today at one... we're live in edinburgh as the snp elects a new leader, the person likely to be scotland's next first minister. voting for the three candidates ended an hour ago after a divisive campaign over the past month following nicola sturgeon�*s resignation. the result is set to be declared within the hour, we'll have the latest on what the outcome means for scotland and for the uk. and the other main stories here this lunchtime... after more mass protests in israel, pressure increases the scottish national party is set to announce a new leader with three contenders in the running to succeed nicola sturgeon. a nationwide strike across germany — as unions stage walkouts to support claims for pay rises to meet the cost of living crisis.

the coalition government of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests in the country. the protests were sparked after he sacked his defence minister who spoke out against plans to reform the system of appointing judges. but — the coalition has survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament — on monday morning. and mr netanyahu has appealed to the protestors for calm. so why have these reforms proved so contentious? these are the 11th week of protests over prime minister netanyahu's plans to overhaul the justice system. his reforms would give the government decisive control over the committee which appoints judges. it would also make it harder for courts to remove a leader

deemed unfit for office. mr netanyahu says that the reforms would in fact stop the courts over—reaching their powers. but others say it's a threat to democracy which serves only to benefit the prime minister who's facing an ongoing corruption trial. the defense minister yoav gallant was sacked after he became the first member of the cabinet to call for a pause to controversial plans to overhaul the country's court system. president herzog has also called for a halt on the plans. several trade unions in israel are taking action in response to the plans to reform the judiciary — among the places affected, ben gurion airport in tel aviv, where departures have been halted, as you can see here. two major seaports have also been affected, and it's being reported that the medical association and the federation of local authorities are also joining the nationwide strike. the mcdonald's burger franchise is also closing its branches in israel today. our middle east correspondent anna foster gave us this update

from jerusalem. we are still waiting from the prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, there was a suggestion this morning that he may make a statement to the nation, that he may agree to pause this legislation. but nothing has come and there is a growing storm across israel as more people go on strike there is a growing crowd of demonstrators outside the knesset and the onus is on binyamin netanyahu to make some sort of decision about what he does with this legislation. he may announce that he is going to pause it, after talks with the opposition, after talks with the opposition, after talks with the opposition, after talks with his far right coalition partners. but they are determined to push this through and that is where the problem lies. he has to deal with two different groups of people, demonstrators and his coalition partners. he has to make both happy, but both want two very different

things. the thing to consider is if they do pull out of coalition, would they do pull out of coalition, would they be in government again? polls that have been conducted in the last few months show in fact if there was another general election in israel, it is not likely that the same group of members of knesset, the same group of parties would get in. so the leverage is interesting, because they can push binyamin netanyahu, because he is reliant on their mks to have a governing majority in parliament. but also this could be their one chance at pushing through some of the reforms to israeli society that they're desperate to see. that is why we continue to wait for binyamin netanyahu to make a statement. behind the scenes he will be talking to his coalition partners to the opposition, he will be trying to the opposition, he will be trying to chart a course through this as the pressure on him continues to grow. the pressure on him continues to irow. ., , , ., the pressure on him continues to row. ., , ., ,, , grow. transport. education. simple stuff. i

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rugby stadium, will be the venue for the announcement of the result. it has seen many epic battles with the other nations of the uk, this contest is about the future of scotland itself. james shaw, bbc news, edinburgh. and james shaw is with me at holyrood. you've been following the campaign all along, james, firstly, what is yoursense all along, james, firstly, what is your sense of the final stage of the campaign, and then if i can tag on another question, the person who comes out on top today, is it realistic that they can bring the party together again? this realistic that they can bring the party together again?— realistic that they can bring the party together again? this has been a really hardfought _ party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, - party together again? this has been a really hardfought campaign, huw,j a really hardfought campaign, huw, right up to the end, i don't think anyone knows if they have won or not. kate forbes, one of the contenders, put out a video on social media last night pleading for last—minute votes from snp members, so, no—one really knows who is ahead, it is certainly true that humza yousaf is the bookies' favourite, but what does that mean?

