the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi, after an independent adviser investigated his tax affairs. israel's security cabinet agrees new measures in response to the deadly attack on a synagogue in eastjerusalem.

the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi—million—pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000—word letter to the prime minister, the government's ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says...

minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn't he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they're investigated promptly. but also we shouldn't rush to judgment before there's been that investigation. the prime minister's ethics adviser highlights seven occasions when nadhim zahawi breached the ministerial code, albeit some for the same mistake — a failure to declare the tax authority were investigating him while he was covid vaccine minister, making the same error when he became education secretary for england in september 2021 and repeating it a third time when he became chancellor injuly last year, a failure to declare he'd paid a penalty to revenue and customs in september last year, a failure to tell the then prime minister, liz truss, about this when she appointed him to government and a failure to tell rishi sunak when he took the topjob. plus, there was this lastjuly,

which sir laurie says was untrue. so i was clearly being smeared. i was being told that the serious fraud office, that the national crime agency, that hmrc are looking into me. i'm not aware of this. but there was an investigation by the tax authority. mr zahawi has maintained he didn't think it amounted to an investigation. the opposition party say all this reflects badly on the prime minister. this is very serious. and nadhim zahawi has spent a very long time dodging this. and i dojust think it speaks to rishi sunak's character and hisjudgment and his weakness. it shouldn't have taken this long for rishi sunak- to sack nadhim zahawi. i don't understand how he needed to be wait to be told by an ethics. adviser that nadhim zahawi had done something wrong. - on a day of letters, a final one. nadhim zahawi wrote to the prime minister expressing his pride at having been

in government but making no mention whatsoever of any of the criticisms levelled at him. the focus now returns to the prime minister and questions about his judgment. chris mason, bbc news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem on monday, to discuss how to de—escalate growing tensions between israelis and palestinians. more than a dozen people have died in recent days. the israeli security cabinet has now approved new measures in response to friday's shooting outside a synagogue in which seven people died. on sunday, israeli forces moved in to evict the family of the gunman who carried out the killings, as our middle east correspondent, yoland knell reports. in shock at their sudden loss. the grief—stricken family of rafael ben eliyahu, killed by a palestinian gunman outside a synagogue on friday when he was trying to help another victim. "dad, you're my hero," his son says.

"you chose to sacrifice your life for others." seven people were shot dead in a due settlement in the deadliest attack of its kind in years. —— jewish settlement. now, israel's cabinet is promising a strong response, making it easier for israelis to carry guns and tougher measures to punish the families of palestinian attackers. translation: our answer to terror is a firm hand and a powerful, - fast and precise reaction. packing before the bulldozers come. relatives of the dead gunman from the synagogue shooting are forced out of their home and the doors sealed shut. these videos were released by israel's far—right minister for police to show there will be retribution. israeli forces have told us to keep back, but we're just along the street from the family home of the palestinian who carried out friday's deadly attack. his parents, his siblings have been able to take out some of their things,

but soon they are expecting their apartment to be demolished. the gunman�*s father says he had no idea of his son's plans and he's numb to the punishment. "god will compensate us," he says. "if people are gone, will we care about a house?" recent days have seen surging violence, with ten palestinians killed in israel's most deadly raid in the west bank in years. the top us diplomat was already due to visit this week. now, his main focus will be ways to stop the rising unrest. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. brian katulis, vice president of policy at the middle east institute told me that blinken�*s visit would not necessarily lead to de—escalation.

antony blinken�*s colleagues, bill burns, the cia director, was there a few days ago and the national security adviserjake sullivan visited earlier this month and that did not prevent these escalations. i do think us diplomatic engagement can make a difference but clearly those two previous visits did not and it's a tinderbox right now. there were more incidents overnight including with israeli settlers attacked palestinians so i think it requires more attention and time that i think the biden administration has dedicated to the middle east writ large because of the ukraine more and the challenges with china. you mentioned not enough time is being dedicated. what do you think needs to be done to restore calm in the region? i think between the israelis and palestinians, some basic steps for instance, the palestinian authorities say they had

