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. the british prime minister says he has confidence in nadhim zahawi, after the conservative chairman admitted to what he called a "careless" error with his taxes. turkey condemns the burning of a copy of the quran during a protest in sweden, describing it as a "vile act".

six more classified documents have been found in the us justice 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". mr biden and his wife were not present during the search. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the details. this search took place on friday and it's only recently with that we out of a very exhaustive search of entire property. exhaustive search of entire mnem— property. officials with evermore _ property. officials with evermore than - property. officials with

evermore than 12 - property. officials with i evermore than 12 hours, property. officials with - evermore than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property. —— officials were there for more 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 than 30 years, others date back to his time as vice—president in the obama administration. the nature 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 that he used to use in washington and also it emerged a week or so ago that some documents were found in his garage, also at his private home. as you said, he wasn't there at the time, the first lady wasn't there either, but full access was given, according to the lawyer, to allow them to as expeditiously as possible continue this investigation. they must be 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 classified documents. the differences is there had to be an fbi search of donald trump's residence rather than a sort of opening of the door, as president biden would see it. exactly. that is the key difference, at least according to mr biden, and 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 counsels 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. 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. they came in their tens of thousands and brought central tel aviv to a standstill, accusing israel's coalition of a coup against democracy. i am a student, a law student and once i heard about the reform in the legal system, i was shocked. we, as a student protest, are against it and want to save our democracy. protesters railed against mr netanyahu, back in power with the country's most religious nationalist coalition ever. lawyersjoined in, slamming plans for changes to weaken the power of the courts, with the prime minister himself on trialfor corruption.

0pposition leader yair lapid was there, calling for people to keep fighting until they win. translation: this is a - demonstration for the country. people have come here today to defend the democracy defend its courts and the idea of coexistence with the common good. mr netanyahu dismisses these protests as inflammatory, saying they ignore the will of the voters. he says israelis elected a full right—wing government and voted for security. others here highlighted israel's decades—old occupation of the palestinian territories. they are deeply worried about a government that is committed to what they call exclusive jewish rights to all the land. police are estimating numbers were greater than last week when they said there

were at least 80,000 people protesting. that would make this certainly the biggest anti—government demonstration in israel in recent years. this drumbeat of protesters is putting israel's old divisions back on show. but the liberals and the secular of tel aviv know theirs are the views that have long been moving to the margins in israel. tom bateman, bbc news, tel aviv. we're joined from massachusetts by dr sara hirschhorn, who is an historian and political analyst. welcome to bbc news to you. can you tell us a little bit more about the due usual reforms that they are protesting about? thank you for having me on the programme. israel has been rocked by debate about reform with the judiciary, the rocked by debate about reform with thejudiciary, the israeli high court, which is equivalent to what might be considered a supreme court in the united states which provides a check and balance on the legislature, or the israeli can acid, especially since israel does

not have a formal written constitution and is governed by a set of basic laws. —— knesset. thejudiciary a set of basic laws. —— knesset. the judiciary provides interpretation and will apply on the legitimate lessee of the macron�*s legislation. that on the legitimate lessee of the macron's legislation.— macron's legislation. that is based on — macron's legislation. that is based on precedent? - macron's legislation. that is based on precedent? yes, l macron's legislation. that is - based on precedent? yes, based on those laws. — based on precedent? yes, based on those laws, it _ based on precedent? yes, based on those laws, it considers - on those laws, it considers judicial precedent. find on those laws, it considers judicial precedent. and people are worried — judicial precedent. and people are worried they _ judicial precedent. and people are worried they are _ judicial precedent. and people are worried they are trying - judicial precedent. and people are worried they are trying to l are worried they are trying to make these changes and a lot of the criticism is about in relation to mr netanyahu's court case which is currently still going on, isn't it? tell us where we are with that. sure, mr netanyahu has been on trialfor sure, mr netanyahu has been on trial for quite sure, mr netanyahu has been on trialfor quite some sure, mr netanyahu has been on trial for quite some time, he is facing three charges of corruption and other issues of malfeasance that would make him unfit for government on the grounds of moral turpitude. he has written into coalition all agreements with his partners in this new government that was formed about a month ago to

pass these reforms of the judiciary that he expects will also assist in his court case and perhaps even have his charges dismissed. he is a very vested interest in these reforms, but only out of theory or principle but also direct relation to his political future. ., , ., future. nobody in the coalition has said that's _ future. nobody in the coalition has said that's what _ future. nobody in the coalition has said that's what they - future. nobody in the coalition has said that's what they are l has said that's what they are intending. what have they said? the coalition is certainly intending to pass these reforms. there has been quite a lot of active consultation over the last few weeks to try and put together a package... i meant that it is not their intention to try and influence his court case in any way? he and himself— his court case in any way? he: and himself may be found unfit to govern and forced to take a leave of absence is the attorney general pronounced today because of perceived conflict of interest between netanyahu's court case in the

judicial reform.— judicial reform. and in terms of this judicial _ judicial reform. and in terms of thisjudicial reform, - judicial reform. and in terms of this judicial reform, mr i of this judicial reform, mr netanyahu has said that actually people voted for us, the main demonstration was in the main demonstration was in the election last month, and that's when people got their voices heard.— voices heard. and 'udicial reform was * voices heard. and judicial reform was something i voices heard. and judicial- reform was something people voted on. in this case he may be right, that he was able to assemble a coalition based on voters who impart agreed perceived to agreed with these judicial reforms but the margin between the israeli opposition in the israeli coalition remains a matter of four seats so we could also make the argument that many, if not most israelis oppose these measures, including some of the right—wing under religious voters who did vote for the coalition, beyond a variety of reasons than just the judicial reform package. reasons than just the 'udicial reform packageh reasons than just the 'udicial reform package. thank you for talkin: reform package. thank you for talking to _ reform package. thank you for

