westminster is watching israel nervously for — gaza.inster is watching israel nervously for what it _ gaza. westminster is watching israel nervously for what it does _ gaza. westminster is watching israel nervously for what it does next. - gaza. westminster is watching israel nervously for what it does next. the | nervously for what it does next. the desire for de—escalation is met with calls from some for more sanctions against iran. a man's been arrested after a number of people were stabbed at a church in the west of sydney. it happened during a sermon that was being streamed online. our sydney correspondent, katy watson has the latest. two days after a brutal stabbing in the shopping centre behind me, once again, horrorand the shopping centre behind me, once again, horror and fear with the second attack on the other side of the city. what we know is that a bishop was doing a sermon, livestreaming a sermon and he and several others were injured. the police have arrested a man and they also say that those who were hurt do not have lif

at the _ scottish labour mps in westminster at the next — scottish labour mps in westminster at the. the have to find a different — independence. the have to find a different way of talking about the independent aspiration, ratherthan independent aspiration, rather than dismissing — independent aspiration, ratherthan dismissing it as narrow nationalism because _ dismissing it as narrow nationalism because if— dismissing it as narrow nationalism because if they want — they'll know that there — because if they want — they'll know that there election was one on the back of— that there election was one on the back of prone to penance people lending — back of prone to penance people lending them. now if over the labour party does— lending them. now if over the labour party does not necessarily imply support— party does not necessarily imply support for the union.— party does not necessarily imply support for the union. thank you very much- _ so a dramatic time here at holyrood, as scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, announces he is stepping down after 13 months in office. kirsten ca

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peter sol in westminster for us- do stay _ on it too. peter sol in westminster for us. sol in westminster for us. do stay with us here - on it too. peter sol in westminster for us. do stay with us here on - on it too. peter sol in westminster| for us. do stay with us here on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. let's catch up with the weather. hello. snow for some across scotland this morning, but the contrasting it stays rather grey here with further outbreaks of rain. a few passing showers being blown on a brisk south—westerly wind and rain marred for the time of year, 18 or 19 degrees. still quite chilly across the north. rain pushes its way northwards across scotland and we see the next patch of when you buy up for the south, some of the rain to be quite heavy. by the end of the night, temperatures will be lifting, turning milder but very mild further south. into saturday, the steepening area of low pressure hurtling towards the west of ireland has been named by the irish met service as storm kathleen. it is the feel of the weather in saturday dragging weather, up t

harry farley in westminster, _ this year. harry farley in westminster, i'm - this year. i this year. harry farley in | westminster, i'm sure we this year. harry farley in - westminster, i'm sure we will this year. harry farley in _ westminster, i'm sure we will speak to you again but thank you for the moment, and barbara plett usher, who was speaking to us a little earlier from kigali. that press conference ijy from kigali. that press conference by the uk prime minister is due to happen within the next hour and half so we will cross to that as soon as it begins. for the moment, let's turn to ukraine. president zelensky says the $61 billion military aid package — approved by american lawmakers — will give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. in an interview on american television — he said more weapons would help kyiv retake the initiative — especially long—range missiles. ukrainian forces have been coming under increasing pressure recently in the east of the country — and there have been concerns in the west about russian advances — including the se

so westminster sext scandal.e been targeted and sources have been targeted and sources have told gb news more are coming forward after tory mp william wragg told the times he'd sent intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app, and was then manipulated into providing those contacts. he's expected to be contacted today and will be asked for the list of numbers which he shared . the met police which he shared. the met police has also confirmed it's now working with other forces over these blackmail concerns . these blackmail concerns. consultants have accepted a pay . consultants have accepted a pay. offer from the government, ending a year long dispute. the british medical association says 83% of members in england voted british medical association says 83favouriembers in england voted british medical association says 83favour of1bers in england voted british medical association says 83favour of thes in england voted british medical association says 83favour of the offer.1gland voted british medical

let's go back to westminster and our political — is.back to westminster and our political respondent _ is. let's go back to westminster and our political respondent nick - is. let's go back to westminster and our political respondent nick early. i our political respondent nick early. under the law they have 28 days to choose a first minister but if they can't choose one, there has to be an election. ., �* , can't choose one, there has to be an election. . �*, ., , , can't choose one, there has to be an election-_ i i election. that's absolutely right. i will no election. that's absolutely right. i will go back _ election. that's absolutely right. i will go back because _ election. that's absolutely right. i will go back because humza - election. that's absolutely right. i l will go back because humza yousaf election. that's absolutely right. i - will go back because humza yousaf is at the podium now. last will go back because humza yousaf is at the podium now.— will go back because humza yousaf is at the podium now. last weeki stood her