suspended cooperation on security matters with israelis. that's a step that i think is largely counter—productive, aimed at sending a symbolic message of disapproval, about israeli raids in the west bank, but has a practical matter, those sort of moves do very little to help increase law and order and stability in the region, so i think this sort of thing in terms of more time and attention by the united states and outside actors to reassure both palestinians and israelis that they could and should work together to restore a sense of calm. that is horribly naive at this moment, given actors on both sides are willing to take steps that enflame the situation as opposed to de—escalate. what do you think the wider impact will be across the region? prime minster benjamin netanyahu has seen things like the

abraham accords where israel opened new relationships with countries like the uae and bahrain. he wants to see more of that and in this current context, i think that will put a ceiling and a limit on how far israel can go, in part because netanyahu and members of his cabinet who have taken moves that potentially could destabilisejordan and do things that destabilise existing agreements. i think one immediate effect is that the extremists on both sides of this divide will try to exploit this to their advantage and those who want to see progress in the middle east will see that to be a much more uphill battle. that brings in the politics, do you think this hard—line stance that this right—wing government is taking is contributing to the unrest? i think quite likely. the middle east is a region of the world where most extreme voices across various divides have a symbiotic relationship with each other and the sad thing is that the vast majority

of israelis and palestinians still want to have basic decency, law and order, stability and prosperity in their lives, but unfortunately extremist voices on both sides exploit each other and get more of the spotlight. we've seen some of this dynamic in us politics and british politics, where the centre is overshadowed by these larger voices, so it leads to more possibility for escalation when some members of netanyahu's cabinet are saying they will take steps that would violate current existing agreements either with palestinians or perhaps with jordan. three people have been killed, and six others injured in intense shelling on the southern ukrainian city of kherson. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say

multiple launch rocket systems, artillery mortars and tank shells were used. damage was reported to a regional hospital, a school and residential buildings, among others. kherson, in the country's south, was captured by russian forces in the early days of moscow's invasion. it was recaptured by ukraine in november. fighting also continues in the country's east. president zelensky used his nightly address to praise the resilience of ukrainian soldiers, address to praise the resilience in the face of russian attacks. translation: the enemy does not. count personnel and despite numerous casualties keeps the intensity of its attacks high. and, despite numerous casualties keeps the intensity of its attacks high. this can only be countered by extraordinary resilience and a complete awareness that our soldiers are defending the whole of ukraine when they defend

the donetsk region. well, among those killed in eastern ukraine last week was — denys sosnenko. he died while carrying out the dangerous task of retrieving the bodies of civilians and soldiers. he was buried by friends and family in the town of sloviansk over the weekend. my colleague andrew harding has more now on his story — and i just want to warn you, you might find some of andrew's report distressing. fresh snow and a funeral in the don donbas. the 22—year—old was a body collector. his mother is led towards his open coffin. last year, we met denys, standing in the background here, with his team of volunteers close to the front lines, a grim and dangerous job scouring ukraine's battlefields for abandoned bodies. ukrainian and russian soldiers alike. now he is being buried, a few

days after driving over an anti—tank mine. translation: ., , ., ., translation: he told us, i have to do this work. _ translation: he told us, i have to do this work, if _ translation: he told us, i have to do this work, if not _ translation: he told us, i have to do this work, if not me, _ translation: he told us, i have to do this work, if not me, then - translation: he told us, i have to do this work, if not me, then who? | do this work, if not me, then who? last october, another bbc team caught up with denys, collecting more russian bodies after checking they were not booby—trapped as they often are. denys spoke then of the horrors of the work, picking the dead upper limb by limb —— picking the debt up. his team—mates to date speak of his dedication. translation: ,., . , translation: he did so much with his short life, he — translation: he did so much with his short life, he brought— translation: he did so much with his short life, he brought back _ translation: he did so much with his short life, he brought back so - translation: he did so much with his short life, he brought back so many - short life, he brought back so many dead people and we must carry on with that work because there are families still waiting for the dead to come home. so many of those unclaimed bodies are here in the northern donbas, a

