and victory at the 110th attempt for britain's lando norris, who finally wins his first grand prix. good afternoon. in the last hour it's been confirmed thatjohn swinney has been elected as the new leader of the scottish national party and is set to become the new first minister of scotland. he takes over from humza yousaf, who announced his resignation last week. let's speak to our scotland editorjames cook. so james, a coronation rather than a contest. yes, that's exactly right, ben, a coronation, because the nominations for the post of snp leader closed at

noon, and a few minutes after that, the party national secretary confirmed that there was only one nominee who had reached the threshold of 100 backers across 20 local branches of the party, and that was john swinney. 0f local branches of the party, and that wasjohn swinney. of course, that wasjohn swinney. of course, that followed the decision last week of our potential rival, kate forbes, to declare that she was not going to contest this leadership challenge with mr swinney. now it isjohn swinney who will be taking over. he has led the party before, from 2000-2004. he has led the party before, from 2000—2004. he resigned after poor election results, but since then, he is a different man, a lot more experienced, 16 years in the cabinet. he says he will govern from the moderate centre—left. we expect him to set out more details here at glasgow university in a speech this afternoon of how he might do that. of course, he does need to be elected as first minister. he is not

automatically being put into that post. that could happen as early as tomorrow, and we expect that he will be elected with either the backing or at the very least the abstention of the scottish greens, leading a minority government with a lot of challenges. the israeli army are telling palestinian civilians to leave parts of southern gaza ahead of a planned offensive against hamas. about a 100,000 civilians in the eastern suburbs of rafah are being urged to move to what israel calls �*expanded humanitarian zones�*. the prospect of an israeli ground assault on rafah has alarmed world leaders and aid groups, but israel insists it's part of the plan to destroy hamas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. wasting no time. after israeli

flyers were dropped ordering evacuations, many have already fled from the advance of israeli forces many times. people in eastern rafa could soon be seen packing up in the rain. now the israeli military says it is planning a limited operation in gaza's southernmost city. i took my clothes and left. i didn't take anything else, this woman says. tens of thousands of people from gaza are being told to head to two tent cities, one here in al mawasi. it is already crowded with displaced people. for now, the israeli army is stressing that this is not the full ground offensive in rafa that western powers and the un have been warning against for months because of the high number —— because of the risk of high numbers of casualties. hamas have said this is a dangerous escalation. as is raleys mark holocaust memorial day, the prime minister continues to promise a victory over hamas, reiterating that

he will do what is needed for national security.— he will do what is needed for national security. today we again confront enemies _ national security. today we again confront enemies bent _ national security. today we again confront enemies bent on - national security. today we again confront enemies bent on our - confront enemies bent on our destruction. i say to the leaders of the world, no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum will stop israel from defending itself. , ., ., itself. hopes dimmed of a new ceasefire and _ itself. hopes dimmed of a new ceasefire and hostage - itself. hopes dimmed of a new ceasefire and hostage release| itself. hopes dimmed of a new - ceasefire and hostage release deal yesterday as hamas rockets killed israeli soldiers near the kerem shalom crossing, which has now been closed. israel's military says it has attacked what it called missile launch site in rafa. palestinian said that civilians were among those in subsequent israeli air strikes, including a baby. as israeli leaflets arrive overhead in eastern rafa, so do israeli warplanes, sending their own powerful message for people to leave. and we can speak to yolande now. where does this leave prospects of a ceasefire

and hostage release deal? at the end of last week, things started to look much more positive regarding a deal, and there were positive comments made by hamas officials in particular as they continued their negotiations with mediators in cairo. now we are really seeing that positivity disappear. we have got egyptian mediators who are saying that they are doing what they can to prevent a new escalation, and egyptian sources have been quoted as saying that the talks hit an impasse after that hamas attack killed four israeli soldiers yesterday. the israeli defence minister has actually linked this operation that is being planned, when he was talking to the us defence secretary, to the diplomatic deadlock, saying that

hamas is rejecting a framework for a new truce and release of some israeli hostages. that said, we know that hamas negotiators have gone to doe half, that they will be meeting the hamas leadership there and the head of the cia. they are also meeting the qatari prime minister as they try to stop a deal collapsing altogether. thank you. relatives have identified the bodies of two australian brothers and an american man who were shot dead in a suspected robbery in mexico. jake and callum robinson and theirfriend jack carter rhoad disappeared last month while on a surfing holiday near the town of ensenada. after a search lasting days, their bodies were found on friday at the bottom of a well. three suspects have been detained. the french president emmanuel macron is holding talks in paris with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. they're discussing the wars in ukraine and the middle east, and trade relations.

