welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a constitutional showdown in the uk, as british prime minister rishi sunak says he'll block the gender recognition bill passed by the scottish parliament. no survivors, but many questions after sunday's fatal plane crash in nepal. the pilot allegedly didn't report any problems on the approach. jeremy clarkson sends the duke and duchess of sussex a written apology over comments he made about mehan in a newspaper column. —— meghan. and the italian movie icon, gina lolobridgia, has died at the age of 95. the australian open is under way in melbourne.

andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who's run 150 consecutive marathons — and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk — where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a "full—frontal attack"

on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here's our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament's authority. we're seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the uk and with a rule book. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don't contradict with laws for the whole of the uk. if they do, they can be stopped, but that is a power that has never been used before. never, that is, until tonight. in a statement, the secretary of state for scotland, alisterjack, said...

and the gender recognition reform (scotland) bill is passed. this was the moment just before christmas when the scottish parliament strongly endorsed changing the law — a moment of triumph for some, disappointment for others. this was legislation long in the making, prompting celebrations, resignations, rows, rebellions. so what did it hope to achieve? it would have made the process of legally changing genderfaster. younger people would also have been able to apply — the age limit dropping from 18 to 16 — and it would have been easier because the requirement for medical reports to back up an application would have been dropped. the plan was days away from becoming law. that isn't going to happen —

for now, at least. speaking before tonight's announcement, the first minister's view was clear. i think it will be using trans people, already one of the most vulnerable, stigmatised groups in our society, as a political weapon, and i think that will be unconscionable and indefensible and really quite disgraceful. labour say the uk and scottish governments need to get round the table and find a solution to this. but it looks like it will be the courts that soon beckon now. chris mason, bbc news, in edinburgh. for more on this story, log on to the bbc news website. you'll find more background on the scottish plans for gender reform and why senior politicians in london are concerned about them. and there's more analysis from our scotland political editor glenn clampbell — just go to bbc.com/news.

to the search and rescue operation in nepal now — and teams there say they have recovered two more bodies from sunday's plane crash, near the city of pokhara. there were 72 people on board the passenger plane from the capital kathmandu, and two people are still unaccounted for. rescue workers say it's unlikely that there are any sui’vivoi’s. it's still not clear what caused the crash. an official at pokhara airport says the pilot did not report anything untoward, as he came in to land. the aircraft's flight and cockpit recorders have now been located, and may provide some clues as to what happened. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidynathan reports from the scene. scattered across the river bank. fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broken toy, the remnants of a national tragedy.

you saw the plane come down? yes. people living near the gorge like this month say they are thankful the plane did not land on their houses close by. translation: i looked at the sky and saw - the plane was slowing down, it was shaking and to me it looked like one of the propellers was not working. now hundreds of police officers are continuing their work here. they have given up hope on finding any survivors, but now, as they pick through the wreckage, they are trying to find clues to work out how this tragedy happened. today, rescue teams recovered the flight�*s recorder, which they hope will shed more light on what happened. nepal has a history of fatal air tragedies. the mountain terrain and weather can be tricky but now, as they pick through the wreckage,

the mountain terrain and weather can be tricky to navigate, but poor investment and weak regulation have also been blamed for past accidents. this footage appears to show the flight�*s last moments. it came down just before landing at pokhara airport. officials told the bbc the pilot asked to change runways on approach. after he was given the clear, the plane crashed. 21—year—old nira chhantyal, a regularflyer with yeti airlines, was onboard the fateful flight. a folk singer, she was on her way to perform at a festival. she was your friend? yes. tonight, herfriends say they are still waiting for her body to be released. translation: she was a very talented artist, l and used to sing folk songs. i have no words to describe the loss. as armed police guard the hospital, families wait outside. it has been a painful few days for nepal. this country still wants closure. rajini vaidyanathan,

bbc news, pokhara. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a russian paramilitary has crossed the border into norway illegally, after fleeing the wagner independent militia group. a lawyer for andrey medvedev — a former commander — said he fled after witnessing war crimes in ukraine. his escape is believed to be the first known instance of one of the group's soldiers defecting to the west. the attorney general�*s office in brazil has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in coup activities, related to the storming of the senate building. the indictment says they were among a core group of conspirators who tried to abolish the democratic order. the former president, jair bolsonaro, denies instigating the violence. the italian prime minister says the capture of italy's most

wanted mafia boss is a major blow to organised crime. he was arrested in sicily. the new spark celebrations on the streets of the sicilian capital, palermo. that's the news spark. thousands of iranians have demonstrated outside the eu parliament demanding the body lists, or list the iranian national guard as a terrorist group. since the death in custody of mahsa amini in september. the british television presenter and newspaper columnistjeremy clarkson says he has written to the duke and duchess of sussex to apologise over a newspaper column in which he said he "hated" meghan. our culture and media editor katie razzall told us more about what he said and the repercussions.

