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, nadhim 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 hisjudgment. i think it speaks to rishi sunak's character and hisjudgment. character and his “udgment. i think it's character and his “udgment. i think in important — character and hisjudgment. i think it's important when _ character and hisjudgment. i think it's important when allegations - character and hisjudgment. i think it's important when allegations are raised _ it's important when allegations are raised they are investigated promptly but also we shouldn't rush tojudgment before there has been that investigation. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem. under intense fire —

an attack on the southern ukrainian city of kherson by russian troops. three people are killed. 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 had to pay a penalty to settle a multi—million—pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. 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. our political editor,

chris mason, reports. 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 while 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. 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.

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 doesn't 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 didn't 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's 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's really important for people's faith in politics. 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 measures in response to friday's shooting outside a synagogue in which seven people died. our middle east correspondent, yoland knell reports. in shock at their sudden loss. the grief—stricken family of rafael ben eliyahu, killed by a palestinian gunman outside a 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 due 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'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 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. i'm joined now by brian katulis who is the vice president of policy at the middle east institute in washington. thank you forjoining us. we are expecting antony blinken to head over there tomorrow. what do you make of this trip to the region? do you think we will see de—escalation of violence as a result? i

you think we will see de-escalation of violence as a result?— of violence as a result? i sure hope so but antony _ of violence as a result? i sure hope so but antony blinken's _ of violence as a result? i sure hope| so but antony blinken's colleagues, so but antony blinken�*s colleagues, the cia director, was there a few days ago and the national security adviserjake sullivan visited adviser jake sullivan visited earlier this adviserjake sullivan visited earlier this month and that did not prevent these escalations. i do think us diplomatic engagement can make a difference but clearly those two previous visits did not and it's a tinderbox right now. there were incidents overnight including with settlers being attacked so i think it requires more attention and time that i think the biden administration has dedicated to the middle east because of the ukraine more and the challenges with china. you mention is not enough time being dedicated. what do you think needs to be done to restore calm in the region? i to be done to restore calm in the reuion? ~ , , ., , region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, _ region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some _ region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some basic-

region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some basic steps| and palestinians, some basic steps will stock for instance, the palestinian authorities say they had suspended cooperation on security matters with israelis. that's a step that i think is largely counter—productive, aimed at sending a symbolic message of disapproval, about israeli raids in the west bank, but has a practical matter, those sort of moves do very little to help increase law and order and stability in the region so i think this sort of thing in terms of more time and attention by the united states and outside actors to reassure both palestinians and israelis that they could and should work together to restore a sense of calm. that is horribly naive at this moment, given actors on both sides are willing to take steps that inflame the situation as opposed to de—escalate. inflame the situation as opposed to de-escalate-_ de-escalate. what do you think the wider impact _ de-escalate. what do you think the wider impact will _ de-escalate. what do you think the wider impact will be _ de-escalate. what do you think the wider impact will be across - de-escalate. what do you think the wider impact will be across the - wider impact will be across the region? wider impact will be across the re . ion? ~ , wider impact will be across the reuion? ~ , �* .,

region? prime minster ben'amin netan ahu region? prime minster ben'amin netanyahu has i region? prime minster ben'amin netanyahu has seen * region? prime minster benjamin netanyahu has seen things - region? prime minster benjamin netanyahu has seen things like i region? prime minster benjamin i netanyahu has seen things like the abraham accordance where israel opened new relationships with countries like the uae and bahrain. he wants to see more of that and in this current context, that will put a ceiling and a limit on how far israel can go, in part because netanyahu and members of his cabinet who have taken moves that potentially could destabilisejordan and do things that destabilise existing agreements. i think one immediate effect is that the extremists on both sides of this divide will try to exploit this to their advantage and those who want to see progress in the middle east will see that to be a much more uphill battle. will see that to be a much more uphill battle-— uphill battle. that brings in the olitics, uphill battle. that brings in the politics. do _ uphill battle. that brings in the politics. do you _ uphill battle. that brings in the politics, do you think— uphill battle. that brings in the politics, do you think this - politics, do you think this hard—line stance that this right—wing government is taking is contributing to the unrest? i right-wing government is taking is contributing to the unrest?- contributing to the unrest? i think uuite contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly. _ contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly. the _ contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly, the middle - contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly, the middle east - contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly, the middle east is i contributing to the unrest? i think quite lightly, the middle east is al quite lightly, the middle east is a region of the world where most extreme voices across various

