welcome to bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he'll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout.

the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zahawi should have understood that he was under investigation by hmrc. he went on to say that nadhim zahawi failed to disclose relevant information, in this case the nature of the investigation and it outcome of a penalty. he concluded that his admissions amounted to a serious failure to meet the high standards set out in the ministerial code. in a one—page letter, the prime minister sealed nadhim zahawi's fate. he said it was clear there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code and that he was sacked from the government. the ethics adviser was also critical of what he labelled an untrue statement from nadhim zahawi, that he echoed in an interview last july. i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that hmrc are looking into me. i'm not aware of this.

the opposition say rishi sunak should have acted faster. this is very serious. nadhim zahawi has spent a long time dodging this. and i dojust think it speaks to rishi sunak�*s character and his judgment and his weakness. he isn't prepared to do what is right for the country. michael gove insisted the prime minister behaved appropriately. as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they are investigated promptly but also we shouldn't rush tojudgment before there has been that investigation. in his reply to the prime minister's letter, nadhim zahawi said he had been concerned about the conduct of the press towards him. he added that it was the privilege of his life to serve in government. mr zahawi's life story is an incredible one. this will be a devastating chapter to look back on. in pakistan, at least 41 people have died after a bus plunged off a bridge. the accident happened in the south—west of the country.

officials said the vehicle hit a bridge pillar before losing control and bursting into flames. separately, at least ten children have died in a boat accident in the north—west of pakistan. the boat capsized on tanda dam lake in kohat district. saad sohailfrom our urdu service details the circumstances that led to both accidents. the bus was travelling from quetta to karachi and just 120 miles away from karachi, this accident took place. the bus crashed into a pillar, after which it fell into a ravine and it caught fire so the authorities are confirming that most of the bodies, because of the charring, cannot be identified. 41 people are supposedly killed and most of them have been moved to karachi. the deputy commissioner from lasbela has confirmed he is citing overspeeding for the particular incident.

so a heavy loss, but as you also mention, ten children amongst the casualties and for now the survivors, there was a woman and child that have been rescued. and the woman narrating the incident talks about how the bus, she could hear a loud bang when the bus fell into the ravine and after that she was just taken to the hospital. the other incident in the north west is about 25 children travelling from a religious seminary for a day trip to tanda dam where the boat capsized. most of the children were aged from 12 to 20, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will arrive in jerusalem tomorrow to discuss attempts to curb the violence in the region, which has seen both israelis and palestinians killed. overnight, the israeli security cabinet approved measures aimed at preventing further incidents — after friday's shootings outside a synagogue

which killed seven people. yolande knell reports from outside the home of the palestinian gunman responsible. israeli forces have told us to keep back, but we're just along the street from the family home of the palestinian who carried out friday's deadly attack. his parents, his siblings have been able to take out some of their things, but soon they're expecting their apartment to be demolished as a punishment. now israel's security cabinet has announced other measures it says it wants to take against the families of palestinian attackers, possibly even deporting them. it's also said it's going to make it easier for israeli civilians to get gun licenses. and there has been a promise to speed up settlement expansion in the occupied west bank. that's on land that palestinians want for their hoped—for future state. the palestinian government has accused the israeli government and its policies of being behind what they say is a dangerous escalation.

on thursday, israel carried out its most deadly raid in the occupied west bank in many years and killed ten palestinians there. this is all going on setting the scene as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is due to arrive on a pre—planned visit and he's going to meet israeli and palestinian leaders at this tense time. you're watching bbc news let's get more on our main story. who was dismissed as conservative party chairman earlier today by rishi sunak following an investigation into his tax affairs. let's speak to sonia sodha who is the chief leader writer of the observer. thanks forjoining us. what is your view of how nadhim zahawi ended up losing hisjob. iii view of how nadhim zahawi ended up

losing his job-— losing his “ob. if you look at he details a losing his job. if you look at he details a number _ losing his job. if you look at he details a number of _ losing his job. if you look at he details a number of occasion i losing his job. if you look at he | details a number of occasion on which nadhim zahawi broke the ministerial code and i think there are about seven according to newspaper reports, so it's extraordinary that he had an opportunity after opportunity to declare a conflict of interest and at times he was chancellor of the exchequer while at hmrc was running an investigation into him and he chose not to be transparent about his affairs and the question is, dependent investigation into him as soon as he got the details of that and decided he had to be sacked. but the question for rishi sunak is why he did not act sooner and there were a number of troubling details about his tax affairs that have been in the public domain for days and it's