if you remember, there was outrage because he said he wanted to see her paraded naked through the streets, and that he wanted excrement thrown at her. more than 25,000 people complained to the press regulator, it's investigating. so today, we had a much more fulsome apology — six pages on instagram, in which he reveals that on christmas day, he reached out to the duke and duchess to say sorry. far from accepting the apology, i mean, in interviews since, prince harry has suggested the column had proved the couple's point about press bigotry. mr clarkson today writes he abhors violence against women, he's not sexist. he also says that amazon and itv were incandescent about what he wrote. of course, he's a popular tv presenter and there is a report in variety today that amazon, the streamer, plans to part company with mr clarkson next year once the shows — clarkson�*s farm, the grand tour that it's already a commission from him — have aired. now my sources do dispute the variety story, but amazon said it won't comment. the duke and duchess of sussex have issued a statement aboutjeremy clarkson�*s apology — and it seems they may not have fully forgiven him.

it says... and it continues... you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to the woman who's run 150 consecutive marathons, and just completed an epic run across australia. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill, in washington. it's going to be

only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him - the butcher of lyon. klaus altmann is being heldj on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines...

a constitutional showdown in the uk, as british prime minister rishi sunak says he'll block the gender recognition bill passed by the scottish parliament. no survivors but sunday's fatal plane crash in nepal raises a raft of questions. the pilot allegedly didn't report any problems on the approach. the italian actress gina lolobrigida has died aged 95. she was one of the biggest film stars in the world in the 19505 and �*60s. in later life, she forged a successful career as a photographer and sculptor, snapping fidel castro and salvador dali. wendy urquhart looks back at her life. you came back into my life like a wolf in snake's clothing! gina lolobrigida oozed sex appeal. the camera absolutely loved her, and she was often described as the most beautiful woman in the world.

she grew up in the mountain village of subiaco — some a0 miles from rome — with her three sisters, her dad, giovanni, who was a furniture maker, and her mother, giuseppina. when the family moved to rome after the second world war, gina took singing and acting lessons, and was soon staring in italian films. she married milko skofic in 19119, but when she was spotted by hollywood talent scouts, howard hughes took a shine to her and whisked her off to america. he suggested that she divorce milko before she signed a studio contract, and when he got wind of that, he told her to sign or go home — so she went back to italy. gina became a household name in the 19505 after starring in her first english—language film, beat the devil, opposite humphrey bogart. a raft of great hollywood roles followed, including trapeze, the hunchback of notre dame... i am less afraid of you now.

..solomon and sheba, and women of straw. she courted controversy when she made a documentary about fidel castro in 1975, and rumours of an affair between the two docked the actress for years. when she finally bid farewell to the silver screen, she turned her talents to photography and sculpture, and exhibitions of her work were held in paris, moscow, and the us. in 2013, she auctioned off her jewellery collection and donated the entire $2.9 million to stem cell therapy. to some sporting news now, and it's the second day of the australian open grand slam in melbourne. tuesday sees novak djokovic make his return to melbourne park after being deported last year because of covid vaccination rules. he's bidding to take

the crown for a record—extending tenth time. also in action is britain's andy murray and tunisia's ons jabeur. to melbourne now, where we can speak to shaimaa khalil. shejoins me on the programme, always great to have you on the show. just to say, it does feel like you were covering the world cup for us in doha a very short while ago, i know how much you love sports. another big day for you, and another one for britain's andy murray. maybe i should play some tennis, so i don't embarrass myself. a big day, second day here at melbourne park, the uk's andy murray is facing matteo berrettini. ons jabeur is really hoping this would be a good opening for her 2023 season with her first women's major. she got really close with the finals to the us open