divides have a symbiotic relationship with each other and the sad thing is that the vast majority of israelis and palestinians still want to have basic decency, law and order, and prosperity in their lives, but sadly extremist voices on both sides exploit each other and get more of the spotlight. we've seen some of this dynamic in us politics in british politics where the centre is overshadowed by these larger voices, so it leads to more possibility for escalation when some members of netanyahu's cabinet are saying they will take steps that would violate current existing agreements either with palestinians or perhaps withjordan. agreements either with palestinians or perhaps with jordan._ or perhaps with jordan. thank you very much- _ or perhaps with jordan. thank you very much- the — or perhaps with jordan. thank you very much. the vice _ or perhaps with jordan. thank you very much. the vice president - or perhaps with jordan. thank you very much. the vice president ofl or perhaps with jordan. thank you i very much. the vice president of the middle east institute in washington speaking to us there. three people have been killed, and six others injured in intense shelling on the southern ukrainian

city of kherson. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, mortars and tank shells were used. damage was reported to a regional hospital, a school and residential buildings, among others. kherson, in the country's south, was captured by russian forces in the early days of moscow's invasion. it was recaptured by ukraine in november. fighting continues also in the country's east. president zelensky used his nightly address to praise the resilience of ukrainian soldiers, in the face of russian attacks. translation: the enemy does not count personnel _ translation: the enemy does not count personnel and _ translation: the enemy does not count personnel and despite - translation: the enemy does not. count personnel and despite numerous casualties keeps the intensity of its attacks high. this can only be countered by extraordinary resilience and a complete awareness that our soldiers are defending the whole of ukraine when they defend the donetsk region. in pakistan, at least a0 people have died after a bus plunged off a bridge.

the accident happened in the southwest 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 northwest of pakistan. the boat capsized on tanda dam lake in kohat district. caroline davis 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 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. here's olly.

liverpool are still waiting for a change in fortunes. the fa cup holders have been knocked out by brighton in the fourth round. jurgen klopp's side took the lead midway through the first half when harvey elliott slotted into the bottom corner. just minutes later came brighton's equaliser and it looked like the match was heading for a replay until kaoru mitoma conjured a wonderful winner in injury time. liverpool, who also lost to brighton 3—0 in the league this month, are really struggling for form — they're midtable, a massive 21 points behind leaders arsenal, while brighton are in the european places if we speak about the quality of play, we play other games better than today and i want to be honest and clear because it's not important, the result of today. it's important, the result of today. it's important their way to improve what we want to do to become. we had worst games when we got

knocked _ we had worst games when we got knocked out of the fa cup competition but injanuary in the situation — competition but injanuary in the situation we have, we wanted to show our reaction. — situation we have, we wanted to show our reaction, but in the end it was not enough — novak djokovic has equalled men's grand slam singles record after his straight sets victory over stefanos tsitsipas at the australian open, which he described as the biggest win of his life. djokovic broke early to win the first set against the greek and then took the next two on tie breaks. he was inctredibly emotional after the win, 12 months ago he was deported from australia on the eve of the tournament over his covid vaccination status. that stretches his melbourne record to ten titles and he is level with rafa nafal with 22 grand slams, and he returns to world one in the rankings. this has been one of the most challenging tournaments i've ever played in my life. considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year...

only the team and a family knows what we've been through in the last four or five weeks and this is probably the biggest victory in my life, considering the circumstances. south africa's cricketers have clinched the one—day seriee against england with a match to spare. they chased down a huge target of 315 to win the second match in bloemfontein by five wickets. harry brook scored his first odi half—century and captainjos buttler made an unbeaten 94 after england were put in to bat. captain temba bavuma made a quickfire century and david miller was unbeaten on 58, and hit a six to win the game in the final over. they'll look to complete a whitewash in kimberley on wednesday. much more on the bbc sport website. 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. our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie, has the latest. it's quite a complicated and quite a controversial story. it's one we have been covering here in scotland over the last few days, and certainly some of the sunday papers here have 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. you mentioned isla bryson there. she's 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's scotland's only women's prison, an all—women's 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 women's unit, and we understand that had been granted. that's likely to have changed now with this new announcement this evening. she had stalked a 13—year—old girl when she was known as andrew burns. and also a wider review of transgender policy is under way in prisons.

mr brown said that no transgender person in custody or newly convicted or remanded who has any history of violence against women will be placed in a female jail. that's what was announced today. any exceptional cases will require approvalfrom nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland. 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 helped the fire spread quickly up its 2a stories. hundreds of other tower blocks across the country are wrapped in the same or similar flammable materials — in part, the government admitted today, because of lax building safety laws. it was collective over many years... it was a collective failure of government? yeah, totally. and it was a failure to effectively have a system of building regulations which could keep people safe. tomorrow, i'll be publishing a contract which will say to the developers concerned, people who put up buildings which are unsafe, "look, 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 quays 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 on buildings. however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings that are 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've been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. 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. and we have argued, for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share. that would include arconic, the french company which supplied the cladding for grenfell. whoever pays, up to one 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. you're 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, nadeem zahawi. mr sunak said — 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. the key southern ukrainian city of kherson has come under intense attack from russian troops on the opposite side