this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. at least 30 people have been killed — many of them schoolgirls — in a militant attack in the afghan capital, kabul. more than 50 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces injerusalem. it follows similar unrest on friday, when 200 people needed medical treatment. sadiq khan wins a second term as london mayor, in a result much closer than predicted. europe's leaders resist calls by india's prime minister to waive patents for vaccines, despite the country's worsening covid crisis. and bits of a chinese rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back to earth in the next few hours, but should we be worried?

officials in afghanistan say at least 30 people have been killed and more than 150 others injured in a blast near a school in the capital, kabul. some reports have put the death toll as high as 55. many of those who died were schoolgirls who had just finished class and were streaming out of the gates at the time of the attack. most of the people living in the district in western kabul are part of the shia hazara community, who have been targeted repeatedly in recent years by the islamic state group. the taliban have condemned the attack. our correspondent secunder kermani has more details. panic, fear and bloodshed outside the school gates.

the explosions took place just as students were making their way home — many of those killed girls and young women. inside a hospital, relatives search body by body for their loved ones, whilst outside, a desperate wait for news. "two of my daughters were studying there." one of them is injured, the other is missing. the islamic state group is likely to be behind the bombing. although less powerful in afghanistan than the taliban, their attacks here are typically even more brutal and they've repeatedly targeted this community, afg hanistan�*s shia hazara minority. violence has been flaring across the country, with the taliban stepping up assaults on the afghan government, whilst us and international troops begin a final withdrawal.

in this latest atrocity, so many lives cut far too short, and for those who have survived, an increasingly uncertain future. secunder kermani, bbc news. more than 50 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces injerusalem. it follows similar unrest on friday, during which 200 more people needed medical treatment. tensions have been rising for weeks over proposals to evict palestinian families from their homes in a neighbourhood where israeli settlers are laying claim to the land. much of the unrest has been taking place at the al—aqsa mosque compound, where israeli troops used rubber bullets and stun grenades against crowds throwing stones and bottles. jalal abukhater is a palestinian journalist and writer. he was there earlier at al—aqsa mosque and joins us now from eastjerusalem. thank you so much forjoining us. let me ask you first of all

what you saw when you were there at the mosque. today's scenes were _ there at the mosque. today's scenes were not _ there at the mosque. today's scenes were not as _ there at the mosque. today's scenes were not as violent i there at the mosque. today's scenes were not as violent asj scenes were not as violent as yesterday. today's scenes were in the periphery of the mosque come again provocation by the police, which were seen by everyone to have been super unnecessary since the beginning of ramadan. they have been ongoing, we're in the final week now of ramadan, since the first day. revocations which have led to clashes all around jerusalem, along with underlying causes, of evictions that have been going on, so this happened tonight. super provocative actions by the police which led to the directors of prayers yesterday and tonight and the evacuation of the entire mosque compound, forced evacuation by the police. it was unnecessary violence in my opinion and i think people are blaming and lack of governance at the moment. with the coalition

talks faltering all the time, there is chaos injerusalem thatis there is chaos injerusalem that is caused by any responsible provocation by the israeli police.— israeli police. what do you think, why _ israeli police. what do you think, why do _ israeli police. what do you think, why do you - israeli police. what do you think, why do you think i israeli police. what do you think, why do you think it| israeli police. what do you | think, why do you think it is irresponsible a provocation? israeli journalists are trying to blame the dysfunction of the government in israel at the moment for the police behaviour, but since the day one of ramadan, the is really police has acted in a way that is been renting bill for celebrating the month of ramadan by putting metal barricades —— the is really police had acted a way that is preventing people. and then following that, there has been provocations in neighbourhoods where protesters protesting against evictions and house demolitions and the cleansing of the neighbourhood, they were crushed by the israeli police, while neighbouring settlers occupied house did not receive such treatment by the police,

and now al—aqsa, that is where the most recent clash has been spilling over, israeli police last night rated al—aqsa, for no reason. it riled up feelings across the entire community across the entire community acrossjerusalem across the entire community across jerusalem and across the entire community acrossjerusalem and in palestine. people were arriving to al—aqsa, city officials were blocked and —— blocked entry tojerusalem. people were coming from the north of israel, basically, they were blocked on their paths by the police on the highways, peoplejust paths by the police on the highways, people just walked on... highways, people 'ust walked on... �* , . on... but the israeli government, - on... but the israeli government, and i on... but the israeli - government, and benjamin netanyahu in particular, has said they are trying to act response to a to maintain law and order injerusalem while maintaining right to worship at the holy sites. these really government are saying they are trying their best to maintain

