this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm annita mcveigh, and these are the latest headlines. a plane carrying more than 70 people crashes in nepal, killing nearly everyone on board. at least 22 people are killed and 72 injured during a missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern ukrainian city of dnipro. at least 68 people have been killed after a passenger

plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. it's thought a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. nepalese airlines have a poor safety record and are banned from european union airspace. caroline davies has the latest, and a warning there may be distressing images here. believed to be the final moments before the crash, flying low and the sound of the impact. this video appeared on social media, reportedly showing the yeti flight. shouting. at the site, chaos and confusion as smoke and flames engulf the charred crater where the plane crashed. this is only 1.5km from the flight�*s destination, pokhara airport. the crowds step around what's left — tangled metal and plastic. among the passengers, 53 were from nepal, five from india, four russians, two koreans and one passenger each from ireland,

australia, argentina and france. the plane took off at 10.32 this morning from kathmandu. an airline commander said the incident was tragic. among the passengers, 53 were from nepal, five from india, from the airport, prime minister pushpa kamal dahal said the incident was tragic. translation: the incident was tragic. all forces have been deployed for rescue operations. the investigation is going on now and i've called an emergency cabinet meeting. nepal has some of the world's most remote and difficult runways, and weather conditions in the mountains can change suddenly. there have previously been concerns about the safety of the country's carriers. the european union banned them from its airspace. the investigation into exactly what went wrong has onlyjust begun. caroline davies, bbc news. at least 22 people have been killed and 72 injured after a missile destroyed an apartment building in the eastern ukrainian

city of dnipro. a0 residents are still thought to be missing. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. dnipro has learned to cope with constant threat. being 120 miles from the front line isn't enough to escape moments like this. line isn't enough to escape the cause is obvious — line isn't enough to escape the damage, plain to see — line isn't enough to escape but what disappears immediately are entire lives. the rescue continued as flames were put out and night arrived, as well as the realisation of what had happened. translation: what have you done to my son? - you're evil! i curse you and future generations of your families. may you animals be cursed for the rest of your lives by everyone! there is anger, and occasional hope. shouting. is anyone alive, ask rescuers? answering shouts. "here, here," they shout, the crane shut down. "lady, we can hear you," they say. today has brought more breakthroughs, but the number of dead

will go up with time. dnipro is a reminder of how ordinary people can end up in harm's way, despite russia's likely target being nearby infrastructure. this was nevertheless an attack on the whole of the country. after a relative respite of two weeks, moscow has resumed its tactic of trying to deny ukrainians energy during the height of winter. there were blackouts across ukraine, including here in the western lviv region. in a sign of his unchanged position, the country's leader says russia can only be stopped on the battlefield. translation: it can and must be done on our land, _ in our sky, in our sea. what we do we need for this? the weapons which are in the depots of our partners, the ones which our troops are waiting for. the rescue of a woman this morning brought more much—needed good news, against a backdrop of continued devastation. james waterhouse, bbc news.

the metropolitan police says those behind yesterday's shooting in central london fired a shotgun from inside a moving car. it happened near euston station, where a memorial service for a young woman and her mother had just taken place. a seven—year—old girl suffered life—threatening injuries, and five other people were also hurt, including a 48 year—old woman. superintendent jack rowlands gave an update on the investigation. the incident took place as mourners gathered outside the church following a funeral. we believe the suspects discharged a shotgun from a moving vehicle, which was a black toyota chr, likely a 2019 model or similar. this was a shocking incident.

more from our correspondent at the scene, matt graveling. first of all, any update on the conditions of those injured? i put conditions of those in'ured? i put an e-mail — conditions of those in'ured? i put an e-mail into h conditions of those in'ured? i put an e-mail into the _ conditions of those injured? i mt an e—mail into the metropolitan police just a few moments before arriving here euston and i was told latest still is as it on the scene. about seven—year—old girl is still a stable but a life—threatening condition. we will bring you information and that as close as soon as it comes that with regards to that gordon around the church is behind me it has been removed by police following the tragedy yesterday afternoon —— the cordoned. noidea yesterday afternoon —— the cordoned. no idea of the motives of what led a car to drive by and we believe then injure draw you shotgun and in the six women, two young girls, a 12—year—old and a seven—year—old girl who is still in very critical