and wimbledon last year, that made headlines. she is really hoping she'll go home with the title, starting with the australian open. she's playing belgian�*s contestant now, young australian kimberly burnell is playing right behind me. speaking of aussie players, disappointment here in melbourne, nick kyrgios and specifically because he pulled out of the tournament yesterday because of knee injuries. he says he's devastated to pull of what he described as his home tournament.— tournament. lots of tennis as he talked _ tournament. lots of tennis as he talked about, _ tournament. lots of tennis as he talked about, but - tournament. lots of tennis as he talked about, but also - tournament. lots of tennis as i he talked about, but also some controversy, it's fair to say? the fact that novak djokovic is back, is all forgiven and forgotten? i back, is all forgiven and forgotten?— back, is all forgiven and foruotten? ., �* ~ �*, forgotten? i don't think it's forgotten. _ forgotten? i don't think it's forgotten, he _ forgotten? i don't think it's forgotten, he was - forgotten? i don't think it's forgotten, he was actually | forgotten, he was actually asked when he returned it to australia — he's been here for

three weeks, he's run the adelaide international, a warm—up tournament, and he was asked how he felt about being backin asked how he felt about being back in australia. novak djokovic says the events of last year, the court cases and deportation are very difficult to forget, he says events like that stay with you. but he says the fact that he's back here shows how much he loves being here. the australian open is a tournament he's dominated, he's won here nine times. while he split opinion in australia last year, this year we've spoken to any tennis fans and they say they're happy to see him back. great to see him back. you gotta let the best players play. it might've been a bit —i overreacted at the time. now he's here, so what was the point of all that, you know? - he's here. very happy, he should never have — not been...? yeah, i reckon too, yeah. yeah, really excited. yeah, really, really excited that he's here this year. i last year we were kind -

of waiting to see what was going to happen before - we booked tickets or anything, so really excited that he's| here and we can come out to see him. i don't think it was his fault, like a lot of other people in australia. but what can you do? que sera sera — things like that to happen and, you know, we go on. and hopefully, nollie will win this time, and go novak djokovic! all eyes will be on the arena in a few hours where djokovic will face spain's contestant. judging by the warm contestant to make a reception he's received in the warm up —— warm reception he's received in the warm up, he's also hoping for that tenth title and a record equalising 22nd grand slam, a record that now roughly on the doll holds. fix, record that now roughly on the doll holde— doll holds. a difficult to make a busy day — doll holds. a difficult to make a busy day for _ doll holds. a difficult to make a busy day for you, _ doll holds. a difficult to make a busy day for you, and -

doll holds. a difficult to make | a busy day for you, and please play tennis sometime, i think a match is in orderfor the two of us. always wonderful to have you on the programme. you know what they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away — but what about a marathon a day? well, i'm not sure i can say i'd do that, but someone in australia has done just that — and for 150 days straight, no less. 32—year old marathon runner erchana murray—bartlett has finally finished her 6,300 kilometre journey on foot — from the northern tip of australia, to the country's southern edge. her effort sets a new world record for the most consecutive daily marathons by a woman. earlier, i asked erchana why she decided to run this marathon. i was inspired to run this because here in australia, we unfortunately have a biodiversity loss crisis, so we are world leaders in biodiversity loss. our deforestation rate's up there with the amazon, and unfortunately we have almost 2,000 native species, plants and animals, that are in danger, on the endangered list.

i grew up running through these places, i grew up running through parks and mountains, and i thought it would be a really good idea back then to counteract a good world record with a bad world record, and that's how tip to toe was born. that is a great way to address something that, as you say, is worrying so many people. but it also involves a lot of discipline and dedication. just talk us through how you prepare for something like this. i have a background in running — i was a road marathon runner prior to tip to toe, so i had a lot of endurance in the legs. where i had to change it up was be strong and healthy. i always figured i would get fit as i was running, so instead, rather than getting too fit and wearing myself out before i started, i actually put on a little bit of muscle weight, i went to the gym and focused on getting strong, rather than fit. i knew the fitness would come as i ran, and that's what i did.

