tonight at ten: we're live in edinburgh, where the scottish national party has chosen a new leader to replace nicola sturgeon. 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. we'll be looking at the story of the man who's made it to the top of scottish politics, and we'll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and the other main stories tonight... in israel, mass protests against controversialjudicial reforms force a government delay. but tonight it's supporters of the plans who are on the streets. prince harry unexpectedly appears at the high court, one of several famous names involved in a privacy case. and the families of lost crewmen still searching for answers exactly 80 years after the sinking of hms dasher.

coming up on bbc news in halfan hour... france go head—to—head with the republic of ireland. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes tonight from edinburgh on the day a new leader was elected by the scottish national party. humza yousaf, who's just 37, is now set to become first minister of scotland and to be one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the united kingdom. the leadership contest was triggered last month by nicola sturgeon�*s unexpected resignation. she has dominated scottish politics for almost a decade, and everyone here seems

to agree that she'll be a tough act to follow. this is what happened in today's result. more than 50,000 members of the snp voted, with mr yousaf taking 52% of the vote on the second round. it's a result that makes history. mr yousaf is the first muslim leader of the snp, and the first muslim to lead a major uk party. tomorrow members of the scottish parliament will vote on whether to appoint him as the nation's new first minister. the list of challenges for the next first minister is rather daunting. we'll be looking that those challenges, and we'll be looking at mr yousaf�*s family story. but first, our scotland editorjames cook reports on today's result. cameras click. with a high—five for his daughter, humza yousaf hints at what is about to happen. he's just been told the result, and it shows. kate forbes, 23,890. this represents 47.9% of the final vote. humza yousaf, 26,032.

this represents 52.1% of the final vote. i therefore declare humza yousaf duly elected as the scottish national party leader. cheering and applause. the margin was tight, the result historic, as mr yousaf acknowledged, paying tribute to his late grandparents, who came to scotland from pakistan in the �*60s speaking barely a word of english. as mohammed yousaf worked in the singer sewing machine factory in clydebank, as rahmed ali bhutta stamped tickets on the glasgow corporation buses, they could not have imagined, as i say, in their wildest dreams, that two generations later that their grandson would one day be on the cusp of being scotland's first minister. we should all take pride in the fact that today we have sent a clear message that your colour of skin or indeed your faith is not a barrier to leading the country that we all call home.

for the snp, though, this was a bruising campaign, with mr yousaf painted by his rivals as a lightweight who would not, could not, deliver independence. over the last five weeks, we may have been competitors or supporters of different candidates. we are no longer team humza or team ash or team kate. we are one team, and we will be the team, we will be the generation that delivers independence for scotland. you have suggested during this campaign that it will be difficult to fill the shoes of nicola sturgeon, and yet on the central defining mission of your party, independence, ultimately she failed. what makes you think you can succeed where she couldn't? first and foremost, i want to pay tribute again to nicola sturgeon, because she has left us with a really strong foundation, and we will build upon that foundation. i will build upon that foundation. but it won'tjust be me. i'm going to build the team that's going to deliver independence. but will that include kate forbes?

there is a space in a broad church like the snp for differences of opinion, but ultimately we are now united, and we unite behind humza. and still a space for you? well, i would hope so. the narrow margin of victory underlines the scale of the challenge for humza yousaf. it has exposed deep cracks within the snp, and he will now have to find a way urgently to reunite his party. but for now, the scottish labour leader, who attended a glasgow private school with humza yousaf, paid tribute. look, i think to demonstrate that - someone can be elected to a position regardless of their face - and background is of course a significant moment. to have the first ever ethnic - minority first minister is of course a significant moment. but you know, the issue with politics is we get. into the nitty—gritty of the real. debates and the real arguments about the future of scotland, - and of course i relish doing that, and i'm sure he does too. i personally congratulate him on reaching this position within his party and his hopes to be

first minister tomorrow. but he has to have a full reset for scotland's economy, for scotland's health service, for scotland's education system, to deliver for people, and if he insists on focusing on independence above all else, then scotland will suffer. the greens don't think so. in 2021, they agreed to share power with nicola sturgeon in a deal which looks set to continue. the bute house agreement is the mechanism by which the greens joined the scottish government, and the bute house agreement does call for two ministerial posts to be for greens. so patrick harvie and i do absolutely look forward to working, continuing to work as part of government on that progressive agenda, working for climate, working for people. but what do the people make of the result? in sunny dundee, which bucked the national trend to vote for independence in 2014, this was the reaction to mr yousaf�*s victory. i'm delighted that it was humza who was chosen. i've followed him throughout