completely unsustainable that he would continue in post so i think it makes rishi sunak look weak, the fact he kept him in post while the investigation was ongoing and essentially the investigation was confirming what had already been reported. confirming what had already been re orted. , ,., ., confirming what had already been reorted. , ,., ., , reported. there is something to be said for a belt _ reported. there is something to be said for a belt and _ reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay _ reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay -- - reported. there is something to be said for a belt and bay -- braces i said for a belt and bay —— braces approach where you let your ethics adviser do thejob approach where you let your ethics adviser do the job he's approach where you let your ethics adviser do thejob he's been appointed to do. i adviser do the job he's been appointed to do.— adviser do the job he's been a- ointed to do. ~' . , appointed to do. i think the ethics adviser should _ appointed to do. i think the ethics adviser should have _ appointed to do. i think the ethics adviser should have looked - appointed to do. i think the ethics adviser should have looked at - appointed to do. i think the ethics| adviser should have looked at what happened and come up with his view, which is his conduct constituted a breach of the ministerial code but the question is, should he have been imposed while the investigation is going on. many places of work with something this serious you would be suspended from yourjob while investigation was ongoing and i think we knew enough for it to be

clear that something wrong had gone on so there are two questions here. should there be an investigation by the ethics adviser, absolutely but should nadhim zahawi have been sacked or resign before this morning, i think the answer has to be yes. morning, i think the answer has to be es. , ., , ., morning, i think the answer has to be es. , ., ., ., be yes. i understand you sat on a anel be yes. i understand you sat on a panel with _ be yes. i understand you sat on a panel with nadhim _ be yes. i understand you sat on a panel with nadhim zahawi - be yes. i understand you sat on a| panel with nadhim zahawi looking be yes. i understand you sat on a . panel with nadhim zahawi looking at how business can influence social mobility. what were the impressions you got of him? did mobility. what were the impressions you got of him?— you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did i do that? _ you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did | do that? l — you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did | do that? l am _ you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did i do that? i am told _ you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did i do that? i am told you - you got of him? did i? i'm not sure. did i do that? i am told you did, - did i do that? i am told you did, but if you _ did i do that? i am told you did, but if you say — did i do that? i am told you did, but if you say you _ did i do that? i am told you did, but if you say you didn't, - did i do that? i am told you did, but if you say you didn't, i - did i do that? i am told you did, but if you say you didn't, i trust| but if you say you didn't, i trust you rather than the briefing notes, which is terribly embarrassing. ida. which is terribly embarrassing. no, no, no, which is terribly embarrassing. no, no. no. unless— which is terribly embarrassing. iifr, no, no, unless there's something weird i've completely forgotten about. i weird i've completely forgotten about. ., , weird i've completely forgotten about. . , about. i am sure your recollection is accurate _ about. i am sure your recollection is accurate and _ about. i am sure your recollection is accurate and i _ about. i am sure your recollection is accurate and i apologise. - about. i am sure your recollection is accurate and i apologise. no i is accurate and i apologise. no comments _ is accurate and i apologise. iitv comments absolute divine. is accurate and i apologise. no l comments absolute divine. what is accurate and i apologise. no - comments absolute divine. what a shame you — comments absolute divine. what a shame you didn't. _ comments absolute divine. what a shame you didn't. how _ comments absolute divine. what a shame you didn't. how much - comments absolute divine. what a shame you didn't. how much of. comments absolute divine. what a shame you didn't. how much of a l shame you didn't. how much of a warning shot is this across the boughs of other mps who might be

