this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm frankie mccamley. our top stories: the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi, after an independent adviser investigated his tax affairs. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem. more than 50 people, including children, have died in two separate transport accidents in pakistan. scotland's prison service announces an "urgent review" of all transgender cases in its prisons.

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 nadhim zahawi's ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he'd paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he'd 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 that from april 2021, mr 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 its outcome in a penalty. he concluded mr zahawi's 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 mr zahawi that he echoed in an interview last july. so, i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that the national crime agency, 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. and nadhim zahawi has spent a very long time dodging this. and i dojust think it speaks to rishi sunak's character and hisjudgment and his weakness. he's not prepared to do what's right for the country. but michael gove insisted the prime minister had behaved appropriately. as a general rule, i think- it is important when allegations iare raised that they're investigated l promptly, but also we shouldn't rush to judgment before there's been that investigation. i in his reply to the prime minister's letter, nadhim zahawi said he'd been concerned about the conduct of some 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. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. joining me now is anneliese dodds, the labour party chair and the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities.

thank you forjoining us on bbc news. you had written to the prime minister. what are you asking for? he has been sacked? yes. minister. what are you asking for? he has been sacked?— he has been sacked? yes, i have written to — he has been sacked? yes, i have written to the — he has been sacked? yes, i have written to the prime _ he has been sacked? yes, i have written to the prime minister, i written to the prime minister, because there are huge questions for rishi sunak around this affair. first of all the rishi sunak stood up first of all the rishi sunak stood up in parliaments and stated that zahawi had answered all the questions that had been posed. that does not look to of been the case at all. secondly, we need to know what rishi sunak, the prime minister, knew about this negotiation around tax that had not been paid... audio loss chancellor of the exchequer paying a penalty on that unpaid tax, but finally when he to understand why on earth we have the prime minister who seems to be focused on propping up

ministers obnoxious zahawi, who stayed in post for so many weeks after these rumours and allegations, and then evidence, were circulating, but also other ministers who broke the security rules for example in there are serious allegations of bullying levelled against them. our prime minister does not seem to be able to look past the interests of his party in order to govern for his country, so i've written to him, raising all of those matters today. some of those matters have been answered by michael gove, the levelling up secretary. he came on bbc news earlier and he said it was his understanding that the prime minister rishi sunak had no information that led him to believe at the time that nadhim had done anything inappropriate. we at the time that nadhim had done anything inappropriate.— at the time that nadhim had done anything inappropriate. we seem to be losin: anything inappropriate. we seem to be losing yom -- _

audio loss 0k, ok, unfortunately, we are losing you there. anneliese dodds, the labour party chair and shadow secretary of state for women and equalities there. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will arrive injerusalem on monday to discuss attempts to curb the violence in the region, which has seen both israelis and palestinians killed. the israeli security cabinet has approved new measures 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. yolande knell reporting there. in pakistan, at least a0 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. caroline davies reports. still dripping water, carried to the ambulances. this was the fear and panic after a boat capsized on a lake in northwest pakistan. several children aged between seven and ia were killed. local police were some of the first on the scene. translation: when we came here, we heard some noise, _ and then we saw a few heads bobbing in the water. we took the boat out and rescued 12 kids from water, we took a boat out and rescued 12 kids from water, but we think there are still eight to ten boys missing here. the children were visiting from a seminary where they were students. one official told the bbc the children were not wearing life jackets. it was not the only tragedy in pakistan today. in the early hours of this morning,

a coach travelling from quetta to karachi came off the road. officials said that it did hit a pillar before veering off a bridge and into a dry riverbed below. they told reporters that the coach burst into flames on impact. almost everyone on board died. those who survived are in a serious condition in hospital. officials have said that some bodies are unidentifiable because of the severity of their burns. road and water accidents are not rare in pakistan. authorities have said that there will be investigations of what led to two such great losses of life on different sides of the country. caroline davies, bbc news. the iranian defence ministry says it has foiled an "unsuccessful" drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. this footage filmed and posted online by a localjournalist appears to show the explosion at the facility. according to local media,

