this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. fighting for his political life. the former british prime minister borisjohnson is due to be questioned by mps over whether he misled parliament. france's president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform, as protests continue against raising the retirement age. a global water crisis, due to pollution and excessive consumption — that's the stark warning from the un. -- translation: to think that all those who are in really trying jobs will have to work until they are 64. a global water crisis, due to pollution and excessive consumption — that's the stark

warning from the un. the oscar winning hollywood star gwyneth paltrow is in court after a ski—slope collision. mr sanderson is seeking $300,000, saying he sustained a permanent brain injury and four broken lives. but ms paltrow�*s lawyers say he is overstating his injuries and filed a counterclaim for a symbolic $1. and notre dame's famous statues are being carefully re—created, four years after the fire that gutted the famous paris landmark. a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin in london. where borisjohnson, the former british prime minister, will face questions from mps at westminster later today, as theyjudge whether he

deliberately misled the house of commons over downing street parties during the covid pandemic. mrjohnson has produced a 52—page defence supporting his claim that he did not "intentionally or "recklessly" mislead the commons. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has more details. borisjohnson boris johnson and downing borisjohnson and downing street staff gathered inside number 10 when covid restrictions were in place. when those events came to light, borisjohnson said no rules had been broken. find light, boris johnson said no rules had been broken. and the uuidance rules had been broken. and the guidance was — rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed - rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed in - rules had been broken. and the guidance was followed in the i guidance was followed in the rules were followed at all times stop by yesterday he admitted those denials meant parliament had been misinformed, but argued that wasn't his fault. the former prime minister said...

here is what the former prime minister told mps in december 2021. ~ ., , minister told mps in december 2021. a a, , 2021. wadeye can tell the right honourable _ 2021. wadeye can tell the right honourable gentleman - 2021. wadeye can tell the right honourable gentleman is - 2021. wadeye can tell the right honourable gentleman is that l honourable gentleman is that all guidance was followed completely. a, all guidance was followed completely-— all guidance was followed comletel. �* ~ ., completely. a week later he ave a completely. a week later he gave a similar _ completely. a week later he gave a similar statement. i l since these allegations emerged that there was no party. later corrected _ that there was no party. later corrected himself, _ that there was no party. later corrected himself, after- that there was no party. later corrected himself, after he i that there was no party. later. corrected himself, after he was fined by police. it corrected himself, after he was fined by police.— fined by police. it did not occur to _ fined by police. it did not occur to me _ fined by police. it did not occur to me then - fined by police. it did not occur to me then or - occur to me then or subsequently that a gathering in the cabinet room just before a vital meeting on covid strategy could amount to a breach of the rules.- strategy could amount to a breach of the rules. and once

the senior— breach of the rules. and once the senior civil _ breach of the rules. and once the senior civil servant - breach of the rules. and once the senior civil servant sue i the senior civil servant sue gray's report had found a failure of leadership. i’m failure of leadership. i'm ha - failure of leadership. i'm happy to _ failure of leadership. i'm happy to say _ failure of leadership. i'm happy to say on - failure of leadership. i'm happy to say on the - failure of leadership. in happy to say on the record now that when i said, when it came to the south and said, in all sincerity, that the rules and guidance had been followed at all times, it is what are believed to be true. boris johnson _ believed to be true. boris johnson claims _ believed to be true. boris johnson claims he - believed to be true. boris johnson claims he relied l believed to be true. boris l johnson claims he relied on believed to be true. boris - johnson claims he relied on the johnson claims he relied on the advice of his a common question the methods of mps investigating him, and says he can't see why he received a fine. mps will later test that defence is they question a former prime minister on the saga that played a part in his downfall. jonathan blake, bbc news. we will have full coverage later today on bbc news when the proceedings get under in westminster. also do remember you can head to our website, bbc.com/news or the bbc news app. as you can see it has a lot more detailfor you on app. as you can see it has a lot more detail for you on the day that is ahead for the former prime minister and also

what is likely to happen. so although to come later today on bbc news. —— all that to come. let's get some of the day's other news. a britishjudge is due to open an inquiry into allegations that members of the british armed forces killed dozens of unarmed people during military operations in afghanistan. it will focus on raids carried out a decade ago. the initial findings are expected to be published at least 11 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck afghanistan, although most of the casualties are in neighbouring pakistan. the epicentre of the 6.5 magnitude quake was in the remote hindu kush mountains. tremors were felt across a huge area. the imf has reached a long—awaited deal which will provide ukraine with support worth more than $15 billion. the package is intended to help shore up the ukrainian economy, which has been hard—hit by the russian invasion. final approval is expected within weeks. russian authorities have opened a criminal case against one of the leaders of memorial,

an established human rights group, after a series of raids on its headquarters. 0leg 0rlov has been charged with discrediting the military under a law introduced days after the invasion of ukraine. the us state department has said it is deeply troubled by a vote in israel's parliament to allow israeli citizens back into four evacuated settlements in the occupied west bank. there's been widespread criticism of the move, including from the palestinian authority and the european union. more than half a million children have missed lessons in los angeles as school workers started a three day strike. bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and special education assistants are striking over what they say are "poverty wages." many teachers who aren't part of the dispute refused to cross picket lines. uganda's parliament has passed a bill which would criminalise

people who identify as lgbtq, with those found guilty facing up to ten years in prison. under the proposed legislation, friends, family, and members of the community would have a duty to report individuals in same—sex relationships to the authorities. homosexual acts are already illegal in the east african country, but the bill seeks to go further and criminalise people on the basis of their sexual identity. the bill passed with widespread support in uganda's parliament. in our country, we have our morals and we will protect our children, and we are making this law, we are making the law for ourselves, we are making this law for our children. we are making this law for the children of our children. this country will stand firm. and once it will pass, i would tell you madam speaker, we will enforce it to make sure that homosexuals have no place in uganda.

more protests have been taking place in various french cities, after french president emmanuel macron used controversial executive powers to push through a pension reform without a vote in parliament. mr macron is due to give a rare tv interview on wednesday. he's facing a political crisis less than a year after his re—election to a second term. sofia bettiza reports. there's an outcry in france. in the past week, more than 1,500 protests have taken place all over the country. this was place de la republique last night. some protests turned violent. police clashed with demonstrators and hundreds were arrested. this all happened after president macron used controversial executive powers last week

to push through his deeply unpopular pension reform. this means that the retirement age in france will now be raised from 62 to 64. translation: | think | today the fifth republic is showing its true face, which is that of a regime which is not democratic, since the president can decide to pass a law that is rejected by 90% of france people. translation: to think of all. those people who were already in really trying jobs will have to keep going until they are 64 is not right. theyjust see people as profits. translation: macron never listened to us i so now this is war. i think that at one point, he won't have a choice. i he will have to i withdraw his reform. but president macron doesn't seem to have any intention of backing down. he said there would be no government reshuffle, no fresh elections and no referendum on his pension reform. and after a week of not being seen in public, today he will give a rare tv interview.

his hope will be to use the interview to calm things down and put an end to the protests, but that's easier said than done. macron is facing his most serious challenge since the yellow vest riots four years ago. chanting and with more strikes planned for thursday, the anger that many french people feel is not going away. sofia bettiza, bbc news. the united nations is warning of a looming global water crisis because of pollution and over consumption. it's published a new report on the issue ahead of the first dedicated water summit in more than 40 years. it says consumption of water keeps rising, but it says about 10% of the world's population lives in a country where water stress — the ratio of water use to water availability — is considered "high or critical."

at the last assessment in 2020, over one in four people around the globe still lacked access to safe drinking water, while 3.6 billion lacked access to safely managed sanitation services. and its says the water crisis is worst in low—income countries. for example, an estimated 70% of the population of sub—saharan africa lacks safe drinking water. the global water cycle is a global common good, we just don't want to understand it because we believe water belongs to us, but nobody has a problem to say the ocean is a global public good or the air, but the water cycle is the same, it connect this, it goes, we can stop within a dam for a year or two, we we can stop within a dam for a

year ortwo, we can we can stop within a dam for a year or two, we can use it, but it will eventually come back to the global water cycle. so we need to invest with that in our minds. this summit starts today, the big question is what can business to about this, agriculture and the fashion industry are the two highest consumers of water. it takes 7000 litres of water to make a pair ofjeans, 7000 litres of water to make a pairofjeans, i 7000 litres of water to make a pair ofjeans, iwill 7000 litres of water to make a pair ofjeans, i will be speaking to an expert that in our business coverage in 20 minutes. the hollywood star gwyneth paltrow appeared in court yesterday in utah accused of crashing into a man in a skiing accident in 2016 causing a head injury and broken ribs. terry sanderson, who's now 76, alleges he was hit from behind, but ms paltrow says it was mr sanderson's own fault. 0ur west coast correspondent sophie long has this report. the oscar—winning actress was used to gracing the red carpet and appearing on the silver screen, before founding her wellness company, goop. today, she appeared in court,

accused of a human hit and run. this is the case of terry sanderson versus gwyneth paltrow. at the centre of this case is who hit whom on the slopes of park city, an upmarket mountain resort and celebrity hang—out that hosts the sundance film festival. 76—year—old terry sanderson says she was skiing recklessly and struck him from behind, smashing his body to the ground, before continuing her descent down the mountain, leaving him stunned and seriously injured. ms paltrow has sentimental feelings about skiing. her dad, who left this life too early, took her skiing as a kid at alta. but her lawyer said she's a conservative skier, and he was the culprit in the collision, and she who received the full body blow. the court will decide who should pay damages. mr sanderson is seeking $300,000, saying he sustained a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs. but miss paltrow�*s lawyers say he's overstating his injuries and filed a counterclaim

for a symbolic $1. the central question is who had right of way, who was further down the slope when they slammed into each other? miss paltrow is expected to testify in the case, which continues. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the famous notre—dame statues being carefully re—created four years after the fire that gutted the parisian cathedral. applause i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis.

with great regret, _ the committee has decided that south africa will be excluded from the 1970 competition. i chanting streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the former british prime minister, borisjohson, is facing a fight for his political life, as he's due to be questioned by mps over whether he misled parliament. france's president macron prepares to defend the new law on pension reform, as protests

continue against raising the retirement age. fatima survived a suicide attack on a school in kabul where 50 fellow students died. she's since been fighting to get back her eyesight and hearing but also to achieve her dreams and her rights to education. mahjooba nowrouzi reports from ankara. an attack that shocked the world. a suicide bomber struck here last september, killing more than 50 people, mainly women. the target was this education centre in kabul where students were writing a mock exam. fatima survived the blast. but she lost her left eye. and most of her hearing. she recalls the last thing she thought. translation: i

she recalls the last thing she thought. translation: i could see with my _ thought. translation: i could see with my own _ thought. translation: i could see with my own eyes, - thought. translation: i could see with my own eyes, my i thought. translation: icould| see with my own eyes, my close friends, who were like sisters to me, being killed. they were like sisters to me. i saw how they were killed.— like sisters to me. i saw how they were killed. she was a top student at _ they were killed. she was a top student at high _ they were killed. she was a top student at high school- they were killed. she was a top student at high school and i student at high school and despite her injuries, she took part and excelled in the national university entrance exams. this made global headlines and an online campaign raised thousands of us dollars for her. and this is what donations have paid for. a specialist eye and ear treatment in turkey. it's been a few weeks since fatima has been coming to the hospital and ankara hoping to receive treatment for her life treating injuries. the suicide attack may have taken her sight, i did not take her vision for the future. unfortunately, due to

an early operation, she is not receiving the result she was hoping for. it receiving the result she was hoping for-— receiving the result she was hoping for. if we do it again, it damages _ hoping for. if we do it again, it damages the _ hoping for. if we do it again, it damages the ears. i hoping for. if we do it again, it damages the ears. the i it damages the ears. the treatment _ it damages the ears. the treatment he _ it damages the ears. the treatment he will- it damages the ears. the treatment he will not i it damages the ears. the treatment he will not be able to hail her left eye or hearing. translation: i really wanted to get _ hearing. translation: i really wanted to get my _ hearing. translation: i really wanted to get my eyesight i hearing. translation: i really| wanted to get my eyesight back but it became impossible. i expected i would at least get my full hearing back stop despite all she has been through, the teenager is determined to fulfil a promise she gave to her friends killed in the attack.— she gave to her friends killed l in the attack._ i in the attack. translation: i romised in the attack. translation: i promised myself _ in the attack. translation: i promised myself that - in the attack. translation: i promised myself that i i in the attack. translation: i promised myself that i don't l promised myself that i don't mind if i survive, i won't let those victims down. i would follow their dreams. mahjooba nowrouzi, bbc news, ankara. time for all the sports news. hello. i'm gavin ramjaun, with your updates from the bbc sport centre. we start with football, and it's advantage barcelona,

after the first leg of their women's champions league quarter—final against roma. the spanish champions are bidding to reach the champions league final for the fourth time in five years, and they won 1—0 in the italian capital, where salma paralluelo scored the only goal of the game. barca, who won the champions league in 2021, will feel they should have won by more. they had 23 shots on goal — 10 on target. but they'll take a slender lead into next week's second leg at the camp nou. earlier, bayern munich beat arsenal, thanks to lea schuller�*s header in the first half at the allianz arena. the goal gives bayern the crucial advantage going into the second leg at the end of the month. jonas eidevall�*s side are chasing a first semi—final spot in a decade, and came close to an equaliser on several occasions through caitlin foord and leah williamson. the gunners have fallen at the quarter—final stage in their last three european campaigns. in the men's game, it's a big week of international football — the first international break since the world cup in qatar. kylian mbappe, who scored a hat—trick in the final, has been confimed as the new captain of france.

the 24—year—old paris saint—germain striker, who's scored 36 goals in 66 games for france, takes over the captaincy from the tottenham goalkeeper hugo lloris, who's retired from the international game. atletico madrid forward antoine griezmann has been named vice—captain. didier deschamps, the france head coach, told french tv, "kylian meets all the requirements to have this "responsibility on the field, as in the life of the group "by being a unifying element." france begin their european championship qualifying campaign on friday when they face the netherlands in paris. new zealand rugby have confirmed that scott robertson will take over as head coach of the all blacks next year. robertson has been in charge of super rugby side the crusaders since 2017, winning seven titles in that time. robertson, who played 22 tests for new zealand, applied unsuccessfully for the job back in 2019. this time round he was chosen ahead ofjapan coach jamie joseph. the recruitment process angered current all blacks coach ian foster, who wanted new zealand rugby to wait until after the world cup later this year. questions have been raised though over robertson's lack of coaching at

international level. i have been had coaching for ten years now. fortunately, like i mentioned before, from a national and international level, i understand what's required. yes, look, ithink it's part of getting the job ready, i got awesome support at home, not going to hear what people around me with the coaching staff and management group, and i'm excited by this stuff, gets me going, it's really important and i want to make this a step up and be ambitious, which i am, and it's great timing. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — gavin ramjaun — and the rest of the sport team, we'll see

you next time. we will see them very soon. artificial intelligence could change the way we search the web. big tech companies are confident that al will revolutionise the way we work online. microsoft already has one of these ai chatbots. now google is launching its own version. it's called bard, and our technology editor zoe kleinman is one of the first to try it. this time four months ago, nobody had heard of ai chatbots. now, millions of us are trying them out. so what is an ai chatbot? unlike the regular search we have become used to, it can answer questions rather than send you links. it can also write songs, speeches and even do homework. microsoft has invested billions of dollars in the creators of chatgpt, and now google wants to catch up with bard. i was one of the first people to get access. let's start by asking bard to write a thank you note for a wedding gift. "thank you so much for celebrating our wedding day "with us, we will be

using our gift to help us "with our honeymoon." not bad! how is bard different to microsoft's version? there are a few key differences between bard and chatgpt. bard is connected to the internet, so it knows about current affairs. it has also got a "google it" button here so you can go back to google search to check your answer, and that is important because these things do sometimes make mistakes, and they even make stuff up as well. google is rolling this out very slowly. you have to be over 18 and have a google account before you can even get on the waiting list. google describes bard as an experiment. so, will it replace us? the creators of this tech hope it will free us all up to do other, more fun things in our lives. but some fear that ai will start taking over more and morejobs, sooner, rather than later, leaving us with far fewer ways to make money. zoe kleinman, bbc news. the reconstruction of notre—dame cathedral in paris has undergone many challenges in the four years since it was gutted by a fire.