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster.ficials insist that they are ready and waiting to receive asylum seekers from the uk. but public opinion there is mixed. from the capital, kigali, our africa correspondent barbara plett usher sent this report. it's here the migrants will land — hope hostel, long poised for this moment. bedrooms laid out with meticulous care. attention to the needs of guests who've so far failed to arrive. workers in surreal performance of their daily tasks. the hostel can house 100 of those britain plans to send to apply for asylum here. they could also try to go to other countries, but not back to the uk. if you get the news today... yes. ..you would be able to accept people tomorrow? not only tomorrow, even now. rwanda is a beautiful country, nestled in the hills of east africa. the streets are tidy, safe from crime. there is order. rwanda works — that's the motto. some here welcomed the idea of the new migrants. i think it will be good economically for the nation, considering that any... there is no

so far, westminster sex scandal.en mps, staff and journalists are known to have been targeted and sources have told gb news that more are coming forward. so after tory mp william wragg told the times that he said intimate pictures of himself to someone on a gay dating app and was then manipulated into providing the contacts. now he's expected to be contacted today and will be asked for the list of numbers which he shared. the met police has also confirmed that it's working with other forces over blackmail concerns . consultants blackmail concerns. consultants have accepted a pay offer from the government, ending a year long dispute. the british medical association says 83% of members in england voted in favour of the offer, which is an improvement on one rejected earlier on this year. consultants have been striking over the past 12 months, adding to the nhs waiting list, which has also been affected by the junior doctors dispute, which remains unresolved . millions of remains unresolved. millions of people will recei

let's go straight to westminster.son joins me now from westminster. iain, first of all, we were to showing shots of that debate. what goes on next? fix, showing shots of that debate. what goes on next?— goes on next? a vote in about half an hour's time. _ goes on next? a vote in about half an hour's time. we _ goes on next? a vote in about half an hour's time. we imagine - goes on next? a vote in about half an hour's time. we imagine there | an hour's time. we imagine there will be six votes, six votes during which the government will reject amendments made in the house of lords. you have a clash between the two houses of parliament, between the commons and the lords. the lords want a whole range of things changed about this bill. he mentioned one of them, this idea that parliament can subtly declare rwanda as a country. they want a more independent monitoring of that, they want a greater say for the courts, but there's also a couple of amendments which will specifically give exceptions for moving people who arrive by

westminster.el we have talked about the local elections _ westminster. annabel we have talked about the local elections but - westminster. annabel we have talked about the local elections but also - about the local elections but also doing away with the merit system in bristol. but there are big elections for mayor is in the north west. brute for mayor is in the north west. we have two for mayor is in the north west. - have two elected mayors here, we have two elected mayors here, we have the greater manchester and the liverpool city region of the moment and the incumbents, with andy burnham in manchester and steve rotherham in liverpool, both former labour mps and andy burnham is a former secretary of state as well and they have both held that title since the roles were created in 2017. some people say you can stick a red rosette on a donkey in manchester and liverpool and they will win, but that's perhaps not entirely fair, particularly in the livable city region as the liberal democrats to have

the snp are the third biggest party in westminster.ats and that is up in the airjust now. labourare and that is up in the airjust now. labour are adamant they can start to win back a lot of support in scotland and the fact that the last 12 months has been so to moult to us for the scottish government will help labour. the second is that the snp project onto the rest of the uk often has quite a big impact. when the snp are strong, that independence debate is a significant part of the uk discussion. it hasn't been for the past couple of years, partly because the snp have been on the back foot. so the question over the back foot. so the question over the next few days and weeks as the party tries to close this chapter and open a new one is, what direction it wants to go? you heard lorna speak about some of the frontrunners. the two names that keep being brought up to me arejohn swinney, who hasn't ruled out, who hasn't spoken sent humza yousaf resigned but is keeping that door open, and kate forbes, who mr yousaf beatin open, and kate for

he is the party westminster leader. first minister from westminster, but he could technically lead the snp if humza yousaf goes as party leader. it is all a complicated situation in terms of who could take over as the snp leader if, as we expect, humza yousaf does resign in the next half an hour. we are waiting for that news conference at bute house. if you want to follow all the developments, there is a live page “p developments, there is a live page up and running on the bbc news website and app which is all the latest information from our correspondence around scotland. james cook has been posting there, our political editor. nick eardley is at westminster, listening to what is at westminster, listening to what is going on there, as well as in holyrood. all of that information is going into our live page and we will going into our live page and we will go back as soon as we hear any developments. i want to focus on the other elections taking place this week, and that is the local elections in england. there are elect

