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 sunday's fatal plane crash in nepal raises a raft of questions. 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 meghan in a newspaper column. you're back into my life like a wolf in snake's clothing. crawl back into my bed room... the italian movie icon, gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95.

andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. 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 are 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. 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 bill is passed. this was the moment just before christmas changing 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 gender faster. 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. still to come a bit later in the programme, we'll look at the war in ukraine and what light the defection of a general from the russian mercenary organisation, the wagner group, could shed on the fighting. but first, 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 survivors.

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. reporter: you saw the plane come down fro mthe sky? yes. people living near the gorge, like this man, say they are thankful the plane did not land on their houses close by. translation: | 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 unpredictable weather can be tricky to navigate, 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 chha ntyal, a regular flyer with yeti airlines, was onboard the fateful flight. a folk singer, she was on her way to perform at a festival. reporter: she was your friend? yes. tonight her friends say they are still waiting for her body to be released. translation: she was a very talented artist, _ 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: 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. no names have been made public but the former president, jair bolsonaro, denies instigating the violence. thousands of iranian�*s living in europe have demonstrated outside the eu parliament, demanding that the body list tehran�*s revolutionary guards as a terrorist group. they accuse the guards of playing a key role in supressing anti—government protests that have occurred across iran since the death in custody of mahsa amini in september. a serving metropolitan police officer has been revealed as one of britain's most prolific sex offenders, after he admitted dozens of rapes and sexual offences over a period of almost 20 years. 48—year—old pc david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women, including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised after it emerged he had come

to the attention of police over nine alleged incidents. turning to the war in ukraine now and a former commander with the russian paramilitary wagner group has claimed asylum in norway after deserting from the mercenary organisation. andrey medvedev — who's 26 — crossed the border into norway last friday, where he was detained by border guards. stephanie prenticejoins me now from our newsroom in london. she has been covering the story for us. in the first instance, reminders what the wagner group do? , . . , do? they are an independent paramilitary _ do? they are an independent paramilitary organisation. - do? they are an independent l paramilitary organisation. they are closely tied to the russian state and work alongside them in a number of territories. we

do know, increasingly as a conflict in ukraine has developed, the group has increased its presence there. as many as 10% of the troops on the ground right now could be from the wagner group. the general you mentioned, andrey medvedev was said to be a high commanding general in the group. what he's saying by his lawyers is he witnessing human rights abuses, war crimes and that led him to want to leave the group. he also said he witnessed crimes against members of the group internally and at the internal police force was responsible for executing anyone who did try to defect. he has made it across into norway. the details we do have, if they are correct, he would be one of the first soldiers from the group to defect to the west. something we do know is that the founder of the wagner group has spoken out against this defection and

he disputed event so far and labelled andrey medvedev a highly dangerous individual. thank you for keeping us up—to—date from our london newsroom. the british television presenter and newspaper columnist jeremy 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. the article, published last year, has since been taken offline by the british newspaper, the sun. 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 is 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 and in an interview since, prince harry has suggested

the column proved the couple's point about press bigotry. mr clarkson today writes, he abhors violence against women, he is not sexist. he also says that amazon and itv were incandescent about what he wrote. of course, he is 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 has already commissioned from him, have aired. my sources do dispute the variety story but amazon have said it will not 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: "while a new public apology has been issued today "by mr clarkson, what remains to be addressed

much more detail about this story on our website, including an in—depth look at exactly what mr clarkson said which caused so much offense and the details of what he says was his apology. just log on to bbc.com/news or go via the bbc app if you wanyt to get in touch with me i'm on twitter @bbckarishma i would love to hear from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to the woman who's run a marathon for 150 consecutive days to complete 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 held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want 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.

welcome back to newsday. 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 10th time. to melbourne now, where we can speak to shaimaa khalil. shaimaa, i know you're in your element out there, the sports fan that you are after all, and now andy murray is in the spotlight? andy murray plays his first round game. it's been good

years for fritz, emma raducanu yesterday won her first game, now through to the second round. jack draper faced top seed rafael nadal yesterday and it was a really strong showing but i found that l1 and is through the second round. answerable is played today and hopes she will get her first women's major this year, the season she has had was fantastic last year, making it to the finals in wimbledon and the us open and she hopes for a title, and hopes this is the opening for her here. if there are cheers it's because a young australian player is on the court, kimberley real. a wildcard. disappointment for australian fans, specifically for nick kyrgios fans, due to play today but pulled out yesterday due to a knee injury and that he was devastated to miss his home tournament. i can

imaaine miss his home tournament. i can imagine a — miss his home tournament. i can imagine a lot _ miss his home tournament. i can imagine a lot of _ miss his home tournament. i can imagine a lot of disappointment for nick kyrgios fans but whatever fans of the tournament favourite novak djokovic who is back after a year after being deported for breaching the coronavirus vaccination roles, is all forgiven and forgotten? i don't think all is forgotten. it's hard to forget what happened to him last year. he said those events will stay with him. remember, his visa was revoked, he was detained, they were two court cases and he was deported. the argument for the government back then was the fact that him refusing to receive covid—19 vaccination could contribute to the anti—vax sentiment here and he argued against that. at the time the split opinion here in australia, some people thought he was hard done by only follow the rules and others said they were told to take the vaccine. that was the trade—off for their freedom and that was the trade—off for theirfreedom and he that was the trade—off for their freedom and he was not vaccinated. all of that behind us now. he is looking to move

on and looking for his first game where he faces spain's roberto buy enough. we spoke to fans around here who say they're happy to see him back stop greater see him back. you have to have — stop greater see him back. you have to have the _ stop greater see him back. you have to have the best play. it l have to have the best play. [it itii l ht have to have the best play. it might have been bits of reacting _ might have been bits of reacting at _ might have been bits of reacting at the - might have been bits of reacting at the time. i might have been bits of. reacting at the time. now might have been bits of- reacting at the time. now he is here, _ reacting at the time. now he is here, so— reacting at the time. now he is here, so it _ reacting at the time. now he is here, so it was _ reacting at the time. now he is here, so it was the _ reacting at the time. now he is here, so it was the point - reacting at the time. now he is here, so it was the point of- here, so it was the point of all that? _ here, so it was the point of all that? la _ here, so it was the point of all that?— here, so it was the point of all that?- very - here, so it was the point of i all that?- very happy. all that? is here. very happy. he should _ all that? is here. very happy. he should never _ all that? is here. very happy. he should never have - all that? is here. very happy. he should never have not - all that? is here. very happy. i he should never have not been. really— he should never have not been. really excited. really excited he is — really excited. really excited he is here _ really excited. really excited he is here this _ really excited. really excited he is here this year. - really excited. really excited he is here this year. last- really excited. really excited j he is here this year. last year we were — he is here this year. last year we were kind _ he is here this year. last year we were kind of— he is here this year. last year we were kind of data - he is here this year. last year we were kind of data see - he is here this year. last yearl we were kind of data see what was going _ we were kind of data see what was going to _ we were kind of data see what was going to happen- we were kind of data see what was going to happen before i we were kind of data see what. was going to happen before you hooked — was going to happen before you hooked to — was going to happen before you hooked to gel _ was going to happen before you booked to get so _ was going to happen before you booked to get so excited - was going to happen before you booked to get so excited that. booked to get so excited that he is — booked to get so excited that he is here _ booked to get so excited that he is here and _ booked to get so excited that he is here and we _ booked to get so excited that he is here and we could - booked to get so excited that| he is here and we could come booked to get so excited that i he is here and we could come to see him i— he is here and we could come to see him. ., �* ~' he is here and we could come to see him. ., �* ~ .,, see him. i don't think it was his fault- — see him. i don't think it was his fault. lots _ see him. i don't think it was his fault. lots of— see him. i don't think it was his fault. lots of people - see him. i don't think it was his fault. lots of people in l his fault. lots of people in australia, but what can you do? things— australia, but what can you do? things like _ australia, but what can you do? things like that happen and we io things like that happen and we go on — things like that happen and we go on and _ things like that happen and we go on and hopefully he will win this time — go on and hopefully he will win this time and go novak djokovic!—

this time and go novak d'okovic! , , ., djokovic! the big question, what kind _ djokovic! the big question, what kind of— djokovic! the big question, what kind of reception - djokovic! the big question, what kind of reception willl what kind of reception will novak djokovic receive in the rod laver arena when he steps out the first game? judging very warm reception and huge chairs he received when he appeared on the same court on friday when he was playing an exhibition match with nick kyrgios, he is pretty relaxed and hopefully it will go well for him. they sold out that much in a matter of less than an hour, 58 minutes, when the tickets were available. we expect that this will be a full arena tonight. he is aiming for the 10th title, record extending him at the australian open and the all—important 22nd men's major that now currently rafael nadal holds for the men's majorfor the rafael nadal holds for the men's major for the top seed. exciting times for you and ask because i'm sure we will talk to you again very soon. shaimaa khalil, folks, isn't she fantastic? thanks forjoining fantastic? thanks for joining us! the italian actress

gina lollobrigida has died aged 95. she was one of the biggest film stars in the world in the 1950s and '60s. in later life she forged a successful career as a photographer and sculptor, snapping fidel castro and salvador dali. wendy urqhuart looks back at her life. you came back into my life like a wolf in snake's clothing! gina lollobrigida 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 world war ii, 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 1950s after starring in herfirst 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 dogged 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. the italian actress, gina lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95.— the age of 95. from one inspirational _ the age of 95. from one inspirational woman - the age of 95. from one inspirational woman to i the age of 95. from one - inspirational woman to another. 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 very 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 where 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 to be strong and healthy. i always figured that i would get almost 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 buffer 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's 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 had 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 reached 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. and channa murray bartlett. what a delightful, inspirational young woman. it's been a national holiday across the us to celebrate the life and legacy of the civil rights campaigner, martin luther king. dr king, who would have been 94 on sunday, was assassinated in 1968, five years after his famous "i have a dream" speech. that challenged americans tojudge each other, not by the colour of their skin, but by the content

of their character. words to live by. thanks so much forjoining us. stay with bbc world news. 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 minus three to minus seven 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 minus ten 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 north—west of both england and wales will be prone to seeing further accumulations of snow. modest hills could see another 5—10 cm in places. modest hills could see another 5—10 centimetres 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. it will feel 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 south—west 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 north—east 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 south—westerly 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.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go take a look at what's on the very first show for 2023. a new year has dawned, but is there any change for the deep problems facing the global economy? the war in europe continues to rage, driving up prices, interest rates, food scarcity and hardening divisions between the global economic superpowers. the imf, the international monetary fund, says a third of the world will be driven into recession this year.