the campaign, and i feel he is very empathetic. i quite liked kate forbes. i thought she was quite feisty, kind of thing, you know? - she was honest. my initial thoughts are that he isn't much different to the last snp leader, and to be honest with you, i think he's going to be quite dangerous for scotland. he is going to take us down the same road. and that underlines the scale of the challenge for the history making humza yousaf. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. will be talking to james cook, our scotland editor, injust a will be talking to james cook, our scotland editor, in just a few moments. but before that, let's find outjust moments. but before that, let's find out just a moments. but before that, let's find outjust a little bit more about the man who is about to step onto a much bigger stage, man who is about to step onto a much biggerstage, leading man who is about to step onto a much bigger stage, leading the scottish government at the age of 37. he was born in glasgow.

his father is from pakistan and his mother from kenya's south asian community. he's seen very much as the man who wants to maintain the broad approach of nicola sturgeon. to learn more about the new snp leader, our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been talking to some of those who know him. and just a quick warning, there is some flash photography coming up. humza yousaf was the continuity candidate in the snp leadership campaign. he had the weight of support from senior members of his party and was always considered the bookies' favourite to win. when first elected, he took his oath in english and in urdu. he's making history as the first muslim leader of his party, and is now on the cusp of becoming first minister. the 37—year—old grew up in glasgow, was educated at private school. 9/11 and the iraq war were formative events in his youth, and it was then that he joined the snp. he started doing charity work. those who knew him, though, never

thought he'd become a politician. an 18—year—old humza yousaf walked into the shop. "i want to volunteer." i said, "is that right? "0k, get the mop, clean the floor, go and clean the toilet." that was his test. bubbly character, always cracking jokes, and lovely engaging with youngsters and other young people like him. when he believes, he passionately believes in it, and his beliefs are very strong and he works hard. humza yousaf, - scottish national party. the snp�*s youngest ever leader has a long record in government — in international development, transport, justice and most recently overseeing the nhs. his critics say he has lurched from failure to failure. during the leadership campaign, his record in government even came underfire from his main rival for the topjob. when you were transport minister, the trains were never on time. when you were justice minister, the police were strained to breaking point. and now as health minister, we have got record high waiting times.

improving public services one of the challenges he now faces, as is uniting his party after a divisive campaign. he uniting his party after a divisive cam aiun. ., uniting his party after a divisive camaiun. . , uniting his party after a divisive cam-nain. ., , , ., ., campaign. he will have support among his -a , campaign. he will have support among his party. and — campaign. he will have support among his party. and the _ campaign. he will have support among his party, and the fact _ campaign. he will have support among his party, and the fact that _ campaign. he will have support among his party, and the fact that his - his party, and the fact that his lead among the membership is as narrow as it is means that the kinds of questions that will get raised about whether people's seats are safe will be raised sooner rather than later if the polling numbers don't move to the snp�*s advantage. so it is possible the honeymoon period will be short. humza yousaf will have a full injury and competing demands. for today, though, he describes himself as the luckiest man in the world. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. picking up gordon, bbc news, glasgow. picking

up on laura's point there. by this time tomorrow, its expected that humza yousaf will have been elected first minister by his fellow members of the scottish parliament here at holyrood, and then he'll be sworn in on wednesday, when he takes over formally from nicola sturgeon. let's take a look at some of the challenges he'll be facing. first, the ongoing campaign for scottish independence, where party members will expect the new leader to set out his own strategy. second, he'll need to deal with the reaction to the gender recognition reform bill, a highly controversial piece of legislation which has been blocked by the uk government. third, he will be expected to deal with a health service with record waiting times, and an education system that has seen little closing of the academic gap between pupils from wealthy backgrounds and those who are disadvantaged. in a moment we'll assess those challenges with our scotland editor, james cook, but first let's talk to our political editor chris mason at westminster.