no doubt len straight and westminster. no doubt plenty more — straight and westminster. to come - straight and westminster. no doubt plenty more comment to come on l straight and westminster. no doubt - plenty more comment to come on that. we will move to time for the panel. now it's time for the panel. caroline, we will start with you this evening. we will talk about florida which is bracing for the impact of a new abortion law, and tomorrow? which will transform the state overnight. practically, from a state overnight. practically, from a state with the fewest restrictions to a place where abortion is all but banned. , ., , ., to a place where abortion is all but banned. , .,, ., , banned. yes. people have been watchin: banned. yes. people have been watching this _ banned. yes. people have been watching this case _ banned. yes. people have been watching this case and - banned. yes. people have been watching this case and it - banned. yes. people have been watching this case and it goes l banned. yes. people have been i watching this case and it goes into effect tomorro

they've been in power in scotland for longer than the conservatives have at westminster.e all sorts of issues, the sort of shakespearean alex salmond on your programme. and as paddy says, he wasn't talking just about independence — he was talking about i think what he described as cultural issues. you know, he clearly feels as strongly as ash regan about the gender stuff. and, you know, this is what happens to parties that have been in power for a long time. they have a lot of bad blood swilling around. and that becomes very difficult. no question about it. and also in passing, we pay tribute, i think, independently to one of the most impressive electoral winning machines in a western democracy, in the snp. it's perfectly possible to say independently they did a masterstroke for years mopping up all the mps in scotland. and gobbling up territory injust an absolutely astonishing way. and there's a big debate and books have been written and theses will be written in the future and all the rest. about to what extent was it their campaigning genius and to what extent was it t

as harry was talking, along day in westminster because there's lot of ins and outs.e duration of the debate as it pinks between the house of commons, the lower chamber, and the house of lords as it bounces back and forth, discussing amendments on different issues. when it gets under way, we will be back in westminsterfor it gets under way, we will be back in westminster for that. around the world and the cross the uk, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the head of israeli military intelligence, aharon haliva, has resigned — he's the first senior israeli official to step down over the hamas assault in october. mr haliva had accepted responsibility for security failings which allowed the attacks to take place. in other developments, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the us plans to cut aid to one unit. amid ongoing violence in the occupied west bank, the us says it will respond to any human rights violations in gaza, 15 children are among the dead, after an israeli air strike on the southe

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.e raid on the mexican embassy in quito to arrest a former ecuadorean vice—president, jorge glas.he'd been sheltering in the compound since december but was wanted on corruption charges, with mexico saying it had granted glas �*political asylum'. in response to the raid, mexican president andres manuel lopez obrador ordered the suspension of diplomatic ties with ecuador. the body of a construction worker who was killed after last month's baltimore bridge collapse has been month's baltimore bridge collapse has been recovered. father—of—two, maynor suazo—sandovalfrom honduras, had been repairing potholes on the bridge when a container ship hit one of its support columns. three other workers are still missing. it comes as the us presidentjoe biden has said he'll move "heaven and earth" to help the city recover from the tragedy. our reporter will vernon has the latest. eleven days after the disaster, the site of the baltimore bridge collapse still astonishes. president biden came here to se

well enjoy now here in the gb news studio in westminster by paul turner , one westminster by paul turnering immigration barristers with over 20 years experience. paul, thanks for coming to the studio . so, what coming to the studio. so, what do you make of all this tension here? do you do you believe that the issue in dublin is caused by the issue in dublin is caused by the rwanda bill? are people going there to escape being rounded up? >> i think probably, it's true, but i'm not sure whether it's people that are claiming asylum there. arriving in ireland straight away, or they're choosing to go to ireland and they're claiming asylum , i they're claiming asylum, i think, mark francois was saying we have an open border with ireland, and i don't think that's ever going to close . so that's ever going to close. so it wouldn't surprise me if people are making the trip over. but, i think what it all behoves are people that are patting the government on the back and rishi saying, oh, it's having a wonderful effect . my wonderful effect. my understanding was unless i've been reading the news or

