move that ecuador described as �*illegal�*. glas's lawyer says he is innocent. earlier this week, uganda's constitutional court refused to overturn a law restricting lgbtq rights. the law — which is considered one of the harshest in the world — was adopted in may last year. it imposes life imprisonment for consensual same—sex relationships and the death penalty for so—called "aggravated" cases. courtjudges have struck down certain sections of the law, but refuse to overturn it, saying it reflects the country's values. there is broad support

for the law among ugandans, despite international criticism. activists say abuses against lgbtq people are increasing, with an advocacy group reporting 306 human rights violations since the passage of the law. a short while ago, i spoke to frank mugisha, one of the leading lgbtq—rights activists in uganda, who petitioned the court. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you were one of the petitioners in the effort to overturn this law. what was your reaction when uganda's constitutional court, for the most part, decided to uphold this anti—lgbtq more? thank you so much for having me. i was very disappointed, not only as a petitioner, but also as a ugandan, and also as a ugandan lgbtq activist. i was disappointed in thejudiciary, thejudges in my country, that they upheld

the majority of this anti—gay legislation based on people's reactions. it was totally based on theories. they say they were doing this because of the ugandan public. imaginejudges ruling in favour of the public and forgetting about the law. so i was very disappointed about the judges deciding to go on the side of the majority and punish the minority. i want to talk about the effects of this law potentially and this is something you recently said. you said, it's likejudges have told ugandans, go get violent towards the lgbtq community. what do you think this law means and how is it already affecting people there in uganda? this law has already been implemented. prior to this legislation, the anti—gay christian groups had radicalised ugandans into hatred. and so ugandans have been implementing this legislation

in terms of violence towards the community, we've seen many people get thrown out of their homes. we've seen people lose employment and education. and on the other hand, there are also state activists implementing this law. for instance, we have had people who have been arrested who have been tortured when they are in police custody. so when you have an arm of the government, that is thejudiciary, coming up with such a ruling, it means they are telling ugandans, go and act, go and attack the lgbtq community. there is a very big disconnect between understanding what the law really means. for ugandans, it is anti—gay legislation, it doesn't matter what is in there, they will act, there will be mob violence, violence towards the lgbtq community. people will get thrown out of their homes.

landlords will evict people using the law. part of the court ruling did strike down some measures in this law. can you explain what was taken out of the law and what was your reaction to that, is that at least a small victory for you? well, yes. i'm glad that for the work we did with our lawyers, the lgbtq community and members of civil society that some parts were taken out. but you see the parts that were taken out that were aimed at making sure lgbtq persons don't get discriminated when accessing health services, one. numbertwo, lgbtq persons are not discriminated if they are seeking employment. lgbtq persons are allowed to rent houses. but you cannot say that there won't be that kind of discrimination when you are saying people should not be able to express themselves as lgbtq persons.

when you are saying lgbtq human rights defenders and individuals speaking out for lgbtq human rights should not speak out. when you are saying ngos that are providing health services for the lgbtq community cannot, then it doesn't really have much meaning in what was struck down. this bill is part of what could be seen as a growing anti—gay crackdown in africa. we've seen similar legislation in ghana, kenya contemplating similar bills. what do you think is behind a wave of what appears to be discrimination against this community on the continent? the majority of what we are seeing now is not how africa has always been

towards lgbtq persons. i mean, some people have disagreed. but we never saw criminalisation, we never saw systemic strategies of erasing lgbtq persons. all this is promoted and heavily funded, unfortunately, by american evangelical christian groups that are touring the whole african continent and spreading hatred and fighting the lgbtq community. unfortunately, what is happening in uganda is happening in other countries like ghana and kenya and zambia and malawi, and we are worried that we might actually see similar legislations coming up in these countries. ghana's parliament has already passed a similar legislation. and all this is not africans promoting homophobia, it is the christian american evangelicals.

coming in with donations and projects at the same time, promoting hatred towards the lgbtq community. if you don't mind, very briefly, what happens next with this bill in uganda, is this the end of the road? it is not the end of the road. we are definitely going to go to our supreme court and appeal this decision. i am optimistic our supreme court will be more decisive. but also, will give us a ruling that is in favour, a ruling that looks into the constitution of uganda and agrees with us that every ugandan deserves protection under the law. we are also looking at other avenues. the east african court and other avenues, any other litigations that we can do around this legislation. we will not stop until this legislation has totally been nullified. frank mugisha. one of the country's leading lgbtq rights activists, thank you very much for speaking with us. thank you for having me.

and finally... italy's mount etna has been sending rare smoke rings into the sicilian sky. a new crater opened on the summit of europe's largest active volcano, leading to an unusual display of vortex rings. they're made of gases and propelled upwards by a circular vent in the volcano. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. on saturday, we saw two sides to storm kathleen. on the one hand, across eastern england, with some weak sunshine. temperatures reached 21 celsius in suffolk — the warmest day of the year so far. further west, though, those winds were a lot stronger. gusts of 60, 70 miles an hour, and some large waves as well. and storm kathleen is still on the scene, tracking northwards to the west of the uk. still going to bring with it some windy weather on sunday, and there'll be some further sunshine, but also some showers. it's not going to be quite as warm as it was on saturday. we're going to start with a bit

of early rain to clear away from north—east england, south—east scotland, and then more showers will come in from the north—west of scotland and northern ireland. we'll see some wet weather arriving in wales, pushing through parts of the midlands and northern england, later into the south—west of england. the best of the dry weather and sunshine probably through east anglia and the south—east of england. but it's going to be a windy day, the strongest of the winds likely to be in the far north—west of scotland — over 60 miles an hour. temperatures are going to be lower than they were on saturday. a pleasant 16 or 17 in the south—east and across east anglia in the sunshine. now, as storm kathleen weakens by monday to the north of scotland, we're going to find our next area of low pressure moving in from the south, and this one is going to bring with it some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. that's mainly going to run northwards, up the western side of the uk. but we'll see some rain for northern england. southern scotland. northern scotland likely to be dry. the winds becoming lighter and we'll get some sunshine and dry weather for a while through the midlands and across

some eastern parts of england. again, temperatures, 16 or 17 degrees. by the end of the day, it's not going to be as windy. but our area of low pressure is likely to deepen overnight, and the winds strengthen again towards the south—west of england and through the english channel, into the channel islands. and we've still got some cloud, we've got some outbreaks of rain left over on tuesday to push steadily eastwards across england and wales, and some further showers to the north—west of scotland. the wind direction is changing to a north—westerly, and that's going to bring with it some colder air. so maximum temperatures on tuesday are only 10 to 12 celsius. now, that colder air shouldn't last too long. during wednesday and into thursday, the wind direction changes. we get milder southwesterly winds, but that brings with it the chance of some more rain.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hourjust straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show. the renewables race is on. after more than a decade of massive investment in green energy, china, it's way ahead of the pack. so, can europe and america catch up? as renewables become the single largest source of energy in the world, we're going to be asking a top

panel of global guests how the green industries in the global north are faring in the chase to draw even with china. plus, later in the show, it's meat, but it's grown from animal cells in a laboratory. more than a decade after unveiling the first lab—grown hamburger, i'm going to be asking its inventor how business is going and if lab—grown meat can become the new norm. wherever you'rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the global energy supply, it's going green at a powerful rate. in fact, by next year, the iea, the international energy agency, predicts that renewables will overtake coal to become the largest source of power in the world. for most of recent history, the world economy, it's been shaped by which countries control the supply of oil, gas and coal. so, will china's massive lead in renewables reshape the power dynamics of global energy? let me just put this into some context.

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