concerns over the gender recognition legislation passed in scotland last month, as he considers 16 year olds too young to change their legal gender. you are watching bbc news. now, global questions: sri lanka: rising global civil unrest? welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for mor
after being deported for breaching australia s covid rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at leat 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the twin engine turboprop plane which came down just a mile from its destination. hundreds of nepalese soldiers have been involved in the search and rescue operation at the crash site, and the government has set up a special investigation. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off cou
the biggest, al shifa, is not functioning at all, according to the world health organization. al shifa s head of surgery has told the bbc that a third premature newborn baby has died because of a lack of power. there are reports that gaza s second biggest hospital, al-quds, has run out of fuel. the situation at the al shifa hospital is intensifying as suppliers are not getting through. gaza s hamas run health ministry says at least 2,300 people are still inside al shifa, in an update shared by the who. officials say premature babies have had to be moved out of their incubators. it s now five weeks since hamas, designated a terror organisation by the uk government, and killed more than 1,200 people in israel, and took more than 200 hostage. since then, hamas officials say well over 11,000 people have been killed in israeli attacks on gaza. in this special report, our international editor jeremy bowen assesses what could happen next, in gaza and in israel. the beds were full wh
after being deported for breaching australia s covid rules. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at leat 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the twin engine turboprop plane which came down just a mile from its destination. hundreds of nepalese soldiers have been involved in the search and rescue operation at the crash site, and the government has set up a special investigation. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti,