welcome to bbc news, i'm lucy grey. our top stories: investigators seize more classified documents from president biden�*s home in the us state of delaware. thousands of israelis take to the streets against benjamin netanyahu's right wing coalition in what could be the biggest anti—government protests in a decade. hello and welcome to bbc news. six more classified documents have been found in the usjustice department's search of president biden�*s home in wilmington, delaware. biden�*s attorney bob bauer said in a statement that the president offered access "to his home to allow

the doj to conduct a search of the entire premises for potential vice—presidential records and potential classified material". neither mr biden nor his wife were present during the search peter bowes is our north america correspondent. in what can you tell us? this search to base on friday, news of it is onlyjust emerged. according to mr biden�*s low, access was given to this provide —— private residence for the department ofjustice to carry out what sounds like a very exhaustive search of the entire stop officials with evermore than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property, looking through documents and they did find six that were marked as classified. we understand some of those

documents date back to mr biden�*s time as senator. he represented delaware for more others date vice president in the obama administration. days of the documents we don't know, just like we don't know the nature of the documents that were discovered previously at a private office used to use in washington and also it emerged a week or so ago some documents were found in his garage. also his private home. as you said, he wasn't there at the time, the first lady wasn't there either full access was given. according to the lawyer, to allow them to as expeditiously as possible continue this investigation.— as possible continue this investigation. they must be keen to try _ investigation. they must be keen to try and _ investigation. they must be keen to try and draw- investigation. they must be keen to try and draw a - investigation. they must be keen to try and draw a line | keen to try and draw a line under this. the republicans must be enjoying it. it's been going on for a while now. the comparisons are drawn, aren't they, between president biden

and donald trump's find of classical document —— classified documents. the differences they had to be an fbi search of donald trump's residence rather than an opening of the door, as president biden would see it. exactly. that is the key difference, at least according to mr biden, under those close to mr biden, under those close to him, he is fully cooperating with this investigation. the allegation was there was resistance from donald trump and his team. that is a criminal investigation that donald trump is facing, special councils have been appointed in both cases so there is an investigation into these documents that are related to mr biden�*s time in office as vice president and as we know, much earlier when he was a senator. much earlier when he was a senator-— much earlier when he was a senator. ., ~ , ., , . protests in israel against plans by the new right—wing government to overhaul the judicial system — have gone on into the night. there were more than 100,000 protesters

in tel aviv and thousands more took to the streets in other cities. it's the largest demonstration since benjamin netanyahu's return to power last month. from tel aviv — tom bateman reports. these protesters say they believe there is a coup going on to try to dismantle israel's system of government by mr netanyahu, by this coalition, it is the most radically nationalist right—wing and religious government in israel's history. it has brought all these people out onto the streets of tel aviv tonight. i was just chatting to one woman who was here with her baby son, who said she was so concerned about the direction of the country that she was considering leaving it, and that she didn't want her son to serve in the army. for something like that, for israelis, that is a profound point. and reason they are allowed here is that coalition being into its third week. they've talked about their

believe that benjamin netanyahu wants to water down the independence of the courts. they see that as an attack on israeli democracy. mr netanyahu himself has been dismissive throughout these protests, they say they are effectively denying the will of the people and said there was much bigger demonstration, that was the election took place in november and led to the formation of his coalition. bullies are estimating numbers that were greater than last week when they said there were at least 80,000 80,000 people protesting. that would make this certainly the biggest anti—government demonstration in israel recent years. tom bateman reporting from tel aviv. you are watching bbc news. the chairman of britain's governing conservative party but has issued a statement attempting to clarify his finances after reports that he paid a seven—figure sum to end a dispute with tax officials. the dispute was over shares

