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President Putin uses his annual state of the nation address to claim Russia is winning in Ukraine, but says Western talk of putting boots on the ground risks nuclear conflict and 'the destruction of civilisation'. Also in the programme: the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 100 people have been killed waiting for aid, just hours before the ministry announced that more than 30,000 people had been killed in the conflict; and why doctors in South Korea are resisting government pressure to end their week-long strike(IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly, in Moscow, Russia, February 29, 2024 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina)

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, addressed the European Parliament after the death of her husband and announced his funeral will take place in Moscow on Friday. We speak to a long-time friend and associate of Navalny about how hard it’s been to arrange the funeral. Also in the programme: Mitch McConnell, the longest serving Republican leader in the US Senate, has announced he'll step down from the role in November; and international journalists have called for foreign media access to Gaza in an open letter. (Photo: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in a prison camp, looks on during the day she addresses the European Parliament. Credit: Reuters)

With Navalny’s funeral due to take place this week his widow Yulia says the West should take a more innovative approach in helping the Russian opposition. Also in the programme, 15% of the Democratic votes in Michigan’s presidential primaries were marked “uncommitted”; and last year’s asylum applications rose to the highest level since 2015 says the EU’s Asylum Agency. (Candles burn as people attend vigil following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, at the the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Credit: Reuters)

US President Joe Biden has indicated that a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be within reach, however his comments have been met with scepticism in Israel and from Hamas. We assess the chances that a deal could be reached.Also, four months into the war in Gaza, civilians are living with acute hunger and the constant fear of bombardment. The BBC has been following a day in the life of three people there. Also in the programme, a judge in Moscow has imposed a jail term on a prominent Russian human rights campaigner. (Photo: Displaced Palestinian children wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages, in Rafah. Credit: Reuters)

US President Joe Biden has said Israel has agreed in principle not to launch military action in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, as negotiations for a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel continue. Speaking on US television, Mr Biden said a pause in fighting could begin on Monday, about a week before the start of Ramadan. In the Newshour studio- our Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf, who had been reporting from inside Gaza for us, until he moved to Istanbul for safety.Also in the programme: A court in the Netherlands has handed down several life sentences in the biggest criminal trial in Dutch history. Ridouan Taghi was one of three defendants jailed for life; and the very small fish which can make a very loud noise.(Photo: Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2024. Reuters/Mohammed Salem)

As the Israeli military presents the war cabinet with its plans for an assault along with a draft to evacuate the population on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, the UN warns of famine in the north of the territory.Also in the programme: China has announced plans for a big increase in the pace of its space missions; and the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have publicly executed a convicted murderer in a sports stadium.(Photo: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his statement at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. Credit: SALVATORE DI NOLFI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

The Israeli government says the military has presented the country's war cabinet with a plan for the evacuation of Palestinian civilians from combat zones in Gaza. With 1.4 million people crammed into the southern city of Rafah, where will they go? We speak to a member of the Israeli Prime Minister's party. Also today: Protests expected in Nigeria as tough economic reforms set in; and the case of a runaway train in India.(Photo: Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 26, 2024. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

President Zelensky says 31,000 troops and tens of thousands of civilians have been killed since Russia invaded. His defence minister, Rustem Umerov, added that the slow delivery of arms and ammunition was causing a loss of life and land. We hear from Brazil after tens of thousands of supporters of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, gathered in São Paulo's main avenue. It was the first major demonstration of its kind since Mr Bolsonaro left office just over a year ago. Also in the programme: a leading political editor gives us his take on accusations of islamophobia in the UK's Conservative Party; and we hear from a modern-day jazz-band leader who’s composed a tribute piece to wartime women musicians.

Nikki Haley, freshly defeated by Donald Trump in the South Carolina Republican primary, says she’ll fight on regardless. With his fourth consecutive primary victory, Mr Trump sounded confident of securing the Republican nomination.Also in the programme: The food crisis in Gaza - we speak to the UN's coordinator for Palestine; one of Iran's major film-makers on a campaign to save Afghanistan's artistic community; and we go to Japan's most popular nearly-naked festival!(Photo: Nikki Haley's said she would not bow out of the race in her speech after the South Carolina primary on Saturday. Credit: Getty Images)

As it enters its third year of war, Ukraine is calling for increased international support. US aid is help up in Congress, while Ukraine's long-awaited counter offensive has not made the progress Kyiv and its allies had hope for. Russian forces have taken the eastern town of Avdiivka and made some progress in the south. Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, is in Kyiv gauging the current mood among top Ukrainian officials and frontline soldiers.Also in the programme: Russian opposition figure Boris Nadezdhin calls for Alexei Navalny to be given a Moscow funeral; and the Israeli war cabinet is briefed on ceasefire negotiations held in Paris; and we ask why Nikki Hayley has vowed to fight on as Donald Trump leads the race in South Carolina's primary.Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a joint press conference with EU and Canadian leaders, on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko)