this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu will delay the process for discussions on controversialjudicial overhaul plans to next month, following widespread anti—government protests. humza yousaf is expected to succeed nicola sturgeon as the leader of the devolved scottish government after winning the scottish national party leadership election. scotland needs independence now more than ever before, and we will be the generation that

delivers independence for scotland. prince harry makes a surprise appearance at a high court hearing in london. he's among several high—profile figures bringing a privacy case against the publisher of the daily mail newspaper. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu will delay regarding the leadership of the scottish national party but before we address those stories, just to bring you some breaking news coming out of the united states the last few minutes, we are hearing of a shooting at a school in nashville. according to everything rehearing on the news agency among others, this

is an ongoing situation in the local fire department in nashville, you see the tweet in fact from the nashville fire department saying it is an ongoing situation with, as you can see regrettably there, multiple patients. as the tweet puts it. multiple victims as with some local media are saying and we don't know whether or not that's people will simply been injured or if it is worse than that. it is an ongoing situation and we will very much keep you up—to—date and you can see just move the fire department is writing the tweet there that, asking parents to go to a specific address and not to go to a specific address and not to go to the school itself. this is a school in nashville, tennessee and the boulevard covenant school which is such an early days and as i have not been able to look up to see if this is a primary or secondary school we do not know the age of the

children we are talking about either and we will endeavour to find that out and bring it to you and it's clearly a developing situation. we will have more on that over the course of the hour. we will keep an eye on that, sadly it appears a school shooting in nashville in the united states we will bring those details to you. the continuing situation in israel. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu will delay the process for discussions on a planned judicial overhaul until next month — according to far—right coalition member partyjewish power. it comes as strike action is spreading across israel as mass protests continue over the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system. shops, banks, hospitals

and universities are shutting down. departures from tel aviv�*s ben gurion airport have been cancelled until further notice. two main seaports, haifa and ashdod, have stopped work. local councils and school holidays camps also say they won't open their doors. the outpouring of anger has increased after the prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — local councils and school holidays camps also say they won't open their doors. the outpouring of anger has increased after the prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — sacked his defence minister on sunday, for saying the judicial reforms should be halted.

the defence minister said the changes should be halted. it's led to scenes like this outside israel's parliament. our middle east correspondent tom bateman begins our coverage. israel is gripped by unprecedented turmoil. and a leader refusing to give in. in tel aviv last night, protests erupted as people burned tyres and blocked highways and the police here let it happen, leaving 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 are being crashed daily. injerusalem, 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 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.

the prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — i'm joined now byjeremy sharon, legalaffairs reporter for the times of israel. in terms of benjamin netanyahu, what he wanted to achieve, what mood music do you hearing? are you getting the sense that this is the rolling back of these proposals? it was announced that there is an agreement to advancing that legislation until after the spring reset starts. a great sense of victory amongst the protesters against these reforms at the same time, a great deal of disappointment by those who are supporting it. as of now, the legislation which is

poised to be in law within the next few days or hours has been postponed and there should be some breathing room. . , room. . postponement, deep field that is a result _ room. . postponement, deep field that is a result of _ room. . postponement, deep field that is a result of these _ that is a result of these extraordinary scenes that we're seeing the pictures the rear of scene, thousands of people on the streets, is that something that you feel perhaps even benjamin netanyahu didn't quite anticipate that strength of feeling? didn't quite anticipate that strenath of feelina? ~ , , strength of feeling? absolutely. the coalition is made _ strength of feeling? absolutely. the coalition is made a _ strength of feeling? absolutely. the coalition is made a miscalculation i coalition is made a miscalculation and did not expect the outpouring of opposition to what it was trying to do, it did not escape the engagement of a large part of the society and the political spectrum to talk of the political spectrum to talk of the reforms another being ran through and i think that by a long

shot, we seen the end of this issue but i think that the government will have an opportunity to step back and see how it can advance and engage with dialogue with the opposition. i think they will remain a very difficult problem for benjamin netanyahu and his coalition because as your reporter pointed out, the large masses of people who have come out to protest the opposition of reservists in the army has been critical, including fighter pilots is they would not turn up for duty and senior economists and the people on the streets as well. blocking roots, causing pandemonium in the country and all of that is brought all of this to add the right at the final moment, where the last moment before the legislation was to be

passed and the final moment, that is been stopped by this unprecedented protest movement.— protest movement. thank you very much for your— protest movement. thank you very much for your time. _ protest movement. thank you very much for your time. we've - protest movement. thank you very much for your time. we've got - protest movement. thank you very much for your time. we've got the | much for your time. we've got the sense of what he was saying there and we have been seeing some images of people supporting benjamin netanyahu pewdiepie lee, you'll be familiar with the just extraordinary scenes of the huge numbers of people are protesting about those proposed changes to the judiciary. that image will look at right now from jerusalem is indeed people supporting the proposals butjust how divisive it is proved, i think i guessed was just reflecting there from the times of israel.

and the developing situation in nashville, tennessee in the united states at the top of the hour, we were explaining that there was a shooting at a school there in the city of nashville. just bring you up—to—date because the the national police department has now told the media that the person doing the shooting, we know nothing about them yet, is now dead. you can see that there is the tweet from the police department, the shooter was engaged by the police department and is now dead. again, that is as much as we know on that end in the last ten minutes or so, the fire department regrettably had to do with victims and we do not know whether it was people who are injured or worse than that. we wait to find out. there's a lot more to develop. the police

clearly confident that the perpetrator of this attack is now dead we will keep you up—to—date and more to come from nashville. as you can see, kate taking nearly 40%. it as you can see, kate taking nearly a0%. it means he will replace nicola sturgeon and that takes effect immediately and he does not become the first minister into a vote by all msp and that will take place tomorrow. he said he is a proud scott and the luckiest man in the world, taking the helm of a party thatis world, taking the helm of a party that is supported all his life

stabilityjoining the scottish stability joining the scottish national stabilityjoining the scottish national party is a statement of intent. i was determined then as i am now that we will deliver independence for scotland. together, as a team. leadership elections by the very nature can be bruising. however, that the scottish national party, we are a family and we may have been competitors or supporters of different candidates, we are no longer team humza yousaf or team tape, we are one team and we will be the team, we will be the generation that delivers independence for scotland. where there are divisions to heal, we must do so quickly because we have a job to do. as a party, where the strongest when we are united and what unites us is our shared goal of delivering independence for our nation. to those in scotland did not share that

passion that i do for independence, i will aim to earn your trust by continuing to ensure that we learn to respect and this minister, will focus on the priorities that matter to all of us. and in doing so, using her to evolve powers to be absolute maximum effect to tackle the challenges of the day. and for us in this room and watching who do believe in independence, people only win by making that case on the doorsteps. in my promise to you is that i will kick—start our grassroots movement and ensure our driver for grassroots movement and ensure our driverfor independence grassroots movement and ensure our driver for independence is grassroots movement and ensure our driverfor independence is in fifth gear. the people of scotland need independence now more than ever before and we will be the generation that delivers independence for scotland. now to westminster with our

political correspondent — mckenzie. close votes is they were surprised by how close that ended up being? surprised by how close that ended up bein: ? , ., ., being? outside, the parliament in edinbur: h being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and _ being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and yes, _ being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and yes, it _ being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and yes, it was - being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and yes, it was a - being? outside, the parliament in edinburgh and yes, it was a close| edinburgh and yes, it was a close contest. people do not really want to go either way against was going to go either way against was going to be the winner and they did think is either going to be humza yousaf or tape forbes but it was very close in the final vote, he got 52.i% indeed forbes got 47.9% of the vote. just over 72,000 members of the scottish national party and the turnout for the vote was 70% and humza yousaf is not the new leader

of the scottish national party and tomorrow, likely voted to be the first minister of scotland. he gave that speech just after the announcement and was obviously absolutely delighted and said there was lots of work to be getting on with in a pincus entry will be bulging and start off by paying tribute to the other candidates such as kate forbes and he went on and a rather emotional but quite confident speech and he said he was humbled, he was feeling very lucky and it was the honour of his life to be elected is first minister here at the scottish parliament tomorrow and he spoke about once that work it's under way, spoke about once that work it's underway, extending spoke about once that work it's under way, extending free childcare and talked about improving housing and talked about improving housing and of course, he talked about independence and talked about bringing people together within the

scottish national party to deliver independence. he said he wanted to focus on policy and not process and so, i would focus on policy and not process and so, iwould imagine focus on policy and not process and so, i would imagine many of the snp members would want more details on that as to what he actually plans to do and he said that she wants to be the generation that delivers independence. she talked about building on the foundation set by nicola sturgeon and her team. during this, all the candidates have been askedif this, all the candidates have been asked if they can be delivered in the next five years and they all, including humza yousaf set that it could. he is not ruled out a snap election here but, that's not necessarily an easy process. thank ou ve necessarily an easy process. thank you very much- _ necessarily an easy process. thank you very much. let _ necessarily an easy process. thank you very much. let us _ necessarily an easy process. thank you very much. let us speak - necessarily an easy process. thank you very much. let us speak to - necessarily an easy process. thankj you very much. let us speak to our

correspondent let us speak to our david wallace lockhart a party that wants scotland to be an independent country. find a party that wants scotland to be an independent country.— independent country. and humza yousaf seems _ independent country. and humza yousaf seems to _ independent country. and humza yousaf seems to be _ independent country. and humza yousaf seems to be making - independent country. and humzal yousaf seems to be making taking wasting their time trying to make that a reality. —— wasting no time trying to make that a reality. and in 2014, there was a transfer of power between the uk parliament of westminster to the scottish parliament in edinburgh to enable legislation underpinning that referendum to take place is called a section 30 order and humza yousaf said that he plans to ask for another section 30 order and so essentially, another independence referendum right away and that is been put to the prime minister of the spokesman today that since the uk government is well established position on this and that is not

changing and the answer is no, the uk government is not going to sanction his second independence referendum anytime soon and the prime minister spokesman said that people in scotland and across the uk want the government to be focusing on issues like inflation, the cost of living in the backlog and services in the nhs and the prime minister looks forward to working with humza yousaf and i did not sound like a second independence referendum in scotland was high up rishi sunak�*s priority list. in the question about why humza yousaf would say that he wants this right away is because his predecessor, nicola sturgeon will still minister for another day though he has taken over his snp leader. she asked for another referendum and scotland in 2021 where she came to one seat short of majority under the scottish system, that is something that is

quite hard to achieve and even at that point, the uk government said no. all the chances are there and we've imagined to convince the uk government there should be a second independence referendum and there is really the chances of that were pretty much zero and i'm sure he will not want to weaken the power of asking for that second referendum by doing it too often but at least we know that throughout the campaign, to become snp leader, certainly the securing scottish independence and securing scottish independence and securing a second independence referendum appears to be very high on his priority list if not at the very top. hello ian, welcome to you. you keep

your political correspondent there and i wonder what you think humza yousaf�*s first task is. he talks very quickly about trying to get independence as david was illustrating there it is he tried to unify the party, your party after a really fractious campaign. but she will see is that _ really fractious campaign. but she will see is that there's _ really fractious campaign. but she will see is that there's an - really fractious campaign. but she will see is that there's an election | will see is that there's an election to in the not—too—distant future but i think humza yousaf is right to remind westminster that the prime minister that we had an election in 2021 in this art to be about democracy and not to be about the fact that there is independence majority in the parliament and westminster should respect that but i suppose they could characterise this and talking about process and thatis this and talking about process and that is important but one of the things that humza yousaf has said is that we need to make sure we drive up that we need to make sure we drive up support for independence. especially of the course of the last

few months and around about 50% and i think we'll have to do is to the will to show people in scotland that an independent country back in the european union have the capability of driving up sustainable economic and delivering the developing economy that is spoken about it can do that by making sure you have the wealth regenerated making the investments that we need to do and all of our public services. but the health services come up a lot in the last piece from david wallace, one of the things i would say from humza yousaf is that he managed to make sure that in scotland, we have not lost a single day to strikes and health workers of the last two months because he is reach the accommodation with the unions there. i think we is is a very infectious type of leadership and throughout the uk indeed the western world, still recovering from a covid—i9

pandemic and in our power to drive that there. but let's not lose sight, when people meet the nhs, particularly when it comes to acute care, this has done wonderful things for our country. i care, this has done wonderful things for our country-— for our country. i don't want to go too far and _ for our country. i don't want to go too far and down _ for our country. i don't want to go too far and down the _ for our country. i don't want to go too far and down the rabbit - for our country. i don't want to go too far and down the rabbit hole l for our country. i don't want to go l too far and down the rabbit hole but the secretary there've been terrible waiting figures. what sort of authority does he have leading the party at a time were actually the vote between him and kate forbes was actually quite close. it’s vote between him and kate forbes was actually quite close.— actually quite close. it's coming down and it _ actually quite close. it's coming down and it needs _ actually quite close. it's coming down and it needs to _ actually quite close. it's coming down and it needs to come - actually quite close. it's coming | down and it needs to come down actually quite close. it's coming - down and it needs to come down and we are not proud of where they are. they are better than any other part of the united kingdom. but he will have a big meeting and make sure that the party will be properly utilised to ensure effective leadership and the speech today is no longer team humza yousaf her team

kate,itis no longer team humza yousaf her team kate, it is team snp and the party will be united in making sure that they take the bouncer apartments in they take the bouncer apartments in the general election next year and ultimately that we win that battle for independence. brute ultimately that we win that battle for independence.— ultimately that we win that battle for independence. we appreciate you “oininu us for independence. we appreciate you joining us so — for independence. we appreciate you joining us so quickly _ for independence. we appreciate you joining us so quickly and _ for independence. we appreciate you joining us so quickly and thank- for independence. we appreciate you joining us so quickly and thank you i joining us so quickly and thank you so much. more to come on the big day in scottish politics. before we leave you, just bring up to date, we started this hour talking about the situation in israel and we heard that benjamin netanyahu is do to make a statement of some sort of the top of the hour and so, and around about 40 minutes' time, we are told these live images from jerusalem are people actually supporting his proposals to reform the judiciary but we know as we have been

reflected, many thousands of people out on the streets in different israeli cities are very angry about those proposals. you're watching bbc news. it's only been a chilly start of the week and while we saw some club developing across parts of england and wales, which are in northern england we enjoyed the lion's share of the sunshine. things are going to be changing because we been watching this cloud all day at slowly moving in from the atlantic and they'll tend to lift the temperatures as the night goes on in the lowest temperatures will be earlier in the night in eastern areas in the cloud will increase in the pleas will pick up will increase in the pleas will pick up and for western areas, will see some rain coming in later as well. temperatures at the end of the night of quite cold and eastern scotland in the northeast of england, temperatures close to freezing and somewhat milder elsewhere. the weather will look and feel quite

different tomorrow and there will be much more cloud around them over pres, southerly breeze and the chance some rain from time to time as well. bigotry of the pressure to stranded out in the mid atlantic by pushing the lead of it, these were the will bring in the cleft in the atlantic and bring with us and outbreaks of rain. briefly, we see some snow in the rain will move northwards and eastwards across england and wales and to betrayer to the afternoon in northern ireland will see some sunshine some sharp showers and temperatures reaching and stepping around 10 degrees and still on the cool side of the year. in a chilly start to the week but by the time you get to wednesday, temperatures rising significantly and much milder air on the south westerly wind was still of what a cloud on wednesday and there will be western areas we can see that rain moving into eastern parts of the

afternoon is still quite breezy but those temperatures are going to be hired typically around 14 or 15 degrees despite the cloud in the developing rain. more developing overnight and before this next low moves in with a shower and was to south—westerly stream on thursday, lots of showers particularly western areas, they will develop more widely and they may be having with some hail and some thunder mixed in. stronger winds and wales but here in the east, temperatures could reach 1617 celsius. temperatures could reach 16—17 celsius.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm jane hill. our top stories... allies of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu say he will delay controversial plans to overhaul the courts system to next month, following widespread anti—government protests. i therefore declare humza yousaf... humza yousaf is expected to succeed nicola sturgeon as scotland's first minister after winning the scottish national party leadership election. people of scotland needs independence now more than ever before, and we will be the generation that delivers independence for scotland.

multiple casualties have been reported after shooting at a school in nashville, tennessee in the us. in the last few minutes the police department has said that shooter is dead. prince harry makes a surprise appearance at a high court hearing in london. he's among several high—profile figures bringing a privacy case against the publisher of the daily mail newspaper. just to bring you the few details we have about that shooting in nashville, tennessee in the united states, to reiterate, and the last five or ten minutes or so the police department has said that they shooter inside the school is now dead. however, the emergency

services at the scene have for some time been saying that there are regrettably casualties. we still don't have many more details than that. we don't know whether casualties mean people who are injured or regrettably, whether it might be worse than that. simply, the police department has told us the police department has told us the shooter himself is dead. i say, himself, that is an assumption in itself. the shooter is dead. parents, anyone who has children at that school has been asked to go to a different address, not to go to the school itself. we don't have any detail on numbers, however many people may be injured, we simply don't know, we don't know the ages of anyone who might be injured. the resultant lot more still to emerge. we're trying to find out more details for you. we're trying to find out more details foryou. multiple we're trying to find out more details for you. multiple people being treated, multiple casualties, thatis being treated, multiple casualties, that is what we're being told by the emergency services. we will bring

you more on that as we get it, details quite slow to emerge from the situation in nashville. we will take a breath and catch up with all the latest sports news. hello, ben. he's been one of scotland's star players for the best part of a decade but stuart hogg is calling time in his rugby union career. he'll retire from the sport after the world cup in france later this year. the full back is only 30 but says he doesn't feel like his body can achieve the standards he sets for much longer. at 100 appearances, he's scotland's fourth most capped player and added knowing what lies ahead, i have a real hunger to play the best, most enjoyable rugby of my career. following the departure of antonio conte, tottenham hotspur chairman daniel levy missed the meeting of the european clubs association in budapest on monday. levy is on the hunt for a fifth spurs boss in four years with conte's 16 month spell in charge now over. conte's final game — a 3—all draw at southampton — saw his side give up a two goal lead

and then led to the italian accusing his players of being selfish in the post match press conference. steve cavalier from the tottenham hotspur supporters trust told us what he wants to see now. what we want to see from the club is a clear sense of direction, a clear strategy. we want to know where the club is moving forward, we want to see attractive football on the pitch and a clear commitment to building the club and competing for trophies, both domestically and in europe. that is what we're calling for, a clear statement from it all. we do think there seems to be a lack of direction another managerial, short tenure doesn't exactly fill you with confidence. well spurs are still fourth in the premier league so whatever the new vision — who will be the man to deliver it? earlier i was joined by bbc sport's patrick gearey to take a look at some of the contenders, beginning with the man placed in temporary charge until the end of the season.

cristian stellini who is antonio conte's long—term lieutenant, unusually he is staying on until the end of this season assisted by the former player ryan mason. those two work together while antonio conte was recovering from surgery and they have some notable results beating manchester city and chelsea. beyond that and a many fans have been mentioning is that of mauricio pochettino, the former manager who took spurs to the champions league final and second in the premier league. he is out of work, he has a home in north london and has previously spoken about wanting to return to tottenham. thenjulian nagelsmann, who left bayern munich last week, young and exciting coach who could return spurs to the kind of attacking football they have been traditionally associated with. other names mentioned include brentford's thomas frank, roberto de zerbi, the brighton manager, luis enrique, the former spain manager but whoever it is, spurs need direction and they need stability, they will not want to be here again in 18 months' time. bangladesh beat ireland in a rain—affected first of three t20 internationals between the sides. rony talukdar struck a career—best 67 from 38 balls as the hosts posted

207 for 5 before rain ended their innings in chittagong prematurely. when play resumed, ireland found themselves chasing a formidable target of 104 off eight overs, with ireland falling 23 runs short. this game was bangladesh's first t20 international at home against ireland. bangladesh won the preceding three—match one—day series 2—) and they'll meet for a one—off test in early april. you'll probably know jenson button from his time in formula one but the 2009 world champion endured a difficult start to his time in the nascar cup series, nearly fainting through heat exhaustion in a crash strewn race — before finishing 18th in austin. another ex fi champ kimi raikkonen was involved in one of the late shunts, with austin dillon, ross chastain and aj allmendinger all colliding too. into triple overtime and numerous restarts, tyler reddick kept his cool for his first win of the year in the series' first road course race. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. plenty more on the bbc sport website and app.

thank you, ben. the royal society for the... "oiled birds' thank you, ben. have been spotted around poole harbour in dorset according to wildlife charity, rspb. it comes after a pipeline from a nearby oilfield leaked on sunday. a major incident�*s been declared after 200 barrels of reservoir fluid spilt from perenco's wytch farm oil field into the water. poole harbour is a protected area and recognised as an internationally important wetland. the impact on wildlife in the area is now of growing concern. i'm joined now by the chief executive of dorset wildlife trust, brian bleesehow big of a deal is this spill for the wildlife in the region and what do we know so far about the impact? we're very concerned. it's such an

incredibly important place for wildlife. breeding and wading birds, it's an important site for a whole range of aquatic animals. we're looking at the potential impact of this and we started a monitoring programme to assess habitats and the impact on birds. as you said previously, we have now seen some birds in the lagoon, which is an important refuge site for birds in pool harbour with oil markings on them. �* . , pool harbour with oil markings on them. , them. and the concerns, if you covet our them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity — them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity can _ them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity can get _ them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity can get to _ them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity can get to birds - them. and the concerns, if you covet your charity can get to birds that - your charity can get to birds that have been oiled, can you help them, can you help clean up? what would you actually do in that circumstance?- you actually do in that circumstance? ., ., ~ , ., circumstance? our initial work is to kee - circumstance? our initial work is to kee an circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye — circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye on _ circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye on them. _ circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye on them. if— circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye on them. if they - circumstance? our initial work is to keep an eye on them. if they startl keep an eye on them. if they start to look distressed that we can take further action. to look distressed that we can take furtheraction. 0ur to look distressed that we can take further action. 0ur longer—term concern is that we're in breeding season and we've got internationally

important birds that breed on the island in the lagoon, now gathering in the area. it's very important area for them to feed and for their prey. and that's a big concern as they will be passing through water that has oil in it and will be picking up contaminants. that's our biggest concern we will be keeping a close eye on that. seeking further action if we need to and have people come into clean birds and things like that. ~ ., come into clean birds and things like that. a, , , come into clean birds and things like that. , , , like that. more broadly, the people who don't know _ like that. more broadly, the people who don't know the _ like that. more broadly, the people who don't know the area, _ like that. more broadly, the people who don't know the area, it's - like that. more broadly, the people who don't know the area, it's very i who don't know the area, it's very beautiful but poole harbour, i think of right in saying is the second largest natural harbour in the whole of europe. it's scientifically in terms of wildlife, a really important area, isn't it? hugely important- _ important area, isn't it? hugely important. it's— important area, isn't it? hugely important. it's got _ important area, isn't it? hugely important. it's got all— important area, isn't it? hugely important. it's got all of- important area, isn't it? hugely important. it's got all of the - important. it's got all of the designations you can think of. it's a special area of conservation and under the habitat, no longer part of

the eu but many of the laws that protect our sites are to the eu legislation that still stands. it's also in the unite programme for birds in wetlands. it's usually can be hugely important. it's a bass nursery, which means it's a special place where baskin breed in a protected way. —— baskin breed. as the horses, and incredibly important. the oil is one thing but any contaminated water will also have other dispersed contaminants in it, which could get into the system. and could potentially affect bivalves and cockles that feed in the water. the impact could be very large. we're calling to get this cleaned up as quickly as possible and we want to see an investigation into how this happened and learned lessons and make sure it doesn't happen again. thank you very much.

following the oil leak on sunday. we will return to the situation in the united states in nashville to bring you as much as we can right up to date with another school shooting in the united states. this is an elementary school hand the new york times, have to stress, it's only the new york times at the moment but a paper of record. the new york times saying it believes that at least three children have been killed in that school shooting. in elementary school in nashville and tennessee. the police department said about half an hour ago that shooter is dead. the new york times saying it believes at least three children have been killed in sadly, yet another school shooting in the united states. let's talk to a reporter for public radio

united states. let's talk to a reporterfor public radio in united states. let's talk to a reporter for public radio in the area. she is with wpl and news. page, a desperate situation. bring us up to date with what you understand to be the current dues situation at the school there. yes. situation at the school there. yes, our local police _ situation at the school there. ya: our local police department got situation at the school there. 12: our local police department got a call this morning about a shooting at covenant school which is in nashville for them it's a private christian school serving preschoolers through sixth—graders. the police are reporting that the perpetrator is dead for up our local newspaper here as well, the tennessean is reporting that three children are confirmed dead. you say u . children are confirmed dead. you say u- to children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. _ children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. what _ children are confirmed dead. you say up to sixth-graders. what age? - children are confirmed dead. you say| up to sixth-graders. what age? we're up to sixth—graders. what age? we're talking about young children. preschoolers through sixth—graders, those are middle schoolers, they're not even teenagers yet. young kids.

i know you got another reporter at the scene there at that moment. a desperately distressing situation. even though we're talking about very small children, would i be correct in assuming that lots of schools these days to carry out drills, they tell even young pupils what to do in this grim eventuality? yes. unfortunately, _ this grim eventuality? yes. unfortunately, that's - this grim eventuality? yes. unfortunately, that's the l this grim eventuality? yes. - unfortunately, that's the reality this grim eventuality? 123 unfortunately, that's the reality of a lot of schools here in the united states. right now the main priority is families are being told to go to it nearby church for reunification with the other students. that's... right now there's a lot of traffic in the area, people can't get around very easily. they are being told to go to a nearby church in hopes of being reunified with their children. and for people who don't know the

area, what is the area like? is a suburb? tell us a little bit more about where this church is and where the school is and its links with the local community.— local community. green hills is a relatively nice _ local community. green hills is a relatively nice neighbourhood . local community. green hills is a relatively nice neighbourhood of| relatively nice neighbourhood of nashville. it's not necessarily the suburbs, it's part of davidson county, part of the city. it's a really nice suburban community. the school is part of a broader complex, it has a church attached to it. it's a nice community here in nashville. it continues to prove that this can really happen anywhere. the police as ou really happen anywhere. the police as you say. — really happen anywhere. the police as you say. saying _ really happen anywhere. the police as you say, saying that _ really happen anywhere. the police as you say, saying that the - really happen anywhere. the police as you say, saying that the shooter| as you say, saying that the shooter is dead. are we learning any more, is dead. are we learning any more, is it too early to know who it might be, what motivation, what are you hearing? brute be, what motivation, what are you hearin: ? ~ :, �* be, what motivation, what are you hearin: ? ~ ., �* ., be, what motivation, what are you hearinu? ~ ., �* ., ., , be, what motivation, what are you hearinu? ~ :, �* ., ., , ., hearing? we don't have any more information _ hearing? we don't have any more information than _ hearing? we don't have any more information than that. _

hearing? we don't have any more information than that. they - hearing? we don't have any more information than that. they say . hearing? we don't have any more i information than that. they say the perpetrator is dead and the tennessean is reporting that three children are also dead. we don't know more than that at the moment. page, thank you very much. we may welcome back to you when there is more information. page with nashville public radio. let's talk more about that news that humza yousaf has been elected snp leader. he won with 52% of the vote of party covers. forbes, their rhetoric gained nearly 48%. the third candidate as reagan was eliminated in the first round. humza yousaf is expected to be confirmed by us goblins minister by scottish parliament tomorrow. let's discuss the significance of his election. alastair grant, political editor of

the scotsman, hello to you. a relatively close result in the end between the ultimate winner and kate forbes. what do you make of that? what sort of legacy does that mean? i think it will make things difficult for humza yousaf. this has been a damaging and divisive leadership campaign we've seen over the past few weeks. we've had tv debates that were quite bruising, we had kate forbes laying into humza yousaf business saying he is telling government. by the secretary was mediocre. we've had bruising rows over membership figures and wider issues of transparency in the party. i think they also stood for two very different things. humza yousaf, the health secretary as he was was seen very much as a continuity candidate. a candidate that was closest to nicola sturgeon his vision. he had a lot of big names in the snp coming

back with deputy first ministerjohn sweeney who is close to nicola sturgeon where kate forbes was more of a candidate for change. she was saying continuity won't cut it and things had to change. she was seen as a little bit more to the right economically then nicola sturgeon. seen as somebody socially conservative. there was a row at the beginning of her campaign over her socially conservative religious views including gay marriage. huge differences between the two candidates. i think the fact that that result was so tight, something that result was so tight, something that humza yousaf had to deal with going forward as he tries to bring some unity to the party. you imagine his victory speech he needs to reach across the divide, as he put it to move forward as a party and put this damaging leadership contest behind him. the damaging leadership contest behind him. , , ., , . him. the big question, independence. the very definition _ him. the big question, independence. the very definition of _ him. the big question, independence. the very definition of what _ him. the big question, independence. the very definition of what the - the very definition of what the party is all about. how quickly or slowly, how aggressively does he start talking about that in relation to the west minister government? what is your sense of where he's

going to go with that? i what is your sense of where he's going to go with that?— going to go with that? i think we will hear a _ going to go with that? i think we will hear a lot _ going to go with that? i think we will hear a lot of _ going to go with that? i think we will hear a lot of noise _ going to go with that? i think wej will hear a lot of noise from then on it. i think he will make a lot of comments about independence. he knows it something snp activist, members and voters care about. it's something that came lot as you'd imagine in the campaign itself i think if you actually look into humza yousaf has said about this and kate forbes, it's very much a focus of growing support in growing that grassroots support and using that as a tactic to move this debate on. 0bviously, a tactic to move this debate on. obviously, i don't nicola sturgeon you had other strategies that had been muted. nicola sturgeon has suggested using, the next generation as a de facto referendum. humza yousaf saying that is not his preferred option instead he's going to focus on green support. he says that will remove the hurdles naturally. that are in the way of independence at the moment, what you can demonstrate" will of the

scottish people. i think that remains to be seen. independence will remain a focus as you can imagine, snp is the reason for existing is a party, it's what keeps them together. the one thing all snp members is a desire for independence. members is a desire for indeendence. : . :, ~ members is a desire for indeendence. : :, . ~' independence. alastair, thank you for our independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts _ independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts there. _ independence. alastair, thank you for your thoughts there. political | for your thoughts there. political editor of the scotsman. in fact, i can see in another monitor that joining me for west minister is a former snp leader, alex solomon who now leads the elbow party after quitting the act of one. welcome to you welcome to bbc news. it was a close result. what does that do to the party? i close result. what does that do to the -a ? .. �* , , the party? i think it's the first time in metairie _ the party? i think it's the first time in metairie leaders - the party? i think it's the first time in metairie leaders beenj time in metairie leaders been elected by a minority of votes. that presents an immediate challenge to humza yousaf to reunite his party. one thing i would say, let's congratulate humza yousaf on his victory and also make the point that

it's really important for scotland, were about to have a first minister from minority community. that is a good thing. from minority community. that is a aood thin. :, from minority community. that is a good thing-— good thing. that is a positive that a lot of people — good thing. that is a positive that a lot of people are _ good thing. that is a positive that a lot of people are highlighting i a lot of people are highlighting today, with his victory. in terms of party unity, where is the balance? by party unity, where is the balance? by definition the party exists, we know to fight for scottish independence. i spoken to plenty of people so far today who say also he has got to unite the party. where do you you see him make thatjudgment? where's the balance between what comes first?— comes first? he's got three big challenges _ comes first? he's got three big challenges and _ comes first? he's got three big challenges and he _ comes first? he's got three big challenges and he has - comes first? he's got three big challenges and he has to - comes first? he's got three big challenges and he has to run i comes first? he's got three big . challenges and he has to run them all concurrently. first unite the party put up if i was in his plays he may or may not want to say by some of the first thing i do is make a substantial offer to the two defeated candidates and recognise, ask reagan actually had the best independent policy in the campaign and recognise that kate forbes is an

outstanding talent. his firstjob is to get his rivals back into the fold. more than that, you've got to unite the party around a program. also there is the independence movement to consider. it is notjust a question of snp unity, one of the reasons snp has been losing ground is there's been a fracture of independence movement for the launch and independent convention and get the various independence parties, scottish socialist party and others into the fold, into the tent along with the grassroots organisations, the think tanks and get everybody united in an independence movement to take on the west minister establishment. third challenge is competent government. the last two or three years the snp has lost what was an incredibly hard—won reputation for running the show efficiently. and not getting diverted into issues like self identifications for the let's check

on the job of running the scottish government efficiently and concentrate on self—determination first goblin. d0 concentrate on self-determination first roblin. ~ concentrate on self-determination first goblin-— concentrate on self-determination first roblin. ~ ., first goblin. do you think those are west minister _ first goblin. do you think those are west minister who _ first goblin. do you think those are west minister who don't _ first goblin. do you think those are west minister who don't want - west minister who don't want scotland to be an independent nation breed a little easier tonight? there is so much on his bike up some of which you've out loud that actually, they will think independence is much further away. i they will think independence is much further away-— further away. i think... the observers _ further away. i think... the observers at _ further away. i think... the observers at west - further away. i think... the observers at west minister| further away. i think... the - observers at west minister would probably have figured kate forbes. she was the candidate that seem to have the widest reach across the political divide. that's no inconsiderable thing. snp is a very powerful party but support has been declining around 4%. that's sue biggs but you gotta get it well over 50% or more. —— still big. a party which wouldst be seen as a tour by west minister.—

