welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu confirms he will delay controversial judicial reform plans following widespread anti—government protests. police in nashville say a 28—year—old woman has killed six people at a primary school. three of them were nine—year—olds. 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. 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.

are therefore declare humza yousafjulie lake did. —— duly elected. humza yousaf is expected to succeed nicola sturgeon as scotland's first minister after winning the scottish national party leadership election. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has announced he'll delay his plans to change the judicial system. tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in opposition to his proposals. 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. singing, beating drums 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. protesters chanting, singing we've seen mounted police, 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 a strike grounded planes at the main airport. israel was being shut down. overlapping yelling 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 of the state. the protesters have won a concession but mr netanyahu won't want to lose for long. i'm joined now from new york by gabe friedman, deputy managing editor ofjta news, a jewish news service based in the us. thank you for taking the time to commonly programme. do you think this announcement by prime minister netanyahu will help ease the protest? it is the question _ help ease the protest? it is the question that _ help ease the protest? it is the question that is - help ease the protest? it is the question that is on - the question that is on everyone's mines following this. the coming days will tell. it is really hard to tell, protesters were our past his announcement way into the night. there is clearly a lot of energy overflowing still and

every set the who sort of has a stake in this protest, from the labour unions to the protesters themselves, to idf, israeli military service, they have all set in one way or the other that we are going to watch you over the next days and weeks very closely, you know, we are not taking this as, you know, we're going to step down immediately right away just because you have decided to negotiate a little bit more about it. and one of the main organisers of the protest, a physics professor, actually saysic is a tactic to disrupt the process and weaken us and in response to that i'm going to was unable to keep protesting more and more. and of course you have the right wing, as that report stated,

evenif wing, as that report stated, even if the protesters got everything they wanted tomorrow, there is the other side, there is the sizeable right wing which, as the election show, is quite large and quite energised as well, feeling the historic representation in parliament, and is the last couple of days have show, they have felt more emboldened and have been out in the streets in large numbers and are inciting more violence than some of the left—wing protesters, setting things on fire in the streets and such, not exactly a common environment, it is not exactly wake up tomorrow and everything go back to normal tomorrow, there will be reverberation. you said they felt more emboldened, but the prime minister hasn't ruled out the overhaul completely, it is just a delay. overhaul completely, it is 'ust adela . ~ . overhaul completely, it is 'ust adela. . ., overhaul completely, it is 'ust adela. ., a delay. what impact do you think this — a delay. what impact do you think this will _ a delay. what impact do you think this will have - a delay. what impact do you think this will have once - a delay. what impact do you think this will have once is l think this will have once is back on the table?- think this will have once is back on the table? yes, it is tou~h back on the table? yes, it is tough to _ back on the table? yes, it is tough to predict _ back on the table? yes, it is tough to predict with - back on the table? yes, it is i tough to predict with benjamin netanyahu, we have seen time and time again he has found

ways to make analysts have scrutinised everything he has said and he has found a way to get his legislation passed and survive crises like this, of course this is an historic moment that people are saying it has never reached this level before, so we could run into a wall this time, but i think he will be extra sensitive this time, especially as the report mentioned, his own defence minister within his own party pointed to the fact that... crosstalk so sorry to interrupt. interru pt. u nfortu nately we have interrupt. unfortunately we have run out of time. thank you so much for your analysis. that is gabe friedman, deputy managing editor of gta news. a heavily armed attacker has killed six people, three of them children, at a school in the us state of tennessee. police said the suspect, a 28—year—old woman — who identified as transgender — was shot dead at the scene. president biden has described the shootings as heart—breaking. 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 four 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. joining me now is anti—gun lobbyist and activist, ashbey beasley. she survived a mass shooting last year and attended a press conference on covenant school shooting today.

thank you for taking time to come on the programme. first of all, how are you and your family?— all, how are you and your famil ? ~ ., ., ~ ., family? we are doing ok. we are in nashville _ family? we are doing ok. we are in nashville on _ family? we are doing ok. we are in nashville on vacation - family? we are doing ok. we are in nashville on vacation and - family? we are doing ok. we are in nashville on vacation and my l in nashville on vacation and my son was thankfully at the zoo, but this has become an everyday thing in america, these shootings.— thing in america, these shootings. thing in america, these shootinus. ., ., shootings. you attended the -ress shootings. you attended the press conference _ shootings. you attended the press conference today - shootings. you attended the press conference today and l shootings. you attended the - press conference today and made a passionate plea. can you tell us more about what you are trying to get across? you know, i think trying to get across? you know, i think we _ trying to get across? you know, i think we are _ trying to get across? you know, i think we are just _ trying to get across? you know, i think we are just not _ trying to get across? you know, i think we are just not having i i think we are just not having the right conversations. in america, gun violence has become the number one killer of children and teens, we need to do something about this immediately. we need gun safety legislation and until we get gun safety legislation these kinds of shootings... are killing us in killing our children and it is time for lawmakers to step up and make changes so that people do not have access to these kinds of