how was the news of the election in scotland gone down at westminster, chris? it scotland gone down at westminster, chris? , . , scotland gone down at westminster, chris? , ., , ,., .., chris? it illustrates the political clout of the _ chris? it illustrates the political clout of the scottish _ chris? it illustrates the political clout of the scottish national. chris? it illustrates the political. clout of the scottish national party that eyes _ clout of the scottish national party that eyes were glued to the television at lunchtime here. there has been _ television at lunchtime here. there has been a — television at lunchtime here. there has been a fascination in this race and its _ has been a fascination in this race and its result. and the simple reason — and its result. and the simple reason for— and its result. and the simple reason for that is numbers. the snp of the _ reason for that is numbers. the snp of the third — reason for that is numbers. the snp of the third biggest party here at westminster, and to draw a contrast, labour. _ westminster, and to draw a contrast, labour, formally hugely dominated scotland. — labour, formally hugely dominated scotland, havejust labour, formally hugely dominated scotland, have just a single mp. north— scotland, have just a single mp. north of— scotland, have just a single mp. north of the border. no, look at the actions _ north of the border. no, look at the actions over— north of the border. no, look at the actions over the last few weeks of the lahour— actions over the last few weeks of the labour leader, keir starmer. since _ the labour leader, keir starmer. since the — the labour leader, keir starmer. since the announcement of nicola sturgeon's resignation, he has been to scotland — sturgeon's resignation, he has been to scotland four times, almost once a week, _ to scotland four times, almost once a week, since that announcement last month _ a week, since that announcement last month he _ a week, since that announcement last month. he hopes that this could be something — month. he hopes that this could be something of an inflection point from _ something of an inflection point from his— something of an inflection point from his perspective as labour attempt — from his perspective as labour attempt to re—gain something of a foothold _ attempt to re—gain something of a foothold in scottish politics, as sakhir— foothold in scottish politics, as sakhir attempts to assemble a majority — sakhir attempts to assemble a majority at the next election. but

that is— majority at the next election. but that is the — majority at the next election. but that is the politics of tomorrow, reaiiy~ _ that is the politics of tomorrow, really. what about the governing of now and _ really. what about the governing of now and the relationship between the prime _ now and the relationship between the prime minister and the new first minister? — prime minister and the new first minister? i— prime minister and the new first minister? i suspect they will be a congratulatory call, perhaps as soon as tomorrow, between downing street and the _ as tomorrow, between downing street and the new expected first minister. but however cordial or otherwise their— but however cordial or otherwise their personal relations, there is still the — their personal relations, there is still the constitutional difference between the two, with the snp arguing — between the two, with the snp arguing that they have a mandate for another— arguing that they have a mandate for another independence referendum, and the government here at westminster answering _ the government here at westminster answering that with a no. however good _ answering that with a no. however good the _ answering that with a no. however good the personal relations, that isn't going to change.— good the personal relations, that isn't going to change. chris, many thanks, chris _ isn't going to change. chris, many thanks, chris mason _ isn't going to change. chris, many thanks, chris mason there - isn't going to change. chris, many thanks, chris mason there at - thanks, chris mason there at westminster. let's go to james who is with me. what kind of first minister is he going to be? well, i think the supporters _ minister is he going to be? well, i think the supporters of _ minister is he going to be? well, i think the supporters of humza - minister is he going to be? well, i i think the supporters of humza yousaf say that he is going to be a first minister who will pick up where nicola sturgeon left off and carry on but build on the foundations. as

he said to be himself today. but principally and crucially, he is going to be very obviously a very different first minister. eight years after this place at the first—ever female first minister, years after this place at the first—everfemale first minister, he is breaking barriers himself. but of course when the dust settles, when the delight of his election victory dies down, and that will happen pretty soon, to be honest, it will become apparent that as you outlined few seconds ago, there will be enormous challenges. what is interesting about the result we have seen from the scottish national party members, it is so divided that that tells you that a lot of people even within the party who are not necessarily convinced that he is the man to advance their cause, to take on this challenge. and so the question that you have then at the end is, he needs to be better then nicola sturgeon, and nicola sturgeon was regarded by the party and indeed some people out with the party is one of the greatest campaigners of

her generation in uk politics, not just in scottish politics. humza yousaf has made history once, but his supporters will be pressuring him all the time to make history once again. him all the time to make history once again-— him all the time to make history once aain. , . ~' , once again. james, thank you very much, once again. james, thank you very much. james _ once again. james, thank you very much, james cook, _ once again. james, thank you very much, james cook, our _ once again. james, thank you very much, james cook, our scotland l much, james cook, our scotland editor, and before that, chris mason, our political editor. that's all from holyrood for tonight. there's much more analysis and detail online at bbc.co.uk/news and the bbc news app. now back to clive in london. many thanks to you and the team in edinburgh, huw. now, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has postponed a series of controversialjudicial reform bills which have provoked mass protests and a nationwide strike. he says the delay, until the next session of parliament, will enable dialogue and avoid a civil war. the reforms would give israel's most right—wing government in history control overjudicial appointments.