which wouldst be seen as a tour by west minister. alex salmond, many thanks forjoining _ west minister. alex salmond, many thanks forjoining us _ west minister. alex salmond, many thanks forjoining us tonight. - the american red cross has begun delivering help to the survivors of the tornado which has effectively destroyed the small town of rolling fork in mississippi. at least 25 people died when winds, blowing at 320 kilometres per hour, swept across the area on friday. president biden has promised federal disaster aid. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in mississippi — and she sent this report. cut by the tornado. people who survived it say it was as big as the town itself and turned the whole sky black. some trees have been stripped of their branches and uprooted. others are totally untouched. as you drive into rolling fork, you can see the extent to which this community has been devastated. i salvage what i can. as survivors sift through what remains of their homes in the hope of salvaging something, they're still coming to terms

with what's happened here. i sit here and. seeing little kids, seeing the kids hurting, you know, seeing the kids. seeing all them people hurt. so i did what i could, you know, helped move a couple of trees, helped pull a couple of people from tight spots. daryl wasn't able to save his own uncle, who was in his trailer home when it was picked up and smashed to the ground. he'd be hollering, "come on, my favourite nephew. " he'll tell you that, "come on, my favourite nephew. " he going to be missed, he going to be missed by all of rolling fork. everybody knew him. and even though he got on their nerves, they loved him. in the immediate aftermath of the tornado, rolling

fork was eerily quiet. people were visibly dazed, trying to comprehend what had happened to their town. now there is activity everywhere, with people just starting hopefully restore some power. this is the very beginning of the recovery operation. but as you can see, the task is enormous. this was the most deadly tornado to hit mississippi in half a century. president biden has promised to provide the support they need to rebuild, but there are fears there could be more ahead. we see extreme weather events increasing, only increasing in gravity, in severity and in frequency. and we have to build our communities to be best prepared for them to prevent the devastation to the extent possible, to be able to quickly respond and recover, to prove ourselves resilient.

the thunderstorm that followed was a prescient reminder of that. it will be a long road to recovery for rolling fork. sophie long, bbc news, mississippi. you can keep up—to—date with all those doors on the bbc website. bye—bye. it's certainly been a chilly start to the week. know that ireland, scotland and here in northern anglin enjoyed the lion's share of the sunshine. things are going to be changing because we've been watching this cloud all day. it's slowly moving in from the atlantic and it will tend to lift the temperatures as the night goes on. lowest temperatures will be early in the night when we have clear skies in eastern areas. the cloud will tend to increase as light goes on. the breeze will pick up and for western areas we will see rain coming later as well. these are the temperatures

at the end and i, still quite cold in eastern scotland and the role—plays of england, temperatures close freezing, somewhat milder elsewhere. the weather will look and feel quite different tomorrow compared with today. much more cloud for a start, more of a breeze, and the chance of rain from time to time. we've got a big area of low pressure stranded out in the mid atlantic but pushing well ahead of it, these weather fronts will bring in that car from the atlantic and bring with it outbreaks of rain. briefly we will see some snow over the scottish mountains. rain will move northward and eastward across england and well but that it becomes a bit dry through the afternoon, still cloudy. northern ireland should see sunshine after the rain but sharp showers come temperatures they are reaching 14 degrees with they are reaching 14 degrees with the other parts of the uk stuck around 10 degrees or so so still on the cool side at this time of year. a chilly start to the new week. but time we get to wednesday we got the temperatures rising significantly as we tap into some of these much milder air on we tap into some of these much milderair on a we tap into some of these much milder air on a west to south

westerly wind. with that we still got a lot of clout on wednesday and more rain around, especially western areas but you could see some of that rate moving to eastern parts during the afternoon. still quite breezy on wednesday put up those temperatures that could be higher everywhere, double the gears typically and widely i4 double the gears typically and widely 14 or 15 degrees despite the cloud and that developing rain. more weather fronts, cloud and that developing rain. more weatherfronts, those cloud and that developing rain. more weather fronts, those will move away overnight before this next low moves in on friday, we're and if shari west or south westerly airstream on thursday for the a lot of showers, particularly the western are, though showers will develop widely northward and eastward and heavy with hail and thunder mixed in. stronger winds across england and wales but to hear in the east temperatures could reach 16 or even 17 c.

today at six, we're live in edinburgh, where the snp has elected a new leader who's all set to be scotland's next first minister. i therefore declare humza yousaf duly elected as the scottish national party leader. history is made as humza yousaf becomes the first muslim to lead a major political party in the uk. i will be a first minister for all of scotland. i will work every minute of every day to earn and to re—earn your respect and your trust.