blasted landscape littered with russian corpses, but the kremlin�*s forces are learning from their mistakes and slowly seizing more ground. mistakes and slowly seizing more round. , , . mistakes and slowly seizing more iround. ,, ., ., mistakes and slowly seizing more iround. , , ., ., ., mistakes and slowly seizing more round. ,, . ., ., , ground. russia are learning every da and ground. russia are learning every day and they _ ground. russia are learning every day and they change _ ground. russia are learning every day and they change their - ground. russia are learning every| day and they change their strategy and it's very hard for us, and i think we need to learn fast. faster than russia. in think we need to learn fast. faster than russia-— than russia. in the meantime, den s's than russia. in the meantime, denys's coffin _ than russia. in the meantime, denys's coffin is _ than russia. in the meantime, denys's coffin is brought - than russia. in the meantime, denys's coffin is brought to - than russia. in the meantime, denys's coffin is brought to his hometown cemetery. the mood here and indeed across ukraine is one not just of grief but of exhaustion, i fear that this long war has barely even begun and that the work of body collector is like denys will be needed here for months, if not for years to come. in pakistan, at least a0 people have died after a bus plunged off a bridge. the accident happened in the south

west of the country. officials said the vehicle hit a bridge pillar before losing control and bursting into flames. separately, at least ten children have died in a boat accident in the north—west of pakistan. the boat capsized on tanda dam lake in kohat district. caroline davis reports. still dripping water, carried to the ambulances. this was the fear and panic after a boat capsized on a lake in northwest pakistan. several children aged between seven and ia were killed. local police were some of the first on the scene. translation: when we came here, we heard some noise, _ and then we saw a few heads bobbing in the water. we took a boat out and rescued 12 kids from water, but we think there are still eight to ten boys missing here. the children were visiting from a seminary where they were students. one official told the bbc the children were not wearing life jackets.

it was not the only tragedy in pakistan today. in the early hours of this morning, a coach travelling from quetta to karachi came off the road. officials said that it did hit a pillar before veering off a bridge and into a dry riverbed below. they told reporters that the coach burst into flames on impact. almost everyone on board died. those who survived are in a serious condition in hospital. officials have said that some bodies are unidentifiable because of the severity of their burns. road and water accidents are not rare in pakistan. authorities have said that there will be investigations of what led to two such great losses of life on different sides of the country. caroline davies, bbc news. kevin mccarthy is set to sit down with president biden. a spokesperson says the conversation would cover a "range of issues" —

but it comes as the us has hit the debt ceiling with the treasury department now having to put measures in place to stop it defaulting on that debt. the white house says the president plans to ask mccarthy how he's going to reduce the defecit and grow the economy. but speaker mccarthy told cbs�* face the nation that he also wants to talk about controlling government spending. our whole government is designed to find compromise, i want to find a reasonable and responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling and take control of this runaway spending. if you look at the last four years, the democrats have increased spending by 30%, $400 billion, we are at 120% of gdp, we haven't been this place of debt since world war ii so we can't continue down this path and i don't there's anyone in america who doesn't agree that there is some wasteful washington spending that we can eliminate so i want to sit down together, work out an agreement that we can move forward to put us on a path to balance, at the same time

not put any of our debt in jeopardy at the same time. the movement of all transgender individuals in scotland's jails has been paused. the scottishjustice secretary, keith brown, has announced the introduction of measures to ensure the ongoing safety of prisoners while the scottish prison service carries out a review of the management of trans prisoners. it follows two recent cases involving trans prisoners. in september last year, there were 11 trans women in prison — six in the male estate and five in the female. catriona renton from the bbc�*s reporting scotland programme reports. tiffa ny scott tiffany scott has been described as one of scotland's most violent prisoners. previously known as a man, andrew burns, amongst scott's convictions are the attack of a female prison officer and stocking a 13—year—old girl. yesterday it emerged scott's application to be moved to the female prison estate had been approved. this form of