this is a westminster problem driven by government.esolve it and doesn't care. the department for transport said the offer remained on the table and would take drivers�* average salaries to £65,000. they and the train companies group have repeatedly said the union members should get a vote on it. we absolutely can't continue on as we are. we need the aslef leadership to accept that the financial situation that the railway finds itself in is really severe. a strike on the london underground on monday has been called off. but for many passengers around the country, there is more rail misery to come over the next few days. once again, the advice is check your journey before setting off. yes, and if you need to travel on a strike day, do check in advance because even if trains are running where you are com you might find they are starting later than usual and finishing earlier. unions need to give two weeks' notice of strike like these and if you have already bought in advance ticket, you should be able to get a refund or claim that compen

our political correspondent hannah miller reports from westminster.ance scam targeting some of the most powerful people in the country, in the form of lurid messages which for one former mp began last month from a person going by the name of charlie. "long time, no speak", charlie said. "miss you in westminster." the former mp told me, "it seemed so realistic". the last part of that message was "westminster misses you", and that was basically something friends would say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed, thinking i'm speaking to someone who knows who i am, and i'm trying desperately not to come across as rude. the messages continue... the former mp then replies, asking who it is he's talking to. charlie falsely says he used to work in the office of another mp. he later sends a sexually explicit image, and the former mp blocks the number. the questions now are how widespread this is, who is behind it and whether the attackers got hold of any useful information. we've seen another series of messages sent to a political journalist from the

let's speak to our political correspondent, henry zeffman, who joins us live from westminster.oast? it william bragg, what more can you toast? , , . ., , ., , toast? it is such a weird story. -- wra: ., toast? it is such a weird story. -- wragg- it — toast? it is such a weird story. -- wragg. it emerged _ toast? it is such a weird story. -- wragg. it emerged last _ toast? it is such a weird story. -- wragg. it emerged last week- toast? it is such a weird story. --j wragg. it emerged last week that toast? it is such a weird story. -- l wragg. it emerged last week that a string of men, we suddenly know how many, but way more than a dozen at the very least were being contacted over a period of several months by people claiming to be in some cases they called themselves charlie, some cases abbey, and it wasn't completely clear what they wanted but in some cases they exchange explicit images with these people. last thursday william wragg a conservative mp for hazel grove, in greater manchester, he came out and said, actually he had passed the numbers of some conservative mps onto so

he alerted police who are now investigating a suspected westminster honeytrap.ked women on whatsapp. the metropolitan police has also confirmed it is investigating explicit images and messages sent to mps. our political correspondent charlotte wright has more. yes, so this is william wragg, the conservative mp,

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. now it's time for a look at today's sport.efending champions manchester city are third and three points off the leaders liverpool. they've got a big game midweek against real madrid, as they aim to defend their champions league trophy, but manager pep guardiola insists his side are fully focused on their trip to crystal palace this afternoon. we are third and not far away from top of the league and we drop points for being almost impossible. so we have to win that game. we are ten months or months fighting for the premiership and why should we are ten months or nine months fighting for the premiership and why should we be distracted right now with this important game with crystal palace when the distance is so close. in the late match, arsenal can go back to the top of the table — but they'll need to beat brighton on the south coast to do it. arsenal boss mikel arteta thinks his side can use the disappointment of missing out on winning the title last season in this year's race. i hope it is helping, i think we learn a lot from

peter saull, thank you, in westminster _ deterrent.on, a trade union for uk senior and middle management, civil servants and public service professionals. we are seeing of course did abate on this law but it is likely to go through, if not today then sometime next week, potentially. what is your reaction to where it is likely to be and how is going to affect your members?— and how is going to affect your members? _, . , ., ., members? the concerns we have got, which were not — members? the concerns we have got, which were not really _ members? the concerns we have got, which were not really covered - members? the concerns we have got, which were not really covered by the l which were not really covered by the ping—pong between the lords and the commons, around the discretion the bill gives to ministers to ignore orders from the court, they think that someone should... they would issue an injunction to stop some being deported. the bill potentially allows minister to ignore that. if you are a minister and you choose to do that, a civil

lets had erected — westminster where their vote.verall control with i am —— let's head to richard. overall control with i am -- let's head to richard.— head to richard. fairly low ambition. _ head to richard. fairly low ambition, they _ head to richard. fairly low ambition, they will - head to richard. fairly low. ambition, they will probably head to richard. fairly low- ambition, they will probably have to do much _ ambition, they will probably have to do much better than one seat. the tees— do much better than one seat. the tees valley— do much better than one seat. the tees valley area has a crucial mayor election— tees valley area has a crucial mayor election on— tees valley area has a crucial mayor election on thursday as well. 73% of the vote _ election on thursday as well. 73% of the vote last time, 30 say it is fairly— the vote last time, 30 say it is fairly unlikely you are when by that amount _ fairly unlikely you are when by that amount. will he weigh in at all? labour— amount. will he weigh in at all? labour believe ther

