this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines, for viewers in the uk and around the world. israel's prime minister confirms he will delay controversialjudicial reform plans following widespread anti—government protests. six people have been killed in a school shooting in nashville, three of them were children. they saw a shooter, a female who was firing at the offices. they engaged her. she was fatally shot. north korea shows images claiming it has produced small tactical nuclear warheads that can be fitted onto short—range missiles. teachers in england could go on strike, as the national education union tells its members to reject the government's

latest pay offer. and gwyneth paltrow�*s accuser details the moments before he says the actress collided with him on a ski slop. ms paltrow denies responsibility for the incident. hello and welcome to the program. there have been more protests in cities in israel, even though the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has postponed his controversial reforms to the judicial system. in unprecedented events, the country's biggest trade union called a strike, and israelis watched society close down around them on monday. our reporter sofia bettiza has more details. israel has more details. is gripped by one of the

worst israel is gripped by one of the worst political crises in history. outrage about a reform that would allow ministers to choose supreme courtjudges and limit parlours. after three months of protests, on monday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu decided to hold this plan. in a tv address he accused extremists of trying to divide the nation. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: out of national resnonsibility _ translation: out of national responsibility i _ translation: out of national responsibility i have _ translation: out of national responsibility i have decided i responsibility i have decided to suspend the second and third readings of the law. there is one thing i cannot accept. there is an extremist minority thatis there is an extremist minority that is prepared to tear our country to pieces. it is using violence and incitement, it is talking civil war. the us, a key ally of israel, welcome the move. this is precisely what we have been calling for and we continue to strongly urge israeli leaders to find a compromise as soon as possible. but will this be enough?

shortly after the announcement a planned nationwide strike was called off. the delay will buy time for mr netanyahu, but it's not going to solve the problem. demonstrators want this bill to be scrapped, not delayed. that is why it last night tens of thousands of people again it took to the streets. it is not a victory at all, the struggle will have to continue, it is lies as usual. it is just taking a break in order to come back stronger. police used stun grenades and water cannons to disperse protesters in tel aviv, but the people in israel who support netanyahu's reform were neta nyahu's reform were protesting netanyahu's reform were protesting last night as well. translation: it protesting last night as well. translation:— protesting last night as well. translation: it is time for a chance translation: it is time for a change of _ translation: it is time for a change of the _ translation: it is time for a change of the people - translation: it is time for a change of the people elected | change of the people elected this government and we want this government and we want this government and we want this government to elect the supreme court, and not for the court to collect itself.

this is how democracy works. the legislation will be considered further in the next session of parliament at the end of april. and netanyahu is walking a tightrope. his coalition includes right—wing, nationalist and ultraorthodox parties. he depends on them to remain in power. and they have insisted that the reform must be passed at all costs. so the government is unlikely to back down. sofia bettiza, bbc news. let's get more analysis. i'm joined now by guy ziv, a professor at american university and author of works on israeli policy making. welcome, thank you for being with us. the demonstrated wanted this bill scrapped completely, not delayed which is what has happened, demonstrations are continuing. what do you think will happen next? ,., , what do you think will happen next? _ ., what do you think will happen next? , . . , . next? let me say that netanyahu really underestimated _ next? let me say that netanyahu really underestimated the - really underestimated the determination and the

resilience shown by these demonstrators. hundreds of thousands of them who took to the streets week after week in defence of their democracy, many of them are concerned that under netanyahu's watch israel has been of moving in a steadily increasingly liberal direction, a middle eastern version of hungary or poland, and his decision to sack the defence minister, a member of his own party, simply demanded an his own party, simply demanded a ~ , �* his own party, simply demanded a �* , i ., his own party, simply demanded a ~ , �* ., . his own party, simply demanded a �*fl ., ., his own party, simply demanded an inaudible and crossed a lead r an and an inaudible and crossed a lead ryan and only — an inaudible and crossed a lead ryan and only served _ an inaudible and crossed a lead ryan and only served to - ryan and only served to reinforce the perception that netanyahu has become an authoritarian leader putting his political and personal interests ahead of national security interests, and this was a decision that was barred by significant protest overnight, as many as a thousand people left their homes on a weeknight to express