condition in hospital —— injure women. the police would like to hear from today anybody who may have been witness or know anything about that car and they believe it is a 2019 black toyota chr vehicle so if you have any information about that they would definitely like to hear people with regards to the feeling in this community today a sense of disbelief because you've heard all about how this was a service of remembrance for her mother and her daughter who were big, strong pillars of the community we were told by the police who conducted their service and people were just living there yesterday around one o'clock. about 300 people leaving the church after paying their respects to the mother and daughter in this happen so that �*s the latest information from houston just a little way down from the station, neater, and we will bring you more, of course, as we have it. . ~ bring you more, of course, as we have it. ., ~ , ., bring you more, of course, as we have it. . ~' , ., , bring you more, of course, as we have it. ., ~ ,, , . have it. thank you very much. matt gravelin: have it. thank you very much. matt graveling here. _

sir keir starmer has told the bbc he does not back 16—year—olds being able to change their legal gender. the labour leader said he had concerns about legislation passed in the scottish parliament last month which simplifies the process for changing gender, including lowering the age to 16. the government in westminster is considering blocking the bill and is expected to announce a decision this week. here's our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. what do we want? trans rights! when do we want them? now! members of the scottish parliament backed controversial legislation last month making it easier for someone to change their legal gender and lowering the age limit from 18 to 16. labour members at holyrood backed the changes, but this morning, the party's uk leader expressed reservations about the bill. i do have concerns about, one, the age of transition reduced now to 16, and we put amendments forward in relation to that, and also the primacy of the equality act. you would not agree you are old enough at the age of 16? no, i don't think you are. you don't agree at 16.

that's clear. the uk government takes the same view. they could decide yet to block the legislation, and ministers are awaiting final legal advice. there are trans people who have suffered discrimination and want their rights respected, but, equally, i've listened very carefully to concerns that many women have had about worries that they've got about risks to their safety. but another senior tory mp accused some colleagues of using the issue as a battering ram. my committee has taken private evidence from individuals, from trans people, and listening to their struggles, listening to the discrimination and abuse they have faced, i absolutely believe we have to make the process simpler and kinder, but i really fear the use of this as some sort of woke culture war to sow division. the leader of the snp,

stephen flynn. - the snp�*s westminster leader has warned westminster leader not to block the gender recognition reform bill. what we have is a right—wing uk conservative government which is seeking to hold back on the democratic powers of the scottish parliament. that's an outrage, the people who should be most outraged about that are the likes of the conservative and labour politicians who voted in favour of the grr, who must realise the fact that this is a uk parliament overstepping massively. who must recognise the fact that this is a uk parliament overstepping massively. the scottish gender legislation had plenty of opponents on its parliamentary journey. the uk government blocking the bill would be a watershed moment in devolution�*s history. they have to make a decision by the middle of this week. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. the transport secretary mark harper says he hopes a deal can be reached this week between rail companies and unions to avoid further strike action. the uk has recently been rocked by industrial action causing mass disruption across the country. the minister added that there was still detail in negotiations that needed hammering out.

here he is speaking on the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg a little earlier. i hope that there'll be a deal. i'm not going to put an artificial timetable on it. i think as soon as you start putting artificial deadlines on things you tend to get end up with a bad deal, but i think both the companies and the rail unions are keen to reach an agreement but we've got to see if they can hammer out the details, but that's for them to do. i facilitated an offer. i've brought the two sides together with the rail minister. he's been having regular meetings to make sure we've got a good process and it's for the two sides now to hammer out a deal to try make sure they can get somewhere where they can agree. meanwhile, more nurses will be asked to strike next month in an intensification of the dispute over pay. that's the warning from the royal college of nursing, which says the next set of strikes

will include all eligible members in england for the first time, unless progress is made in negotiations by the end of the month. the government says pay rises are decided by independent pay review bodies. joining me now to discuss train strikes and give us a update on the nurses strike taking effect over the coming week is the industrial correspondent for pa, alanjones. was he sounding overly optimistic when my father said he thought the deal could be reached this week? he: did say this week wouldn't put any timescale on it. this is a very slow trade, if you like. there were meetings last week, there were meetings about 100 hours of talks last year and we kind of, not much for that job much furtherforward, to be in it. the only positive thing if you'd like to say is that no more strikes of in colleges and the unions have to give two weeks' notice before that as a strike so there is definitely a window but having said that the train drivers union, aslef, was having a meeting amidst its executives tomorrow. i'm pretty sure they're going to turn on the offer they've had and then it will be up

to them to decide if they want to have more strikes are not so this dispute is definitely not over yet and, you know, the transport secretary has facilitated meetings. he's been saying that for a while. yes, there are meetings where there are meetings but there's definitely no breakthrough yet.— no breakthrough yet. looking at health and _ no breakthrough yet. looking at health and the _ no breakthrough yet. looking at health and the nurses _ no breakthrough yet. looking at health and the nurses strike - no breakthrough yet. looking at - health and the nurses strike there's quite a lot of speculation, isn't there, that there is disagreement in government over the need to give nurses higher pay with the pulse of the health secretary is minded to support them in that cold. so, that said, what do you think is going to happen with nurses specifically. the rca has happen with nurses specifically. iie rca has two happen with nurses specifically. "iie rca has two days happen with nurses specifically. i“ie rca has two days of happen with nurses specifically. iie rca has two days of strikes this week and gmb union has a meeting tomorrow and may well cause that i might pull more strikes in the ambulance members. the rca is saying next strike will be bigger than this week's strike and all of that i think shows how frustrated the health unions are and we keep

getting these rumours and that is all about. we must. never anything on the record and rumours the health secretary wanted to give the nurses are one of payment and suggest maybe next year is a pay rise will be brought forward to generate so nurses and other health workers come now is so nothing is ever put on the table so unions going to these meetings and come out feeling more confused than ever, to be honest, so, again, there is no breakthrough on the health dispute and there will be more strikes gold, i think, unless there is a change of tune, if you like from... i mean, probably from the government. most of these disputes now i think i kind of down to the government to move on. when that all the while both sides trying to read the public mood. going have a civil servant in the 1st of february and tomorrow we have a second reading of the legislation we have been talking about recently which will require any union

involved in industrial action to require a minimum level of service. you think pressing ahead with that is going to make life more difficult the government to try to reach any resolution of various unions? there is no question _ resolution of various unions? there is no question that's _ resolution of various unions? there is no question that's what - resolution of various unions? there is no question that's what the - is no question that's what the unions think. they are so angry at this. they say it is unnecessary, unwanted and it is kind of undermining any hopes of getting it deals all these disputes and there is going to big protest tomorrow outside parliament.— outside parliament. labour are sa in: outside parliament. labour are saying they _ outside parliament. labour are saying they will _ outside parliament. labour are saying they will vote _ outside parliament. labour are saying they will vote against i outside parliament. labour are saying they will vote against it | outside parliament. labour are - saying they will vote against it and would repeal the bill if it becomes an act anyway so, yes, this is... a's throwing the biggest span you could imagine i think into the works of all these disputes and the unions are desperately, desperately unhappy about it. : :, are desperately, desperately unhappy about it. : . ., ~ are desperately, desperately unhappy about it. : :, . ~' , : about it. alan, thank you very much. alan jones. — about it. alan, thank you very much. alan jones, industrial _ alan jones, industrial correspondent. arsenal have the chance

to extend their premier league lead to eight points later in the north london derby at spurs. before then though two other games to tell you about — joelinton is playing for newcastle after his arrest for drink driving on thursday. eddie said he has to think about it but know of any of his team—mates. these games ticked off at two o'clock so they the second half. chelsea languishing in tenth place are goalless at crystal palace so no goals in those two games so if newcastle win they will retake their spots in the premier league. meanwhile chelsea's january transfer window spending continues, and during their match agaisnt crystal palace they announced the signing of ukraine forward mykhailo mudryk from shakhtar donetsk. the fee is initially 62 million pounds, and he's at stamford bridge this afternoon where he's agreed an 8 and a half year deal. chelsea beat arsenal to the signing of the 22 year old, who is their fifth new player