0pponents say the plans undermine democracy and help mr netanyahu, as he faces an ongoing trial for corruption. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, is live in jerusalem, for us tonight. 0ver over to you. clive, this has been not 'ust over to you. clive, this has been notjust a — over to you. clive, this has been notjust a political— over to you. clive, this has been notjust a political crisis - over to you. clive, this has been notjust a political crisis but - over to you. clive, this has been notjust a political crisis but a - notjust a political crisis but a social one off proportions as well has never seen in its modern history. the descent has spread into the ranks of the military and brought an unprecedented economic shutdown as well. today things reached a tipping point and everyone was asking when will mr netanyahu speak. the anger has built for weeks, erupting today outside the israeli parliament. this country is gripped by unprecedented turmoil, and a leader who had been refusing to give in. we are fighting for our

democracy, and we want that. democracy, and we won't give up. the brutality of what is happening is overwhelming, and if it continues, it will be irreversible. all day they demanded mr netanyahu back down, but they were met with silence and security forces. the police are now pushing the protesters back from this point. we've seen mounted police and as the crowd erupts here this is a battle between the opposition and mr netanyahu's forces on the far right and the ultra religious inside the building, and all the while the rest of the country is coming to a complete standstill. demonstrators blocked highways while a general strike closed the main airport. israel was being shut down. while

things were boiling over inside the parliament, four months mr netanyahu's religion has pushed its plans to severely limit the power of the courts, saying that people voted for it. but critics called it a coup by his coalition of the ultra religious and extreme nationalists. the tipping point was reached last night when he fired his defence minister who had joined the descent. and today the is really leader with his mps was keeping a country waiting, before he went on tv tonight to say he was pausing the legislation but... translation: there is one thing that i cannot accept. there is an extremist minority that is prepared to tailor a country to pieces. it is using violence and incitement, it is stalking civil war and it is calling for a refusal to serve, which is a terrible crime. —— it is stoking

civil war. terrible crime. —— it is stoking civilwar. i5 terrible crime. -- it is stoking civil war-— civil war. is where's leader unleashed _ civil war. is where's leader unleashed a _ civil war. is where's leader unleashed a struggle - civil war. is where's leader unleashed a struggle over| civil war. is where's leader i unleashed a struggle over the civil war. is where's leader - unleashed a struggle over the very identity of protesters have one concession but mr netanyahu won't want to lose for long. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. prince harry has unexpectedly appeared at the high court in london, as legal proceedings get under way in a privacy case, brought by him and a number of other high profile figures. they include sir eltonjohn and doreen lawrence, who were also in court, suing associated newspapers, which publishes the daily mail and the mail on sunday. here's tom symonds. morning. hi, guys. morning. it's only day one of what could be a long legal battle. no witnesses giving evidence, just procedure. so when prince harry suddenly turned up, it seemed to send a message. he'll be fighting this battle in person. and it wasn'tjust him. eltonjohn arrived next, and headed to the plastic seats

of court 76 to sit next to his husband, david furnish. and then baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. along with liz hurley, sadie frost and the former mp sir simon hughes, who are accusing the publisher of the mail and mail on sunday of bugging cars and homes, listening to private telephone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records, along with phone hacking. as crowds gathered here, inside the court harry listened intently to what were often detailed legal arguments. the judge decided that we the media can't report some aspects of this case, including the names of around 70 journalists who have been accused. he said that was important to make sure that the process was fair and that the evidence could be heard freely in court. but some of that comes from the levenson inquiry into the press 11 years ago. associated newspapers said it was leaked to lawyers for prince harry and the others. if that argument succeeds, part of the case

could be drawn out. either way, the publisher vehemently denies the allegations, says it is being sued by seven well—known people on a fishing expedition with no credible evidence. love you, harry! tom symonds, bbc news, at the high court. police in the southern us city of nashville say six people, including three nine—year—old children, have been killed in a school shooting. the attacker, who was female, is also dead. it's understood she was a former pupil at the privately run christian primary school. president biden has described the shootings as heartbreaking. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, has the very latest. children running for their lives in the midst of yet another mass shooting. this time it happened in nashville, tennessee, at the covenant school, a private christian institution for children between 4 to 12 years old. it was slightly after 10am when emergency services got the call of an active shooter and rushed

to the scene. the response was a swift one, taking officers less than 15 minutes to stop the shooter — a 28—year—old nashville woman armed with two assault rifles and a handgun. 0fficers entered the first storey of the school, began clearing it. they heard shots coming from the second level. they immediately went to the gunfire. when the officers got to the second level they saw a shooter, a female, who was firing. the officers engaged her. she was fatally shot by responding police officers. before they could get to her, she took six lives, three of them children. it's believed the female shooter was once herself a student at the school and entered through a side door. what led her to carry out this attack is not yet known. presidentjoe biden, addressing the tragedy, said it was about time congress banned assault rifles.

