this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm frankie mccamley. the headlines: the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadeem zahawi, after an independent adviser investigated his tax affairs. nadhim zahawi has spent a very long time dodging this. and i dojust think it speaks to rishi sunak�*s character and his judgment. i think it is important when allegations are raised that they're investigated promptly. but also we shouldn't rush to judgment before there's been that investigation. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem. a large explosion has struck a military factory in central iran.

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 chris mason. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000—word letter to the prime minister, the government's ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi.

sir laurie magnus says... minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn't he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they're investigated promptly. but also we shouldn't rush to judgment before there's been that investigation. the prime minister's ethics adviser highlights seven occasions when nadhim zahawi breached the ministerial code, albeit some for the same mistake — a failure to declare the tax authority were investigating him when he was covid vaccine minister, making the same error when he became education secretary for england in september 2021 and repeating it a third time when he became chancellor injuly last year,

a failure to declare he'd paid a penalty to revenue and customs in september last year, a failure to tell the then prime minister, liz truss, about this when she appointed him to government and a failure to tell rishi sunak when he took the topjob. plus, there was this lastjuly, which sir laurie says was untrue. 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. but there was an investigation by the tax authority. mr zahawi has maintained he didn't think it amounted to an investigation. the opposition party say all this reflects badly on the prime minister. 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.

it shouldn't have taken. this long for rishi sunak to sack nadhim zahawi. i don't understand how he needed to be wait to be told by an ethics. adviser that nadhim zahawi| had done something wrong. on a day of letters, a final one. nadhim zahawi wrote to the prime minister expressing his pride at having been in government but making no mention whatsoever of any of the criticisms levelled at him. the focus now returns to the prime minister and questions about his judgment. chris mason, bbc news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem on monday, to discuss how to de—escalate growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. more than a dozen people have died in recent days. the israeli security cabinet has now approved new measure in response to friday's shooting outside a synagogue in which seven people died. on sunday, israeli forces moved in to evict the family of the gunman

who carried out the killings, as our middle east correspondent yoland knell reports. in shock at their sudden loss. the grief—stricken family of the victim, killed by palestinian gunman outside the synagogue on friday when he was trying to help another victim. "dad, you're my hero," his son says. "you chose to sacrifice your life for others." seven people were shot dead in a jewish settlement in the deadliest attack of its kind in years. now, israel's cabinet is promising a strong response, making it easier for israelis to carry guns and tougher measures to punish the families of palestinian attackers. translation: our answer to terror is a firm hand and a powerful, - fast and precise reaction. packing before the bulldozers come.

relatives of the dead gunman from the synagogue shooting are forced out of their home and the doors sealed shut. these videos were released by israel's far—right minister for police to show there will be retribution. israeli forces have told us to keep back, but we are just down 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 are expecting their apartment to be demolished. the gunman�*s father says he had no idea of his son's plans and he's numb to the punishment. "god will compensate us," he says. "if people are gone, will we care about a house?" recent days has seen surging violence, with ten palestinians killed in israel's most deadly raid in the west bank in years. the top us diplomat was already due to visit this week. now, his main focus will be ways to stop the rising unrest.

yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. 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. for more on this, i spoke to taraneh stone from the bbc persian service. 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 mini drones and they trapped and exploded two more. they did not point any figures at any countries or any parties, —— they did not point any fingers at any countries or any parties, but we know that israeli media and also the wall streetjournal said that israel was behind this. also, iranian 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 success and they said that it was a successful attack. some experts also said that to attack a major facility —

a major defence facility — in the middle of iran, 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. 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 russia's war on ukraine? we don't have enough evidence right now to be able to determine that, but we know there are rising tensions between iran and israel, and also iran in general is the centre of attention right now, with everything 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. taraneh stone ta raneh stone speaking taraneh stone speaking to me a little earlier on. 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 14 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 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. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. next, 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. let's get more on this now with our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie. and just first of all, just taught us for executive what is happening today. us for executive what is happening toda . ,., ., ., ~ , today. good evening, frankie. it is uuite today. good evening, frankie. it is quite complicated _ today. good evening, frankie. it is quite complicated and _ today. good evening, frankie. it is. quite complicated and controversial. it is one we have been covering here in scotland over the last few days, and certainly some of the sunday

