this is the scene live where police have now encircled the protest site. in fresh comments, israel's president says us universities are "contaminated by hatred and anti—semitism." a man charged with murdering schoolboy daniel anjorin in a sword attack in london appears in court. kate forbes will not run in the snp leadership race as a scottish first minister to replace humza yousaf. and police in georgia use water cannons and fired tear gas, as thousands protest over a bill that they say targets free speech. hello — i'm lewis vaughanjones.

we start with breaking news in the uk from scotland. we havejust we start with breaking news in the uk from scotland. we have just heard that kate forbes has said she will not stand to become the next leader of the snp, you remember there is a vacancy because humza yousaf, that man there, has resigned. kate forbes you may remember a year ago ran against humza yousaf for the leadership so many expected her to run again but she has announced that she will not run. what does that mean? it means in all likelihood john swinney look set to be the next leader of the scottish national party and therefore the next first minister of scotland although of course i should underline that it is not confirmed at the moment. the reason he is in the driving seat is because just a few hours ago he announced that he would stand. let's listen. mi;

announced that he would stand. let's listen. g , , announced that he would stand. let's listen. g ,. ,, announced that he would stand. let's listen. g ,. listen. my message is crisp and simle, i listen. my message is crisp and simple. i am — listen. my message is crisp and simple, i am standing - listen. my message is crisp and simple, i am standing to - listen. my message is crisp and simple, i am standing to bringl listen. my message is crisp and i simple, i am standing to bring the snp together, to deliver growth and justice, to deliver the best future for everyone in a modern, dynamic and diverse scotland. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. i invite everyone in the snp and in our country who wants tojoin me in thatjourney the snp and in our country who wants to join me in thatjourney to the snp and in our country who wants tojoin me in thatjourney to do the snp and in our country who wants to join me in thatjourney to do so now. thank you so much. to join me in that journey to do so now. thank you so much. applause. the nomination _ now. thank you so much. applause. the nomination process _ now. thank you so much. applause. the nomination process not - now. thank you so much. applause. the nomination process not closed i the nomination process not closed yet so we still do not know who will be the next leader of the snp and the next scottish first minister but john swinney announcing he could stand, that was about three hours ago or so. and thenjust in the stand, that was about three hours ago or so. and then just in the last 30 minutes we have heard that his presumed rival will not stand. kate forbes was a former scottish finance secretary and popular amongst

members in her party. she ran humza yousaf pretty close in the leadership race for the snp last year. and several senior party members had backed herfor a rerun, another go at the leadership contest. we know she had a meeting with john contest. we know she had a meeting withjohn swinney in the last couple of days, we do not know what was said and we did not know until the last 30 minutes or so whether or not she would throw her hat back into the ring. and it looks like now she will not. so we wait to see the final closing deadline for candidates to throw their names into the ring to become the next leader of the snp. at the moment we have only one name and it isjohn swinney and looks the most likely at the moment to become the next leader of the snp but not confirmed as i said because there is still time for other people to throw their names into the ring. that breaking news in the last 20 minutes or so, kate

forbes will not be running for the leadership of the snp. we will get plenty more reaction to that potentially very significant news from scotland later. let's take it to los angeles. the ucla campus. we have been keeping across the story over the last few hours, the early hours of the morning there now. we have been keeping across police detaining students. we do not have numbers for how many but there were hundreds and hundreds of students demonstrating against the events in the war in gaza. they had a tented encampment and in the last couple of hours the police moved in and dismantled that tented encampment. this was the moment it all started, you see on the left—hand side the blue gazebo is effectively forming a kind of barricade, wooden barriers there and police in the middle

dressed in black, decided to target a specific area, remove the barricades and on the right—hand side of pictures you see, we can see them here, the wooden bits of plywood, the barricade being destroyed and broken down and removed by the police. and then they started moving into the area behind those bits of flute which was a large tented area. at the heart of the campus at ucla. and they have basically torn down all of the tents, they said it was unlawful. let's show you some live pictures and give you a sense of exactly what was done. and you can see. just some hours ago the barricades were largely up and the tents were all up and there were hundreds of people determined, protesters, that they would stay but they knew inevitably phone the police arrive because late last night they arrived and they

announced encampment was unlawful and they asked people to disperse and they asked people to disperse and they asked people to disperse and they said they will be detained if they did not. we do not have numbers on the numbers of those arrested and we do not have numbers of any injuries, we do not know if there were any injuries but there were clashes between police and people standing at the front of the barriers but we did not witness certainly when we were on air any particular injuries but we do not have confirmation of that but we know that hospitals were put on standby for a considerable period beforehand when the expectation was they would go in and dismantle the barriers. let's give you a sense of the geography. let's take a moment to look at the geography of the ucla campus — where events are unfolding. the grass there is what was covered.

