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reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... police in nashville, tennessee say a 28—year—old woman and gwyneth paltrow�*s accuser details the moments before he says the actress collided with him on a ski slope seven years ago. ms paltrow denies responsibility for the incident. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in nashville, tennessee where police say six people — including at least three children aged nine — have been killed in a school shooting. the attacker, who was female, is also dead. it happened at a private christian school attended by pupils aged between four and 11. president biden has described the shootings as heart—breaking. in a moment, we'll get the latest from our correspondent peter bowes. but first nada tawfik, has this report.

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. officers 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 weapons. 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 cross to our north america correspondent peter bowes. it is another tragic shooting today,

as we saw there in that report and i know information are still coming in but what can you tell us at this stage about what happened, about the victims, and about the suspect? irate victims, and about the suspect? we are victims, and about the suspect? - are learning a lot more about the suspect, the person the police ate carried out this shooting. she has been named as 28—year—old woman from nashville, audrey hale, and we are getting a lot of information based on some very early inquiries by investigators who have been to her home, they have interviewed her father, she lived with her parents in nashville, and they say that they found a lot of evidence of some detailed planning ahead of this shooting, including maps of the school. they say that they believe she acted alone, they say there is no evidence of any mental illness in her history, but clearly it is early days. they say they have found what

is described as a manifesto, in other words, some writings of the person responsible for this. the authorities suggested, although they didn't give any details, but they suggested quite strongly that it has given them some significant clues as to a possible motive. we have also the last hour or so had confirmation of the names of the victims, the six people who died, we know that they included three children who were aged nine, infact included three children who were aged nine, in fact to nine—year—olds, and 18, just about to turn nine. even then, hayley, and william. and the three adults were as substitute teacher, cynthia peake, the head teacher catherine, and mike hill, 61 years old, described by the authorities as a custodian at the school.- custodian at the school. peter, whenever— custodian at the school. peter, whenever we — custodian at the school. peter,

whenever we hear _ custodian at the school. peter, whenever we hear stories - custodian at the school. peter, | whenever we hear stories about school shootings in the us, the peston —— question i have seen from so many parents today is why can't children go to school and come back safe? it is the same thing we're hearing from president biden, we have heard he has made comments about how more laws should be pushed through, what specifically did he say? through, what specifically did he sa ? ~ ., through, what specifically did he sa ? ~ . ., , through, what specifically did he sa? . ., ., say? well, we have tragically heard this several — say? well, we have tragically heard this several times _ say? well, we have tragically heard this several times from _ say? well, we have tragically heard this several times from president i this several times from president biden and as you imply your question, we have been here so many times before, that question on the lips of parents, why does this keep happening? again, that is the question the president has posed and he is again putting pressure requesting that congress pass more laws but much tougher laws than i have previously been passed to specifically ban assault weapons. military style weapons. now, there were some bipartisan legislation passed last year in congress that so many people here say doesn't go fast

enough, including tightening up of background checks for people who can buy guns, that sort of thing. but the president, over many decades has been demanding that congress make more significant moves in terms of banning assault weapons. peter bowes, banning assault weapons. peter bowes. our— banning assault weapons. peter bowes, our north _ banning assault weapons. peter bowes, our north america, - bowes, our north america, respondent, thank you for keeping us up—to—date. to israel now, and the the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has postponed a controversialjudicial reform bill which has provoked mass protests and widespread strikes. he said the delay, until the next session of parliament, would enable dialogue and avoid a civil war. the reforms would give israel's most right—wing government in history control overjudicial appointments. opponents say the plans undermine democracy and help mr netanyahu, as he faces an ongoing trial for corruption. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. 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 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 of 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

and strike grounded planes at the main airport. israel was being shut down. while things were boiling over inside the parliament, for months mr netanyahu's coalition 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 dissent. and today, the israeli 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 tear our country to pieces. it is using violence and incitement,

it is stoking civil war and it is calling for a refusal to serve, which is a terrible crime. tonight, supporters of the shelved plans are also rallying. israel's leader unleashed a struggle over the very identity the state. the protesters have won a concession but mr netanyahu won't want to lose for long. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. i'm joined now by tamar uriel—beeri, who's the managing editor of the jerusalem post website. it is great to get you on the programme, iwant it is great to get you on the programme, i want to get your thoughts on the fact that is the suspension of the law the end of the political pride crass —— crisis or a pause? it political pride crass -- crisis or a ause? , , . ., , ., pause? it is very much a pause on what has been _ pause? it is very much a pause on what has been happening - pause? it is very much a pause on what has been happening until- pause? it is very much a pause on l what has been happening until now. we have seen protests reached very, very large numbers, hundreds of thousands reaching jerusalem, tel