paper zero focused on this, and then we got that press release from the scottish government this evening. so far, it has focused around two individual cases. he mentioned isla bryson. she is due to be sentenced next month. she was convicted of raping two women before she changed gender. a few days ago, she was initially taken to cornton vale. that is scotland's only women's only prison, so that was a very controversial move, and on thursday, she was taken, we saw her van leaving that prison, and she was taken to a men's prison, as you said, in edinburgh. and then yesterday, we covered this story again and there were calls for the scottish government to prevent tiffany scott from being moved to a women's unit. she had been asking

several times, we understand, to move from a men's unit to a woman's unit, and we understand that had been granted. that is likely to have changed now with this new announcements this evening. she had stocked a 13—year—old girl when she was known as andrew burns —— she had stalked. and also a wider review of transgender policies under way in prison. mr brown said, no transgender person in custody or newly convicted or remanded who has an history of violence against women will be placed in a female jail. that is what was announced today. any exceptional cases will require approval from any exceptional cases will require approvalfrom nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland. find approval from nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland.— first minister of scotland. and you mentioned right _ first minister of scotland. and you mentioned right at _ first minister of scotland. and you mentioned right at the _ first minister of scotland. and you mentioned right at the beginning l mentioned right at the beginning their —— there are politicians getting involved. how we had any response to

this announcement? we involved. how we had any response to this announcement?— this announcement? we have had a coule of this announcement? we have had a coume of the _ this announcement? we have had a couple of the statement _ this announcement? we have had a couple of the statement out - this announcement? we have had a couple of the statement out this - couple of the statement out this evening. and we need to remember this is a small number of people, the most recent figures at the end of september recorded 11 trans women in scottish prisons, and there were also four trans men. thejustice secretary, keith brown, tonight said, we must not allow any suggestion to take route delete my roots that trans women pose any inherent threat to women. —— take route. he said predatory men are the risks to women. however, he said, with any part of society, a number of trans women will be sent to prison. we have also heard from the scottish prison service. they said until this review is completed, any trans individuals with a history of violence towards women will only be admitted to a male prison, in segregation, when they first enter our care. he also said they have a

robust risk assessment process and are a track record of keeping people safe in very challenging circumstances. throughout the evening, and i would imagine tomorrow, there will be more reaction to this story.- tomorrow, there will be more reaction to this story. thank you very much. _ reaction to this story. thank you very much, alexander _ reaction to this story. thank you | very much, alexander mackenzie bringing us the latest in scotland. —— alexandra 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. our correspondent peter harris has the latest from the scene. tributes to holly have been led today — in fact, by her school. let me read out, martine, what the school have said about her. they said she was a truly lovely student who was quiet, conscientious and kind. they say their priority now is to bring the school community together to grieve. in the morning, of course, those

children will return to school, and clearly an extremely distressing situation for children so young. we've also had words today from northumbria police about holly. they said she was a girl with so much to look forward to in life. holly was from a place called haltwhistle, about 20 minutes' drive from here. now, we know of what happened to holly. it was on friday afternoon, about 5pm, at this spot she suffered a stab wound, as did a 16—year—old boy. the boy remains in a stable condition in hospital. his condition is not life—threatening. now, northumbria police have also told us that another 16—year—old boy who was arrested, well, he's now been charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon, and he will appear before the magistrates�* court in newcastle tomorrow. peter harris reporting there. let's get back to our top story — that prime minister rishi sunak has sacked nadhim zahawi, the chair of the conservative party, following an investigation