tempted not to come forward with everything that is, in theory, the ministerial code demands? sets an examle, ministerial code demands? sets an example. clear _ ministerial code demands? sets an example, clear example _ ministerial code demands? sets an example, clear example but - ministerial code demands? sets an example, clear example but mp i ministerial code demands? sets an - example, clear example but mp should not need an example. the rest of us are expected to file accurate tax reports and expected to pay tax to be a one—time and through our payslips or self employed on an annual basis, so the idea that somebody who was so senior in government was trying to get away with it i think makes voters angry and there's a sense of hypocrisy in the same thing we saw at party gate where there is the idea that we have one rory are expected to live by but sometimes ministers and government don't think the rules apply to themselves and i think that is what is so damaging. and this is the second ministerial resignation rishi sunak has suffered and the first was

gavin williamson and and there was a lot of speculation about dominic rob being investigated for bullying and we now know the number of complaints is investigated for number into the 20s, so a big number, so depending on what that investigation finds there is the chance he might have to go in the next few weeks as well. and i think the question for rishi sunak is, a lot of this stuff, maybe he did not know about nadhim zahawi, but gavin williamson and dominic rob, a lot of these claims have been in the public domain for quite a long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ , ., long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~' , ., , long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ , ., , . long time but he still appointed to cabinet. ., ~ ,, , . ., cabinet. thank you very much for “oininu cabinet. thank you very much for joining us- _ earlier i spoke to kirsty blackman from the scottish national party about what she made about mr za hawi's resgination. it shouldn't have taken this long for rishi sunak to sack nadhim zahawi. i don't understand how he needed to be weight to be told by an

ethics adviser that mid in charge of hmrc while negotiating with hmrc is a clear conflict of interest and the line we have seen from the ethics adviser makes absolutely clear that nadhim zahawi was not honest in his public statements that he made about this. ,, , public statements that he made about this. . , , ., public statements that he made about this. ,, , i. ., public statements that he made about this. ,, , ., ., ., this. surely if you have an ethics adviser and _ this. surely if you have an ethics adviser and you _ this. surely if you have an ethics adviser and you are _ this. surely if you have an ethics adviser and you are going - this. surely if you have an ethics adviser and you are going to - this. surely if you have an ethics| adviser and you are going to have this. surely if you have an ethics i adviser and you are going to have it properly looked at so it is a watertight decision, the prime minister was right to wait for him to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew— to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew like _ to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew like the _ to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew like the rest _ to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew like the rest of- to come to his conclusion? the prime minister knew like the rest of us - minister knew like the rest of us knew that nadhim zahawi was negotiating with hmrc and came up with a settlement, and i'm laughing, because it is so much money. it's such a significant amount of money. my such a significant amount of money. my constituents are sitting at home unable to heat their houses and nadhim zahawi is paying millions of pounds in penalties or unpaid taxes and it seems like another planet. i

don't think anything the ethics adviser could have said could possibly have changed the need for this decision. the investigation could have taken place after nadhim zahawi was sacked. but could have taken place after nadhim zahawi was sacked.— zahawi was sacked. but that does seem somewhat _ zahawi was sacked. but that does seem somewhat back— zahawi was sacked. but that does seem somewhat back to - zahawi was sacked. but that does seem somewhat back to front. i zahawi was sacked. but that does seem somewhat back to front. al zahawi was sacked. but that does i seem somewhat back to front. a lot of people watching this at home who are not steeped in politics might think, well, because if there's going to be an investigation wait for it to play out and it was done pretty quickly in the end and of course the prime minister acted faster this morning as soon as he got the report. it also shows, doesn't it, that this advisory post actually has some teeth. the ethics adviser has — actually has some teeth. the ethics adviser has been _ actually has some teeth. the ethics adviser has been clear _ actually has some teeth. the ethics adviser has been clear about - actually has some teeth. the ethics adviser has been clear about the i adviser has been clear about the number of breaches of the ministerial code that there were and rishi sunak on the rest of us knew that there were breaches of the ministerial code in one of the questions that the prior minister has to answer is, how much did he know in advance of this last couple of weeks. how much did he know when he appointed nadhim zahawi to the cabinet and he appointed nadhim zahawi to the cabinetand chair of

he appointed nadhim zahawi to the cabinet and chair of the conservative party. i think we need an investigation or transparency over what was declared then and why wasn't it or was it declared then and why did rishi sunak take the decision to put nadhim zahawi in cabinet anyway. decision to put nadhim zahawi in cabinet anyway-— decision to put nadhim zahawi in cabinet anyway. michael gove has been talking _ cabinet anyway. michael gove has been talking about _ cabinet anyway. michael gove has been talking about this _ cabinet anyway. michael gove has been talking about this and - cabinet anyway. michael gove has been talking about this and said i been talking about this and said there is no information brought to there is no information brought to the attention of the prime minister that would have led him to believe at the time it was inappropriate to have nadhim zahawi on his team. why do you think this, there may be something we don't yet know. you are askin: us something we don't yet know. you are asking us to — something we don't yet know. you are asking us to believe _ something we don't yet know. you are asking us to believe what _ something we don't yet know. you are asking us to believe what michael- asking us to believe what michael gove is telling us and asking us to believe what this conservative government is telling us. we have seen lie after lie and sleaze after sleaze from successive conservative governments. i sleaze from successive conservative governments-— governments. i don't think we can assume michael _ governments. i don't think we can assume michael gove _ governments. i don't think we can assume michael gove is _ governments. i don't think we can assume michael gove is lying. - governments. i don't think we can l assume michael gove is lying. that is a strong thing to have said. he said this on national television this morning, talking to laura kuenssberg on bbc one, and if there is going to be information coming forward, he would be foolish,

surely, to stick his neck out in that way. we have to wait and see, haven't we? brute that way. we have to wait and see, haven't we?— haven't we? we also can't assume he's telling _ haven't we? we also can't assume he's telling the _ haven't we? we also can't assume he's telling the truth. _ haven't we? we also can't assume he's telling the truth. exactly - haven't we? we also can't assumej he's telling the truth. exactly what i am saying is, we need to have this investigated i need to see, in full, what rishi sunak new at that point and what had been declared at that point and what the staff and private secretaries for example were aware of and were passing on to the prime minister before he made the decision to put nadeem zahavi in the role. i don't think we can assume that anyone is definitely telling the truth in this circumstance and till we see an investigation. police in memphis have disbanded a special crime unit involved in the death of 29—year—old tyre nichols. protests took place in the city last night, after a video released on friday showed nichols being beaten and kicked by five officers who are also black. he died three days later. police say the decision to abolish the so—called �*scorpion' special unit "is in the best interest of all.

a 16—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenage girl after she was stabbed to death in northumberland. holly newton, who was 15, was found injured in hexham on friday evening. the boy will appear before magistrates in newcastle—upon—tyne tomorrow. let's speak to our correspondent peter harris in hexham. people continuing to pay tribute, peter. , , ., people continuing to pay tribute, peter. , , . , . peter. yes, they have, ever since this incident _ peter. yes, they have, ever since this incident happened _ peter. yes, they have, ever since this incident happened on - peter. yes, they have, ever since this incident happened on friday. peter. yes, they have, ever since i this incident happened on friday and the tributes to holly have been led today by her school, and let me read out what the school have said about her. they said she was truly lovely student who was quiet, conscientious and kind. they say their priority now is to ring the school community together to grieve and in the morning those children will return to school and clearly an extremely distressing situation for children so young and we've also had words today from northumbria police about

holly who said she was a girl with so much to look forward to in life. she was from a place about 20 minutes drive from here. and we know what happened to holly as it was on friday afternoon, friday at the spot, she suffered a stab wound as did a 16 boy and the boy remains in a stable condition in hospital and his condition is not life—threatening. we've also been told that another 16—year—old boy has been arrested has been charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon and he will appear before the magistrates�* court in newcastle tomorrow. thank you, peter harris in hexham. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, we�*ll we�* ll start we�*ll start with a fourth round on the early kick—off being an all premier league clash between brighton and liverpool and its currently i—i

brighton and liverpool and its currently 1—1 with a couple of minutes to go in the match but elsewhere the dream cup run for stephen it looks to be stalling as they start their second half against stoke. they are 1—0 down, who knocked out aston villa and they fell behind in the third minute thanks to that jacob brown goal. stoke of the championship enjoying the better of the possession and the chances on goal. it�*s the women�*s fa cup ltth round too. manchester city and chelsea both sealed their spots in the next round. as did tottenham, who beat london city — the championship leaders — 5—0. no problems in the end for the wsl side, despite their poor league form coming into the game. beth england and mana iwabuchi among the goals. you can find out the rest of the day�*s results on the bbc sport website. novak djokovic has equalled rafael nadal�*s record of 22 grand slam titles after a stunning straight sets victory over stefanos tsitsipas at the australian open. djokovic described it as the biggest win of his life. our correspondent andy swiss reports