we are at that stage now, almost like you have filled in the forms, give done the job interview, give done thejob interview, you're waiting to find out if you've got the job, waiting to find out if you've got thejob, really waiting to find out if you've got the job, really tense waiting to find out if you've got thejob, really tense moments waiting to find out if you've got the job, really tense moments for all those three candidates until just moments before the actual announcement is made. can they pull the party together? it's going to be really hard, because they've taken chunks out of each other during the campaign, how do you repair that damage? can you work with someone whose reputation you have disrespected? we are going to see all that. but there is a huge into a four whoever�*s the successful candidate, they've got a really hard job ahead of them in terms of the snp internally and all those policies that people in scotland, voters in scotland, care about. well, not long to wait, james, so we'll see and we will talk again later. thank you very much. james shaw there with some analysis on the final stages of the campaign. by the way, the results around two o'clock, at a quarter to two on bbc one there will be a special programme from

holyrood here covering that result which will be declared at murrayfield. for now, it is back to you in the studio. there have been more widespread protests in israel overnight against plans to give politicians more power over the justice system. this morning israel's president called on the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu to withdraw his controversial plans. tens of thousands took to the streets after mr netanyahu sacked his defence minister for saying that the plans should be scrapped. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from jerusalem. israel is gripped by unprecedented turmoil. and a leader refusing to give in. in tel aviv last night, protests erupted as people burned tires and blocked highways and the police here let it happen, leaving it hours to respond. it is

police here let it happen, leaving it hours to respond.— it hours to respond. it is not a matter of— it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left _ it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left or _ it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left or right - it hours to respond. it is not a i matter of left or right anymore, it hours to respond. it is not a - matter of left or right anymore, for a long time it is not a lot of left or right, it is a matter of pure, basic human rights that albion crashed daily. in basic human rights that albion crashed daily.— crashed daily. in jerusalem, demonstrators _ crashed daily. in jerusalem, demonstrators broke - crashed daily. in jerusalem, l demonstrators broke through crashed daily. in jerusalem, - demonstrators broke through barriers towards mr netanyahu's home, chanting against dictatorship. the anger has been intensifying for weeks against plans by mr netanyahu's government to severely limit the power of israel's courts, plans he says the public voted for but which his opponents say amounts to a coup of his far right and ultra—religious coalition. this is about the very identity of the state of israel. it reached a tipping point over the weekend when the defence minister broke ranks and called for a halt to the controversial reforms. he said protest within the military was endangering israel's and security. but mr netanyahu wasn't listening,

and he fired him, sparking last night's outpouring of protest and more claims the reforms are also to shield him from his current corruption trial, claims he rejects. now the demonstrations are building again outside israel's parliament, with the legislation still being advanced today. well, it is the scale of dissent that has never been seen before in this country, spreading notjust onto the streets and into the security establishment but now into the labour unions, and they are threatening to shut this country down if mr netanyahu doesn't back down. flights have been grounded at israel's main airport after the unions announced a general strike. mr netanyahu is caught between unprecedented opposition and the extremists he brought into his coalition. how he acts in the coming

hours could determine israel's future for years to come. and this is, this lunchtime, a country currently closing down. not only the main airport from tel aviv, where all flights are grounded, but one of the main ports has closed, medical staff are talking about going on strike tomorrow, town halls have shut down and even the major shopping mall groups have said that this afternoon, many of their stores will close their doors. now, there is only one person that has the power to stop all this, and that is benjamin netanyahu, currently in his office a few hundred yards from here. it had been expected that that statement will be coming, we have heard nothing other than a statement for people to behave responsibly and not to resort to violence, but as to the wider issue, stopping that legislation, so far, his office door remains shut. john bateman, thank you. the duke of sussex has appeared unexpectedly at the high court in london for the start of legal argument in his claim

against the publisher of the daily mail in connection with allegations of unlawful information gathering. it's believed to be the first time harry has been in the uk since the queen's funeral in september. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is outside the court. tom, a little unexpected this? yes, i think it is a surprise and also for the photographers who literally bumped into harry as he arrived at court this morning. this hearing was available via a video link and i think harry as far as i could tell is the only person of the seven people who are claiming against associated newspapers to turn up in court and i think his arrival sends a pretty obvious message, that he wants to be personally and visibly involved in this case. those other six claimants, doreen lawrence, mother of murdered stephen lawrence, the actors liz hurley and sadie frost, eltonjohn and his husband david furnish and the former lib dems mp simon hughes. now, last year they