this from the sky gives you a sense, i think here from the north side, effectively, towards the top of the picture is that barricade up was deconstructed by the police when they decided to make their move. this was before the police went in, clearly that has been dismantled, that has now gone and the police are well and truly in charge of that area. right, let me give you a sense of the moment this was happening and my colleague spent the night at the camp, let's listen in. you can see behind me for the police officers are right now, the officer strolling away at the barricades. the plywood had been reinforced

throughout the course of the day after scenes of violence last night, they had been hammering away and they had been hammering away and they move through this area, they had tried on the other side, all the way back, the other side of the encampment but speaking to people who had contacts inside, they seemed to suggest there have been some kind of resistance and police had retreated. what you can continue to see up in the air are flash bangs that we have been hearing. fired in the direction of the encampment. and you perhaps can see the umbrellas, the gazebo is lifting with the commotion as police continue to go in and go about making what appears to be rests. in the time that i've been here, directly witnessing this operation and i think perhaps i've seen at least then going off in the numbers of tense, at least 20 or 30

people who have been apprehended with zip ties behind their back which you can see going on right now close to that tree and of course, we are is the heart of the university. 0n the left of your screen what you can see in this direction is the library which also reportedly was barricaded by protesters and as such you can see the flash bangs going off into the area seemingly trying to disperse people from that area. is there any sense you can glean of effectively the police tactics, how are they trying to achieve this? actually, just as we talk right now i am trying to get a little bit closer now that an initial hole has been made on the perimeter and we've seen people trying to get closer to seen people trying to get closer to see exactly what is happening. hear what you can see is people apprehended, zip ties behind their

back and they have been searched, one woman came out and said i did not consent to this search so that is going on right now. exactly what is going on right now. exactly what is happening in terms of inside the encampment is not entirely clear but you can see an entire gazebo essentiallyjust being cast aside. and police at one point had essentially been dragging barricades and simply tossing them aside in an effort to try and get out and you know in terms of police tactics... those flash bangs continue but finally i can say we are starting to get a clearer picture on the sheer number of officers who were inside. what i can see right now is a sea of helmets as police appeared to be holding the line and dealing with potentially what might be some kind

of scuffle within the walls of the perimeter, obviously it is difficult to tell right now. but now and again we have seen smoke flares coming out in this direction. i was caught up in this direction. i was caught up in an earlier, it did not appear to be tear gas, more distraction canisters which had gone off from the side of the protesters, it's fair to say but we will continue to get more accounts of exactly what happened in their later. and just taking a look at the pictures as we see, all the riot police in there, essentially trying to hold firm by the looks of it. in some areas. thank you to helena for that, giving you an insight of what happened at the moment the police went into the encampment at the ucla campus. back to scotland now. some significant use in scottish politics, kate ford

is announcing she will not run as the snp leader and there are some potentially significant consequences because of that. this is after humza yousaf you you see there resigned as head of the snp. kate forbes previously ran to become leader against humza yousaf but has decided not to run this time, potentially significant so let's cross over to lorna gordon in edinburgh who can talk us through this. kate lorna gordon in edinburgh who can talk us through this.— talk us through this. kate forbes was seen as _ talk us through this. kate forbes was seen as one _ talk us through this. kate forbes was seen as one of _ talk us through this. kate forbes was seen as one of the _ talk us through this. kate forbes i was seen as one of the frontrunners for the job, was seen as one of the frontrunners for thejob, there's been a lot of speculation she her hat into the ring. she stood for the position last time and narrowly lost out to humza yousaf, she yousaf, she said she was the change not continuity candidate but in a quite extensive statement released in the last 30 minutes she said she had listened carefully to the vision thatjohn swinney set up this morning for scotland. and that it was clear and i think this is key, he is

determined she set to return the snp to governing from the mainstream competent government earning the trust of the people. she said that was the vision she set out in the last leadership contest and she was convinced that was whatjohn swinney was offering as well. she said she looked forward to playing her role in making that happen and of course john swinney in his statement this morning did hold out an olive branch if you like to kate forbes and he said he hoped she would play a significant role in team snp as she put it and he said she was intelligent, thoughtful and creative and we know they have been having a lot of chats over the last few days, and ifjohn swinney is the only candidate for this position in order to lead the snp that he will give kate forbes a significant role in his cabinet. remember, she was

