is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de escalate tensions. that s after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both sides on the road bulldozers. a new wave of violence hit the region last spring this is the deadliest single israeli raid intojenin since then. this is the aftermath you can see the extent of the damage. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad. they ve accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on israeli civili
kept at cornton vale scotland s only female prison. the leader of the scottish conservative party raised this issue at first minister s questions in the scottish parliament the reality is this double rapist, this beast is in a women s prison right now. we think it s wrong that a rapist is sent to a woman s prison. we believe that a rapist having access to a woman s single sex space is a threat. given what the first minister has just said, and given he is currently locked away. does the first minister believe that it s possible for a rapist to be held in a women s prison as he isjust now and not be a threat to women? this was nicola sturgeon s response. let me be clear. this prisoner is not going to be taken to the area, either short term or long term
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international law and sovereignty and i don t think it is feasible or acceptable to allow russia to be rewarded for its illegal aggression and its illegal annexation of crimea. let s go to scotland where the bbc understands that a trans woman who raped two women before she changed gender has now been moved to a men s prison. this matters because, as you may remember, scotland s recent gender reform bill has prompted a constitutional spat with westminster. the case concerns transgender woman isla bryson who s now in custody, facing a lengthy sentence. but where she should serve her sentence has sparked heated debate. bryson was remanded to cornton vale women s prison after being convicted of carrying out the rapes when she was a man called adam graham. the 31 year old began transitioning after being charged for the rapes and while awaiting trial. after she was convicted on tuesday, she was initially kept at cornton vale scotland s only female prison.
sophie grace chappell chair of philosophy at the open university do you agree with nicola sturgeon that there is no automatic rate for a trans woman convicted of a crime to serve their sentence and a female prison even if they have a gender recognition certificate, is that the creek policy. recognition certificate, is that the creek policy- creek policy. that seems not only the current creek policy. that seems not only the current policy creek policy. that seems not only the current policy but creek policy. that seems not only the current policy but also - creek policy. that seems not only the current policy but also the - the current policy but also the correct understanding of what a gender certificate is and it doesn t prove that you are whatever gender you are acquiring, the equality act of means by whereby trans people are recognised as having acquired the gender that they want to transition into that s the first thing, the short answer to your question is yes, i vejust l