some sort of law and order and there is violence on both sides. ., , there is violence on both sides. ., , ., sides. there was a similar example _ sides. there was a similar example a _ sides. there was a similar example a few _ sides. there was a similar example a few years - sides. there was a similar example a few years ago, | sides. there was a similar - example a few years ago, 2017, where there were similar provocations and increasing violence during ramadan at al—aqsa and injerusalem. these really government to try to calm the tensions at the time, we have not seen any sign of direct action with the israeli government to intervene and stop what is going on and decrease detention facility do believe is the —— what i do believe is the —— what i do believe is the netanyahu government are not interested enough to calm tensions because they want to detract from whatever political troubles they are facing, they had not intervened as we had seen before in years past.- intervened as we had seen before in years past. 0k, well, jalal abukhater, _ before in years past. 0k, well, jalal abukhater, it's _ before in years past. 0k, well, jalal abukhater, it's good - before in years past. 0k, well, jalal abukhater, it's good to i jalal abukhater, it's good to talk to you. i am afraid we are out of time, but thank you very much for talking to us.

here in the uk capital, the labour candidate sadiq khan has been re—elected as the mayor of london. he beat the conservative candidate shaun bailey with 55% of the vote. the bbc�*s adina campbell was at city hall for the declaration. a big boost for sadiq khan and his team tonight, as it is now been confirmed he will serve a second term as london mayor. i9 second term as london mayor. 19 of the 20 candidates, that's a record number of candidates since the job was created back in 2000, were standing in this race, and they were in the room as the results were read out. and a big sigh of relief, cheers, as sadiq khan was confirmed back into the position of london mayor. in terms of the numbers, sadiq khan secured... his closest rival shaun bailey from the conservatives, he managed to get 970,000 votes. the pressure

was really on labour to keep this position, because london is very much dominated by labour, in terms of political allegiances, so it would have been a bit of a shock if the result had gone in a different direction, but it was much more closely contested than previously predicted. shaun bailey, the conservative candidate, doing much better than what the polls suggested and at times the lead between both shaun bailey and sadiq khan was fairly narrow. saying that, it is sadiq khan's night. he will be spending the next three years as london mayor. it will be interesting to see how he leads london out of this covid pandemic, because it is about to rebuild funding, getting people back intojobs, seeing how the economy can get back on track, and there some keyissues back on track, and there some key issues at the heart that really matter to londoners — transport, crime and policing, pollution and of course housing — so lots of things to do with

cup, lots of things going forward for sadiq khan to consider. he will now going to be in london mayor again for another three years. i dena campbell there. —— adina campbell there. the scottish national party has won an historic fourth term in office but has fallen short of an overall majority by just one seat. but there will still be a clear majority at the parliament in favour of a second referendum on independence, with the scottish greens also backing a vote. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, said another referendum is the will of the country. but uk prime minister borisjohnson said allowing one would be "irresponsible and reckless". 0ur scotland editor sarah smith reports. across scotland, victorious snp candidates are celebrating increasing their votes and winning a remarkable fourth term in government. kaukab stewart became the first woman of colour elected to the scottish parliament. whilst i may be the first, i will not be the last. and with a pro—independence majority in that parliament, nicola sturgeon says westminster cannot stand in

the way of another referendum. all of this risks treating voters in scotland and our entire democratic process as if they simply don't matter, like they are just a sideshow. voters are not a sideshow. it is you, not me, not borisjohnson, not any politician, but you who are the people that matter. there is simply no democratic justification whatsoever for borisjohnson — or, indeed, for anyone else — seeking to block the right of the people of scotland to choose our own future. alexander burnett, scottish conservative and unionist party... when the tories held on to aberdeenshire west, the snp�*s hopes for an outright majority were extinguished. scottish conservatives campaigned saying a vote for them would stop another independence referendum and now say it's time to move on. we need to focus on the issues that will secure scotland's recovery, and that really