outrage. benjamin netanyahu argues these judicial reforms are long needed and the people voted for them, they are a democratically elected government, does that argument hold any sway, in your view? i think this is the view of a lot of the supporters of the so—called legal reforms, which opponents see as a coup. from netanyahu's perspective and neta nyahu's perspective and perspective netanyahu's perspective and perspective of the supporters they have a sort of totalitarian view of democracy, and so as far as they are concerned it is the elected officials, not the unelected institutions, that should make the decisions. and so, for that reason, netanyahu and his coalition partners have tried to the card does make up the court. to a point where it would no longer really serve as a check on politicians.

netanyahu, who has now given himself a mother of breathing space, but still says he is determined to push this through, where could this go in demonstrations continue as they have done, you know, they are growing and growing in strength and dom bob, but he has to have used his coalition partners. where do you see this going? that's right, it is important to keep in mind the government is delaying blood cancelling its legal overhaul of the agenda. so he is agreeing to suspend legislation but he has also made it clear he has every intention to see it through. it is also important to note that the political momentum right now is with demonstrators, not with the government. two surveys were published today reflecting this trend, both showing a dramatic drop in support for netanyahu and the religious right back to, and of the opposition incurred when enough seats to get

government... he understands that and the protest leaders, i mean, they have made it clear that they are not planning to give up on these demonstrations, they are going to continue to see them. what we will see as maybe the temperature it will be lowered a bit as some opposition leaders negotiate with the government to try to reach some sort of compromise, but reaching agreement or at least one that will be widely accepted is not going to be easy. the government is committed to this inaudible 'ust as committed to this inaudible just as the — committed to this inaudible just as the opposition - committed to this inaudible just as the opposition is - just as the opposition is determined to preserve the court's independence, and this will be hard stop— will be hard stop thank you for “oininu will be hard stop thank you for joining us- _ will be hard stop thank you for joining us. police _ will be hard stop thank you for joining us. police and - will be hard stop thank you for joining us. police and the - will be hard stop thank you for joining us. police and the us l joining us. police and the us city of nashville say a former student who killed three children and three staff at a private school had carefully planned the attack. they said the 28—year—old, who was later killed

by officers, had left behind a manifesto which suggested there were also going to be shootings at other locations. president biden has called on congress to act on gun control measures. nada tawfik reports. 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 ioam 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 get some of the day's other news. unions in france have called for a new strike day today,

the tenth since protests started in mid—january against controversial pension reform. president macron told a crisis meeting of cabinet ministers that the violent protests over the last days had nothing to do with the reform itself. the first shipment of leopard ii tanks from germany has been sent to ukraine, according to the german defence ministry. 18 cutting—edge main battle tanks were delivered after ukrainian crews were trained to use them. challenger ii tanks from the uk have also arrived, according to reports from ukraine. the hungarian parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ratify finland's application to join nato, but again postponed a decision on sweden. the government had said it was fed up with both finland and sweden criticising its democratic credentials. the new leader of the scottish national party, humza yousaf, is expected to be elected as scotland's first minister later. if he is confirmed in the post, the 37—year—old would be the first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government in the uk.

north korea has published photographs in its state newspaper of what it says are small nuclear warheads that can be fitted onto short—range missiles. pyongyang has long claimed it has these tactical nuclear weapons, but this is the first time it has shown evidence of them. with more on this, i'm joined by our correspondent jean mackenzie, in seoul. good to see you, what is the significance? the warheads that we know that north korea has had up until now are much larger, they are now are much larger, they are now being fitted onto the intercontinental missiles that can be reached the us memo. these can be fitted on these devices that could target areas closer to home so here in seoul, japan, for example, your

specific areas of guam in the pacific ocean. north korea has long claimed it has the capability to do this but we haven't seen this until today. these photos of kim jong—un inspecting the row of about ten miniature warheads are the first evidence we have seen that. there is still a big question around this because north korea has not actually tested one of these tactical nuclear devices, but the moment that we know it is able to mass—produce these devices is the moment it is able to strike these targets closer to home, and it gives it far more options, really, its nuclear arsenal becomes a far bigger threat. the biggest fear really is that north korea would be far more likely to use a tactical nuclear weapon. it would be more willing for example to take out an airfield in south korea than it would be to blow up a us city, so in theory they would make north korea a lot more dangerous but, as i said, there is scepticism here today urged because these

are just photos and we cannot verify whether they are the real deal. but we do know that north korea is testing a lot of missiles, we don't know what their endgame is, really. is there any sign of them coming to the negotiating table for talks to resume? certainly the north have shown absolutely no sign over the past few years that they want to talk. they are at the moment, it appears, fairly successfully continue to forge ahead with their nuclear programme and coming up with a more diverse and deadly range of weapons. they are in a unique situation because russia and china at the moment are refusing to punish them at the un security council, so they are able to make these advances almost without consequence, so from north korea's perspective, why stop now? it has motivation to continue because it picks its moments that it to talk very carefully, usually when it thinks it has the maximum

leverage, and of course better the weapons it has, the stronger its hand will be in the negotiations, so for the time being it appears as though they will continue to make what progress they can.— progress they can. thank you very much — progress they can. thank you very much for— progress they can. thank you very much forjoining - progress they can. thank you very much forjoining us - progress they can. thank you very much forjoining us from seoul. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lots more. 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 outside| 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, has confirmed he will delay controversialjudicial 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 nine—year—old children. schools in england could face further strike action as the national education union has asked teachers to reject a new pay offer.

teachers are being offered a £1,000 extra cash payment this year, with a 4.3% rise for most next year, which unions say is a real terms pay cut. the government says it has engaged in "intensive discussions" with unions, and that the offer is "fair and reasonable". our education reporter, vanessa clarke has more. thousands of teachers have shown their anger and frustration on the picket line in their fight for better pay. but after six days of intensive talks with the government, the national education union says the offer on the table is not good enough. the offer on the table is not good enough-— the offer on the table is not good enough. the government offer was a _ good enough. the government offer was a £1000 _ good enough. the government offer was a £1000 flat - good enough. the government offer was a £1000 flat rate - offer was a £1000 flat rate cash sum for this year and for most teachers, a 4.3% pay rise for september from most teachers, a 4.3% pay rise for septemberfrom next most teachers, a 4.3% pay rise for september from next year, we are unhappy about both those numbers, also unhappy about the fact we believe this offer is not fully funded in schools and

the majority of schools would have to make cuts to afford it. the government says it is giving schools £2.3 billion of cash over the next two years starting salaries for new teachers will reach £30,000, in new members reject the deal more strike action could be on the way, it says it will try to make sure exam classes are prevented from disruption but some parents could be facing more days off work. the teachers _ more days off work. the teachers are _ more days off work. the teachers are well - more days off work. the teachers are well within | more days off work. tue: teachers are well within their rights to strike if they want to, i don't have a problem with that. it's hard when they are off i have to take time off work and i have two of them. this work and i have two of them. as a parent it's important teachers get what they are entitled to, as a working parent— entitled to, as a working parent that's very difficult with— parent that's very difficult with the strikes every day, i work— with the strikes every day, i work for— with the strikes every day, i work for the nhs at the end of the day— work for the nhs at the end of the day everyone needs what they— the day everyone needs what they are _ the day everyone needs what they are entitled to. in scotland _ they are entitled to. tn scotland and wales they are entitled to. t�*t scotland and wales strike action has ended due to increased pay offers, the schools leaders unions and wail