in the survey company, yougov, which nadhim zahawi set up more than twenty years ago. britain's labour party has called on mr zahawi to resign over the matter. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. do you have anything you want to say, mr zahawi? nadhim zahawi was out and about this morning, although not to talk to the press. instead, it was a cabinet colleague who defended him to the cameras, against claims he tried to avoid tax. i don't know about nadhim's personal tax affairs, i wouldn't know them, they are personal and private to him. but he has been very clear that he has paid all his tax due in the uk, that his tax accounts are up—to—date and he has engaged with hmrc. so that is the position and i think he has been very transparent about this. if he needs to answer any further questions, i'm sure he'll do so. last year, mr zahawi was, for a few months, borisjohnson�*s chancellor,

in charge of the country's finances. asked in the summer about his financial affairs, he dismissed claims that hmrc was investigating him as inaccurate smears. now mr zahawi has confirmed that he did pay money to settle a disagreement with hmrc. he said it related to shares in the polling company, yougov, which he set up in 2000. he said his dad had given him money to do it and got some shares in return as a founder. in a statement issued this afternoon, mr zahawi said that hmrc had disagreed about the exact allocation, and that he had chosen to settle the matter and pay what they said was due. he said hmrc had concluded that this was a careless and not deliberate error. there are some things which are still not clear. how much was paid, for example. a source close to mr zahawi suggested that there hadn't been any sort of negotiation or discussion, that he had simply paid what hmrc told him to. but it also appears that that happened while he was the chancellor of the exchequer, and in charge of the country's finances. labour says there are still things he needs to explain. and, earlier, the shadow chancellor was scathing. when the prime minister came into office he said he would run a government

that would have honesty, integrity and professionalism at its heart. none of those three things are happening today. mr zahawi said the matter was resolved and all his tax affairs were up—to—date when prime minister rishi sunak appointed him as the party chairman. he has now given some explanation. the question will be, if it's enough. staying in the uk. the former prime minister, borisjohnson has been reported to the parliamentary standards watchdog by the labour party. it follows allegations reported in the sunday times newspaper that the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, helped mrjohnson to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 just weeks before the former prime minister selected him for his currentjob.

gabriel pogrund is the whitehall editor of the sunday times newspaper, and one of the authors of this story. he gave my colleague samantha simmonds more details on his investigation. richard sharp, the chirman of the bbc was, unbeknownst to the public, involved in behind—the—scenes talks about borisjohnson finances at the same time that he had a live application for the role he was to go on to receive government support for. so in october 2020, applications closed in the following month, sharp dined with a friend of his, a man by the name of sam blyth who is a foreign citizen, distant cousin of borisjohnson who was interested in the idea of helping underwrite the then prime minister's lifestyle. johnson had all sorts of difficulty relating to divorce payments and childcare costs and sharp actually volunteered to help, he introduced the idea to simon case, he actually went to see simon case, the cabinet secretary the nation's top official in downing street,

they discussed the matter and he brokered the introduction to blyth and briefed the prime minister and it was in november, it was in november 2020 or early december the meeting occurred and the cabinet office and team, the internal watchdog for ministerial conduct and probity in whitehall, produced a formal letter to johnson expressly stating that they had to stop discussing and soliciting advice from sharp in respect of his private financial matters. stay with us, we have had reaction in from the former i'll read it out:

that's the response from the former prime minister and what is the political reaction to your story? briefly the dinner you referred to there, that was a meal featuring johnson and sam blyth, guarantor on his £800,000 loan and sharp, minister's grace and favour residence.

and insists it was all declared. it is inevitably focusing on the former prime minister. lucy powell, the shadow culture secretary, the party was referred to the parliamentary watchdog and she tweeted a few moments ago the revelations undermined public confidence in the bbc and its reputation for neutrality and impartiality. sp there are kind of obvious questions, not only for the political establishment, the civil service, the prime minister, also the chairman and again, for the sake of fairness, which i am sure you will in due course read this out anyway, but sharp's position, he has acknowledged he introduced johnson's guarantor, the man who underwrote his 6—figure financialfacility, sam blyth, sam blyth, he introduced him to simon case, he said that on the record but as for the application process, he says there were no