accused associated newspapers, the publisher of the daily mail titles, of a range of things including bugging cars and homes, listening to telephone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical records. the crucial development today was that a reporting restriction was imposed by the court which means that we will be limited on what we can report about this case. associated newspapers vehemently denies the claims. people who vandalise public spaces will have to repair the damage they cause within 48 hours of being given an order under new government plans unveiled by the prime minister this morning. speaking at a boxing club in chelmsford in essex, rishi sunak today set out plans to improve community policing including banning possession of laughing gas, saying he wants to deal with the small minority of people who are disprutive. yetunde yusuf reports. a plan to clean up our streets, from graffiti to nitrous oxide,

better known as laughing gas. out on the beat today in essex, the prime minister delivered his message to crack down on anti—social behaviour. i think it is important that we have a zero tolerance approach to drugs and that is why i think it is important that we ban nitrous oxide for all the damage and that it does, and it is something that i hear repeatedly when i am out and about around the country from people who say this thing is a scourge. out of all the measures it is the tiny metal canisters that have got ministers talking. filled with nitrous oxide, when they are inhaled, they produce a short, intense high, but ministers are concerned that public spaces are becoming arenas for drug—taking and they say it is doing a lot more than causing a blight to communities. the drug is popular among 16— to 25—year—olds. in england and wales there were 56 registered deaths involving nitrous oxide between 2001 and 2020, with 45

of those registered since 2010. it is already illegal to produce or supply the gas for its psychoactive effects, but the new plans make possessing it a criminal offence and labour thinks the government's policy on anti—social behaviour could go further. this is too weak, it is too little and it is too late. over the last 13 years the conservatives have decimated neighbourhood policing and weakened anti—social behaviour powers so that they are rarely used. the liberal democrats say making the drugs illegal doesn't work and hands profit and control to serious criminals. meanwhile, charities have also criticised the announcement. you have rishi sunak talk about people that use nitrous oxide graffiting memorials or devastating communities and they are the ones that are choosing to outline a drug that has been relatively safe in

terms of its health and social harms within the psychoactive substances act. among other measures unveiled today, people who vandalise public spaces will have to repair damage within 48 hours. the government is trying to break what it says is the scourge of drugs and anti—social behaviour. our home editor mark easton joins us from chelmsford where the prime minister was speaking this morning. mark, the government's own advisory committee on drug misuse was against criminalising the possession of laughing gas should be criminalised. no, they ublished should be criminalised. no, they published a _ should be criminalised. no, they published a new— should be criminalised. no, they published a new assessment - should be criminalised. no, they published a new assessment this month which basically says if you were to do that there would be significant, unintended consequences and they mean by that that the harms of criminalising this act will be greater than leaving things as it is. so the prime ministerfound himself out of step with his experts. i put that to him today and

he said, as you were hearing in that report, he was very clear that he regards a zero tolerance approach to drugs as being the right thing to do. laboursay drugs as being the right thing to do. labour say they would also ban the use of nitrous oxide as well. i think this is because anti—social behaviour, both parties recognise that it behaviour, both parties recognise thatitis behaviour, both parties recognise that it is going to be a big issue, a doorstep issue, at the next election probably next year, so they are already getting their lines out, testing the water, if you like, trying to demonstrate they are as tough as each other on this issue. i think we will be hearing a lot more about anti—social behaviour in the next year or two as the politicians try and get their message across that they are tougher than the other lot. ~ ., ~ that they are tougher than the other lot. a, ~' ., ., nearly 100,000 prepayment meters for gas and electricity were forcibly installed in people's homes last year according to new government figures, and three energy firms accounted for the majority of those. the practice has been stopped by ministers after it emerged that debt agents acting for british gas

had broken into vulnerable people's properties to force—fit meters. our business correspondent theo leggett is with me. what more can you tell us? this is information _ what more can you tell us? this is information compiled _ what more can you tell us? this is information compiled by _ what more can you tell us? this is information compiled by the - information compiled by the government which wrote to the energy companies earlier this year because of all the controversy. what it has found is that 94,000 prepayment meters were installed without householders are a consent with a court warrant last year. of those 90,000, 70% were installed byjust three companies. those three companies are british gas, scottishpower and 0vo energy. 0bviously these are three of the larger suppliers, so you kind of expect them to be at the top of any list like this. but it is worth mentioning that one other major supplier, 0ctopus, only installed a handful of prepayment meters, i think 32 without consent, so it is not universal. the question is where