i know they closed every pub in westminster . i know i was there, westminster.e the police playing at? i'll be joined by a barrister who thinks now this is turning into a war on the white working classes. as we build up to yet another pro—palestine march today at parliament, you can bet your nellie they won't get the same treatment . plus, 55 people came treatment. plus, 55 people came to britain yesterday on a dinghy fit for 20 and five die. we're paying fit for 20 and five die. we're paying half £1 billion to the french every year to protect our coast. they simply aren't doing it. is it time to stop the money? plus our muslim gangs taking over british jails and, environmental activists say we don't need coal or gas anymore. i think they're deluded. and i'll be joined by an expert to tell you why that's all caught up on my show three till 6 pm. but first, it's time for your latest weather forecast . latest weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office fo

i do wonder if correspondent, live in westminster . i do wonder if the westminster. wonder if the deputy prime minister and the irish leadership are simply trying to deflect from their failures. they have been for a while very liberal about immigration. they're progressive in the way that they view asylum seekers and the like. but the irish public in large part are pretty furious. it's a bit of a tinderbox in parts of ireland. let's not, you know, it's not hard to overstate, really. how much. >> so pretty hard to argue that there's been loads of immigration from the uk to ireland in the last few months because of rwanda. meanwhile while the number of people coming across on boats seems higher this year than it was last year, despite rwanda, those two things don't quite work, i think. i think, yeah, michael martin might be, might be trying to stretch, stretch the truth there. >> yes, indeed. well, there is still time to grab your chance to win a greek cruise , travel to win a greek cruise, travel goodies and a £10,000 tax free cash bank balance boost. here's all the d

he is at an event in westminster this morning and he was asked whether he would rule out standing.says once we have this announcement from humza yousaf that he is quitting. kate forbes, i think she is weighing it up forbes, i think she is weighing it up this lunchtime. nobody will say anything until humza yousaf has made his announcement but there is a decent prospect of her standing if she can find a way to get the support of another party to stay in power. i don't think the westminster leader stephen flynn will stand, there was some speculation he might fancy doing it this time. i don't think that is the case, too hard to do thejob when think that is the case, too hard to do the job when you are in westminster. if few other potential candidates from a group of snps. it candidates from a group of snps. it is onlyjust over a year ago that humza yousaf became first minister. it has been a disaster. it is quite hard to escape that because on numerous occasions, humza yousaf has tried to seize the political initiative to get back on the front foot, to announce big policies he hoped wo

harry farley, bbc news, in westminster.alk to our washington correspondent gary o'donohue, but first to yolande knell injerusalem. yolande, israel's war cabinet meeting now with reports it's split on the timing and the scale of a response to iran's attack. that's correct. we know that the israeli military has drawn up a list of possible action that could be taken against iran, and now the war cabinet, we believe it is already meeting, that we've not had confirmation of that. it is really weighing up those different options, and we've had an israeli official source who has been briefing the media that, really, this was such a large attack that happened that israel does need to respond in some kind of way. you have israeli politicians who have been saying that, really now, a powerful message needs to be sent to iran, basically as deterrence, to make sure it doesn't do the same kind of thing again. then you have other important voices, including key decision—makers in the war cabinet, who have been talking up the benefit of no

harry farley at westminster, thank ou career. harry farley at westminster, thank you very _ career.rry farley at westminster, thank you very much indeed. - the mother of a student fatally stabbed in nottingham has written an open letter to a police officer who wrote graphic whatsapp messages about the crime scene. barnaby webber was one of three people killed lastjune. his mum emma said the officer should "show the respect that was not given to her son". america's top diplomat is due to arrive in china shortly, secretary of state antony blinken is expected to urge beijing to end its military support for russia. he is due to meet with senior officials in beijing and shanghai. china and the us, the world's two biggest economies remain deeply at odds over trade, technology, taiwan and ukraine war. laura bicker is our correspondent in beijing. she gave this assessment of the likely conversations ahead for the two countries. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to china to try to stabilise ties between the two world's largest economies. and there will be discussions from

miss you in westminster. the former mp told me it seemed so realistic. the westminster.— it seemed so realistic. the last art of it seemed so realistic. the last part of that _ it seemed so realistic. the last part of that message _ it seemed so realistic. the last part of that message was - it seemed so realistic. the last - part of that message was westminster misses you, and that was basically something that friends usually say anyway to make me feel better. i was embarrassed thinking i am speaking to someone who knows who i am. the messaues to someone who knows who i am. the messages continue, and the former mp admits he doesn't have the number saved. he should have said comes the reply. i used to work in william wragg's office when you are here. it reassured him for a while but turned out not to be true. when the attacker went on to send a sexually explicit image, the former mp blocked the number. the night after william wragg made his disclosure to the times, the former mp said he feels awfulfor his the times, the former mp said he feels awful for his friend. willi

let's go back to westminster and talk to our political correspondent.ing his money behind john swinney. absolutely. ian blackford and john swinney are perhaps part of the snp old guard. john swinney was nicola sturgeon's deputy at the same time ian blackford was the leader of the snp at westminster. john swinney is yet to decide what he is going to do. in some ways it would seem to be moving back to the leadership we have seen over the past couple of decades. when he didn't stand last year, john swinney said it was time for a new broom. let's see what he says over the next couple of days. kate forbes is in the frame this lunchtime. cole ruth. iain gray. regardless, this is a big moment in scottish politics because this was supposed to be a new broom for the snp. humza yousaf was supposed to be the third leader of the snp under devolution and take the party forward. it has not gone well at all. the question it will ask itself over the next few days and weeks is how it can start to repair that's over ahead of our general election and hollywood election, a

helen catt, bbc news, westminster. now it's time for a look at today's sport. day's seven premier league matches has kicked off. manchester city are looking to go level on points with leaders liverpool, they'll go top if they beat crystal palace by four goals or more. i—i approaching half—time at selhurst park — a brilliant kevin de bruyne goal pulling city level. ten minutes later, it is 1—1. they are in the 45th minute. they are in the 45th minute. there's also some big games at the bottom of the table to come . all of which you can follow on the bbc sport website. everton welcome fellow strugglers burnley, while luton take on bournemouth and brentford are away at aston villa. elsewhere, fulham host newcastle and wolves play west ham. in the late match, arsenal will return to the top if they beat brighton away the gunners boss mikel arteta thinks his side can use the disappointment of missing out on winning the title last season as this year's race goes down to the wire. i hope it is helping, i think we learn a lot from the past, especially from difficult mom

our political correspondent alex forsyth joins us now from westminster.overnment under? the politicalfocus in westminster is centring on the issue of arms sales to israel, and there is growing pressure from those 600 legal experts, opposition parties, although there is no consensus within the concept is with some suggesting the uk should end arms sales and others are saying it should not. the last time the government made an assessment was in december when it decided not to suspend arms exports to israel. there is another assessment ongoing, within the foreign office, they are drawing up legal advice on whether israel is complying with international humanitarian law. that will be passed to ministers for a decision and that process is close to completion. that process began before there strikes on the aid convoy, it is not a response to it, and it is looking at the actions by israel towards the beginning of the year. when the government decides, the question will be will it be enough to alleviate what is clearly now growing political pressure on ministers

and we have access westminster. that is a bombshell. >> that is a bombshell. >> yes, the messages are very cunous >> yes, the messages are very curious indeed. >> i wonder if. curious indeed. >> i wonder if . well, we'll see >> i wonder if. well, we'll see them and you can say whether you would have responded to them if you'd received them. >> how terrified are people in westminster about this at the moment, you think is moment, do you think it is obviously . could there be more obviously. could there be more people who pulled in by this? >> there will be over dozen at >> there will be over a dozen at least. that's according to politico that have been rounding up numbers on this. but westminster is currently on recess . people are away from the recess. people are away from the corridors of power . and yet the corridors of power. and yet the gossip is almost exclusively on this, particularly perhaps because nothing else is going on in westminster right now. this is the sole topic of conversation amongst all of the pe

james at westminster, thanks for “oininu them.forjoining us- _ israel lies in the heart of a wider region of tension — and that tension is increasing. yesterday, a suspected israeli strike destroyed an iranian consulate building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders in the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. iran has vowed to respond. iran, israel's arch—enemy, is a key supporter of hamas — the group designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — who carried out the attack on israel on october 7th. iran also back hezbollah — militants based in neighbouring lebanon — who have been exchanging fire with israeli forces almost daily since hamas's attack. most of those flash points have been on the border of northern israel, from where our international editor jeremy bowen has sent us this report. 25,000 israelis lived in kiryat shmona, a mile or so inside the border. around 90% of them have left because of attacks out of lebanon from iran's allies. this is the ot