interest to declare and said activities went no further. respect. so his position is straightforward in that respect. he says there was no conflict of interest. i suppose a question is the act of introducing blyth to the nation's top official not in and of itself, at least, a potential perceived conflict, a bbc spokesman said: "the bbc plays no role in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government." the cabinet office has been contacted but has not commented to the bbc. this is bbc news. the headlines — investigators have seized more classified documents from presidentjoe biden�*s home in the us state of delaware. more than 100,000 people in israel have held protests against what they say are the anti—democratic policies of benjamin netanyahu's new government. president zelensky yand

the first lady have been taking part in a memorial in kyiv for interior minister denys monastyrsky and 13 other people killed following a helicopter crash. the accident happened earlier this week in a suburb of kyiv, and set a kindergarten on fire. president zelensky says he'll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine after a meeting of allied nations in germany on friday ended without an agreement to provide them. protests have taken place in berlin to demand the approval of german—made tanks to be sent to kyiv. bojan pancevski is germany correspondent at the wall streetjournal. he described the negative reaction in the country following this decision. there is something about the tank that seems to be bothering mr scholz personally. his people will say that president biden of the united states has also not sent tanks. we have to remember that, at the moment, i think britain is the only country that has officially announced that it will be sending 14 main battle tanks, the challenger 2.

so, essentially, scholz is saying, "i'm only "going to do this if president biden goes along with it" and that is a difficult position to explain because prior to that, he has been saying, "we'll go "along with whatever nato decides, with whatever our "european allies decide" and now, it's kind of a — it's difficult to explain to people why a tank should be an escalation, where a much bigger weapon that has been there for months and months. boyan panchevski from the wall streetjournal. let's get some of the day's other news. the famous inca citadel of machu picchu in peru has been closed indefinitely, due to fears over the safety of visitors. more than 400 tourists, who'd been stranded there for several days due to anti—government protests, have now been evacuated by authorities. violent protests have continued in the capital, lima, and around the country, where thousands of demonstrators demanded the resignation of president dina boluarte. there's been another day of protests in france against president macron�*s

pension reform plans. left—wing party unbowed and other youth organisations have been marching in paris. on friday, the country saw nationwide strikes, affecting travel, finance, education and other sectors. 0rganisers say they are opposed to raising the state pension age from 62 to 64. president macron says it's the best way to ensure the system remains affordable. new zealand's labour party has confimed chris hipkins as its new leader, paving the way for him to replace jacinda ardern as prime minister. the current minister for education and policing emerged as the sole nomination after ardern�*s surprise resignation on thursday. turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the quran during a protest in sweden, describing it as a "vile act". in the build—up to the protest, ankara cancelled a planned visit by the swedish defence minister. the anti—muslim demonstration in stockholm was organised by a far—right politician and took place in front of the turkish embassy. 0ur reporter

azadeh moshiri joins us now. tell me a bit more about this protest then.— protest then. protest by the far ri . ht protest then. protest by the far right politician _ protest then. protest by the far right politician in - protest then. protest by the | far right politician in sweden was known to the swedish government, it was known to turkey as well, turkey was very well aware it was an anti— muslim protest and so, they appealed several times to sweden, asking them to not grant the permissions for this protest to go ahead and yet, the swedish government did. and so, even before the protest took place and even before the quran was actually burned, turkey called off an important diplomatic visit by sweden's defence minister to ankara. now, it's important to remember turkey is a majority muslim country and so any insults of the quran orany country and so any insults of the quran or any damage to the quran is deeply offensive so it's worth reading out what the turkish prime minister said.