all of this leads us. forced installations were banned earlier this year because of concerns that they were being imposed on vulnerable people who should not have been having them, so there is a lot of concern about that. the regulator, 0fgem, has said that banner will now continue until a legally enforceable code of practice has been drawn up and the suppliers are showing they can adhere to it. the government itself to say that prepayment meter serve a valuable purpose because they help stop people getting into debt they can't afford, so it is not going to ban them. if it was to ban them, arguably you could say that might lead to higher bills for everybody else because some people would refuse to pay their bills and everybody else would end up paying. but it does show there is a lot of support within whitehall for reforming the way in which they are used and that is what we are going to see in this code of practice being drawn up. our top story this lunchtime... in under an hour, the people of scotland will know

which of the three candidates has been elected as leader of the scottish national party. and still to come... we'll be live in poole harbour where people are urged not to go into the water after a leak from an oilfield pipeline. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel... who next for tottenham hotspur as they part company with antonio conte after 16 months in charge? could it be a return to north london for mauricio pochettino? after a break for winter, a new school year has begun in afghanistan, but girls and women are still being denied an education. the taliban, which returned to power in august 2021, has banned females above the age of 13 from attending secondary school or university. it's the only government in the world to do so, as our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. chanting.

as a new school year begins afghan women out on the streets again. risking violence and detention, they are marching for teenage girls who have been denied this, the most basic of human rights, going to school, meeting friends, getting an education. look what it's doing to them. "when i see my brother going to school i feel sad and broken," says tamana. he used to say, "i won't go without you." i'd hug him and tell him i'd join later. i had hoped the taliban would change their minds.

almost every afghan girl we have spoken to has broken down within minutes of talking about school. habiba says she doesn't believe taliban claims that the closure is temporary. these girls used to be in the same class. 0ccasionally they forget their grief when they reminisce about school life, how they pranked a new teacher orjoked in drama class. education has never come easy. mahthab was injured in a school bombing that killed more than 80 before the taliban took over but she was determined to study. translation: life has no| meaning without education. i think death would be better.

if the restrictions on women get more and more intense, i don't think this life is worth living. with each day that goes by the hopes they had are fading. yogita limaye, bbc news. people are being urged not to go into the water around poole harbour in dorset, after a leak from an oilfield pipeline. the equivilent of 200 barrels of reservoir fluid, which is 85% water and 15%oil, escaped into the sea. our environment correspondentjonah fisher is at the scene. jonah, how bad is it? well, at the moment the indications are it might not be too bad, that the scale and damage caused by this oil leak may be limited in scope. there have been bows out in poole harbour this morning. there have been helicopters flying overhead, and none of them have at this point reported seeing anything that could

be called a significant size oil slick. there have been reports of patches of water being seen with a shiny top to it, but nothing which seems on a very serious scale. perenco, the oil and gas company that has been involved in this, they say it was their pipeline underneath poole harbour which is responsible for this leak. as you said, 200 barrels of what is being called a reservoir fluid leaked from their pipe yesterday, but what they are saying is it was 85% water and 15% oil and that to a significant extent they managed to contain it and they are now cleaning up the sheen on the top. for now the indications are that the worst has not come to pass and this may have been quite limited in its scale. , ., ., , and this may have been quite limited in its scale. g ., ., , ., ~ in its scale. jonah fisher, thank ou. a bbc investigation for panorama has found a landlord in london is making tens of thousands of pounds a year from what used to be social housing.

council estates were built to provide millions of people with decent homes, but their tenants were given the chance to buy them at a discount in the 1980s under the 'right to buy�* policy of conservative prime minister margaret thatcher. but now 40% of those right—to—buy purchases in the capital are owned by private landlords and some of them are cashing in on the housing crisis, as richard bilton reports. avril used to live on the bamton estate in lewisham. everybody along here was friends. in the '80s, she bought her house, sold it, and moved away. everybody always had had flowers, everything was clean. it was a lovely place. a lot has changed since. so this was your place? yes. now, it is one, two, three, four, five, six places. gee whizz! how did we get six? six? how do they get six places in there? her old terraced house now has six tenants, each paying nearly £1,000 a month,