community safety minister resigned her post in december over the scottish government's gender recognition reform bill which would make it easier to change legally recognised sex in scotland. it has been blocked by westminster. she says all biological males should be in male prisons. i says all biological males should be in male prisons.— says all biological males should be in male prisons. i think the system at the moment _ in male prisons. i think the system at the moment needs _ in male prisons. i think the system at the moment needs to _ in male prisons. i think the system at the moment needs to be - in male prisons. i think the system l at the moment needs to be stopped. in male prisons. i think the system . at the moment needs to be stopped. i think we need to review all the allocations that have been made under that policy to see if they are appropriate and if the prisoners are in the right place and then i think we need to bring forward a new policy and my view is that we should be holding a violent, dangerous male prisoners in the female state. fin prisoners in the female state. on tuesda , prisoners in the female state. on tuesday, isla bryson was convicted for two rapes while identifying as a man, adam graham. isla bryson was sent to cornton vale prison near stirling for assessment. the decision was reversed and bryson is now in a male wing at edinburgh prison. the front pages of today's papers told a story of increasing

pressure on the policy of how transgender prisoners are housed. the scottish government in partnership with the scottish prison service is currently undertaking a review of the management of trans prisoners. this afternoon, the justice secretary announced new measures to ensure the ongoing safety of prisoners while this is being completed. they are that... we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will be we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will be no we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will be no transfer we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will be no transfer of we have clarified that in those two circumstances which i mentioned that they will be no transfer of somebody who is presenting as a transit person who has a history of sexual violence against women being transferred from the mail estate to the female estate —— trans person. nor if somebody is convicted or reminded in that circumstance will they be placed in the female estate so we are making that clear, we have stringent processes in place and that should give further reassurance to the public. the that should give further reassurance to the public— to the public. the new measures a- -l to to the public. the new measures apply to tiffany _

to the public. the new measures apply to tiffany scott's _ to the public. the new measures apply to tiffany scott's case. - to the public. the new measuresj apply to tiffany scott's case. the scottish prison service said their first concern as always is and remains the health, safety and well—being of all the people in their care and that of their staff. let's get back to our top story — that prime minister rishi sunak has sacked nadheem zahawi, the chair of the conservative party, following an investigation into his tax affairs. earlier i spoke with anneliese dodds, the chair of the labour party and the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities — who has written to the prime minister calling for "full transparency". i asked her whether she agreed this investigation needed to take place. i think most people looking at this from the outside would say a prime minister doesn't need an investigation if it is clear that one of his ministers has had to actually settle with hmrc, pay a penalty to hmrc, and that this overall amounts to millions of pounds.

we didn't need an investigation into this situation for the prime minister. the prime minister should have had the backbone to act, and i'm afraid this is part of a broader pattern of behaviour of conservative prime ministers, including rishi sunak. rishi sunak said he would be different, that he would have a government based on integrity and professionalism, and yet we have seen so many weeks of vacillation and action not being taken in relation to his party chair. we also see no action being taken in relation to other senior conservative ministers who have broken security rules, against whom serious allegations of bullying exist, and in all of these cases, the prime minister seems to be focused on the internal matters within the conservative party and placating different wings of his party and not focused on what's in the interest of our country, and that is what is really problematic about this sorry saga.

but bringing in that, on behalf of the prime minister, he got this report on his desk this morning, we understand, in the past 12 hours, and that he instantly made a decision and he sacked his minister. isn't that quick enough? but he knew before, of course, that there had been a settlement with hmrc, he knew that there had been a penalty paid — that was something that zahawi himself did not resile from. that information was there, and so it is important that we ask, "when did the prime minister know about this?" was he aware this was taking place when zahawi was actually chancellor of the exchequer, the man in control of hmrc, actually conducting a settlement with hmrc for millions of pounds worth of unpaid tax? can you be 100% sure that this won't happen in the labour party?