and now with much of the structural work done, teams there are narrowing their focus to recreating the famous statues said to be its protectors from harm. stephanie prentice reports. they sit up high on historic buildings, tasked with redirecting rainwaterfrom roofs, and also said to provide spiritual protection from the wrath of heaven by scaring off evil spirits. no self—respecting cathedral could operate without its gargoyles, but some of them didn't survive the fire in 2019, and a dozen of france's finest sculptors were called in. translation: it is very fine. there are edges that are very fine, well drawn. we have to reproduce them as they were originally done. it's our duty. these new creatures are being made out of clay, or huge blocks

of stone shipped down the seine, but some of the older ones are also being saved. translation: this is not | a viollet-le-duc, it's older. i think it dates from a restoration in the 18th century. you can recognise the style, it is very busy. you can see on the column there are lots of little spikes. each piece takes at least three weeks to complete, and after that, of course, the task of getting them into position begins. translation: these are stones that will now be part _ of the cathedralfor 400, 500, 600 years. this is another element that shows that the cathedral is rising from its ashes. and notre—dame, or our lady, is set to rise again as paris's gothic masterpiece in 2024. stephanie prentice, bbc news. we have so much more to come on bbc news, not least look at the

federal reserve meeting in the us that wrapped up today. markets are on edge so we have details online but i'll talk to experts about that in a moment. hello. scotland had its warmest day of the year so far on tuesday, with temperatures reaching 16 degrees in fyvie castle in overall, it was a brighter kind of day, but we still had a number of showers around and those rainfall totals continue to mount up. of course, it's already been a wet month. there are quite a few places now that have seen more than one and a half times the march average rainfall, but there's loads more to come. and, indeed, as we look at this satellite picture, we've got a current batch of rain falling from this cloud, working its way eastwards right now. and the rain's quite heavy, actually, across parts of scotland, england and wales. it will be clearing over the next few hours in northern ireland, but we'll have some heavy showers flowing in here. all the while, south—westerly

winds will be picking up in strength. of course, it means it's going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, temperatures for some into double figures. but for wednesday, it is another unsettled one. more rain around. and we're going to see some strong winds particularly affecting western scotland. it's here where, through the morning, we could see gusts of around 75mph for a time, so potentially seeing some disruption from those very strong winds. elsewhere, it will be blustery, gusts of wind generally around 40—50mph. and it is a day of sunshine and showers. the showers will be heavy and thundery at times, but at least they won't hang around. they'll be blown across the sky pretty quickly, thanks to those strong winds. another mild one, temperatures up to 14 or 15 degrees. thursday sees another showery day and, again, the showers will be heavy, some of them with a bit of thunder mixed in. temperatures still on the mild side and anotherfairly blustery kind of day, the winds still coming in from a south—westerly direction. now, thursday night, we may well see a more prolonged spell of rain work into parts of eastern england, this and certainly it looks

pretty wet across western areas of the uk as well. well, that sends us on to friday's forecast and the low pressure is still with us. still fairly brisk winds around, still loads and loads of showers, some of them heavy with hail and thunder. 0ur temperatures just coming down a little bit across northern scotland — highs of around 8 or 9 degrees here — but otherwise, we're staying into double figure temperatures. now, for the weekend, we're going to start to get some slightly cooler airjust working into northernmost areas of scotland. there will be more showers around, so for most of us, it's more of the same, really. but across the far north of scotland, we'll start to see some of those showers turn wintry for a time.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a tricky balancing act. the us federal reserve is to decide on interest rates — torn between tackling inflation and stabilising the banks. music plays we hearfrom one of asia's tech titans — the ceo who's changed the beauty product marketplace in india. china's enormous property firm evergrande is in trouble. today it outlines plans to restructure some of its eye watering debt. and on world water day we explore the overuse of water and what can be done to keep our global supply and demand in balance.