mostly through housing benefit. one who doesn't want to be identified agrees to show her around. oh, it stops here? yeah. oh, my god! this was our kitchen. which was... yeah, the toilet's there. yeah, the whole... ..the whole thing was our kitchen. there is a little tiny shower in there and a toilet. do you like it here? no, but i don't like this, one kitchen, six people, how can we like it? your old kitchen is this gentleman's home and he pays 960 quid a month for it. it's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. this is the landlord, joel zwiebel. he owns three other old council houses on the block, each divided into six, earning him hundreds of thousands of pounds. this is an absolute disgrace. it was to get rid of those sluml landlords that in the first place

we created the social housing, the council housing. _ so that the wheel has turned full circle back to where it came - from and this is like the days - of victorian slums of yesteryear. we think mr zwiebel shouldn't even be a landlord or control the property, because he illegally evicted a former tenant. if he told the council, he would have found it difficult to pass the fit and proper person test. now, when we wrote to mr zwiebel asking for his response to these allegations, he said they were inaccurate, but wouldn't say what the inaccuracies were and didn't answer our questions. so i caught up with him. mrzwiebel, sir, i'm richard bilton from bbc panorama. sir, are you a slum landlord? should you be a landlord at all? should you tell the council about your illegal eviction? sir, would you just talk to us about those properties, because they seem unfair. sir!

we would like to know how you can charge £1,000, given your track record. lewisham council say that they are now investigating mr zwiebel. britain's old council estates under pressure, as the housing crisis bites. richard bilton, bbc news. you can see more about this on panorama, what's gone wrong with our housing? tonight at 8 o'clock on bbc1 and on the iplayer. football, and tottenham's manager antonio conte has left the club by mutual agreement following his furious outburst after his team's last match. spurs are currently fourth in the premier league but after a 3—3 draw at relegation threatened southampton, conte described his players as "selfish". 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson, reports. football managers come and go but no one has played his farewell scene quite like antonio conte at tottenham. but what turned out to be his last media conference he aimed to blame that practically everyone.

i see selfish players, i see players that don't want to help each other. they don't want to play under pressure, they don't want to play under stress. pressure, they don't want to play understress. it pressure, they don't want to play under stress. it is easy this way. at tottenham, tottenham is this. 20 years that there is the owner and they have never won something. but why? the fault is only for the club for every manager that stayed here and i have seen the managers that tottenham had.— and i have seen the managers that tottenham had. well, don't overlook the 2008 league _ tottenham had. well, don't overlook the 2008 league cup, _ tottenham had. well, don't overlook the 2008 league cup, that _ tottenham had. well, don't overlook the 2008 league cup, that was - tottenham had. well, don't overlook the 2008 league cup, that was ok. | the 2008 league cup, that was ok. richie paco tina took spurs to the champions league final in 2019, but he was placed replaced byjose mourinho who couldn't apply his magic touch. brian mason was an interim manager and he is still at the club. if you have forgotten nuno espirito santo's four months in charge, that is understandable. all these managers have had harry cain.

even he can't win matches alone. 0verseeing everything has been daniel levy, tottenham hotspur chairman, and sometimes in the eyes of supporters the main problem. what of supporters the main problem. what we want to see — of supporters the main problem. what we want to see from _ of supporters the main problem. twist we want to see from the of supporters the main problem. wisgt we want to see from the club is a clear sense of direction, a clear strategy. we want to see no under covers, moving forward we want to see attractive football on the pitch and a clear commitment to building the club and competing for trophies. antonio conte came to spurs with an excellent reputation. recall his hat—trick with thomas tuchel that became a kind of armrest. he hat-trick with thomas tuchel that became a kind of armrest. he wasn't ha - with became a kind of armrest. he wasn't happy with the _ became a kind of armrest. he wasn't happy with the transfer _ became a kind of armrest. he wasn't happy with the transfer window. - became a kind of armrest. he wasn't happy with the transfer window. he i happy with the transfer window. he didn't probably get the players he wanted or whatever, but they move on again and they will be looking for another manager at the end of the season. ., ., ., , ., season. tottenham have built a stadium worthy _ season. tottenham have built a stadium worthy of _ season. tottenham have built a stadium worthy of champions . season. tottenham have built a l stadium worthy of champions and season. tottenham have built a - stadium worthy of champions and that structure is inspiring, but the cop was my culture, if you believe the last manager, is built to fail. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather,

here's darren bett.