let's talk to our political correspondent nick eardley, who's at westminster.ow that senior people within the snp have been trying to persuade him over the past 2a hours orso persuade him over the past 2a hours or so that he should throw his hat into the ring. they did the same, by the way, last year, when nicola sturgeon stood down, but when i was speaking to him about an hour ago, it did sound to me very much like he was tempted to stand this time, he said he wanted to speak to his family, but he had been overwhelmed ijy family, but he had been overwhelmed by the number of people who were approaching him and he was giving it very careful thought. so that sounds like a very strong hint to me that he may well throw his hat into the ring in the next few days. i suppose, as well as looking at all the names you havejust suppose, as well as looking at all the names you have just spoken about, the big question for the snp is, what does it do next? because alice alex salmond was talking about a few minutes ago, whoever the next first minister is will need to find som

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.ful to call for the uk to end arms sales to israel. writing in his daily mail column, mrjohnson said it would be insane for the uk to end military support. our political correspondent charlotte wright has more. it is something the snp, the liberal democrats, some labour politicians, some conservative politicians have been calling for, but in his column in the daily mail, borisjohnson, the former prime minister, described it as a death wish of western civilisation. the uk actually accounts for a pretty small percentage of israel's arms imports, less than half of 1%, compared to the us which is around two thirds. but the argument that borisjohnson makes is that if the uk were to ban sales, other countries would follow suit. he said it surely follows that we do not think any self—respecting country should be arming the israelis. and he said if everyone were to end their military support, we would be willing the military defeat of israel and the victory of hamas. he also accused the foreig

there wins at westminster or holyrood, it was just saying no., the leadership question, i don't think necessarily this snp leadership election will be overly dominated by the question of independence.— dominated by the question of indeendence. . ~ ., independence. thank you for your thou~hts independence. thank you for your thoughts today. — independence. thank you for your thoughts today, former _ independence. thank you for your thoughts today, former adviser i independence. thank you for your thoughts today, former adviser to nicola sturgeon. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. officials in central kenya say at least a5 people have been killed after a dam collapsed following torrential rainfall. a vast area of mud flattened houses and uprooted trees near the rift valley town of mai mahiu. it is feared that more people are buried under the debris. the kenyan authorities have postponed the start of the new school term by a week because of the flooding that's killed more than 120 people across the country. the bbc�*s africa cor

so it's been very much westminster village much a westminster village thing. much a westminster village to say, >> but look, i'm sad to say, nigel, this is just this is the future happening the i've future happening now, the i've been that the chinese been made aware that the chinese were looking at my own, my own office, a couple of years ago. i mean, i can't remember, but i think i got a text saying, nice to meet you at conference. and i thought, well, i wasn't at conference, but i didn't send any sort of, incriminating photos. >> really? >> really? >> oh, we're very pleased to hear that is westminster full of an of very sad, lonely an awful lot of very sad, lonely people , i sort of hope not, i people, i sort of hope not, i don't know, i mean, it's quite a sociable place at times, politics can be quite a lonely profession, and so can any profession. it depends . i mean, profession. it depends. i mean, i think there's a reasonable amount of camaraderie, and i think for nigel. sorry for william. there is a certain amount of there. but for the grace of god, i hope i would never be dumb

there's westminster council?e we cater to everyone. now, presumably by everyone they mean misogynists. yeah >> well, yeah, i could mean there are certain orthodox members or traditionalists from certain faiths, say those from jewish or muslim backgrounds who don't agree with the prospect of shaking hands with a woman. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but in order to become a british citizen, you need to sign up to a certain set of british values . a certain set of british values. there's an oath. they include tolerance, respect and frankly, i don't think that either of those values is commensurate with refusing to shake a woman's hand. and that is very much the criticism that we've seen across this story . this story. >> this morning, sirjohn hayes, a senior tory backbencher , a senior tory backbencher, saying to me that if you are going to become a british citizen, it's a poor way to start by almost rejecting half of the population right from the start. >> and we're offering it and we're offering it . we're saying, w