and five unions in northern ireland still taking action short of a strike. we have been told if the national education union rejects the new offer decisions will be made by the pay y°u decisions will be made by the pay you body and the thousand pounds cash payment will be lost. the union will announce the result of its online ballot next monday and will have to give two weeks notice before any new strike dates are announced. vanessa clarke, bbc news. a man suing the oscar—winning actor gwyneth paltrow over a skiing accident seven years ago has given evidence in the trial. 76—year—old terry sanderson claims he suffered life—changing injuries when the star skied into him at a resort in utah. the actor denies all claims and is countersuing for $1. our correspondent louise pilbeam has more. you may call your next witness. it was a hit—and—run on the ski slopes that this man says destroyed his life. 76—year—old terry sanderson 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... screams and then boom! they had never met, but collided at the very upscale deer valley resort in utah in 2016. why'd 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 back to normal again "and i don't want you to feel like 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. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. time for the sport now. hello. there were eight european championship qualifiers played on monday. you can find all the results on the bbc sport website. the winners included france who beat the republic of ireland in dublin to make it two wins out of two in group b. the only goal of the game was a stunning strike from the bayern munich defender benjamin pavard early in the 2nd half. it was his third goal for his country.

ireland's nathan collins was denied an equaliser by a terrific save from mike maignan in the french goal as the world cup finalists held on to maintain their perfect start in group c. tottenham hotspur are on the hunt for a 11th permanent manager in 4 years after antonio conte left the club by mutual consent on sunday. his assistant, cristian stellini, has been put in charge for the rest of the season, but who will get the job long—term? patrick gearey has been looking at the leading contenders. the bbc sport poll today found two big favourites the one is the romantic route richo pochettino the former manager who talks first to second in the league and champions league final, loved by many club fans has a connection with tottenham and still has a home in the area. he has spoken about wanting to come back to spurs at some point in the future and doesn't currently have a club. there is another way forward

julian nagelsmann hasjust left julian nagelsmann has just left by julian nagelsmann hasjust left by an eunuch has a reputation as a tactically innovative coach who pays attacking football that will apply to daniel levy who has spoken about the tottenham hotspur dna being all about that. what spurs fans will be wary about is the sum of 2021 when they looked for a manager for 72 days, candidates came in with they ended up they ended up with spirit toast and less than five months later, he was sacked. tennis — and the number 2 seed stefanos tsitsipas is through to the 11th round of the miami masters after beating the chilean qualifier cristian garin in three sets. but there was a shock defeat for the number 5 seed felix auger—aliassime. the canadian was beaten in straight sets by francisco cerundolo — the number 25 seed from argentina. cerundolo reached the semi—finals last year, and he remains on course to match that achievement after a 6—2, 7—5 over the 2021 us open semi finalist.

in the women's singles, there were wins for elena rybakina and jessica pegula. rybakina remains on course for back—to—back titles, following her victory at indian wells two weeks ago. the number 10 seed from kazakhstan, who's also the reigning wimbledon champion, beat belgium's elise mertens in straight sets 6—4, 6-3. rybakina will play italy's martina trevisan in the quarter—finals. the british actor orlando bloom has visited kyiv and praised the strength of the ukrainian people, as he met with volodymyr zelensky, and encouraged him to "go win" the war. stephanie prentice reports. hello. oh, wow. busy! a candle—making workshop with a difference for these children as the pirates of the caribbean actor orlando bloom visited alongside unicef, part of work to raise awareness of the impact the war in ukraine is having on its youngest. oh, yeah, oh, yeah! laughter

centres like this are designed to help build and get psychosocial support and some basic learning as many have now been out of regular education for more than a year. oh, my goodness, you just keep giving me presents! 0h! sir! thank you so much. thanks for coming. next, a meeting with volodymyr zelensky to discuss the work needed around supporting children in ukraine. so it's remarkable to see how you are in upholding this country and... we have a good country. we hold each other. well. . .yes. before he left, the actor read out a buddhist message of encouragement from a text about children. "once fortune was against a knight who was captured "in battle by his enemies and had his castle confiscated. "�*where is your castle now?�* they asked, "laughing scornfully. "�*you have lost everything,�* they implied. "the knight answered resolutely, "holding his head high, �*my castle is in my heart.”' reflecting on the visit

afterwards on social media, he vowed to continue his work with the charity and help return a happy childhood to ukrainian children. stephanie prentice, bbc news. i will be back shortly with all the business stories for the day. 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. the weather 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 southwesterly 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 degrees celsius. now, heading into thursday, low pressure is still with us. we're still going to be having those southwesterly 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.

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