finance secretary and went off on maternity leave when she went up against him yousaf, he offered her a position in the cabinet but she said no thank you and she took her place in the backbenches but she has listened to whatjohn swinney said this morning and she is convinced that the vision he offers and she has decided she will not go for the topjob after all. has decided she will not go for the top job after all.— topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you _ topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you for— topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you for bringing - topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you for bringing us i topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you for bringing us up i topjob after all. lorna gordon, thank you for bringing us up to | thank you for bringing us up to date. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

this is bbc news. let's ta ke let's take you to new york and donald trump has arrived in court and he is speaking briefly to reporters outside court as is his tradition. remember during this court case it does not sit on

wednesday so yesterday he was out and about on the campaign trail in swing states giving speeches there and as usual he speaks to reporters there and the assembled media before heading in to start the day of the trial. just a quick bit of background. this is the alleged hush money payment to the pawn star stormy daniels, donald trump denies the charges and he will be heading into court and we will get developments as those court proceedings get under way. —— adult entertainment store. a man has appeared in court, charged with murdering 14—year—old daniel anjorin, who died in a sword attack in east london this week. daniel was on his way to school on tuesday when he was fatally attacked in hainault. 36—year—old marcus monzo, who has dual spanish and brazilian nationality, also faces several other charges

including two counts of attempted murder. ben woolvin reports. arriving at court this morning, the man charged with the murder of a 14—year—old boy. daniel anjorin was on his way to school on tuesday morning in north—east london when he became one of the victims of this alleged attack involving a samurai sword. he died in hospital shortly afterwards. today, tributes continue to a boy described as a true scholar who had a positive nature and gentle character. there were four other alleged victims including two police officers. marcus monzo has been charged with a total of seven offences including two counts of attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a samurai sword. marcus monzo was brought into the dock wearing a grey tracksuit, flanked by four custody officers. he was holding his left arm across his chest. when he was asked to confirm his name, he spoke slowly.

marcus monzo has been remanded in custody, he is due to appear at the old bailey on tuesday although an application is being made to bring that hearing forward to tomorrow. ben woolvin, bbc news, westminster magistrates' court. turning now to the war in gaza — and a senior hamas official has told the afp news agency that his group remains �*negative' about proposals for a truce. but he added that discussions were still underway. on wednesday, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, visited israel. he said that if hamas cares about the palestinian people, it should take a proposed deal — which would halt fighting for a0 days — and exchange israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners. meanwhile, the first deliveries of humanitarian aid for gaza have arrived via the erez crossing — which israel re—opened after that visit by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. a convoy carrying supplies donated byjordan arrived injabalia, in the north of gaza, late on wednesday evening.

israel closed the crossing after the attack by hamas on october the 7th. here's how one of the truck drivers described his experience. translation: i am from gaza. i live in gaza. i was in rafah and today i came up from rafah to the north of gaza. it's the first time in six months i've come up here. this is the first time the erez crossing's been open for aid, so we drove down from beersheba. this aid's from jordan. it arrived for the erez crossing and we loaded it onto these trucks in beersheba and came to gaza. today, 30 trucks arrived. hopefully, we can do this again and there'll be more from both the erez and karem abu salem crossings. since the october 7th attacks hamas attacks on israel, the world has been focused on the actions of the israeli military in gaza. the west bank is another section of palestinian territory that has received less attention. it's home to 3 million palestinians

and is partially run by the palestinian authority, but there has been an israeli military presence for decades. that military presence has drastically increased since the beginning of the war and violence has been surging. a special investigation by isobel yeung, josh baker and sara 0beidat, has uncovered new evidence about the killing of two boys by the israeli army. here's isobel yeung. you may find some images in her report distressing. 0n the 29th of november last year, 15—year—old basil and eight—year—old adam were killed by israeli forces on a street injenin in the west bank. our team, in collaboration with bbc verify, have been piecing together what happened to them. we've been able to collect cctv footage and mobile phone footage, witness testimony and information about the movements of the military that day, and this has allowed us to create a timeline of those shootings. in the afternoon, a convoy of at least six israeli armoured vehicles were returning from a nearby raid. we've tracked their routes acrossjenin, which took them past the street where basil and adam were.

the two boys and around seven friends were out on the street. cctv footage from a shop shows basil in the foreground here, holding something in his right hand and making a movement with it, with his left hand towards him. you can then see him shot and falling backwards. more bullets hit the ground nearby him. video from another angle shows eight—year—old adam slightly further down that same street from basil. he's shot in the back of his head as he's trying to run away. he also falls — this time forwards, and is then dragged behind a car. we were also able to obtain another crucial video of this incident, which is a nearby boy who was filming on his phone at the time. he was able to capture one of the israeli military vehicles driving by. when this footage is slowed down and enhanced, it shows the driver's door opening. you can see that right here.

