ships in the filipino coastguard ships in the disputed south china sea. one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour behind us, so many chinese ships in this area. what next for scotland 7 we look at the runners and riders to replace humza yousaf as first minister. a leaked document suggests an iranian teenager who vanished and became a symbol of anti—government protests was sexually assaulted and killed by security forces. and king charles returns to public engagements today with a visit to a cancer treatment centre. hello. i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the bbc has witnessed chinese vessels firing water cannon at philippine�*s coast guard ships.

it happened near the disputed scarborough shoal, an area that has been a flashpoint between the two countries in recent years. take a look at these pictures. the filipino authorities said its boats had been involved in a mission to deliver fuel and food to fishermen in the area. it accused beijing of once again installing a floating barrier across the entrance to ther shoal. chinese state media reports its coastguard as saying it had "expelled" a philippine coast guard ship and other vessels from the area. let's get more from our south east asia correspondentjonathan head, who was on the filipino vessel. i'm on board the philippines coastguard ship the chinese media are saying be expelled. we are being shadowed, you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour binders, so many chinese ships in this area. they dominate it, they kick to the philippines out of here 12 years ago. this is part of a mission to

re—establish the philippines' presents. i would not say they have kicked the philippines out, they have corralled some filipino boats but there are built—in supportive filipino fishermen who have traditionally always fish these areas but say they have been harassed by traineeships. this chinese ship that you can see with water cannoning as earlier, blasting the deck, it has damaged the exterior parts of the boat. we were all herded inside when that happened. they cut very close, right across the bow of the ship. aggressive tactics. the philippines under president ferdinand marcos is pushing the charger to establish its claim to these waters. lots of countries claim the south china sea, it is a very busy shipping lane, the philippines has reinforced its alliance with the united states. the us has said it will back the philippines if there is a serious escalation so these clashes really matter and are happening regularly

now. we don't know quite what these ships will do but we are waiting to see if they will come again. so what's next for scotland after a messy divorce and a political exit? the scottish national party has officially started the process of finding a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotland's first minister. he quit ahead of two no—confidence votes at holyrood — which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject the scottish greens from his power—sharing government. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. his leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. and so this admission that his time as first minister had come to an end. i am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party,

for the government and for the country i lead, i've concluded that repairing a relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. msps will have 28 days to find his replacement or an election is called, and the names of possible contenders are already emerging. i'm giving very careful consideration to standing to be the leader of the snp. i've been somewhat overwhelmed by the requests that have been made of me to do that. scottish national party leader... kate forbes narrowly lost out to humza yousaf in the contest, which saw him become leader. she is said to be considering another bid. itjust hasn't gone well. and when things go badly, it's time for a change. and the time for kate has now come. there are some who now argue that this political implosion

could be an opportunity for scotland's party of government for over 15 years to get back on the front foot. it has the potential to bounce back. this could turn the fortunes of the snp if, and only if, they can come together really quickly, put an end to the bickering and the sniping that's taken place for the last 12 months. and who could ask for a better country to lead than scotland? humza yousaf�*s successor will face significant challenges, leading a minority government and trying to unite a party bruised by political own goals and soon to face the verdict of voters in a general election. lorna gordon, bbc news, edinburgh. we will speak to lorna gordon live from hollywood soon, but first let's look at iran. a teenagerfound dead during high—profile anti—government protests in the country was sexually assaulted and killed by undercover agents working for the security forces. that's according to a leaked

document obtained by a bbc world service investigation. nika shakarami was 16 when she disappeared in september 2022 after telling a friend that police were chasing her. her family found her body nine days later. the authorities denied involvement in her death, claiming she took her own life. but what appears to be a classified report by iran's revolutionary guards reveals the teenager was beaten to death by the agents who detained her. reha kansara from bbc eye investigations has this report. a warning, you may find the details distressing. this is the moment an ordinary teenage girl became an iranian icon. nika shakarami is burning the hijab as part of a women's freedom movement that swept iran in

september 2022. movement that swept iran in september2022. nine movement that swept iran in september 2022. nine days later, her motherfound her dead. at the september 2022. nine days later, her mother found her dead. at the time, the iranian government claimed that nika had killed herself, but our investigations has obtained a document telling a very different story. it appears a classified report from the islamic revolutionary guards, part of their own�*s security forces. we have translated it into english. it summarises a secret hearing on nika's case. according to the document, nika was hunted down and arrested by team 12, one of many undercover units at the protest. she was put in the back of their vehicle, an unmarked freezer truck, with her hands bound. the report includes the direct testimony of team 12, explaining what happened next.

he was sitting on her with his hands in her pants. she he was sitting on her with his hands in her pam— in her pants. she came at my face, so i had to — in her pants. she came at my face, so i had to defend _ in her pants. she came at my face, so i had to defend myself. - in her pants. she came at my face, so i had to defend myself. i - in her pants. she came at my face, so i had to defend myself. i could i so i had to defend myself. i could hear the sounds _ so i had to defend myself. i could hear the sounds of _ so i had to defend myself. i could hear the sounds of the _ so i had to defend myself. i could hear the sounds of the baton - so i had to defend myself. i could i hear the sounds of the baton hitting her. 15 hear the sounds of the baton hitting her. , , , ., hear the sounds of the baton hitting her. , , , . ., , her. is she breathing? the answer, no, she her. is she breathing? the answer, no. she is — her. is she breathing? the answer, no, she is dead. _ her. is she breathing? the answer, no, she is dead. we _ her. is she breathing? the answer, no, she is dead. we cross - her. is she breathing? the answer, no, she is dead. we cross checked | no, she is dead. we cross checked the documents's _ no, she is dead. we cross checked the documents's content - no, she is dead. we cross checked the documents's content with - no, she is dead. we cross checked| the documents's content with geo- the documents's content with geo— located videos from the protest, nika's death certificate and her mother is my testimony. translation: herface and cheek mother is my testimony. translation: her face and cheek bones were broken, herteeth her face and cheek bones were broken, her teeth were knocked out on the back of her head had been hit so hard it caved in. that is what killed her, the damage to her head. we also showed the document to multiple experts and overall, despite a few inconsistencies, they said it looks genuine. one expert agreed to test the report's id number with his own sources inside

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some breaking news now from london. a critical incident has been declared in north—east london amid reports of several being stabbed at a station, that is from west street and the area's mp who has tweeted that information, he wrote a critical incident has been declared, there are station and road closures in place, the police, ambulance service and fire brigade are responding. the metropolitan police has said on social media that police are at the incident area and they have urged the public to follow the police's instructions at this time. i want to bring a warning from wes streeting who has urged people to not speculate to avoid posting on social media as the police respond to this incident. a critical

incident has been declared in north—east london, hainault, amid reports of several being stabbed at a station. as soon as we have any more information we will bring this to you as soon as we can, please stay with us on bbc news and please keep checking the website. let's go back to the news of a messy divorce and apolitical exit in scotland. let's go live to our scotland. let's go live to our scotland correspondence lorna gordon at holyrood. difficult options ahead for the snp? we at holyrood. difficult options ahead for the snp?— at holyrood. difficult options ahead for the snp? ~ ., .., , ., for the snp? we are coming up to the 25th anniversary _ for the snp? we are coming up to the 25th anniversary of— for the snp? we are coming up to the 25th anniversary of the _ for the snp? we are coming up to the 25th anniversary of the scottish - 25th anniversary of the scottish parliament and it is hard to think of a time that has been as politically messy as this. humza yousaf falling on his sword after attempting to appear strong left and fatally weakened, sucking the scottish greens from parliament and then they turned on him. he then

having to lead a minority government. finding out he did not have the backing, facing two confidence votes in the scottish parliament. within the space of a few days he has gone from being first minister of scotland to accepting he no longer has the authority to govern and saying he will resign. there are two votes scheduled to take place, two confidence votes, here at the scottish parliament, one in him and one in his government. one is now completely redundant, that in him, the second one feels unlikely to pass, that has been brought by scottish labour who have brought a vote of no confidence in the scottish government, but anas sarwar, the leader of scottish labour, has this morning being on the airwaves saying it is notjust a vote here that is necessary but a vote here that is necessary but a vote for the people, there should be another election to the scottish

government. i another election to the scottish government.— another election to the scottish government. ~ , ., ., government. i think they are now very similar _ government. i think they are now very similar to — government. i think they are now very similar to the _ government. i think they are now very similar to the uk _ very similar to the uk conservatives, a party trying to manage — conservatives, a party trying to manage and cover up for its failures and trying _ manage and cover up for its failures and trying to manage the chaos and division _ and trying to manage the chaos and division are — and trying to manage the chaos and division are internally, i think the snp is _ division are internally, i think the snp is in — division are internally, i think the snp is in the same place, i don't think_ snp is in the same place, i don't think they— snp is in the same place, i don't think they can give us functional government but it is not for them to stitch— government but it is not for them to stitch up— government but it is not for them to stitch up and decide who leads the country. _ stitch up and decide who leads the country. it— stitch up and decide who leads the country, it is for the people of scotland — country, it is for the people of scotland to decide. the country, it is for the people of scotland to decide.— country, it is for the people of scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it _ scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is _ scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is up _ scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is up to _ scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is up to the _ scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is up to the snp - scotland to decide. the fact of the matter is it is up to the snp to - matter is it is up to the snp to decide who will be the next leader, nominations have opened, they close next monday, no one has yet declared their intention to stand for this position but there are two people widely seen as frontrunners in any possible contents, what is kate forbes from the socially conservative wing of the snp, she narrowly lost out to humza yousaf in the contestjust narrowly lost out to humza yousaf in the contest just over a narrowly lost out to humza yousaf in the contestjust over a year ago. the other person isjohn swinney, an elder statesman, seen as a safe pair