helen catt, bbc news, westminster.timore after the collapse of the francis key bridge. let's speak to our north america correspondent wil vernon, who is in baltimore. the president is arriving to talk, not only to the relatives of the victims but also to inspect the area and the bridge? but also to inspect the area and the brid . e? . but also to inspect the area and the bride? . , but also to inspect the area and the bride? ., , bridge? that is right, good afternoon _ bridge? that is right, good afternoon from _ bridge? that is right, good afternoon from baltimore. | bridge? that is right, good - afternoon from baltimore. president biden is here and we expect him to talk shortly. he has been on an aerial survey of the aftermath, inspecting the bridge area and he is, as you say, going to be speaking to local officials and meeting the families of those killed. i think aiming to send a message of support and reassurance to the community, ten days after that catastrophic bridge collapse. we are expecting president biden t

and at westminster, where i work, you can see plenty of police with guns.the states , is a bad example or a states, is a bad example or a good example. it's an example of what can happen if you over gun a society . a society. >> yeah. i've got to say as well, there was an initial statement that came out from the police that was describing that child as being a 13 year old child, but then they issued a correction to that because apparently he just had his birthday fairly recently, was in fact, 14. it just does not bear thinking about if that is your child. and i don't know, one might assume that given the time of the day was about to get up and go to school or whatever it was, it doesn't bear thinking about that. that could happen just snatched away in an instant. >> it's a parent's worst nightmare , and that poor boy had nightmare, and that poor boy had his whole life ahead of him . i his whole life ahead of him. i mean, any death is a tragedy, but particularly with someone so young , it but particularly with someone so young, it just really is. it's really

that is devolution to be stopped and control returned to westminster , is it? westminster, is it?don't think i'm actually quite a fan of devolution, even though we've done it in an astonishing way, at least you know whether you like the scottish government at the moment. and michel, you can't yet find a single viewer who does. but it's their decision andifs does. but it's their decision and it's in their hands and, and i don't really want to pronounce to the scottish people from london. i like power being close to the people i agree with kerry open to the people as well, but we in the united kingdom are pretty much the most centralised bureaucracy and democracy in the western world. nearly 95% of all tax and spend decisions made by westminster. so give people power if they screw it up. >> change your government like i am on a one woman mission. i am determined to find you. i am sure there is one of you out there that is in scotland that does support, humza yousaf . does support, humza yousaf. yousef, where are you? get in touch with me. because so many people i can tell you now ar

harry farley live there at westminster, thanks | live there at westminster, thanks very much, thank youor dementia will be offered at more than 50 memory clinics across the uk. the trials are being run by teams in oxford and london with thousands of volunteers, and the plan is to introduce screening for dementia in over—50s. fergus walsh reports. what can our blood tell us about our brain? this small trial in oxford is looking for clues. lucy, like many of the healthy volunteers, has a personalfamily motivation for being involved. the main driver for the dementia was because my mother had dementia, and ijust have very close personal experience of how miserable that is. i mean, she wasn't... fortunately, she was relatively old, she was in her 80s when it started, and she died at 97. but her last few years were really mired by the disease. what's your first language? over the next five years, around 5000 people will take part in research assessing blood tests to see how accurately they can identify various forms of dementia. most notably alzheimer's disease. in alzheimer's disease, rogue

. we need to westminster. to decide as community, where do decide as a community, where do we go on that particular we want to go on that particular issue, how regularly, matt, would you have have those would you have to have those sorts of debates to try and keep more of the people happy, more of the time? well, i mean, it depends. if you look at a democracy like switzerland, they have referendums on much more have referendums on a much more regular think, regular basis. i think, you know, other democracies know, other european democracies and france , they've and netherlands, france, they've had big referendums the had big referendums on the europe question. we've had one on brexit, had one on av on brexit, we've had one on av reform, the election reform, changing the election system. i think it would be very plausible, reasonable for rishi sunak come say, look, sunak to come out and say, look, enough enough on this enough is enough on this question we control our question. we either control our own we don't

iain watson there, at westminster. thanks very - method. iain watson there, at i westminster. they had seventh—seeded they lost another one in the last hour or so and at other one has been dismissed. the first of those jurors talking about feeling intimidated after her details became public. they are down to five jurors they have seated in this, that is just coming in from new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. you're alive with bbc news. the united states and britain have announced new sanctions on iran, targeting the country's drone aircraft production, after its attack on israel last weekend. the us treasury department said the sanctions were against 16 individuals and two firms that produce the engines of iran's shahed drones — which were used in the attack, along with missiles. britain also said it was imposing sanctions on several iranian military organisations, individuals and entities. israel has promised to retaliate against iran's attack. let's speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landale who is in jerusalem. james, i was mentioning th