three drones were involved and only minor damage was caused to the roof of the building. well, to discuss this further, i'm nowjoined by taraneh stone from our persian service. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. just thanks forjoining us. just tell us, what more do we know so far? last niaht, what more do we know so far? last night. around _ what more do we know so far? last night, around 11:30pm, a loud explosion was heard in the central city of isfahan. state media at first said that this explosion happened at an industrial complex that belongs to the defence ministry, and later that night, the defence ministry issued a statement, saying that one of the defence workshops was attacked unsuccessfully by three mini spy drones. the defence ministry said they had downed one of the many

drones and they tracked and exploded two more. they did not point any figures at any countries or any parties, but we know that israeli media and also the wall street journal said that israel was behind this. also, radiant state media and authorities said that no major damage was done. they said that there were no casualties and there was only a minor damage on the roof of the facilities, but the israeli media said that this was a phenomenal and success, and they said it was successful don't make a successful attack for subs and experts also said that two attack —— excess full attack. experts also said the two major defence facilities in the middle of varane, thatis facilities in the middle of varane, that is a success. we are yet to

hear any comments from the authorities about who they are accusing, but the ministry of foreign affairs has said that this was a cowardly attack and has not impacted iran's operations very much. �* �* , , impacted iran's operations very much. �* �*, , ., much. and let's 'ust look at the wider context — much. and let's just look at the wider context to _ much. and let's just look at the wider context to this _ much. and let's just look at the wider context to this as - much. and let's just look at the wider context to this as well. i much. and let's just look at the - wider context to this as well. could this be related to iran's nuclear programme, or could it be linked to iran's supply of weapons to rush in the war in ukraine? irate iran's supply of weapons to rush in the war in ukraine?— the war in ukraine? we don't have enou:h the war in ukraine? we don't have enough evidence _ the war in ukraine? we don't have enough evidence to determine - the war in ukraine? we don't have i enough evidence to determine that, but we know their rising tensions between iran and israel and also iran in general is the centre of attention right now, with every that is going on, with russia, and the protests, so there could be something there, but we cannot verify right now, but we are monitoring it very closely. {iii

monitoring it very closely. of course, and i am sure you will be back with any updates on that story. thank you very much. 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. the uk's housing secretary, michael gove, has accepted that the failure of successive governments to implement safety regulations over many years was partly to blame for the grenfell tower fire. 72 people died in the incident in 2017. new rules could see developers banned from the market, if they fail to fix unsafe buildings. richard galpin reports. the fire in this high—rise apartment block was the worst of its kind in the country in living memory... ..many people trapped inside their homes as the flames spread up and across the 2a—storey tower block, others fleeing the flames before it was too late.

the cause of all this, flammable cladding covering the building. hundreds of other tower blocks across the country also have this dangerous material on their homes. six years later, housing minister michael gove has admitted that faulty and ambiguous government guidance allowed the grenfell tower tragedy to occur, by letting the dangerous cladding be used. now, michael gove has said he'll make an announcement on the issue. tomorrow, i will be publishing a contract which will say to the developers concerned, people who, you know, put up buildings which were unsafe, "look, you now have, as you said you will, have an opportunity to put that right, to make them safe," and it was collective over many years. . . it's a collective failure of government? yeah, totally. and it was a failure to effectively have a system of building regulations. those who have been directly

affected by the fire are expecting action by the government. i really do hope that michael gove forces developers to sign this and this isn'tjust kind of empty words, as we've seen in the past. many building businesses already pay a cladding tax and want the government to do more to address the issue. the housing secretary has clearly said, he told the house of commons select committee last year, that the reason he's going after uk house—builders is because they're domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here, and they're easier to engage with, as he put it then. we would argue, and we have argued for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share and help towards the remediation efforts. richard galpin, bbc news. i'm nowjoined by sophie bichener, who is part of the uk cladding action group and has been

affected by unsafe cladding herself. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. first of all, let's get your reaction to these comments this morning by michael gove. he is saying boating regulations were faulty and ambiguous before the grenfell tower fire.— grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like _ grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like to _ grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like to think _ grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like to think mr— grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like to think mr gove - grenfell tower fire. yes, and we would like to think mr gove for. grenfell tower fire. yes, and we | would like to think mr gove for an mileage and —— —— thank mrgove —— thank mr gove for indulging this. leaseholders have been living in unsafe homes, similar to that of grenfell tower, for those five and a half and during that time they have been paying for increased insurance premiums, fire cordons and all kinds of interim costs, so all we welcome the comments, and we do appreciate the comments, and we do appreciate the government admitting their role in these crisis, we now need to see