we have to do more to stop gun violence. it's ripping our communities apart, ripping at the very soul of the nation. already this year there have been 13 school shootings that have resulted in deaths or injuries, according to one estimate. nashville, tennessee, is just the latest affected community on an ever—growing list. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories now. schools in england could face further strike action after the national education union recommended teachers reject a new pay offer. the government had offered more cash payment, of £1000 this year and a rise of 4.3% for most staff next year. but the union says the offer is well below the settlements reached in scotland and wales. more than 130,000 civil servants will take industrial action at the end of next month, in their dispute over pay, pensions and job security.

the pcs union says the all—out strike on april 28th follows the failure of the government to increase its pay offer. the pcs represents workers in government departments and at organisations like 0fsted and the border force. the public is being urged not to go into the water around the shores and islands of poole harbour in dorset, as efforts continue to clear a spill from a nearby oilfield pipeline. around 200 barrels, or 60 tonnes, of fluid, which includes oil, leaked yesterday. the rspb says it's "very concerned", after "oiled birds" were spotted nearby. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, will use a meeting of the party's ruling executive tomorrow to formalise plans to block jeremy corbyn standing for labour in the next general election. sir keir will put forward a motion saying the party's election prospects would be "significantly diminished" if his predecessor was to stand. a man suing the oscar—winning actor gwyneth paltrow has given evidence

in her trial over a skiing collision nearly seven years ago. the retired optometrist, terry sanderson, wants $300,000 after claiming he suffered life—altering injuries when she skied into him. ms paltrow denies she caused the collision and is countersuing. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. plaintiff, you may call your next witness. it was a hit—and—run on the ski slope — that this man says destroyed his life. 76—year—old terry anderson claimed gwyneth paltrow was reckless. everything was great, and then i heard something i've never heard at a ski resort, and that was a bloodcurdling scream, just... i can't do it. it was, "aaargh...", and then boom. they had never met, but collided at the very upscale deer valley resort in utah back in 2016. mr sanderson teared up telling the court how his injuries had changed his relationships with his children and contributed to his split from his partner.

and i said, "i'm not sure i'm going to get to back to normal again, and i don't want you to feel like you're... that i'm a crippled vet and you're going to stick it out with me." as well as those injuries, mr sanderson says he can no longer enjoy wine—tasting and has been suffering from another personality inhabiting his body. it's the other personality that's inhabiting my body right now. and you blame gwyneth paltrow for that? - yes. gwyneth paltrow has already spoken, accusing terry sanderson of being at fault. an anime i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, —— i was skiing and two skis came between my skis, forcing my legs apart, and then there was a body pressing against me. it basically comes down

to skiing etiquette. who was the downhill skier and had right of way? gwyneth paltrow�*s children, apple and moses, are set to testify before a jury is expected to decide later this week. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. 80 years ago today, an aircraft carrier blew up and sank off the south—west coast of scotland, in one of the worst wartime disasters in uk waters. but at the time it was hushed up. it tookjust eight minutes for hms dasher to sink in the firth of clyde in 1943. 379 crewmen died, but there were only 23 official burials, with many families suspecting their loved ones were buried in unmarked graves. hugh pym reprts from north ayrshire has been speaking to the daughter of one crew member who went down with the ship. all those who died when dasher sank in these waters... a lament for those lost when hms dasher went down 80 years ago today. among them, dame mary richardson's father george. looking out at arran, people must have been able to see sailors struggling for their lives in the water. you don't often get a tragedy that happened so close to you

it's almost touchable. the aircraft carrier blew up and sank in calm waters. the cause isn't clear. there are continuing questions about what happened to many of those on board. bill watson was asked to help collect bodies as they were washed up on local beaches. he told his son about what he witnessed. the clause did not involve enemy action. the cause did not involve enemy action. bill watson was asked to help collect bodies as they were washed up on local beaches. he told his son about what he witnessed. they would get six onto these ambulance trailers, of these poor souls, and they would be taken to local mortuaries. his estimation, him and his small

group, certainly greater than 50. dame mary has personally funded a drone survey of sanda island off the mull of kintyre — one location where she believes bodies could be buried. that's precisely on the location that the eyewitness identified. it is. along with local historian graham, she's studying a report which says there may be something there. the characteristics of this scan are associated with a burial and perhaps with a mass burial. this weekend, relatives of those who died when hms dasher sank i was full when dad was killed. and it's been a bit _ i was full when dad was killed. it's been a bit of a mystery ever since? —— i was four. it is. 80 years on, they still

feel they want answers. the royal navy said the creation of a mass unmarked grave would run