it also went on to condemn the, in its view, alarming extent of islamophobia and racism that is in its opinion going across europe. and so in response, sweden tried to distance itself from the protest. it is worth also reading out their response by their foreign minister, who said: they did also say that the event was appalling. all of this complicates what is already a very complicated relationship between the two countries. relationship between the two countries-_ countries. the council, the defence — countries. the council, the defence minister's - countries. the council, the defence minister's visit, i countries. the council, the i defence minister's visit, what about more generally, how will this impact the relationship? —— they've counselled. i this impact the relationship? -- they've counselled. i have cancelled- — -- they've counselled. i have cancelled. sweden _ -- they've counselled. i have cancelled. sweden as - -- they've counselled. i have cancelled. sweden as well i -- they've counselled. i have cancelled. sweden as well asj cancelled. sweden as well as finland are trying to have come have announced their intention tojoin nato, they have put in their bid but the catch there is that turkey is already a

member of this western military alliance and though therefore can block any other country from joining and yet, this is very important to sweden, ever since russia invaded ukraine, it prompted them to join an alliance that they were hesitant to join before and so they really want to repair this relationship with president over one and this certainly damages it and on top of it president over one has already been calling for concessions from sweden in order to accept their application —— erdogan. things like expelling critics that the president said iraq in sweden as well as kurds who he insists are terrorist are not, but damage had already been done last week when an effigy of the president was hanged in sweden and so given that this is such an important relationship to sweden right now, they have a long way to go to repair it. now, they have a long way to go to repair it— to repair it. thanks very much, as a missionary. _ —— azadeh moshiri. campaigners have staged a protest on dartmoor national park, in the south—west of england, after the high court ruled that people aren't

allowed to camp there without the permission of landowners. claire marshall reports. this is a battle bus rolling into the village square. we're here today to summon up a spirit, to defend dartmoor and its wild camping rights. the organisers of this rally, the right to roam, say they are at war for the right to sleep under the stars. and let's go and summon up the spirit of dartmoor! cheering and applause. one of the main reasons i'm here today is because i work with ten tors and students, bringing them up to the moors, teaching them how to wild camp, how to leave no trace and hike and do their business responsibly, and i'm really concerned about the future that this may have on them and their competitions. all chant. they marched towards the southern slopes of the moor. 4,000 acres of it is owned by a hedge fund manager, alexander darwall. his legal action saw the high court rule there is no intrinsic right to wild camp on the moor — something that's been done for decades.

i cut my football match to come here. did you? more important! it's more important than a football match? yeah! a lot of people here today spoken to me about power and about how it's tipped away from the ability of people to camp out here on the moor in favour of the few people who own this land. but there is a darker side — the damage that can be done by people camping out. cans, foil, condoms, syringes sometimes. all those things... russell ashford owns buckfastleigh common. he was born here. at the end of the day, it is a fantastic, big, open wild space, but it is a wild space and we surely don't want to visit it so much that it's damaged through that. a deal has been done — land owners will be paid and people can wild camp. the area is smaller, though, and the right can be revoked at any time. what everyone has in common

is the desire for humans to leave no trace and to preserve the dwindling wild spaces of england. claire marshall, bbc news on dartmoor. tens of millions of people are on the move in china for new year celebrations. it's the first spring festival since the lifting of covid restrictions. michael bristow reports. there's excitement, and relief, as china begins celebrating its first lunar new year since the lifting of covid restrictions. not surprisingly, there are more travellers than last year. there are expected to be 2 billion individualjourneys in china over the whole holiday — although that's still fewer than before the outbreak began. for some, it's a first get—together since the start of the pandemic. translation: i'm very happy to see my son and his family. | this is ourfirst reunion in three years. but covid is casting

a shadow over the new year. many are still cautious about travelling. people fear they could be taking disease home with them. translation: although we've opened up, i still have - concerns. everyone needs to take measures to protect themselves. and for parents and the elderly who haven't got covid yet, we still need to be careful for them. in a new year address, china's leader xi jinping promised glories and dreams in the upcoming year of the rabbit. in perhaps a veiled reference to china's current covid crisis, he said this passing year's achievements have not come easy. chinese officials are trying to convince the public that the worst is over, but there are fears that such a huge movement of people across china over the lunar new year could fuel further covid infections, and deaths. michael bristow, bbc news. tennis, and andy murray is out of the australian open after losing in four sets to spain's roberto bautista agut.

after murray's thrilling second—round victory on thursday which lasted nearly six hours, he said he'd given this game everything he had. joe lynskey was watching. cheering and applause. he spent 14 hours on court in three extraordinary matches but for andy murray, the bravest stand has come to an end. roberto bautista agut was one opponent too far. the spaniard breezed through the first set and won it 6—1. the frustration was familiar. murray lost to him here four years ago — the last match before his metal hip — yet, still he goes on. commentator: got it! and the melbourne night brings the best from him. his second—round match went past 4am. now, here, he had a breakthrough. cheering and applause. one set all, but it had come at a cost — murray was tiring, bautista agut was brutal. he found the gaps on the way

to the third set and although murray threatened, this match had slipped away. fourth set brought match point. that will do it! i gave everything that i had to this event. you never know when the end is gonna be but, you know, i would like to go out playing tennis like this, you know, where i'm competing with the best players in the world in the biggest events and doing myselfjustice. bautista agut goes on but for murray this time, no tears. with metal hip and iron resolve, this week has proved at grand slams, he'll be back. joe lynskey, bbc news. just time for one more story. the former us astronaut and the second person to walk on the moon buzz aldrin has got married for the fourth time, coinciding with his 93rd birthday. pictures from the private los angeles ceremony were shared by buzz aldrin on social media. the former pilot said that he and his new wife, 63—year—old dr anca faur, were as "excited as eloping teenagers". let's hope the honeymoon

is out of this world. that's all from me. hello. we have seen some cloudier, milder conditions moving in from the north—west but many of us further south and east have still got clear skies overhead and some frost and some fog. nearer the ground, this is the picture in the sowerby bridge a little bit earlier on. now, we're going to see a real mix through the course of sunday. still sticking with the cloudier, milder theme in the north and west with some rain around but further south and east, cold, frosty with some lingering fog, too. and that contrast�*s down to the fact that we've still got this cold air mass with us across central and southern areas. but this weather front in the north and the west is bringing milder conditions and some fairly patchy rain through the course of the day, too. so, for the rest of the overnight period, there's that rain then pushing in across the west of scotland, northern ireland. fog forming through the early hours across many central, eastern and southern parts

of england in particular, so to start off our sunday morning, we're going to see temperatures down to about —6, possibly —7 degrees towards the south and east, but frost—free in the north—west. so, through the day on sunday, then, there's that early fog in the east, slowly clearing away. some rain for parts of western scotland and through some of these irish sea coasts, pushing into pembrokeshire, perhaps cornwall, for instance, as well. some sunshine develops once that fog slowly lifts away from southern and eastern england but it will feel cold — just two or three degrees in the east, even colder if you see the fog lingering, but perhaps double figures for the likes of belfast, for instance. some clearer skies for a time across the north of scotland. as we move through sunday night now into monday, more of the same — cold and frosty towards the south and east with temperatures down below freezing but frost—free with milder weather holding on across scotland and northern ireland. so, we've got this area of high pressure which is really building across much of the uk as we move through into monday. just weather fronts in the far north there. so, i think it could be some rain in the far north of scotland and northern isles,

for instance, and the odd splash around some of these irish sea coats. some sunshine again developing for the bulk of england and wales after that fog gradually clears away. so, top temperatures again around 3—5, on the chilly side, but there'll be some sunshine towards the south and east. milder but cloudier in the north and the west. and then, as we head through the middle of the week, still high pressure around, perhaps just a weak front just making its way south and introducing a few splashes of rain. but in the outlook, generally, a lot of dry weather. it will be turning milder through the week ahead but also rather cloudy at times, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news — the headlines: us investigators have found six more classified documents at the home of president biden. his lawyer says the search of the property in delaware took around 13 hours and some handwritten notes were also seized. the white house says its continuing to co—operate. massive demonstrations have been held in israel against plans of the new right—wing government to overhaul the judicial system. there were more than 100,000 protesters in tel aviv alone. it was the largest demonstration since benjamin netanyahu's return to power last month. the bbc has been told that the british prime minister is "satisfied" with nadhim zahawi's account of his tax affairs. the conservative party chairman has said the uk tax agency

accepted an error with his taxes was "careless"