is important for people's jobs, for young people's education, for investing in our nhs after everything they've done over the last year to get us through this pandemic. there's so many issues that we really should be putting to the very top of the agenda in scottish politics and the next scottish parliament, but it seems all we're speaking about, yet again, is another independence referendum. the pro—independence scottish greens increased their seats to eight and say the prime minister cannot ignore a result that's delivered a mandate for another referendum. i think the position of the uk government is actually verging on being dangerous here. they're saying to the people of scotland there is no democratic path to allow them to make the decision about their own future and relying instead merely on legal technicalities, rather than on any form of political legitimacy. but borisjohnson has made his position clear, telling the daily telegraph, "i think a referendum in the current context is irresponsible and reckless." we could be looking at a constitutional stand—off

between edinburgh and london, so what might happen next? if westminster refuses to grant the authority for another independence vote, then the snp plan to legislate for one at holyrood anyway and dare the prime minister to take them to court, if he wants to establish that the scottish parliament cannot have a referendum without his permission. none of that will happen soon. the new snp government will prioritise covid and the recovery for the next few months before they make any moves to try and fulfil their manifesto promise to give voters in scotland a choice over whether they want to leave the united kingdom. european leaders have sidestepped a plea by the indian prime minister, narendra modi, to waive patents on coronavirus vaccines. they have offered instead to cooperate more. india is currently in the grip of a devastating second wave, which yesterday alone left more than 4,000 people dead.

speaking after the eu summit in portugal, european commission president ursula von der leyen said boosting output at existing plants was the key rather than waiving patents on vaccines. i think we should be open to this discussion. but when we lead this discussion, there needs to be a 360—degree view on it because we need vaccines now for the whole world. and in the short and medium—term, the ip waiver will not solve the problems, will not bring a single dose of vaccine in the short and medium—term. so what is necessary in the short—term and medium—term? first of all, vaccine sharing, secondly, export of vaccines that are being produced, and the third is investment in increasing the capacity to manufacture vaccines. 0ur correspondent devina gupta is in delhi. she explained how hard it is to get a vaccine in india. and even as the debate over

lifting the patent continues, in this part of the world, it's literally a race against time because many states have been looking at vaccine shortage. 0n the plus side, india is the largest manufacturer of vaccines. currently it has two doses, 0xford—astrazeneca covishield and indian—made covaxin, which are available for the public. it's also testing the russian sputnik v vaccine, to roll it out in the coming days, but the struggle to even book an appointment is so real. i've been trying through the day, and i've been talking about this. look at this — at least five days in a row are booked, be it a government school turned into a vaccine centre or a private hospital, in india's capital delhi. i couldn't get a vaccine appointment, and delhi's chief ministerjust today has said that the city needs at least 230 million doses if it wants to vaccinate everyone within the span of three months. i've also spoken to several people who have been luckier

than me to book an appointment, and they say the struggle just begins from there, because they have to step out of their home in the covid hotspot, arrange transport to reach a vaccine centre, and then there's a wait forfour to five hours — again, in a very risky environment — and public health experts have said it's a similar scenario in many cities, which is putting lives at risk again. you're watching bbc news. the headlines: at least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a blast near a school in the afghan capital, kabul. more than 50 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces injerusalem. it follows similar unrest on friday, during which 200 more needed medical treatment. let's have more on the explosion in kabul. ali doshi is a university student who lives near the school at the centre of the attack. he describes how the terror unfolded. i was heading home — and on the way to home, i received this news that a school was attacked.

and what i did, i called my family members to make sure that my sisters are safe. and then once i confirmed that they were safe at home, in the middle of the way, because my friends were with me, he received this news that his sisters are not back home yet. so we got out of the car and searched for their sisters, hospitals and hospitals. what we saw in hospital was extremely horrible. like, all the families... we saw concerned families looking for their family members. the school students were brought in the ambulances.

in some hospitals, there were the students who lost their life and they were brought into the hospital. so it was really horrible. it was not something that... one of the attacks happened in the hazara community. previously, in the last three years, there had been attacks on schools, hospitals and maternity hospitals. the terrorist groups targeted children, students and young people. in today's attack, the target was school students, particularly girl school students, and the attack happened at around the time they were heading back to home, after they did their classes. remnants of a large chinese space rocket are due to plunge