of hands. he has served in several snp governments but he might be seen as a continuity candidate, which is part of the problem perhaps that humza yousaf had in taking office. that said, several senior party figures have been coming out and supporting him this morning. i wouldn't look at it through that prism, if i may, i would actually look at it through what comes next. and what comes next is dealing with the biggest challenges in our society back home in scotland. and what we need is someone with a calm head and a vision for what we do next. john is obviously vastly experienced, he's held almost... most of the single most important roles in the scottish government, and i've got no doubt that under his leadership, our party would be in a better place. well, it is by no means certain that either of these candidates will actually throw their hat into the

ring, albeit a lot of the mood music is around them at this point. but whoever does stand for leadership of the snp will face some pretty significant challenges. this is a party that is united under the common cause of independence but it has people from the left of politics and people from the right, and there are cracks in this movement that had started to show over the last year in areas like how to pursue the cause of independence, economics, policy and social policy like transgender issues. cracks in all of these kinds of policies and political areas, and whoever takes over will have to have a strong message and a strong personality to unite the party going forward. lama unite the party going forward. lorna gordon, unite the party going forward. lorna gordon. thank— unite the party going forward. lorna gordon, thank you, _ unite the party going forward. lorna gordon, thank you, and _ unite the party going forward. lorna gordon, thank you, and we - unite the party going forward. lorna gordon, thank you, and we will have more from lorna is that story develops and we also have a live page on the website with more details. i want to bring you the breaking news we brought you a few moments to go again, the critical

incident declared in north—east london in hainault, it is a critical incident and station and road closures are in place because there are reports of several people being stabbed at a station there. the mp for the area, wes streeting, has urged people not to speculate or post anything on social media as they try to get a sense of what is going on, police have also urged people in hainault to follow police instructions. that news for you that there are reports of several people being stabbed at a station in hainault, and a critical incident has been declared. we will bring you as much information as we can as the story develops. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

next to the latest on the israel—gaza war. the leaders of the united states,

egypt and qatar have discussed fresh efforts to secure a ceasefire in gaza, as hamas considers whether to accept the latest proposals. a hamas delegation left the talks in cairo to consult senior leaders about the latest plans to try and break weeks of stalemate. the us secretary of state, antony blinken — who has left saudi arabia for talks injordan — said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a "very generous" proposal. it is unclear how many israeli hostages would be released — israeli media has put the figure at 33, in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. good to have you. what is the latest we know about these negotiations? the hamas delegation that was in cairo has left you consult with the top leadership of hamas, and they

are expected to give their response to the latest proposal within the next couple of days, according to egyptian security forces. there are so much international pressure at the moment for a new deal, president biden called last night the egyptian and qatari leaders, they have been acting as mediators and they have been talking about ongoing negotiations. we have the israeli cabinet due to meet later to discuss all of this. we have had the uk say this is a very generous offer, british foreign secretary lord cameron gave some clues about the content, it still seems to be a a0 day ceasefire we are looking at and he said potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners could be released from israeli jails in return for the israeli hostages being brought home. the israeli media suggests that israel has softened its stance somewhat with its latest approach, it is prepared to accept a smaller number of hostages being released in the initial stages of this deal than

previously, according to the israeli media it is prepared to have more palestinian civilians displaced in the south of gaza returning to their homes in the north without full israeli inspections of all of that. really we see domestic pressure building and at the same time another huge rally in tel aviv last night calling for the hostages to be brought home. night calling for the hostages to be brought home-— night calling for the hostages to be brought home. yolande knell, thank ou. the home office in the uk has admitted it is unable to locate thousands of migrants who were initially earmarked for deportation to rwanda — although the government denies that they are missing. it wants flights to start taking off within ten weeks. live to westminster and our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman. how does that work? they can't locate them but they are not missing? locate them but they are not missin: ? . v , ., missing? that's right, let me try to exlain. missing? that's right, let me try to exnlain- we — missing? that's right, let me try to explain. we have _ missing? that's right, let me try to explain. we have talked _ missing? that's right, let me try to explain. we have talked for - missing? that's right, let me try to explain. we have talked for two - explain. we have talked for two years now about this plan to send