the action, to see these homes be made safe and to do it to ensure short lease holders are no lager trapped in these unsafe homes. michael gove did announce an action that was due to take place, is due to take place, on monday. he says he's going to announce this six week deadline for developers to sign this government contract to fix unsafe towers. is that enough? because i know you have been affected by this personally. for know you have been affected by this ersonall . ., . , know you have been affected by this ersonall . ., ., , ., , personally. for many leaseholders, and i think personally. for many leaseholders, and i think it _ personally. for many leaseholders, and i think it is _ personally. for many leaseholders, and i think it is around _ personally. for many leaseholders, and i think it is around 1500 - and i think it is around 1500 buildings, that will have an impact if these developers signed the contract and get on with making those homes safe now, after five and a half years. on the other hand, there are many leaseholders and residents in these dangerous homes where this announcement won't make much of a difference. for me, for example, my developer essentially no longer exists, so there is no one there to be held accountable on that side to make the building safe, and there are many leaseholders who are

in buildings that don't qualify for help and protection. they don't qualify for government support and funding. so there will still be, despite this announcement, people who will still live in unsafe buildings. although it is a huge step forward and it is some that we have welcomed for a long time, we have welcomed for a long time, we have known about the developer contracts, it has been a pledge until now, it sounds like it will be a binding contract about which will be great, but it remains to be seen whether this will be the getting of the end of the building safety crisis. ~ . , ~ ., crisis. what is it like living in a buildinu crisis. what is it like living in a building that is _ crisis. what is it like living in a building that is unsafe? - crisis. what is it like living in a building that is unsafe? for i crisis. what is it like living in a i building that is unsafe? for me, crisis. what is it like living in a - building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a — building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... _ building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i _ building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i have - building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i have lived in l has been a real... i have lived in an unsafe home for three years now. 0k, an unsafe home for three years now. ok, i think we havejust lost an unsafe home for three years now. ok, i think we have just lost sophie there. we do seem to be having a few technical problems this evening.

let's try and return to another guest. let's return to the news that the prime minister has asked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. let's try again to talk to anneliese dodds. we were talking a little earlier on and we did lose you, so let's try and get back to that. we were talking about the letter you have written to the prime minister. you have criticised the prime minister a lot, saying he has got no backbone, he should have sacked him earlier, he should have sacked him earlier, he should've looked into this sooner, but do you agree that there should have been this proper investigation to take place? i think most peeple _ investigation to take place? i think most people looking _ investigation to take place? i think most people looking at _ investigation to take place? i think most people looking at this - investigation to take place? i think most people looking at this from l investigation to take place? i think. most people looking at this from the outside would say a prime minister does not need an investigation if it is clear that one of his ministers has had to actually settle with hmrc, pay penalty to hmrc, and that

this overall amounts to millions of pounds. we do not need investigation into this situation for the prime minister. the prime minister should have at the backbone to act, and i'm afraid this is part of a broader pattern of behaviour of conservative prime ministers, including rishi sunak. rishi sunak that he would be different from that he would have a government based on integrity and professionalism, and yet we have seen so many weeks of vacillation and action not being taken in relation to his party chair, believe also see no action being taken in relation to other senior conservative —— conservative ministers, who have broken security rules, serious allegations of bullying exist of ending all of these cases the prime minister seems to be focused on the internal matters within the conservative party and placating

different wings of his party and not focused on what is in the interest of our country, and that is what is really problematic about this sorry saga. really problematic about this sorry sa . a. �* ., really problematic about this sorry saua. �* ., , ., ., saga. bringing in, on behalf of the prime minister, _ saga. bringing in, on behalf of the prime minister, he _ saga. bringing in, on behalf of the prime minister, he got _ saga. bringing in, on behalf of the prime minister, he got this - saga. bringing in, on behalf of the prime minister, he got this report| prime minister, he got this report on his desk this morning, we understand, in the past 12 hours, and that he instantly made a decision and he sacked his minister. isn't that quick enough? but decision and he sacked his minister. isn't that quick enough?— decision and he sacked his minister. isn't that quick enough? but he knew before, of course, _ isn't that quick enough? but he knew before, of course, that _ isn't that quick enough? but he knew before, of course, that there - isn't that quick enough? but he knew before, of course, that there had - before, of course, that there had been a settlement with hmrc, he knew that there had been a penalty paid that there had been a penalty paid that was something that zahawi himself did not recital from, that information was there, and so it is important that we ask, when did the prime minister know about this? was he aware this was taking place? zahawi was actually chancellor, the