weapons and we can live without fear, we can live without the fear, we can live without the fear of going to grocery stores in schools and parades, it's time. , �* ., , , time. president biden has been -aushin time. president biden has been pushing for— time. president biden has been pushing for a — time. president biden has been pushing for a change _ time. president biden has been pushing for a change in - time. president biden has been pushing for a change in laws - time. president biden has been pushing for a change in laws on| pushing for a change in laws on semiautomatic rifles and how people go about registering for those, do you think enough is being done? i those, do you think enough is being done?— being done? i think the only thin we being done? i think the only thing we can _ being done? i think the only thing we can do _ being done? i think the only thing we can do at _ being done? i think the only thing we can do at this - being done? i think the onlyj thing we can do at this point is to cut off access to these kinds of weapons. i have personally shot one, shot one about a month ago, they went to about a month ago, they went to a shooting range and iphoto because they felt like they needed to understand what exactly this was all about and these guns are made for killing. they are made to be shot with ease, they are made to be shot actively, they are not heavy, they are killing machines, they don't belong in civilian hands. and our assault weapons are creating an international crisis with mexico who has sued us twice

for $10 billion because people are buying weapons in states like texas and arizona, we have luke donald, and smuggling them into mexico and they are arming cartels with, so it is beyond time for us to take steps to solve the gun crisis, not only here in our country but in mexico as well.— here in our country but in mexico aswell. a , , �* , mexico as well. ashbey beasley, anti- . un mexico as well. ashbey beasley, anti-gun lobbyists, _ mexico as well. ashbey beasley, anti-gun lobbyists, thank- mexico as well. ashbey beasley, anti-gun lobbyists, thank you i anti—gun lobbyists, thank you so much your time. anti-gun lobbyists, thank you so much your time.— anti-gun lobbyists, thank you so much your time. let's get some of the day's other news. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog has met ukraine's president in zaporizhzhia, close to the site of europe's biggest power plant. rafael grossi said they'd talked about protecting the nuclear facility and its staff. crowds have overrun a farm owned by the family of the former kenyan president, uhuru kenyatta, during another day of anti—government demonstrations. the opposition leader, raila odinga, called the protests earlier this month over rising prices and what it says was the fraudulent victory of president william ruto in last year's election.

chinese billionaire and alibaba group founder jack ma has been spotted in hangzhou after spending months abroad. the businessman kept a low profile following his speech criticising china's financial regulators in 2020. mr ma visited a school to discuss technology in education with teachers. 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, against a uk newspaper. the group, which includes sir eltonjohn, is suing associated newspapers. the publisher denies the allegations. tom symonds reports. 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 ross and former mp sir simon hughes, they're 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 the process was fair and that the evidence could be heard freely in court. reporter: elton, | over here, please? associated newspapers vehemently denies the allegations and this week will attempt to get the case thrown out for legal reasons. we love you, harry!

tom symonds, bbc news, at the high court. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll have a special 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 of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these 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, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of— the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing

a trade union conference. - a small crowd outsidej included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu confirms he will delay controversial judicial reform plans following widespread anti—government protests. police in nashville say a 28—year—old has killed six people at a primary school. three of them were 9—year—old children. 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, who have been denied this, the most basic of human rights — going to school, meeting friends, getting an education. look what it's doing to them. translation: when | seej my brother going to school i feel sad and broken. he used to say, "i won't go without you." i'd hug him and tell him i'd join later.

i'd hug him and tell him i'd join him 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. former classmates reminiscing about school life, how they pranked a new teacher orjoked in drama class. education has never come easy. mahthab was injured in a school bombing that killed more than 80 before the taliban took over but she was determined to study.

translation: life has no| meaning without education. i think death would be better. if the restrictions on women get more and more intense, i don't think this life is worth living. in recent months, women's freedoms have been significantly restricted by the taliban government. sobbing. this was the reaction in one class in kabul, when female students were told in december that they had been barred from university. sobbing. protests against the move were cracked down on in 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 said she now begs on the streets. translation: | feel like i am not alive. l 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. she cries. 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 76—year—old terry anderson claims gwyneth paltrow was reckless. everything was great, and then i heard something i've never heard at a ski resort, and that was a blood—curdling 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. why did you tell her to leave? 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. here in the uk, the pro—independence scottish national party has chosen humza yousaf

as its new leader. he's now set to become first minister of scotland. the leadership contest was triggered last month by the unexpected resignation of nicola sturgeon. 37—year—old hamza yousaf is the first muslim to lead a major uk party. 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, neverthought he would 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. 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 rivalfor the topjob. when you were transport minister, the trains were never on time.

when you werejustice 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 reuniting his party after a divisive campaign. he will have authoright among his party, 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 intray and competing demands. for today, though, he describes himself as the luckiest man in the world. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.

that is all for now. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ lmmisztak. 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're going to 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 thicken 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 eastwards through the day. and while 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 are going to 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, mild, as you can see, it stays rather unsettled, so expect further outbreaks of rain at times.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's delaying his plans to change the judicial system. tens of thousands of people came out to protest against the plans. but there were demonstrations in support of the plans too. police in the us state of tennessee say a heavily—armed woman has killed six people at a school in nashville. three of the victims were children. the 28—year—old suspect who was a former student at the school was shot dead at the scene. the scottish national party has chosen humza yousaf to replace nicola sturgeon as its new leader. mr yousaf was regarded as the continuity candidate, but in the end onlyjust beat out his nearest rival, kate forbes, by four percentage points.