into his tax affairs. earlier, i spoke with anneliese dodds, the chair of the labour party and the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, who has written to the prime minister calling for "full transparency." i asked her whether she agreed this investigation needed 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 a penalty to hmrc, and that this overall amounts to millions of pounds. we did not need an investigation into this situation for the prime minister. the prime minister should have had 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 said, he would be different, 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. we also see no action being taken in relation to other senior conservative ministers who have broken security rules, against whom serious allegations of bullying exist, and in 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. but bringing in that, on behalf of the 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 he knew before, of course, that there had been a settlement with hmrc, he knew that there had been a penalty paid — that was something that zahawi himself did not resile 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 when zahawi was actually chancellor of the exchequer, the man in control of hmrc, actually conducting a settlement with hmrc for millions of pounds worth of unpaid tax? can you be 100% sure that this won't happen in the labour party? i can be, because we've said that we want to root out the sleaze that we've seen under multiple conservative governments. and we will make sure that we have safeguards under a labour government, that we'll have an independent integrity and ethics commission which will make sure we're not marking our own homework, that we actually have experts

to scrutinise what labour is doing in government. it is really important for people's faith in politics. that is the chair of the labour party, anneliese dodds, speaking to me a little earlier. the 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. 72 people lost their lives. flammable cladding help the fire spread quickly up its 2a stories.

hundreds of tower blocks in the country are wrapped in the same or similarflammable materials — in part, the government admitted today, because of lax safety laws. it was collective over many years... it was a collective failure of government? totally. it was a failure to have a system of building regulations which could keep people safe. tomorrow, i will be publishing a contract which will say to the developers concerned, people who put up buildings which were unsafe, "you now have, as you said you will, an opportunity to put that right, to make them safe." amongst the thousands of blocks affected is royal artillery keys in south london. built by barratt, one of britain's biggest house—builders, residents have campaigned for three years to get it fixed. they hope now barratt will sign. we welcome the announcement that builders will be legally liable to pay to fix dangerous defects in buildings.

however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings below six stories and enfranchised leaseholders excluded. since grenfell, the government have spent millions of pounds repairing the tallest and most at risk buildings. all the time, ministers like mr gove have been trying to get developers to pay their share, but they have been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. the reason he's going after uk house—builders is because they are domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here and they're easier to engage with. we have argued for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share. that would include the french company which supplied the cladding for grenfell. whoever pays, up toi million people across the country affected

by the cladding crisis say all they want is safe, mortgageable and sellable homes again. richard galpin, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to sophie bichener from the uk cladding action group. we would like to thank mr gove for acknowledging the part that the government have played in the grenfell tower fire and also the building safety crisis, which has impacted millions from the back of the fire that we saw five and a half years ago. leaseholders have been living in unsafe homes, similar to that of grenfell tower, for those five and a half years, and during that time, they have been paying for increased insurance premiums, fire patrol wardens and all kinds of other interim costs, so all we welcome the comments, and we do appreciate the government admitting their role in this crisis, we now need to see the action, to see these homes being made safe and to do it to ensure lease holders are no longer trapped in these unsafe homes. the levelling up secretary, michael gove, he did announce some 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 a government contract to fix unsafe towers. is that enough? because i know you have been affected by this personally. hundreds of thousands of pounds, you've been quoted, haven't you? for many leaseholders, and i think it's around 1,500 buildings, that will have an impact if the developers sign the contracts 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's 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's something that we've welcomed for a long time —

we've known about the developer contracts, it's been a pledge until now, it sounds like it will be a legally binding contract now, which is great — it remains to be seen whether this will be the beginning of the end of the building safety crisis. coming up, we have got sportsday, followed by click. but first let's get the weather with tomasz. 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.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. a finale fit for a hollywood blockbuster. non—league wrexham, in front of their a—list co—owner are denied a huge upset thanks to late twist. drama in the fa cup — holders liverpool are knocked out by a stoppage time winner at brighton. england's cricketers lose their one day series in south africa as the hosts seal the winning runs in style — to win the second one—dayer. and djokovic is imperious at the australian open — winning a record extending tenth title.

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