tonight at ten: the mass shooting at a nashville primary school that left six dead — police reveal more details about the attacker. let's go! this is the moment armed officers entered the school before tracking down and shooting dead audrey hale, a former pupil who'd been able to buy seven guns despite being treated for mental health problems. she was under a doctor's care for an emotional disorder. law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving, but her parents thought that she did not own weapons. three children, all aged nine, were killed, along with three adults, among them the head teacher. also on the programme...

kate forbes — who lost out to humza yousaf in the race to be scotland's first minister — quits the scottish government. no let up — hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of france again as protests at president macron�*s pension reforms continue into a second week. back at the high court for a second day — prince harry accuses the publisher of the mail newspapers of criminality in his privacy case. can he pick out the killer pass? and scotland pull off an incredible victory over spain in their euro qualifier. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: we'll have the best of the action from tonight's euro 2024 qualifying, as scotland go head—to—head with continental heavyweights spain, while wales take on latvia. good evening.

police in the united states who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year—old former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children, all nine years old, and the school's head teacher before being shot and killed by officers. there have already been 130 mass shootings in the us this year alone. a mass shooting is when at least four people are shot in one attack. since january, nearly 10,000 people have been killed by firearms. more than 400 of those have been children under 18. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent this report from nashville — a warning, it contains some distressing footage. this is the moment when audrey hale prepares the kill. the 28—year—old turns up at the school in a car,

shoots the class to get inside and then stalks the halls with a rifle. minutes later, police officers arrive. �* , ., minutes later, police officers arrive.- footage - minutes later, police officers - arrive.- footage released arrive. let's go! footage released b olice arrive. let's go! footage released by police shows — arrive. let's go! footage released by police shows when _ arrive. let's go! footage released by police shows when of- arrive. let's go! footage released by police shows when of his - arrive. let's go! footage released by police shows when of his anger but enters the school. after a room to room search of the ground floor, they hear gunfire upstairs and had to intercept. as he rounds the corner, one of the officers spots the attacker and takes the shot. police say the assailant, audrey hale, carefully planned the attack and that she was born a woman but recently identified on social media as a man. hervictims recently identified on social media as a man. her victims were nine—year—olds evelyn, hallie and william, and three staff members, cynthia peak, mike hill and katherine koonce, the head teacher. police say audrey hale was a former

student here at the school and had no criminal record and that resentment may have been emotive. a friend of hers has told the bbc tonight they communicated moments before the attack. 1 tonight they communicated moments before the attack.— before the attack. i received an instagram _ before the attack. i received an instagram dm _ before the attack. i received an instagram dm from _ before the attack. i received an instagram dm from audrey - before the attack. i received an - instagram dm from audrey basically saying that i would see her on the news this evening and that something tragic was about to happen. i was just speechless. i am just like... i'm sorry, like, i am still trying to wrap my head around what we are going through as a city.— going through as a city. officers sa hale going through as a city. officers say hale had — going through as a city. officers say hale had a _ going through as a city. officers say hale had a manifesto - going through as a city. officers say hale had a manifesto and i going through as a city. officers . say hale had a manifesto and could have killed more people. we say hale had a manifesto and could have killed more people.— have killed more people. we have determined _ have killed more people. we have determined that _ have killed more people. we have determined that audrey _ have killed more people. we have determined that audrey bought i have killed more people. we have - determined that audrey bought seven firearms from five different local

gun stores here legally. three of those weapons were used yesterday during the horrific tragedy. she was under a doctor's care for an emotional disorder. law enforcement knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving. it knew nothing about the treatment she was receiving-— was receiving. it has caused president — was receiving. it has caused president biden _ was receiving. it has caused president biden to - was receiving. it has caused president biden to renew i was receiving. it has caused | president biden to renew his was receiving. it has caused - president biden to renew his call to ban assault rifles, the type used in the shooting. he and lawmakers from both sides past major gun safety legislation last year, but many republicans say a ban goes too far. the grief here is unimaginable, but it's all so familiar. mass shootings are now a regular occurrence here in america. i have reported on a few, and what i tend to hear from people and what i tend to hear from people and what i have been hearing today is that they say we don't do politics, we do prayers. but guns are political. this is a deeply conservative state and even the republican lawmaker who represents

the district here published a christmas card last year which appeared to show him with his family, including young children, proudly holding assault rifles, the type of rifle that president biden has once again called to ban. but when you talk about a ban, when you mention that word, when you even talk about restrictions, people here don't want to hear it. they believe a ban or a restriction would be an infringement upon their constitutional right to bear arms, and what people here are much more focused on is praising the police officers for their quick reaction in shooting the assailant. nomia iqbal, thank you. kate forbes, who finished second in the snp leadership race, is to leave the scottish government. she has turned down a job offer from the new first minister, humza yousaf. nicola sturgeon�*s successor will be officially sworn in tomorrow. 0ur scotland editorjames cook

reports from edinburgh. signing off. eight years after blazing a trail for women and girls as scotland's first female first minister, nicola sturgeon put her resignation in writing with a letter to the king. and striding in, humza yousaf, also breaking down barriers, his election as first minister never in doubt. the candidate selected as the parliament's nominee for the position of first minister is humza yousaf. watched by a family full of pride and these backbenchers, mr yousaf told his story, recalling tough years for scottish muslims after the 9/11 attacks. i've lost count of how many times my identity, my loyalty to scotland, the only country i have ever and will ever call home, has been questioned over the years. there was a time not all that long ago when i felt i simply did not belong here in scotland. to go from there to now leading the government as scotland's sixth first minister,

i hope sends a strong message to every single person out there who feels that they don't belong. with both the first minister and the prime minister representing the uk's diverse communities, it sends a strong, positive message to everyone that there are no barriers to what you can achieve in this country, and i think that's something we can all be proud of. that's probably where the consensus is going to end, but it is heartfelt. reaching this historic moment has not been easy, and i know that he has faced personal abuse and racism, as have so many others who don't have the platform that he and i are fortunate to have. so i'm proud of the work that we have done alongside others to stand against hatred and bigotry, and my promise — i will continue to stand alongside you in that fight for all of us. already, the first minister's top

team is taking shape. in, shona robison, promoted to deputy first minister. 0ut, controversially, kate forbes, the leadership rival of humza yousaf who declined what would have been a painful demotion to the post of rural affairs secretary — a reminder that reuniting the snp will be hard. governing isn't easy either. you don't need to go far to figure that out. this is another side of edinburgh. if you were the first minister, what would you be doing for the country for people who live around here? need a break from the cost of living crisis, i would think, primarily. is that the biggest issue? yeah, for me, it is. what should he do? cut down the tax. the tax is really crazy. and try to fix some cost of living, and make life easy for people in scotland.

and do you think the new first minister, humza yousaf, will help? ithink — i have faith and hope in him. will he make the place better? will he come into the area and check out for himselfl what's needing to be done? and tonight, amid the celebrations, first minister and prime minister spoke by telephone, a call of congratulations on a day scotland changed. james cook, bbc news. the terrorism threat level in northern ireland has been raised from substantial to severe — meaning the risk of an attack is now "highly likely". the rating is based on an m15 intelligence assessment and comes after a rise in activity by dissident republicans, including a gun attack last month on a senior police officer. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, says the public should remain vigilant, but not be alarmed. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, sent this report from belfast.

the attack on a senior police officer last month — one of the factors that's led to the threat level being increased. when dci john caldwell was shot multiple times at this sports ground while coaching youth football, the incident was claimed by the violent dissident republican group known as the new ira, who oppose northern ireland being part of the uk. this is merely focused upon the likes of the police service and the prison service and other agencies, but the community should be concerned that terrorists want to disrupt our life, that they want to carry out attacks and stop effective policing and stop effective justice system, and therefore we should all be concerned about that. police are often targets. in november, there was a murder attempt on two officers when their vehicle was damaged in a bomb attack in county tyrone.