the driver has a direct view of those boys. they're around 2a metres away from basil and 36 metres away from adam. we know that at least 11 shots were fired from the direction of the armoured vehicle because we examined the bullet strikes at the scene. we've also got hold of copies of basil and adam's medical reports, and they show us that two bullets struck basil's chest and another one hit adam in the back of his head. now, the exact rules around when soldiers can and can't use lethal force in the west bank are secret, but some of the rules that apply elsewhere are public. guidelines of the israeli defense forces state that the use of lethal force must be a last resort and that it must be proportionate in relation to the danger, suggesting that basil and adam would have needed to pose a serious threat to soldiers. according to all the video evidence that we've examined, eight—year—old adam was not armed when he was shot

in the back of his head. the israeli army has said that the suspects had been attempting to hurl explosives towards their forces, which put them in immediate danger. they also shared this annotated picture with us that they say shows an explosive device lying on the ground close to where basil was shot. the object looks consistent with a type of very small pipe bomb that is used in the west bank, but we can't fully verify the image itself. we've shown our findings to international human rights experts. doctor lawrence hill—cawthorne, the co—director of the centre for international law told us... "the soldiers were in armoured vehicles. "even if they were a threat, they should have driven away "and planned an arrest, rather than defaulting to "apparently indiscriminate, lethal force, which is a violation "of international law." ben saul, the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism told us that while there may be questions about the use of lethal force in basil's case,

the killing of adam, in his view, appears to be a war crime. for viewers in the uk, you can watch the full documentary on bbc three at 9pm tonight and it's available on the iplayer now. police have fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside georgia's parliament where legislation, critics claim, could silence dissent, has been provisionally approved. protestors waved georgian and eu flags as they tried to block entrances to the building. they say they're defending free speech. the �*foreign agents' law requires organisations to state whether they are funded from abroad. well, the protest continued well into the morning through thursday morning, and where i'm standing now, this area was full of thousands and thousands of protesters. and there was a bit of a kind of clash and stand—off with police because some of the protesters tried to break in from the side street to the parliament building behind me.

and this is when police again used tear gas, water cannon, pepper spray and also, reportedly, rubber bullets. we've seen the footage and local media reports showing people who were injured with rubber bullets, although the interior ministry denied that they used rubber bullets. so what's happening next is the government says that it will adopt this law no matter the size of these protests. yesterday, the prime minister spoke and he said, "we know there will be protests with the second reading, third reading," and they're prepared for it. but what seems to be really angering the protesters is the government is not recognising their voices, it is not hearing what they have to say. and what georgian people and protesters have been saying is no to this so—called russian law and yes to europe.

this is bbc news. good afternoon. it was stormy across the south of england last night with around 4000 lightning strikes recorded and the threat of thundery downpours this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow. more sunshine around today, always best in the north and west. forthe today, always best in the north and west. for the rest of the afternoon it's quite cloudy across england and wales, try in the south—west with the threat of thunderstorms breaking out into east anglia and wales. north sea coasts, cloudy and cool here, the best of the sunshine northern ireland and scotland, reaching 22 degrees in north—west scotland, still warm for east anglia. this evening and overnight this waving front wings cloud and outbreaks of rain across england and wales. still misty for mercy facing

coasts and this low pressure could bring some more thunderstorms. seven and 10 celsius, norforced to bring some more thunderstorms. seven and 10 celsius, nor forced to speak of on friday and on friday this waving front pushes further north. we have an area of low pressure bringing thundery downpours north and west as we head through the day, lots of cloud spreading in and brightening up towards the south of england by the end of the afternoon, turning cloudy for northern ireland and scotland seeing some of the best of the sunshine with highs towards the north and west, 21 possibly 22 degrees. turning cloudy here and cooler as we head through the bank holiday weekend. 0n cooler as we head through the bank holiday weekend. on saturday, this waving front continues to push north bringing cloud and rain with it, and cooler air behind it so a dip in temperature for most of us. through saturday we could see showers across the south of england and wales but it's generally sunny and because we

are at the beginning of may it will feel warm in the sunshine, temperatures lower than they have been at 13—18 . through the rest of the bank holiday weekend it's quite messy so keep an eye on the forecast. when the sun shines it will feel warm but expect some showers and longer spells of rain and it will feel a little cooler. goodbye.

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