talking to others. _ president zelensky and the first lady have been 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 zelenskyy 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. boyan 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. the famous inca citadel of machu picchu in peru has been closed indefinitely, due to fears over the safety of visitors. more than 400 peruvians and foreign tourists — who'd been stranded at the foot of the ancient site due to anti—government protests — have now been evacuated. authorities announced on twitter that rescue teams had been able to repair damage done by protestors to a train link. increasingly violent protests demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte began in the country's capital, lima, in december, leading to the declaration of

a state of emergency last week. 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. the chairman of britain's governing conservative party has issued a statement attempting to clarify his finances after reports that he paid a 7—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. 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 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. 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 the former prime minister to arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800,000 just weeks before borisjohnson selected mr sharp for his currentjob. gabriel pogrund is the whitehall editor of the times newspaper, and one of the authors of this story. he gave my colleague samantha simmonds more details on his investigation. the chairman 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.

in october 2020, applications closed in the following month, the following month, sharpe dined with a friend of his, a man by the name of sam blythe, a foreign citizen in the distant cousin of borisjohnson who was interested in the idea of helping underwrite the then prime minister's lifestyle. johnson had a lot of difficulty relating to divorce payments and childcare costs and sharpe actually volunteered to help, he introduced the idea to assignment case, he actually 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 and they discuss the matter and he brokered the introduction to blythe 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 propriety and ethics team, the internal watchdog for ministerial conduct in whitehall produced a formal letter to johnson expressly stating that he had to stop discussing and soliciting advice from sharpe in respect of his private financial matters. stay with us, we have had reaction in from the former prime minister this evening. 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, the guarantor on his £800,000 loan and sharp, later the bbc chairman, held at checkers, the prime minister's grace and favour residence. the former prime minister has used the word rubbish and insists it was all declared. there are questions for sharp. if they failed to disclose conflicts of interest. so you ask what the reaction is tonight? 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. so 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, that's 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 his activities went no further. 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, but his position is emphatic.

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. let's get some of the day's other news. there's been another day of protests in france against president macron�*s pension reform plans. left—wing party unbowed, and other youth organistations, 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. 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. he named carmel sepuloni as his deputy. 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. earlier our news reporter azadeh moshiri gave me more details on the protest. well, the 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 that turkey is a majority muslim country and so, any insult to the quran, any damage to the quran is deeply offensive, so it's worth reading out what the turkish foreign ministry statement said.

they said: .. it also went on to condemn the, in its view, alarming extent of islamophobia and racism that is, in their opinion, going across europe. and so, in response, sweden tried to distance itself from the protest. it's 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. well, they cancelled the defence minister's visit. what about more generally — how will this impact their relations? well, that visit was extremely important to sweden, and that's because right now, sweden, as well as finland, are trying to — have

announced their intention tojoin nato, they've put in their bid, but the catch there is that turkey is already a member of this western military alliance and therefore can block any other country from joining and yet, this is very important to sweden. ever since russia invaded ukraine, it prompted them tojoin an alliance that they were hesitant to join before and so, they really want to repair this relationship with president erdogan. this certainly damages it. and on top of it, president erdogan has already been calling for concessions from sweden in order to accept their application — things like expelling critics that president erdogan says are in sweden, as as well as kurds that he insists are terrorists. and on top of it, damage had already been done last week when an effigy of president erdogan 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. thousands of people have been gathering in the dutch

of amsterdam to mark national tulip day. it takes place every january and always attracts a big crowd, especially since plenty of free tulips are up for grabs. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. they have, at times, been as valuable as diamonds, rubies and gold. # when it is set ring again i will bring again, # and tulips from amsterdam. for many --eole, tulips from amsterdam. for many peeple. the _ tulips from amsterdam. for many peeple. the tulip _ tulips from amsterdam. for many people, the tulip is _ tulips from amsterdam. for many people, the tulip is far _ tulips from amsterdam. for many people, the tulip is far more - people, the tulip is far more thanjust a people, the tulip is far more than just a flower. at? people, the tulip is far more than just a flower.— than just a flower. # tulips from and — than just a flower. # tulips from and did _ than just a flower. # tulips from and did am. - than just a flower. # tulips from and did am. so, - than just a flower. # tulips from and did am. so, like i than just a flower. # tulips i from and did am. so, like the man said. _ from and did am. so, like the man said, where _ from and did am. so, like the man said, where else - from and did am. so, like the man said, where else will. from and did am. so, like the j man said, where else will you go to celebrate tulip day than amsterdam? the netherlands amsterdam ? the netherlands produces amsterdam? the netherlands produces around 90% of the world's supply and the business is worth billions of dollars. 0h, is worth billions of dollars. oh, and they are pretty, too. it is great. a great place to be. happy people, lovely flowers to perfect. it

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every day is tulip there. # i tulips from amsterdam. tim allman, bbc _ tulips from amsterdam. tim allman, bbc news. - you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. 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 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 there 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 degrees, 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 it's continuing to co—operate. massive demonstrations have been held in israel against plans from the new right—wing government to overhaul the judicial system. there were more than 100,000 protesters in tel aviv. it was the largest demonstration since benjamin netanyahu's return to power last month. turkey has condemned the burning of a copy of the quran during a protest in sweden, describing it as a "vile act". the anti—muslim demonstration was organised by a far—right politician, and took place in front of the turkish embassy.