it is crucial now that the government steps up and provides the additional funding that is needed to enable the police service in northern ireland to recruit the additional police officers that they need, so they have the resources and the capacity to counter this very serious terrorist threat. but for the wider public, northern ireland's history of conflict means even today, living with security threats is nothing new. does the continued presence of paramilitaries ever concern you? no. it's just idiots that are just trying to cause trouble. everyone here grew up around that. they know where to stay away from and they know where to go to, really. i think it's good that it's taken seriously, | but by the same token, it's nowhere near as . bad as it used to be. the threat level has remained at severe in northern ireland for much of the past 13 years. it was downgraded last year, but since then, assessments by security services have shown an increase in activity by dissident republicans, based on intelligence about their capabilities and intentions. but dissidents make up only a tiny fraction of the political landscape in northern ireland.

the new ira's political wing — seen here on parade — the most public of them. groups have been weakened through infiltration by m15, but today's change in the threat level is a reminder of the danger that still exists. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. jeremy corbyn has been blocked from standing as a labour candidate at the next general election. the labour party's national executive committee has approved a motion from the party leader sir keir starmer to prevent his predecessor from running. the former labour leader cannot appeal against the decision, but the bbc understands he is considering running as an independent candiate. mr corbyn has said he has "no intention of stopping" representing islington north and "won't be intimidated into silence." hundreds of thousands of protesters in france have been staging another day of strikes and rallies against the government's pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with riot police.

people are angry after legislation to raise the retirement age in france from 62 to 64 was forced through by president emmanuel macron�*s government. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamson, sent this report. the temperature rose as the sun went down. across france fires burned like beliefs as bright as fever. young protesters with their rocks and bottles, disappearing in clouds of tear gas fired by riot police in bordeaux and nantes and paris. it took minutes for this peaceful protest to turn violent. hidden amongst the main demonstration, masked protesters who are now taking on the police. running through the lines of police, the white and black helmets of the specialist units known as brav—m — rapid reaction teams, tasked with stamping out trouble. a new target for protesters after growing allegations of abuse.

a video emerged last week apparently showing brav—m officers hitting a protester in the face. and an audio recording appears to have captured threats, intimidation and racist insults against a group of student protesters. "next time you won't be going to the police station, you'll be going to the hospital," one officer is heard saying. salome is one of them. she has since filed a complaint and was back out protesting today. it is important that police can contain violence and protect people but in that case, the violence was against us and they were not protecting us. we must be protected from them. that is really worrying to me. the protests across france today were, as usual, largely peaceful, and smaller than last week, but police say some mainstream protesters are joining agitators in attacking them.

after covid, after everything that happened in france, inflation and everything, people started to be really tense and that does not help to reduce the violence against the police because the police are representing the state, so in a way when you attack the police, you might feel you are protesting against the state. tonight, fires are burning across france as president macron struggles for a way out of this crisis, with political negotiations frozen and the streets on fire. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. prince harry has claimed he was kept out of discussions within the royal family about the possibility of taking legal action against newspapers for phone—hacking. the duke of sussex and six other high—profile figures, including sir eltonjohn, are suing the publisher of the daily mail over alleged breaches of privacy. associated newspapers denies the allegations. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has been following the case and is with me now. tom these are comments in his witness statement that came out today.

including claims of criminality. prince harry does not hold back and he says the royal family withheld information from him about the possibility of taking legal action for press intrusion and it was made clear that the royal family did not sit in the witness box because that could open up a can of worms, he said, but he has been in court today and he was in court yesterday and he said he is holding the daily mail to account because of his concerns about its unchecked power and influence and criminality. we also have a witness statement from doreen lawrence, the mother of stephen lawrence, the mother of stephen lawrence, she has accused the daily mail of tapping her phone lines, hacking her voice mail, looking at her phone records and her bank statements, and she said that is really strange because in the 90s the newspaper was very supportive of her case, her campaignfor the newspaper was very supportive of her case, her campaign forjustice her case, her campaign for justice for stephen her case, her campaign forjustice for stephen lawrence, and she says she then trusted the newspaper but now she feels like she has been

played for a fall. associated newspapers the publisher is strongly defending itself, and on the lawrence allegations they say someone is cynically and unscrupulously orchestrating these claims and more generally it says these are preposterous smears based on a fishing expedition and it has beenin on a fishing expedition and it has been in court this week fighting very hard to get this case thrown out. ., ., ., , ministers have set out plans to move more than 8,000 afghan refugees out of hotels and into permanent homes. a shortage of suitable accommodation for often large families evacuated from kabul to escape the taliban in 2021 has meant thousands have been housed in hotels — at a cost of more than £1 million a day. councils have warned that some refugees may end up homeless. here's our home editor, mark easton. do you feel very upset by what is happening? the tears of an afghan mother at what she calls the betrayal of the british government.

sara, not her real name, has been living in a home office—run hotel in london for over a year after being evacuated from kabul by the british. now she has been told she may be given three months to find somewhere else to live. translation: the decisions that are being taken - for the refugees are very upsetting, especially for us. we are homeless and desperate, and the hope we have is forjustice and democracy to prevail, but they are taking that hope away from us too. more than 211,000 afghans are in britain, having been evacuated from kabul as the taliban closed in during the summer of 2021. the government promised to help them rebuild their lives in the uk. this will crystallise a reasonable timeframe in the minds of our afghan friends. but today the government made it clear that 0peration warm welcome,

as it was called, only goes so far for the 8,000 afghans still living in hotels at a cost of £1 million a day. whilst this government realises our significant responsibilities to this cohort, there is a responsibility upon this group to take the opportunities that are offered under these schemes and integrate into uk society. there will be support and some cash to help, but if a family turns down an offer of accommodation, they will be expected to find something themselves. 0pposition politicians say afghans who risked their lives for the british could end up becoming homeless. he is serving eviction notices on 8,000 afghans, half of whom are children, with no guarantee that they will be offered a suitable settled place to live. at this west london girls' school are refugees from afghanistan. 0ne family is considering declaring themselves homeless rather than move somewhere entirely new. having arrived in the uk 18 months ago, afghan families have put down roots. their kids are in local schools,

parents in localjobs, their support network in local neighbourhoods. but finding a suitable and permanent local home is often close to impossible. the government believes self—reliance is part of adapting to a new life in britain, and with around 9,000 afghans having already moved into permanent homes, they want to encourage the remaining 8,000 to do the same. mark easton, bbc news. one of the world's biggest betting companies, william hill, has been ordered to pay more than £19 million for failing to protect its customers — that's the largest penalty ever imposed by the regulator. the gambling commission said it had found "widespread and alarming" problems. katie razzall is here to tell us more. thanks, sophie. as you say, it's the largest penalty ever handed down by the gambling commission. three companies owned by william hill must pay penalties of £19.2 million after the regulator decided the firm had "insufficient controls in place to protect new customers." in one case, a gambler opened

a new account and had a spend of £23,000 in 20 minutes without any checks. william hill was also found to have made "anti—money laundering failures" — allowing customers to deposit huge amounts without the right checks. one person was able to spend and lose more than £70,000 in a month. the commission considered suspending the company's licence to operate — some campaigners think they should have done that. jack ritchie took his own life in 2017 after battling an addiction to gambling he'd had since his teens. his parents want much tougher penalties. these fines keep coming and the truth is, until we get licences revoked or we have a proper duty of care, then the gambling companies will not take it seriously. fines of this scale will| continue to be treated as a cost of doing business. they are making billions of pounds through their operations. - to be fined a few million isn't going to change that. -

so, what impact will these penalties have on william hill? its parent company 888 holdings' expects revenues of £1.85 billion from last year — the penalties are a tiny fraction of that. according to the gambling commission, more than 22 million people gamble each year in the uk, spending on average less than £300 each. but in william hill's case, the company simply didn't protect some customers from gambling huge amounts far too fast. the reason why we have requirements to have controls in place is to stop people being able to spend such large amounts of money so quickly without intervention. it may be that they can afford it, it may be that it's a choice they want to make, but we have to have safeguards in place, and william hill accept that they simply didn't have them at this time. in response, a spokesperson for 888 holdings said the problems had happened under the previous ownership and that, "after william hill was acquired, the company quickly addressed the identified issues with the implementation of a rigorous action plan."