back through the atmosphere in the next few hours. us and european tracking sites are monitoring the uncontrolled re—entry of the long march rocket, which was used last month to carry into orbit a section of the permanent chinese space station currently being built. the monitors say the chances of damage from a ground impact are low, and the chinese foreign ministry say it expects the debris to burn up during re—entry. we can now speak to jonathan mcdowell, who's an astrophysicist working at the harvard—smithsonian center for astrophysics. he joins us from boston. thank you so much forjoining us here on bbc news. how much of a danger is this to people? how worried should we be over the next few hours? fin how worried should we be over the next few hours?— the next few hours? on a personal— the next few hours? on a personal level _ the next few hours? on a personal level you - the next few hours? on a i personal level you shouldn't the next few hours? on a - personal level you shouldn't be worried at all full of the chances of going to hit any one person is very, is tiny, the chanceit person is very, is tiny, the chance it could crash somewhere populated and because a limited amount of damage is significant, though, and so

over the next few hours, is going to come down somewhere on an orbit around the earth that is mostly ocean, and so the most likely think, it's going to smash into the ocean and no one cares. there's a decent chanceit one cares. there's a decent chance it could crash down somewhere on land, and then you're looking at about a tonne of metal flying through the air at a couple hundred miles an hour and smashing into the ground, so that's not great. and how could that be allowed to happen? how could china allow an uncontrolled rocket debris to come down to earth like that? it debris to come down to earth like that?— like that? it is part of the desi . n like that? it is part of the design of _ like that? it is part of the design of this _ like that? it is part of the design of this rocket. - like that? it is part of the design of this rocket. it l like that? it is part of the | design of this rocket. it is designed to leave its 20 tonne core stage in orbit around the earth and do in uncontrolled reentry. every other country designed the rockets not to do this, and so it isjust a different choice of what risk to the public they feel is active double to take, and certainly i think a lot of other countries are going to become assessing them for this

decision —— acceptable to take. based on its current orbit can board to be expected to fall? —— where to be expected to fall? -- where to be expected to fall? ., , ., ., fall? right now, there is a two hour window _ fall? right now, there is a two hour window starting - fall? right now, there is a two hour window starting a - fall? right now, there is a two hour window starting a couple | hour window starting a couple hours from now, and it is going to go from australia, across the pacific, across puerto —— coaster rica, and then back across the indian ocean to australia. somewhere on that arc, if you are on that arc, you want to be watching for falling debris. but exactly where along there, there is no way to know until it ashley happens, i'm afraid it. find way to know until it ashley happens, i'm afraid it. and you sa that happens, i'm afraid it. and you say that other _ happens, i'm afraid it. and you say that other countries - happens, i'm afraid it. and you say that other countries or - say that other countries or other people space projects parentheses if sending terrible happens, orthe parentheses if sending terrible happens, or the chinese then response but for what happens? absolutely. there's an international space liability can mention that if you cause damage from your space object, you have to pay compensation, and so that has happened in the

past indirectly. in 1978, a soviet navy nuclear reactor satellite crashed on candida and left radioactive material over hundreds of miles, and they end up paying out millions of dollars to candidates to support clean up.- of dollars to candidates to support clean up. your t-shirt sa s, support clean up. your t-shirt says. what. — support clean up. your t-shirt says, what, don't— support clean up. your t-shirt says, what, don't panic? - support clean up. your t-shirt| says, what, don't panic? don't anic! is says, what, don't panic? don't panic! is that _ says, what, don't panic? don't panic! is that your _ says, what, don't panic? don't panic! is that your message i says, what, don't panic? don't panic! is that your message to | panic! is that your message to all the space _ panic! is that your message to all the space watchers? i panic! is that your message to all the space watchers? that's my message _ all the space watchers? that's my message to _ all the space watchers? that's my message to people, i all the space watchers? that's my message to people, very l my message to people, very deliberately, is that the chance that someone might be hurt is an excessively high, it is maybe a percent or slightly less. the chance that you will be hurt is a billion times smaller because that is how many people are in the world. so it is really tiny and you've got to be... so it is really tiny and you've got to bem— so it is really tiny and you've got to be... ok, thank you very much. relations between the czech republic and russia are said to be at their lowest point. rob cameron reports from prague. music the annual commemorations of the liberation of

czechoslovakia in 1945, in part by the red army — always a flashpoint between pro and anti—moscow groups. chanting russia's night wolves motorcycle gang couldn't enter the country this time due to the covid restrictions, so these are mostly czech sympathisers. this year, it's happening at a time of heightened tension, after claims of russian sabotage operations on czech soil which moscow denies. but not all czechs believe their government's version of events. translation: these shots of passports were photos. i any amateur could produce them if they were trying to hold a show trial or something. in my opinion, it really isn't something that should be setting off a diplomatic war. the diplomatic expulsions are being described as a watershed moment in czech—russia relations. some claim they'll be a chance to root out what prague says is "a nest of spies" in russia's embassy and start from scratch.