let's speak to our correspondent hugh schofield, who's in paris for us this lunchtime. and, hugh, this is the chinese leader's first visit to europe for five years. yeah, and it comes at a time of great uncertainty in world affairs, and at a moment in which europe and the voice of the emmanuel macron seems more willing to assert itself does not even thinking and contemplating such ideas as protecting its own interests in trade and so on. that form is very much the background to these talks. emmanuel macron promising to talk bluntly and plainly to the chinese leader about europe and french concerns about the war in ukraine and about trade. 0n ukraine, he wants president xi to use his leveraged on the russians to try to bring about an end to the conflict, or at least to slacken and slow down

chinese support for president putin. and on trade, the background is worsening trade relations between europe and the chinese, with europe complaining, as the americans do, of chinese subsidies of exports which are undercutting the european market in such things as electric cars. that forms the background to these talks which, behind the blandishments and the usual talk about preparing a future of beautiful friendship together, about preparing a future of beautifulfriendship together, is actually a future fraught with this agreement. actually a future fraught with this agreement-— well, meanwhile, frontline troops in ukraine have told the bbc there should be a re—think on how ukrainian men are conscripted. some of them say they've been fighting without a break since russia's full—scale invasion more than two years ago. they say the reason is that not enough other troops have been recruited. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report. under the green canopy of a ukrainian spring, an artillery unit waits

for their next order. some of these men have been fighting for months, if not years. "my men know each vehicle," says the commander. "it's like a woman, with her own characteristics." as russian forces inch closer, they are hunkering down and waiting for billions of dollars' worth of long—delayed american ammunition to finally be delivered. this time last year, ukraine was preparing for a counteroffensive, but this time it's different. they are preparing for what might be coming. this ammunition will help. but ukraine is also grappling with trying to mobilise enough men to replace these ones. kyiv is widening the call—up age, but radio operator 0leksandr, who works and lives in this bunker, thinks it's more thanjust a numbers game. translation: if we all go home, inexperienced soldiers might - be able to hold the line,

but a lot of them will die. in the nearby city of kramatorsk, ilya, a front line medic, tells me officials are not honest with recruits who are thrown into the front line indefinitely with little training. he thinks there should be a limit on the toughest deployments. it would be more truth and effective if military recruitment office would say, "guy, you will have super—hard job, "infantry but, for example, for half a year. "then you will go to next level training and you will get more "specific tasks to do." ministers are trying to restore trust in the way the army recruits, whilst turning up the pressure for men to sign up. inna sovsun is a kyiv mp whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in and out from the front line. there are more people who are not serving than

those who are serving, and the numbers are not even one—to—one, it's a much bigger ratio. the fact that your husband, your partner, is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. military celebrations are taking place in london and around the uk to mark the first anniversary of the coronation of king charles and queen camilla. gun salutes were heard across london,

with 41 volleys fired at noon by the king's troop royal horse artillery, from green park. the king recently returned to public engagements after being diagnosed with cancer. it's 30 years today since the official opening of the channel tunnel that carries eurostar passenger trains from london to paris and beyond, and eurotunnel vehicle and freight shuttles between folkestone and calais. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has been taking a look at the impact the tunnel has had and what the future has in store. a moment in history. 30 years ago today, queen elizabeth and french president mitterrand officially opened the new connection between their two countries. since then, 480 million people have passed through the channel tunnel, whether on eurostar trains to paris and beyond, or on eurotunnel vehicle shuttles.

we're now going at about 120 kilometers per hour, which is roughly 75 miles per hour. and we're coming up to the middle of what is still the world's longest undersea tunnel. beeping. driver martin has been here since the beginning. people have this concept that it's just straight through to france, and it's totally not. the tunnel itself is up, down, round the corners and everything. it's no straight lines at all. so you sort of know this tunnel like the back of your hand? absolutely, yeah. it's like a second home, really. building it was an exceptional feat of engineering. but it opened £2 billion over budget and the company that runs it nearly went bust. predicted passenger numbers were never reached but eurotunnel did become profitable. more recently new challenges, the pandemic and brexit meant putting millions into new systems to deal with additional customs rules. now the boss here wants to get more trains running, that could include for the first time rivals to eurostar running passenger services.

already new companies have said they want to launch new services within the five next years in the tunnel. we are very confident that in the ten next years there will be a doubling of the direct connection between london and europe. before that, change is on the way for people crossing the channel, eurotunnel is building an area to cope with the eu's new broader system, starting this october. we were the first to film the machine that passengers will use at calais and folkestone to register fingerprints and a photo instead of having their passport stamped. the channel tunnel�*s 30—year history has already proved eventful and it's far from the end of the story. katy austin, bbc news. now victory has been a long time coming for british formula one driver lando norris. he's won his first grand prix at the 110th attempt. the 24—year—old mclaren driver beat defending world champion max verstappen to take first place in miami,

as patrick gearey reports. cheering. the boy from glastonbury, crowd—surfing at last. for years, lando norris has been the support act. now, finally, he is the headliner. i'm just proud, really. like, i mean, a lot of people... i guess, doubted me along the way. i've made a lot of mistakes over my last five years, my short career, but today we put it all together, so this is all for the team. i stuck with mclaren cos i could believe in them and i did believe in them, and today proved exactly that. what he needed was an opportunity. in miami, it came initially from the misfortune of others. this crash meant a safety car, a chance for norris to change his tyres and seize control. but behind him at the restart, max verstappen, his friend, the champion. when does he go? now he goes. norris held him off. the son of a millionaire, life has given him many advantages, but here was proof of a natural talent. first across the line for the first

time, a moment to slow down and appreciate things. we did it! 0h! so happy. thanks, mum, thanks, dad. this one's for my grandma. this was a popular win from a popular driver, and lando norris now has the taste for that champagne. patrick geary, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. and ben is here. there's been some hefty dampers and an idyllic scene from this weather watcher in the west midlands but not such a great scene in east sussex, heavy downpours as you see giving a little bit of localised flash flooding and through the rest of the day, we keep warm sunshine, we keep the threat of some heavy and perhaps thundery

downpours. this is what's going on, cloud across the north of the uk with showery rain and some hefty showers yesterday in eastern scotland and we could see more of those through the afternoon. parts of northern england, wales, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy showers and across the south and into east anglia there is cloud, outbreaks of heavy and potentially thundery rain. the best of the sunshine, temperatures of up to 20 degrees, showers may come along. northern ireland not too bad, largely tribal some sunny spells. heavy showers in central and southern scotland, and dryer towards the north of scotland. this evening and overnight the showers fate, more dry weather developing, areas of cloud and under clear spells, southern england, we could see mist and for patches forming. not especially cold, temperatures

between six and 11 degrees. tomorrow, there are signs of things settling down. another sunshine and showers stay but the showers will not be as numerous or as heavy. particularly focused across parts of england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, mostly cloudy with showers, temperatures 12 in the north of scotland, 20 in the south—east of england and wednesday we see a frontal system bringing cloud and rain into northern ireland and perhaps the north west of scotland but further south and east we see sunshine, the warmth becoming more widespread, 19 in newcastle, 20 in cardiff, 21 in london. that is a sign of things to come because towards the end of the week, high pressure dominates, some weather fronts in the north so we still see patchy rain especially in scotland but under the area of high pressure it will turn warmer. temperatures by the end of the week, friday in the

south could see 23, possibly 2a degrees. the weekend looks like starting on a fine note, some uncertainty about how quickly it might turn unsettled but there is drier and warmer weather on the way. at last, thank you so much. and that is your bbc news at 0ne. at last, thank you so much. and that is your bbc news at one. you can keep up—to—date with all the latest developments on the website. the news continues here and it is time tojoin our colleagues news continues here and it is time to join our colleagues across the hello, you're watching bbc news — with me, catherine byaruhanga. 247 2117 people lost their lives as a result of knife crime from july 2022 to july 2023. she remains in a life—threatening condition after being struck outside victoria station on friday. leigh milner reports.

i correspondent has been following the case and sent this report. the 10th ofjune last summer, and teenagers are heading to a birthday party in bath that's been advertised on snapchat. this is mikey travelling from the edge of bristol with some friends. he was about to come across this group of teenagers from wiltshire heading to the same party. this is the ambulance service. is the patient breathing? he's been stabbed at a house party. police. there was a violent confrontation, and mikey was stabbed in the neck. it was shane cunningham who stabbed mikey, he claimed in self—defence, but he was convicted of murder. cartel bushnell and leo knight were given nine years for manslaughter for encouraging and supporting the attack. was it you that stabbed him in the neck?

shane cunningham didn't give any answers in custody or in court, so we may never know what sparked the confrontation. thejudge passed a life sentence and said he must serve at least 16 years. bristol and its surrounding areas are in the middle of a plague of knife crime. the plague has continued since this trial finished. the lives of young boys who carry knives continue to be taken at the hands of other boys who carry knives. this family's campaigning now to highlight knife crime and how many children are armed and prepared to take lives. danjohnson, bbc news, at bristol crown court. rishi sunak has said there's work to do after the conservative defeats in the local elections in england. he described the results as bitterly disappointing but he's told the times newspaper he's determined the tories will come together to show voters that they're the only ones with a plan. labour says it has its sights

on conservative seats in southern england. with more on this let's speak to our political correspondent harry farley who's in the newsroom. can the tories recover from this? i specially select thinks they will. well, i think the lesson from politics in recent years is inevitable anything out. i think what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mps, what is interesting here is when i speak to conservative mp5, i am struck by how despondent many of them feel, how weary many of them sound and i think what rishi scenic is trying to do here in his comments to the times newspaper is offer some hope, try to reenergise them and give them something to campaign for. he is arguing that the local election results mean, show that the uk is heading for a possible hung parliament in the general election with labour as the largest party. i think we just have to be a little bit cautious about that analysis. he is basing it on essentially extrapolating the percentage of the

vote, the vote share that each of the parties has got in a selection of local authority areas and then extrapolating that across the whole country and assuming that everyone will vote the same in a general election to indicate that. and i think we have to be careful about that because the evidence shows that people actually vote very differently in local elections to general elections. people tend to, for example, support more smaller parties and possibly more independent candidates as well on the other thing, course, independent candidates as well on the otherthing, course, is independent candidates as well on the other thing, course, is that scotland did not vote in this setup vocal elections and so the assumption on those figures that rishi sunak is using is that scotland, labourwill rishi sunak is using is that scotland, labour will get the same number of mps in scotland as they did in 2019 when in fact the polling suggests that labour will do rather better than they did in 2019 and scott then so there are a number caveats and we have to be cautious about assuming that analysis is right but the interesting thing here is that rishi sunak is trying to reenergise his mps and also at a

point to attack the labour party, suggesting they're going to coalition. forwhat suggesting they're going to coalition. for what it is worth, labour say they are not planning any coalitions with anyone. what labour say they are not planning any coalitions with anyone.— coalitions with anyone. what is labour doing — coalitions with anyone. what is labour doing to _ coalitions with anyone. what is labour doing to try _ coalitions with anyone. what is labour doing to try to - coalitions with anyone. what is labour doing to try to target i coalitions with anyone. what is - labour doing to try to target those key conservative seats in southern england? key conservative seats in southern encland? , , , england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that _ england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that we _ england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that we saw _ england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that we saw not - england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that we saw not just - england? yes, it is interesting, isn't it that we saw not just at l england? yes, it is interesting, l isn't it that we saw not just at the isn't it that we saw not 'ust at the number of — isn't it that we saw not 'ust at the number of votes _ isn't it that we saw not 'ust at the number of votes that _ isn't it that we saw not just at the number of votes that labour - isn't it that we saw not just at the number of votes that labour of i isn't it that we saw not just at the l number of votes that labour of the vote that they got, but where they won those cancers.— vote that they got, but where they won those cancers. they were places riaht won those cancers. they were places ri . ht from won those cancers. they were places right from hartlepool_ won those cancers. they were places right from hartlepool in _ won those cancers. they were places right from hartlepool in the - won those cancers. they were places right from hartlepool in the north, i right from hartlepool in the north, but right down to other places like rushmore and hampshire which contain the military town of aldershot. down to the south coast to a council they have never won before. so there was a real spread of labour's results. labour's campaign coordinator said that going to target seats notjust in their old heartlands, what is known as the red wall across northern england but also in the south as well. so i think we can

expect campaigns targeting those voters in what is traditionally a very conservative area.- voters in what is traditionally a very conservative area. thank you. that is our— very conservative area. thank you. that is our political _ very conservative area. thank you. j that is our political correspondent. when toby addison lost his sight as a teenager, he says he went off the rails and struggled to cope, but over the years he's refused to let it restrict his life. toby started posting videos about his disability on social media, and his refreshingly honest approach has earned him a huge following. simon marks went to meet him. i was born visually impaired and i was told i had a condition called retinitis pigmentosa. my sight was lost slowly over many, many years. and by the time i was 16, that's when i lost all my functional vision. and what effect did that have on you? you were still at school? yeah, i was doing my gcses at the time when my eyesight started to go really, really quickly and i went off the rails a little bit and didn't respond in the best way. naturally, i don't think there's a right way to respond to losing your sight. so what happened to your social life at that point