the gambling commission says, more widely, there are now "signs of improvement" in the behaviour of operators. the government is planning to reform gambling laws — including, perhaps, tighter financial checks on customers. with seven culture secretaries in five years, the plans have been long delayed — but they are understood, finally, to be on their way. sophie. in 2008, a 23—year—old student from norway was killed after a night out in london. hours after her death, the only suspect in the case, the son of one of yemen's richest men, fled to yemen — a country which has no extradition treaty with the uk. 15 years on, bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al—maghafi has tracked him down — and he finally admitted involvement in her death. it was meant to be a student night out. we were just listening to music, borrowing each other�*s clothes, just, i don't know, having fun before the night out.

a celebration turned tragedy when their friend, 23—year—old norwegian student martine vik magnussen, was killed. her body was found underneath rubble in a london apartment block. the postmortem showed she died from compression to the neck. you don't know what to do. you don't expect something like that to happen to you. you don't know how to read how to react, what should you do, who should you contact, who can help you. you just are unable, i was unable to do very much. the prime suspect was her college friend farouk abdulhak, the son of a yemeni billionaire. within hours of her death, he had fled the scene. his lawyers insisted he was innocent of murder. he fled to yemen, a country with no extradition treaty with the uk. it's been 15 years since martine's killing and no one has heard from him since. but as a yemeni myself

i used my local connections to make a renewed effort to find farouk abdulhak. after months of research, ifinally found his profile on an instant messaging app. he's on it. look. he's typing. my main goal was to find answers for martine's family. because abdulhak has evaded justice for so long, i was granted special permission to secretly record our conversations, as long as he knew who i was, as finding the truth about the case is in the public interest. but nonetheless, i wanted to give him an opportunity to go on the record. i travelled to yemen hoping to do an interview. like, just always or because i'm a journalist and it makes you nervous? i tried to get answers on the phone.

i mean, there must be some point where you start remembering. i don't believe that you don't remember anything. my attempts did not end there. 0ur conversations continued for months. and then, finally, a confession. in an extraordinary series of messages, he claimed martine's death was a sex accident gone wrong and that he'd taken a lot of cocaine. when i asked him about moving her body, he said he didn't remember. if you were to speak to farouk yourself, what would you want to know? the only way for the people of the farouk family to move on and to get some respect is to go back to london and then we can have justice for martine.

a grieving family unable to find peace untiljustice is served. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. and nawal�*s documentary — murder in mayfair — is available on bbc iplayer. football now and it has been a great night for the home nations in their qualifying matches for euro 2024 with scotland upsetting spain 2—0 and wales also winning against latvia. our sports correspondent andy swiss has been watching. bagpipes play flower of scotland high hopes at hampden park on a night when scotland dared to dream. they'd not beaten spain for nearly a0 years. they couldn't, could they? well, how's this for a start? scott mctominay cranking up the decibel level and giving scotland a precious early lead. spain aren't one of the world's top teams for nothing, though,

joselu hitting the bar. but scotland also had their chances, especially lyndon dykes. so close, but scotland still led at the break. and after it, their night got even better, a clinical counterattack and guess what? mctominay again and it was 2—0. the tartan army were bouncing. a famous win was within their sights. and come the final whistle, cue euphoria. it's the night of scotland's dreams! a special night for scotland, top of their group after one of their greatest victories in recent years. in cardiff, meanwhile, wales faced latvia with their now retired talisman watching on. but the post—gareth bale era was soon heading in the right direction, the hosts taking the lead through kieffer moore. they might have extended that lead after the break, neco williams denied only by a stunning save and then the crossbar. but for wales, a 1—0

win and job done. andy swiss, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. after the sunshine of monday, the weather today was quite disappointing, a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain, and it wasn't just a wet day, it was also quite cold, with temperatures below average for the time of year, around 8-9, average for the time of year, around 8—9, and tomorrow we can look forward to some milder weather but it won't be any drier with more rain on the way. 0vernight, south—westerly winds pushing in extensive cloud, with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle and if you mist and fog patches around the western coasts and hills but the winds will bring mild air across most areas so by the end of the night for most temperatures will be between 8—11. tomorrow we have a few weather fronts moving between 8—11. tomorrow we have a few weatherfronts moving north—east across the uk and each will bring pulses of fairly heavy rain and during the morning some of the wettest weather will be working

across northern ireland, north—west england and definitely into