in this transfer window. chelsea scored a late equaliser to maintain a three point lead at the top of the wsl holding second—placed arsenal to a 1—all draw. almost 47 thousand tickets were sold for the game between the top two at the emirates. and the home side went ahead after almost an hour thanks to kim little's penalty. it looked as if that would be enough to secure all three points until sam kerr's 89th minute header. manchester united leading by a margin which takes in second place at the moment, 3—0 they lead liverpool are no goals in the first half of those three points in the 3-0 half of those three points in the 3—0 score line will take them into second spot in the wsl. after celtic reached the final of the scottish league cup yesterday, rangers have the chance to join

them this afternoon. they're playing aberdeen in the second semi final. around 15 minutes gone at hampden park. the masters snooker final is well under way at alexandra palace — the 2019 championjudd trump up against mark williams — who is appearing in his first masters final for 20 years. williams made a dream start to the match with a break of 131 to take the opening frame but that was as good as it got in the early exchanges. trump won the next four — including a century of his own in the fourth — to put himself in a commanding position in the best of 19 final. yes, first of ten will win that famous trophy and one of the sports triple crown events.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. 0nly only a few minutes to go after jamaica try tied the series and england that slender advantage in the busy spot website or indeed by the busy spot website or indeed by the red button on iplayer. thousands of people have taken to the streets in israel to protest against government plans to have more power over the justice system. the proposed changes would make it easier for parliament to overturn supreme court rulings. yolande knell reports. the biggest show of opposition yet to israel's most right—wing ever government. tens of thousands crammed into the heart of tel aviv on a soggy night, clutching israeli flags and umbrellas. they fear new laws will

endanger democracy and civil rights. in an unusual move, even the country's topjudge has warned against plans to change the justice system so that politicians can easily overrule the supreme court. the government was elected in a democratic way a situation between government and system ofjustice in israel should be cut this way. more to say here about it's really scary that i think it's going to, kind of, slowly disappear if we don't do anything. many here accuse the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of turning on the courts because he himself remains on trialfor corruption, which he denies. it's just two weeks since israel's veteran leader returned to power with a coalition of ultranationalists and religious allies. they accuse the supreme court of overreach and elitism and say they have a public

mandate for change. translation: two months ago, a massive demonstration - took place in israel. the mother of all demonstrations. millions of people took to the streets to vote in the election. one of the main topics they have voted on was a reform in thejudicial system. israel is deeply divided politically and it's now locked in what its figurehead president calls an historic constitutional crisis which, he says, could tear the nation apart. chanting. with no sign the government will change its mind on its reforms, already more protests are planned. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

let's get more now on that passenger plane crash in central nepal, which has killed almost all those on board. at least 68 people are known to have died, in what is the country's worst air crash in three decades. the yeti airlines flight from kathmandu went down close to the newly opened airport for the tourist town of pokhara. at least 15 foreign nationals were among those on the flight, including one from ireland. i'm nowjoined by bikram pandey kaaji. he is the founder and president of �*nepal aviation' which provides services to all airlines in the country. thank you very much forjoining us and awful to be talking about such a tragic situation. what are your thoughts looking at the images that have been circulated on what might have been circulated on what might have gone so tragically wrong? welcome everybody is confused because this pilot is one of the most experienced and well—respected pilots of nepal and he has, you know, thousands and thousands of records to his merit and the way everybody has tainted a's crash was

just one think about because it was a third flight, as for the news going around here. he went seven o'clock this morning then he went the second time then he was on a third time he was trying to take a big turn from the old airport with a new direction where you had to take a big turnaround. so it must have been the middle of the wind is sometimes a change in wind pattern, sometimes a change in wind pattern, sometimes a change in wind pattern, sometimes a strong westerly wind and sometimes a strong westerly wind and sometimes a strong southerly wind —— pokhara sometimes has a change in wind pattern. maybe turning was not enough or maybe while he was taking a turn, they had a problem and it started to turn down and started to kind of stall and head on the ground so that is what everybody is thinking. so that is what everybody is thinkina. ~ :

so that is what everybody is thinkina. ~ . :, _, thinking. we wait, then, the outcome ofthe thinking. we wait, then, the outcome of the full investigation _ thinking. we wait, then, the outcome of the full investigation to _ of the full investigation to determine the exact cause. conflicting reports, as well, about whether or not there are any survivors. what if you heard? non—because all our friends have been talking to the army with doing the rescue. they found some surviving people but they were not the passengers. just working around they were running for the life and they were running for the life and they also wanted and later on england found that they were just villagers, not the passengers so all passengers are believed to be dead so there they are i think 53 the police and the rest of the people of all foreigners, koreans, russians, argentinians, adding so much australia, french. altogether 73 people including the cruel died and