and i got through it yesterday, so it must�*ve worked! it was hard to bounce ideas off other runners, there's not many people that have done what i did, and it's all very much trial—and—error since the start. we're just looking at some of the scenes you may well have passed by when you were running. what goes through your mind when you're out on one of those extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been some very tough days, there's been days that are so hot and you're all on your own, and you can't see the finish line, you think, "why am i doing this?" and during those moments, i think to my "why" — and my why is raising money for my partner charity, the wilderness society, raising awareness about the extinction crisis, and my own personal accomplishment of breaking the guinness world record. so i have a lot of big reasons to keep on running, and ijust kept thinking back to that feeling of finally crossing the finish line and how good it would feel, and it definitely got me up. another big thing i did

was reach out to a lot of people in australia and said, "hey, i'm running through your town, please come run with me and keep me company" — and i had up to 30—50 runners in some instances running with me, so i'm grateful for the support. that's wonderful to hear, the fact that people were out and giving you the best support that they can. you certainly deserve it — but in those moments where, as you talk about, you went through some tough days and i can imagine lots of points where you thought, "you know what, i'lljust give up." what keeps you going, what keeps the drive and dedication, and commitment going? for me personally, it was not wanting to fail. it was very much, "i know i can do this." i would ask myself, "is now the reason you want to stop? is this your moment to pull out?" even though sometimes you're covered in sweat and flies, and everything — i thought, "no, i can go one more k or 500 more metres,"

and if you string together little tiny goals, almost break them down into step by steps, you can make it. at the end of every marathon, i would always say, "look, no matter how hard it was, you got through it," and i'd take that mentality through the next day. and i wouldn't say it wasn't hard, but i had so much resilience from tip to toe that it makes me a stronger person going into the future. absolutely, as you put it, just making it day today and telling yourself that "i did it today, so i can do it tomorrow" — and i have to ask, how are you celebrating and what will you do next? we celebrated last night at the botanical gardens, in melbourne. i had a large amount of friends and family from all over the world coming in, a lot of community here. i had one wine, that was enough for me. today i'm here at the australian open, i might watch some tennis and support some other athletes! so that's my goal today, and then, have a big break

and think about what's next. i haven't had a chance to think yet, and that's ok. what a wonderful and delightful person, we wish her the very best luck with whatever she decides to do next, i'm sure it'll be wonderful. you've been watching news day. a reminder of our top story for you at this hour — the uk government has decided to block a controversial bill designed it to make it easierfor people in scotland to change their legal gender. uk ministers say the draught law would conflict with the westminster equality law legislation. scotland first minister, nicola sturgeon, called the bill... it's likely to mean going to the court of session in edinburgh to challenge the uk government in the latest constitutional clash between the conservatives and the snp. lots more on the bbc website as always, but for now

thanks so much for watching, do stay on bbc news, the latest global headlines and analysis. hello again. i'm sure you'd agree, it's been a very bitter start to the new working week, but there have been some stunning sunny skies with some snowy scenes around, as well — that was overlooking skiddaw, in cumbria earlier on monday. but the other story we've been covering hasn't gone away either — we still have lots of flood warnings in force, the majority across stretches of the severn, the river avon, and for groundwater flooding in the south. and, although we'll continue to see snow showers across northern and western areas over the next few hours, leading to icy conditions, actually with water still seeping from fields after our recent very wet spell of weather and a widespread sharp frost, temperatures —3—7 widely. well, you can imagine the roads are going to turn very icy heading into tuesday morning, so could be quite dangerous actually underfoot and under—tyre first thing

in the morning. and, with temperatures down as low as —10 in scotland, freezing cold start further snow showers piling in through the day across northwestern areas. so really, its northern and western areas of scotland across northern ireland, the northwest of both england and wales will be prone to seeing further accumulations of snow. modest hills could see another 5—10 cm in places. and after that cold, frosty, icy start to the day, even in the sunshine — which many of us will have a lot of — well, temperatures will struggle to get much above freezing, feeling pretty bitter. more of that to come on wednesday, as well. another cold, frosty, icy start to the day. could see rather more in the way of showers just clipping the east coast of england, and some heavier showers work across northern ireland into parts of wales and southwest england — probably hear more of a mixture, a bit of rain, a bit of sleet, a bit of hill snow mixed in, and temperatures just climbing to about seven in cardiff and plymouth — so signs that temperatures are very slowly starting to tick upwards. by thursday, after a frosty and cold start again, showers will probably become

more restricted to the northeast of scotland. otherwise, a lot of dry and sunny weather. but after, again, a freezing cold start to the day, temperatures climb this time to reach highs of maybe eight towards plymouth. otherwise, about 3—6 pretty widely. if you really don't like the cold weather, well, you'll have to wait till the weekend before we get something a lot milder, as southwesterly winds return across the country. with that, there'll be a lot more in the way of cloud heading into the weekend with a bit of rain around, as well. but eventually, temperatures widely will be back into double figures.