hopefully it will, because our relationship with russia was completely unbalanced and russians were definitely playing the stronger game against us. so, i hope that we will be, let's say, clever enough and we will use this opportunity to normalise our relationship with russia. behind the walls of the russian embassy, dozens of diplomats and support staff are busy packing their bags and preparing to leave this country, and they've been given until the end of the month to do so. but while russia's diplomatic presence will be vastly reduced, there's also a human side to this story, as over the decades, thousands of ordinary russians have made the czech republic their home.

there have been reports of russians being verbally abused in public here since the expulsions. some believe the strength of feeling has at least the potential to boil over into russophobia. immediately, like, many very smart and enlightened - people said, you know, "kick all russians - out of the country. 0ur security servicesl have to check them." of course people are mad. of course it's their country, and some very unpleasant. and strange things happened. but if these opinions are, i like, taken away from reality, where you just see everything in black and white, then it's. a bit sad because it i definitely does not make you a smart person. at the very least, the centuries—old relationship between these two slav nations is shifting as czechs are forced once again to reaffirm their loyalties and decide which way to face, east or west. rob cameron, bbc news, prague. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcmaryam. thank you so much for watching bbc news. bye—bye.

hello. after saturday's cloud and rain, somewhat brighter skies around during sunday, but there's every chance you're going to see some wet weather at some stage of the day. really due to the proximity of this area of low pressure, so either showers close to that or indeed along this weather front with still the chance for seeing some outbreaks of rain. certainly more cloud than there will be elsewhere if you're close to that. we're still drawing in some warmer air from the south, so if you do get to see a bit of sunshine, it will actually feel quite pleasant, particularly across south east england and east anglia, which will see the higher temperatures. but this is where we're starting the day. it's a much milder start than we've had recently, and particularly across england and wales. now, along the weather front i pointed out, some cloud from south west england, south east wales, the midlands and on towards yorkshire.

just edging a little bit further east with a chance of a few spots of rain. doesn't look like much more than that for much of the day. close to the low pressure, northern ireland and scotland will see some quite heavy showers, thundery possibly, too. quite blustery, particularly in northern ireland. these are average wind speeds, but gusts here could be over a0 mph or so. and as for temperatures, it will feel a little bit warmer if you do get to see a bit of sunshine during the day, mainly 14—17, but a few spots in east anglia, south east england mayjust get above 20 degrees just depending on how much sunshine there is. but be aware — as we get into the evening, there could be some quite heavy and thundery downpours moving through here, whereas elsewhere overnight and into monday, we will continue with a few showers, particularly across western areas. and just to reinforce the fact that it's a bit warmer by day and it is overnight as well. these are the temperatures to start things off on monday morning, so there won't be any frost around. that area of low pressure is still, though, close by on monday. in fact, as it will be for the week ahead. and so that's going to mean

that there'll be plenty of showers, and this is where we're expecting them to be during monday. some heavy with hail and thunder, particularly towards the west and north. and while some will reach across to eastern areas, it may well be there'll be quite a few showers here around at least during the afternoon for the midlands, east anglia and south east englund. temperatures are fairly close to average for the time of year. it will feel a bit warmer than it has done over the past week if you're in some of that sunshine. there will still be these heavy downpours around, but very noticeably overnight it's not going to be as cold. it will be largely frost—free in the week ahead.

this is bbc news. the headlines — 30 people, many of them young girls, have been killed in a militant attack at a school in the afghan capital, kabul. reports say there were multiple blasts as they were were leaving their school. the neighbourhood is home to the hazara minority, who are shia muslims. more than 50 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces injerusalem. they follow similar unrest on friday, during which 200 more needed medical treatment. tensions have been rising for weeks over proposals to evict palestinian families from their homes in a neighbourhood where israeli settlers are laying claim to the land. remnants of a large chinese space rocket are due to plunge back through the atmosphere in the next few hours. us and european tracking sites are monitoring the uncontrolled re—entry of the long march rocket, which was used last month to carry into orbit a section of the permanent chinese space station currently being built. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk

with stephen sackur.