man in control of hmrc can actually conducting a sediment with hmrc. can ou be conducting a sediment with hmrc. can you be 100% sure this won't happen in the labour party? i you be 100% sure this won't happen in the labour party?— in the labour party? i can be, because we — in the labour party? i can be, because we said _ in the labour party? i can be, because we said we _ in the labour party? i can be, because we said we want - in the labour party? i can be, because we said we want to i in the labour party? i can be, i because we said we want to root out the sleaze that we see under multiple conservative governments and we will make sure that we have safeguards under a labour government that will have an independent, integrity and ethics commission, which will make sure we are not marking our own homework, that we actually have an expert scrutinising what labour is doing in government. it is really important for people's faith in politics.— it is really important for people's faith in politics. thank you ever so much. i faith in politics. thank you ever so much- i have _ faith in politics. thank you ever so much. i have to _ faith in politics. thank you ever so much. i have to leave _ faith in politics. thank you ever so much. i have to leave it _ faith in politics. thank you ever so much. i have to leave it there, - much. i have to leave it there, thank you for rejoining us. anneliese dodds speaking to me there. the scottish prison service has announced an "urgent review" of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is completed. the move follows outcry about the case of isla bryson,

a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. she was initially remanded to cornton vale women's prison, before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. 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 suggests, most members of the group have parkinson's, but their experiences

are very different. i don't really have a tremor, so people say, are you sure you have parkinson's? you're not trembling. forjulie and paul, singing has helped reduce the impact of their symptoms, with the vocal and breathing exercises particularly 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's useful in general conversation, day—to—day. it gives you strength to firm up the diaphragm. and you've noticed 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 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 the audience know of our condition, and 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 myself sometimes. busting the myth and having a good time while they do it. you are watching bbc news. hello. a little bit of rain around this evening and it remains very windy in parts of scotland. that will continue through this evening and overnight. how about tomorrow? well, across the majority of the uk, it's actually going to be a pretty decent day. bright or sunny spells, even sunshine, clear blue skies for one or two. so let's have a look at the satellite picture. a conveyor belt of clouds streaming off the atlantic. this jet stream pushing weather systems in our direction. one weather system has already swept through. in fact, not much rain on it at all. this is the weather front, the cold front, that will reach

the south coast by the early hours of monday morning. in its wake, strong north—westerly winds. it remains very blustery there in scotland, with showers at times, but for the bulk of the country, by the end of the night, it's actually clear. the temperatures will range from a chilly 3 degrees in stornoway to 7 degrees around cornwall. so the forecast tomorrow, initially very windy in the north—east of scotland. those winds will ease and then we're left with that fine day. temperatures averaging around about 9 degrees, i think, for most of us. in the north—west, however, it will cloud over in advance of this next weather front which will sweep across the country. and then tuesday actually is going to be a very windy day from northern england northwards. widespread gales expected across scotland too, frequent showers. the showers could be wintry, particularly across the hills as well. so really very blustery in the north. in the south, we're

closer to high pressure. the winds will be lighter. it'll feel much better, more sunshine around. but on those gales. so here's that low pressure coming to the north there and gusts of wind in the north of scotland up to 80 miles an hour possible tuesday night, 60 miles an hour widely across scotland, and that includes glasgow and edinburgh, so take care tuesday evening and night. wednesday, high pressure starts to build in from the south. but actually, in the wake of that nasty area of low pressure, cloud spreads in off the atlantic in this next weather front, so there's likely to be some rain. i think overall, quite a cloudy day for many of us on wednesday, maybe not necessarily in the south or the south—east. let's have a look at the summary for the week, then. and you can see temperatures a little above the average in the south of the country and up to double figures in the north as well. and it's a generally dry week. bye— bye.

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. 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. a bus has crashed into

a ravine in pakistan, killing at least forty of the forty—eight people aboard.