aviv and different central areas throughout the country. this is currently being paused, this isn't actually not moving forward at all. and that is why they say suspension. in reality, the knesset is going on a break the passover holiday and will be back after april 30, in reality we are going to see the same arise, the same tension come again once those same subjects reach discussion once more.— once those same subjects reach discussion once more. from what you are saying. — discussion once more. from what you are saying. it — discussion once more. from what you are saying, it sounds _ discussion once more. from what you are saying, it sounds like _ discussion once more. from what you are saying, it sounds like the - are saying, it sounds like the reforms will go ahead, if that is what the prime minister is looking to do, at a later date. what might the reaction be in israel if that does indeed happen?- the reaction be in israel if that does indeed happen? yes, this is auoin to does indeed happen? yes, this is going to move — does indeed happen? yes, this is going to move forward _ does indeed happen? yes, this is going to move forward in - going to move forward in discussions, supposedly the time that it discussions, supposedly the time thatitis discussions, supposedly the time that it is being pushed off is a time for discussions between the coalition and the opposition, but in

reality this is probably going to be a lot of tension and this is going to be faced with protest, i don't know if to the same scale, but perhaps something similar to. and in the next coming days, we should have and expect to see protest continuing, especially those who are saying that this is not what they were looking for, this is one of the goal of the protest in this is not the goal of the widespread strikes that shut down the entire israeli industry today. i5 that shut down the entire israeli industry today-— that shut down the entire israeli industry today. is this simply about the 'udicial industry today. is this simply about the judicial reforms _ industry today. is this simply about the judicial reforms or _ industry today. is this simply about the judicial reforms or is _ industry today. is this simply about the judicial reforms or is this - the judicial reforms or is this about something bigger and sort of dissatisfaction, displeasure with the prime minister himself? this is the prime minister himself? this is the most right-wing _ the prime minister himself? this is the most right-wing government i the prime minister himself? this is i the most right-wing government that the most right—wing government that has been formed in israel to date with extreme right—wing parties in the national camp as they call themselves with people like national security minister who represents a very extreme side of the israeli

overall. and this is causing a lot of the fuel for the fire, if you will. however, thejudicial reforms are the centre of the protest simply because they are in representation an issue with the democracy in israel as it currently stands. in terms of checks and balances, what is being put into question right now is being put into question right now is thejudiciary, and one is being put into question right now is the judiciary, and one section is being put into question right now is thejudiciary, and one section is being put to question by the coalition, the opposition has to ask where art minority rights, where are the rights of individual civilians being protected? find the rights of individual civilians being protected?— the rights of individual civilians being protected? and so what does all of this mean _ being protected? and so what does all of this mean for _ being protected? and so what does all of this mean for the _ being protected? and so what does all of this mean for the israeli - all of this mean for the israeli prime minister, in terms of his career going forward?- prime minister, in terms of his career going forward? well, right now, we career going forward? well, right now. we are _ career going forward? well, right now, we are seeing _ career going forward? well, right now, we are seeing a _ career going forward? well, right now, we are seeing a bit - career going forward? well, right now, we are seeing a bit of - career going forward? well, right now, we are seeing a bit of the l now, we are seeing a bit of the faults, but of the cracks in the system. netanyahu was under indictment for bribery, fraud,

breach of trust, and part of these judicial reforms does involve some sort of protections for home. this he claims as part of the coalition is not the reason, rather it is to protect the israelis freedom and free will and so on and so forth. however, he is definitely motivated by some form of self—defence. in that act, he is trying to preserve himself as desperately as possible. but seeing the response which was so, so extreme, with hundreds and hundreds of thousands of israelis taking to the streets and protesting, delaying front of an asset, he kind of understand that perhaps the overstepped these policies and the way they have moved forward. —— one. find policies and the way they have moved forward- -- one-— forward. -- one. and tested to get ou forward. -- one. and tested to get you here- —

now to scotland, where humza yousaf has become the new leader of the scottish national party. i therefore declare humza yousaf elected as the scottish national party leader. he won 52% of party members' votes, after second—preference ballots were counted and he's now set to become first minister of scotland. the leadership contest was triggered last month by nicola sturgeon�*s unexpected resignation. hamza yousaf is the first muslim to lead a major uk party and set to be confirmed as the first minority ethnic leader of a devolved government on tuesday. so what sort of leader will he be? our scotland correspondent lorna gordon has been talking to some of those who know him. 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? "ok, 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. he knows just beliefs on its own is no good, 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. the fact that his lead among the membership is as narrow as it is means questions will get raised sooner rather than later, if indeed the polling numbers don't move to 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 ——humza yousaf will have a full intray and competing demands. for today, though, he describes himself as the luckiest man in the world. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we'll have a report from afghanistan, where a new school year has started but the taliban government forces teenage girls to stay at home. the accident that happened here was the sort that cannot produce an meltdown. the precautions worked but not quite well enough to prevent old fears about the safety features of the stations from resurfacing. the

republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses and restaurants, will face a heavy fine. the president _ will face a heavy fine. the president was _ will face a heavy fine. the president was on - will face a heavy fine. the president was on his - will face a heavy fine. tue: president was on his way will face a heavy fine. tte: president was on his way out will face a heavy fine. t"t2 president was on his way out of will face a heavy fine. tt2 president was on his way out of the hotel where he had been addressing a conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. he conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant.— included his assailant. he does become a _ included his assailant. he does become a symbol _ included his assailant. he does become a symbol of _ included his assailant. he does become a symbol of paris. - included his assailant. he does become a symbol of paris. thej included his assailant. he does - become a symbol of paris. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by steph i. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 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. despite the threat of violence and detentions, they don't stop. education is a red line for us, the women chant, marching for afghanistan's teenage girls. they 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. occasionally 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 more worth living. with each day that goes by the hopes they had are fading. in recent months, they have been more restrictions. this was one reaction when female students were told in september that they were barred from university. protests against the move were cracked down on a many provinces. this is herath. women have also been stopped from working in aid organisations, except in the health sector. the

restrictions are making it hard for many to find work. a widow supporting a family of ten, she lost herjob as a sweeper at a girls school. scared to be identified, she says she now begs on the streets. t says she now begs on the streets. i feel like i am not alive, people know i have nothing so they try to help me out. it is better to die than to live a life without dignity. if my daughters were allowed to study, they could getjobs. there is nothing, except pain and sorrow in every house now. 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. 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. 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. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello there. well, it was a fine start to the new working week, wasn't it? most of us had sunshine and it was glasgow that had the sunniest of all the weather — 11 hours of sunshine recorded. fine end to the day as well in argyle and butte. the lovely weather we had on monday was down to this area of high pressure, the first one we've seen in the uk for over three weeks. however, that was yesterday and this is today. low pressure is swinging in off the atlantic, so we'll lose the dry weather and replace it with rain, and once again, we're totting up the rainfall totals. there are now parts of the uk that have seen well over double the march rainfall with more to come over the next few days as well. so, right now, we're seeing the cloud thinking across western areas with rain arriving before long in northern ireland and turning progressively heavier. it'll be quite a breezy end

to the night here as well. for scotland, england and wales, it's a case of the cloud tending to build in over the next few hours. so, western areas, quite a mild start to tuesday, eastern areas cold enough for one or two patches of frost. now, it is across the northeast of scotland that you're most likely to have a dry and a bright start to the day, but otherwise, cloud and rain to start off with, with that rain band pushing eastward through the day. and it does brighten up in northern ireland, but only to a mixture of sunshine and heavy, particularly thundery showers come the afternoon. mild in the west, 1a degrees in belfast. across eastern areas, temperatures below average for the time of year, but that's not going to last because those south—westerly winds will continue to shove milder and milder air across the uk with temperatures rising midweek across the board. it might be getting milder, but it's not getting any drier. we're looking at another day of heavy downpours, some particularly heavy rain working into southern parts of wales. it looks very wet with some thundery rain across the northwest of the uk, maybe a bit of hail mixed

in with some of the downpours, too. but it's mild — temperatures 15, even 16 celsius. now, heading into thursday, low pressure is still with us. we're still going to be having those south—westerly winds. a brighter day overall, a little more in the way of sunshine, but again, plenty of heavy showers, turning thundery with some hail at times once again. and temperatures could reach as high as 16 or 17 degrees, so it's going to be one of the warmer days that we've seen so far this year. and then, through friday, the weekend and into the early part of next week, as you can see, it stays rather unsettled, so expect further outbreaks of rain at times. ms paltrow denies responsibility

for the incident.

hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. the republic of ireland made a losing start to euro 2024 qualifying as benjamin pavard's superb second—half goal gave france victory in dublin. having held the french in a first half of few chances, the republic fell behind five minutes after the restart when pavard fired past gavin bazunu. ireland put the world cup runners up under severe pressure late on but fell short. the republic's next qualifier sees them travel to greece on the 16th ofjune. for all of monday's other results, head to the bbc sport website. both wales and scotland are in euro 2024 qualifying action tomorrow. wales will be looking to carry on the form that brought them a point in croatia against the world cup semi—finalists