when you lost your sight? did you find that your friends stuck by you? ijust took a step back, i think, and i became quite isolated. and i spent a lot of time in what was called the student support centre. i used to eat my lunches in there and i didn't really want to go outside. i felt a bit embarrassed and a bit lonely, but i went to university after i finished in school and thankfully i had a clean, clean start then. and, you know, my social life is buzzing now. and toby is also buzzing on tiktok and instagram, where he talks about his blindness in a refreshingly honest way. people thought that i'd never amount to anything, and to be fair, neither did i due to my disability. blind people can't succeed or have fulfilling lives, right? it would have been quite easy for me to believe that and live a life of no independence. but sometimes you've got to flip the script. excuse me. do you know what stations this train stops? oh, sorry. i didn't realise you were blind. you wouldn't know, would you? 0h, bognor, ford, billingshurst, horsham, crawley, gatwick airport, east croydon, clapham junction, london victoria. your social media presence is off the scale. you're very popular that way. how did that happen? it's a bit of luck, really.

i reacted to a viral video of myself on someone else's page, and the video that i made ended up going viral. that was my first video, and i thought, 0k, well, let's just keep keep going. let's see what happens. and i gained a large amount of traction very, very quickly. here are some of the most satisfying sensory experiences that you can have that aren't visual. the sound of hitting a strike when you're bowling, i mean, when you're bowling blind, it's difficult anyway. but you cannot mistake the sound of a strike. it is so satisfying. and you're very honest on social media, talking about things that other people perhaps wouldn't be comfortable talking about, like things like going to the toilet. you would think that people would tread on eggshells when asking questions about my life, but i can tell you for sure that is not the case. so today i'll be answering my most common question that i get, how do i wipe my bum? i pride myself on being open and transparent. you know, i like to make people laugh and people are interested in these questions and i don't really get embarrassed

about anything now. so if anyone's going to answer those questions, like, how would i know when i'm done, it's going to be me. at some point in life, everyone will face a barrier and it's so easy to just give up because something's in your way. if you do that, you'll never get what you want, push the boundaries, and don't let your circumstances dictate your life. because if a blind man can do it, anyone can. do you think you might be becoming a role model? i like to think that i've got a positive influence over people who are maybe losing their sight. parents of kids who are losing their sight, you know, reassuring people that disability isn't something to be scared of. that's my my ultimate aim. so you came to university here in chichester? yes. oh, god. the cobbled streets. and you don't have a guide dog? no, i'm a cane user. i love my cane. michael cane is my best friend in my world. all right, fellas, let's go for a walk down chichester canal. first, i've got to navigate these barriers. me and michael are kind of having a rough time. but we get through here. i'm brushing across my left to make sure i don't fall in the canal. not really fancying that one today. i don't ever want people to look at my content and think that

blindness is a walk in the park because i put a smile on my face. i think it's really important to recognise that it's a tough journey and you have to do a lot of work on yourself to be able to be content with your life and fully accept your disability. don't force yourself down certain avenues, just go with the flow and hopefully things will work out for you. now it's time for sportsday... hello, this is sportsday on bbc news. thanks forjoining us. coming up: norris rolls the miami dice and scoops his maiden f1 win. we'll have a first—time winner at the crucible today too. the latest from the world snooker championship on the way. we mark the 70th anniversary of one of athletics' most iconic firsts.

now, if you thought f1 was a bit predictable, that it wasn't that exciting watching max verstappen win race after race after race, you'd not be on your own, but allow the miami grand prix to be the antidote to that certainty of outcome as britain's lando norris picked up his maiden formula 1 victory. he capitalised on a mid—race safety car to stay ahead of verstappen and then impressively pulled clear to take the chequered flag for the first time. having joined mclaren in 2017, it was an emotional victory for all in papaya orange and the 24—year—old was quick to praise the team behind him. finally i have been able to manage to do it, i have finally been able to do it, i have finally been able to deliver for my team. a long day, tough race, but finally on top, some over the moon. i'm just proud,

really. i guess a lot of people