well... fascinating through that sit down. for fans watching outside, forfans watching outside, while for fans watching outside, while the third set went to a tie—break, novak djokovic held his nerve and clinched the title. it djokovic held his nerve and clinched the title. , �* djokovic held his nerve and clinched the title. , ~ a the title. it is ten. and 22. a victory that _ the title. it is ten. and 22. a victory that moves _ the title. it is ten. and 22. a victory that moves in - the title. it is ten. and 22. a i victory that moves in alongside rafael nadal in grand slam victories and as he celebrated with his team, the emotions overflowed. lastly, remember, he was deported before the tournament but now he has sealed his status as one of tennis�*s ultimate

talents. what a win for novak djokovic. england�*s cricketers are trying to level their one—day series against south africa today and the match is delicately poised in bloemfontein. having been put into bat, england were struggling with three early wickets — but harry brook led the fightback with 80. captainjos buttler finished unbeaten on 94 as england set south africa 315 to win. and the home side were in control until a short while ago. captain temba bavuma scored a century, until getting himself out. and england struck again shortly after with the wicket of rassie van der dussen. britain�*s zoe atkin won her first x games gold medal in ski superpipe in aspen. us—born atkin clinched victory in colorado, from canada�*s rachael karker with herfinal run, while svea irving of the us won bronze. atkin had placed in the top five on her three previous x games appearances but never

made the podium. a bit of drama in the fa cup. it looks like they are checking a potential brighton goal in stoppage time, so we wait and see whether this one goes in. if it does happen it will be 2—1 in favour of brighton and it looks like they will continue in that vein with a couple of minutes left and win 2—1. they are just checking a var for offside. don�*t know how long you want to hang on for. it could be a minute or two. well strung out and i�*m glad that you addressed it to me because you know how fascinated i am by these things. it is confirmed it is a goal. 2—i things. it is confirmed it is a goal. 2—1 in favour brighton in stoppage time so it looks like they are knocking liverpool out. that�*s how you do it. you hang on. and break the news. patience is a virtue. it�*s a pleasure working with you. really is.

the chief executive of the welsh rugby union has resigned, after a bbc investigation revealed a series of claims about a sexist and toxic culture in the organisation. he�*ll be replaced by the performance director, nigel walker, who warned that welsh rugby was facing an existential crisis. earlier i spoke to our correspondent wyre davies. big problems in welsh rugby for a long time and those problems covered many areas but this particular row refers to a bbc wales programme a week ago which heard disturbing allegations of sexism, sexist behaviour and a toxic culture in the welsh rugby union. we heard testimony on the programme of women who not only had they been subject to the sexist behaviour but felt the structures of the welsh rugby union was such that it was almost impossible for them to air their grievances and they felt it wasn�*t a safe place for them to work. two women we spoke to said they had been driven to the verge of suicide by their experiences and we�*ve also

heard from a very senior female executive, or we heard her thoughts, a woman who had been sunday times business person of the year and was damning about a review into the welsh rugby union women�*s games, so all of this was very difficult for rugby union in wales when it is meant to be promoting women�*s rugby and the response was that no changes would take place but there was such objections from fans and clubs and ultimately from the welsh professional teams all calling for change that, in the end, the change had to happen. around 145,000 people live with parkinson�*s disease in the uk — and it�*s the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. for some people, the symptoms of the disease can be partly managed through singing — by helping to improve motorfunction, speech and quality of voice.

yetunde yusuf has been to meet a choir in sussex to find out more. singing. in perfect harmony, united by their love of singing. this is a choir making a real impact, and as the name suggest, most members of the group have parkinson�*s, but their experiences are very different. i don't really have a tremor so people don�*t really have a tremor so people say, are you sure you have parkinson�*s? you are not trembling. forjulie and paul, singing has helped reduce the impact of their symptoms with the vocal and breathing exercises particularly beneficial. ., ,, �*, beneficial. people with parkinson's often aet beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very _ beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft _ beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft voiced - beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft voiced so - beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft voiced so we i beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft voiced so we do exercises that work on the diaphragm and enable us to push out the sounds that we make. that�*s really the main thing, so it is useful in general

conversation in day—to—day, giving you strength to firm up the diaphragm. you strength to firm up the diaphragm-— you strength to firm up the dia-ahram. �* ,, ., . diaphragm. and you notice the difference? — oh, yeah. i mean, i always walk out better after the class than i do at the beginning. in charge of musical direction is jane metcalf, who helped start the group 12 years ago. a former opera singer herself, she knows how to get the best from each voice. when you've had to develop your voice as an opera singer, you learn how to use certain muscles and certain ways of singing and projection that you might not necessarily do if you were just everyday singing. so you learn all of the things that i do teach in the group, some of my exercises. they're always weird. the parkinsongsters perform two or three concerts a year, raising money for parkinson�*s uk, and since the pandemic, their profile has grown and they�*ve welcomed in new members. you don�*t have to do anything

if you feel like if you don�*t want to do a concert, you don�*t have to. if you�*ve got new people come and they�*re a bit wary, oh, a concert, but then once they come they realise it�*s such good fun and, and the audience know of our condition. so they take that into consideration, you know. raising awareness is important to the group. and if there�*s one thing they want us to take away, it�*s not the end of the world when you�*ve got parkinson�*s and you can live a normal life. as you are. as i am. and i amaze m self as you are. as i am. and i amaze myself sometimes. _ as you are. as i am. and i amaze myself sometimes. busting - as you are. as i am. and i amaze myself sometimes. busting the l as you are. as i am. and i amaze - myself sometimes. busting the myth and havin: myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a — myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a good — myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a good time _ myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a good time while - myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a good time while they i myself sometimes. busting the mythj and having a good time while they do it. now on bbc news the weather with tomasz hello. it�*s been fairly quiet on the weather front for most of us this sunday, but in northern scotland, outbreaks of rain, strong winds and a weather and sweeping it. rain expected in northern ireland and north—western

england, so evening rain on the way. here is the conveyor belt of cloud on the satellite picture which has been pushed by quite a strong jet stream and embedded in this area of cloud, this conveyor belt of cloud our area of low pressure that whistled through, so gale force winds in the north west and here is the weather front that sweeps further south but by the time it reaches the south coast there won�*t be much rain on it and behind the weather front, it is clear skies and by early on monday morning, not particularly cold and that should cover it across most of the uk. tomorrow starts off blustery in northern and north—east scotland but eventually the winds die down and for most of us it�*s a pretty decent day on monday with bright if not sunny weather and especially eastern, central and southern areas but in the north west it clouds over late on monday in advance of the next

area of low pressure. this one will whistle to the north of scotland but it will bring some strong winds on tuesday. it�*s actually tuesday, a really windy day across scotland, frequent showers, wintry over the hills and it will be blustery further south across northern ireland and northern england are not windy in the south but the galeswill strengthen as we go through the course of tuesday evening and through the early hours of wednesday and northern scotland could have 80 mph and widely across scotland around 60 or so, so a really blustery tuesday evening on the way. on wednesday the nasty area of low pressure moves into the north sea but in its wake an area of cloud and outbreaks of rain move in, so for many of us wednesday is often cloudy, and the central swathe of the uk should be dry and bright on wednesday, especially further south—east and also in the south of the country. let�*s have a look at the outlook as we head into the end of the week, not much changes, temperatures typically around double figures across most of the uk and on friday, high pressure in charge, so fairly quiet weather.

goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. mr sunak said in a letter to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code. a bus has crashed into a ravine in pakistan, killing at least a0 of the 48 people on board. in a separate incident, at least ten children died in a boat accident in tanda dam lake in the north—west of the country. israel�*s security cabinet has approved new measures in response to the killing of seven israelis in a synagogue in eastjerusalem. they include depriving residency and other rights of an attacker�*s family members. in tennis, novak djokovic wins a record—extending tenth australian open, beating greece�*s stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets. djokovic also sets a record—equalling 22nd