i can be, because we've said that we want to root out the sleaze that we've seen under multiple conservative governments. and we will make sure that we have safeguards under a labour government, that we'll have an independent integrity and ethics commission which will make sure we're not marking our own homework, that we actually have experts to scrutinise what labour is doing in government. it's really important for people's faith in politics. the housing secretary, michael gove, has accepted that the failure of successive governments to implement safety regulations over many years was partly to blame for the grenfell tower fire. 72 people died in the incident in 2017. new rules could see developers banned from the market, if they fail to fix unsafe buildings. richard galpin reports.

the fire in this high—rise block was the worst of its kind in the country in living memory. 72 people lost their lives. flammable cladding helped the flames spread quickly up its 24 stories. hundreds of other tower blocks across the country are wrapped in the same or similar flammable materials — in part, the government admitted today, because of lax building safety laws. it was collective over many years... it was a collective failure of government? yeah, totally. and it was a failure to effectively have a system of building regulations which could keep people safe. tomorrow, i'll be publishing a contract which will say to the developers concerned, people who put up buildings which are unsafe, "look, you now have, as you said you will, an opportunity to put that right, to make them safe." amongst the thousands of blocks affected is royal artillery quays in south london. built by barratt, one of britain's

biggest house—builders, residents have campaigned for three years to get it fixed. they hope now barratt will sign. we welcome the announcement that builders will be legally liable to pay to fix dangerous defects on buildings. however, we are concerned in the detail of these contracts. there are currently leaseholders in buildings that are below six storeys and enfranchised leaseholders excluded. since grenfell, the government have spent millions of pounds repairing the tallest and most at risk buildings. all the time, ministers like mr gove have been trying to get developers to pay their share, but they've been reluctant to sign legally binding contracts to do so. the reason he's going after uk house—builders is because they're domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here and they're easier to engage with. and we have argued, for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share.

that would include arconic, the french company which supplied the cladding for grenfell. whoever pays, up to one million people across the country affected by the cladding crisis say all they want is safe, mortgageable and sellable homes again. richard galpin, bbc news. a british army officer has arrived back in the uk after trekking nearly 900 miles across antarctica. preet chandi — also known as polar preet — broke the record for the longest solo and unsupported trek by a woman. she braved winds of up to 60 miles per hour and temperatures of minus 50 celsius. it was mentally tough! and physically tough, as well. and i just took it a day at a time. sometimes a step at a time. and, you know, you do one day, you can do two. you do two, you can do a week. you do that, you can do 70 days.

the latest sports news is coming up followed by the travel show. first, the weather. a quiet day to start the working week, relatively light winds, a lot of fine weather and some decent sunshine. this is the area of low pressure that brought sunday's windy weather. high pressure is now building and the winds are falling later for monday. building and the winds are falling laterfor monday. still building and the winds are falling later for monday. still breezy to the northwest of scotland. still isolated showers but over a lot of fine weather, some generous sunshine and highs of 8 celsius to 10 celsius. the sunshine turns hazy towards the west in the afternoon, the first sign of these fronts for the first sign of these fronts for the evening and overnight, went for a time for scotland and northern ireland, the rain syncing out of northern ireland towards the windy and is —— towards the midlands. behind weatherfront, showers are slamming into northern ireland and particularly scotland on gale—force winds. wind is the big story to the

north of the uk on tuesday but i windy day for all, temperatures between 7 celsius and ii celsius. good evening i'm tulsen tollett and this your sports news and another day where late drama was the order of the day in the fa cup. non—league wrexham were so close to a spot in the 5th round — but had to settle for a replay against sheffield united. the championship high fliers

with an equaliser deep into stoppage time in what was a frenetic match that saved their skin, and denied the hosts a major upset — with their hollywood owner watching on. joe lynskey reports. fourth round at direct some and a phone call from los angeles, this non—league club has two owners from hollywood and now a stage for a story. fa cup match day and three tiers above. but sheffield united cut through the noise, i—0 tiers above. but sheffield united cut through the noise, 1—0 up inside of minutes, the wrexham dream would need a fight back, but the team from the fifth chair from second—half belly. they came here with 15 home wins in a row, and i remarkably looked for more. two one to wrexham and hearts racing at the race course, but still this match would change sheffield united struck back again to — two and wide open. wrexham would still have an opening,

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