only survived —— 72 people. been only survived -- 72 people. been reporting. _ only survived -- 72 people. been reporting, airlines _ only survived -- 72 people. been reporting, airlines from - only survived —— 72 people. been reporting, airlines from nepal are banned from european union airspace because of their safety record. what needs to be done with the country's aviation industry to turn that around? what is the fleet of air lines like, for example? aircraft, i should say, like? the, well, the aircraft, the investigators communal, some of the freelance independent investigators are saying that it was, you know, manufactured in 2007, that it was leased out to a wealthy businessman of india who is living in england now and after that he sold it and it went back to thailand to another company in 2013 and then in 2019 the nepalese airline leased this airline into

nepal from 2019 so whatever is leading on and on going on i think in the aircraft industry they are always changing their spare parts and doing different checks and bringing all the engines, everything, you know, up—to—date installation of new engines and new parts, so i think there must have been maintaining everything. up—to—date. 0therwise been maintaining everything. up—to—date. otherwise it would not have flown so regularly. now, secondly, regarding the banning of the nepalese airline they found some auditing in the nepalese airline which was not expected in european law and ever since the nepal airline people are trying to cleave it from european union and somehow it has not happened and the unions of all negotiating closely and everybody�*s expecting and hoped it will soon happen so that nepalese airlines can also fry through and used to do

before. founderand president also fry through and used to do before. founder and president of nepal aviation speaking to was there. now on bbc news, the weather. hello. so far this january, our focus weather—wise has been very much on rainfall. a big change of tack, then, for the week ahead as we are talking about much colder weather — this darker blue shading on the map behind me indicating arctic air sinking right the way across the uk for the week ahead. for all, a colder story, frost and ice to contend with and for some, some snow. snow showers through this evening and overnight for northern scotland, perhaps something a little wintry to come across the peaks and the pennines, and then this area of low pressure here to the south, bumping up against some of the colder air, could bring some snow for first thing monday across the downs

and to the weald of kent. heavy rain overnight for southern and coastal counties of england. not great news with the current flooding situaion. the low out of the way quite quickly on monday morning, leaving a lot of sunshine for much of the uk. a few showers coming in on a northerly breeze to eastern coastal counties. some more snow showers for scotland, even down to lower levels. relatively lighter winds, though, than recent days but a much colder feel — some spots in scotland won't get above freezing. and then monday night into tuesday the same story, another little weather feature that does not even exist yet. at the moment our models have it developing and running through to the south of the uk. tuesday, at the moment, the feature to the south and the channel, nothing to see here but we have had other models taking it further north with some snow across southern counties. you do need to bear with us day on day as we try and place that exact detail of these smaller weather features and where they may bring some snow. same, really, for wednesday — we're confident that low pressure will sit to the east but exactly how close to the east coast, we can't be precisely sure and if it's a little bit closer than it is in this model run,

we may see some wintry showers in the east. at the moment, though, they're sitting across northern scotland with a few coming in on the breeze to western coastal counties. it is a cold day wednesday after a hard frost overnight but there is a lot of sunshine to be found. potentially the risk of some snow getting closer to eastern england through thursday, but by friday, indicators are that fronts will start to try and push back in from the atlantic from the west and our focus will turn once again to rainfall, but also milder air trying to work its way across the uk. as you saw, some elements of uncertainty in our forecast for the week ahead, particularly the specific locations of snow, but i can tell you it will be relatively drier than it has been but cold with frost and ice.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh, and these are the headlines... a plane carrying more than 70 people has crashed in nepal, killing nearly everyone on board. officials say there are some survivors who are now receiving hospital treatment. the aircraft came down while landing at the tourist town of pokhara. rescue workers in the ukrainian city of dnipro search for dozens of survivors of a russian missile attack on an apartment building which killed at least 22 people. most of the country is now under an emergency blackout after missiles hit power infrastructure in several cities. a 7—year—old girl has life threatening injuries after a suspected drive by shooting outside a memorial service in london. police have described it as �*shocking' and �*senseless�*. you're watching bbc news.

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