asylum seekers who arrive in the uk in small boats to rwanda and the government has in recent days identified a cohort of 5700 people who they want to be on the first flights, which they hope will take off in earlyjuly, but in a document be published to the government website yesterday the home office said that of those 5700, only 21a3, substantially less than half, report to the home office regularly and therefore can be located for detention, whereas the other group, 3557 of them, are under much less strict reporting requirements, maybe staying with a friend or relative rather than in home office government authorised accommodation and they are not required to check—in with official bodies as often. it is not that they have absconded at this point, but there is a fear among those who want the policy to work that now that those

people realise they might well be detained and sent to rwanda, they will abscond and the government will not be able to track them down and detain them. it not be able to track them down and detain them-— detain them. it feels like problem after problem _ detain them. it feels like problem after problem when _ detain them. it feels like problem after problem when it _ detain them. it feels like problem after problem when it comes - detain them. it feels like problem after problem when it comes to i after problem when it comes to getting this through. there is a development when it comes to that document you mentioned, news that perhaps mps could delay some of those deportations?— those deportations? there is a convention _ those deportations? there is a convention that _ those deportations? there is a convention that if _ those deportations? there is a convention that if an _ those deportations? there is a convention that if an mp - those deportations? there is a convention that if an mp asksl those deportations? there is a i convention that if an mp asks the home office for a review of an individual constituent parts my case than the home office will review it before proceeding with whatever they were planning, so in this same document that concerns raised by officials that if that convention operates as it previously has that could result in lots of people not being on flight to the government would otherwise want on the flights. we have talked about this policy for more than two years, it has been government policy since boris johnson was conservative prime minister, two prime ministers and

several home secretaries ago. we have talked about what parliament thinks and what the labour party thinks and what the labour party thinks and what the labour party thinks and what the rwandan government thinks and legal challenges and so on, now we are in the stage of practicalities. a flight will take off in ten weeks but there are all sorts of practical questions to be answered first and this is probably one of the first instances of some of the practicalities involved in getting the scheme up and running. henry, thank vou- — the scheme up and running. henry, thank um i — the scheme up and running. henry, thank you. i want _ the scheme up and running. henry, thank you. i want to _ the scheme up and running. henry, thank you. i want to bring - the scheme up and running. henry, thank you. i want to bring you - the scheme up and running. henry, | thank you. i want to bring you some updates on that breaking news we brought to ua few moments ago the critical incident in hainault, a reminder that that incident has been declared in north—east london after reports of several people being stabbed at a tube station, a metro station there. that news

they will be at a symbolic location. hospital with a specialist centre for cancer. the visit will try to raise awareness for the importance of early diagnosis and by going

public with his own health problems, the king will encourage others to get health checks. apart from a on easter sunday, the king has mostly stayed away from public events and crowds. today marks a gradual return to normal but this is still only cautious optimism. the king is continuing to receive cancer treatment. we still don't know if he will be able to attend many of the big summer events, including garden parties and a d—day celebration. and trooping the colour, where last year he was on horseback. it has been a tough year for the royals. he was on horseback. it has been a tough yearfor the royals. the princess of wales has also had a cancer diagnosis and catherine and prince william put out a photograph yesterday to mark their 13th wedding anniversary. after a long winter, the whole family will be hoping for a glimpse of summer. hello again. for many of us today, temperatures are a bit higher than they were yesterday. and as we go through the rest

of the week, you can see from the yellows and also the amber colours in the chart that that process is going to continue. we're also pulling in more of an easterly wind through the week, so that means for the north sea coastline, it will be a little bit cooler in that wind, but we'll also have some low cloud, mist and fog at times. today, it's the west that's seeing the rain. the strongest winds through the irish sea and areas adjacent. a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine around, too. but in the south—east through the day, a new weather front comes in, introducing a bit more cloud and the odd shower. top temperatures up to 19 degrees, but always feeling cooler in the west under the cloud and the rain. as we head through the evening and overnight, the weather front is still with us, but it continues to weaken. we'll pull in some low cloud, mist and fog along north sea coastlines. in between, there will be some clear skies, but we're not expecting any issues with frost. our overnight lows, 7 to 11 degrees. so tomorrow, we start off with the low cloud, mist and fog. we still do have this weather front out towards the west, which is dying. and we've got this weather front coming up from the near continent as we go through the course

of the day. so the low cloud, mist and fog in the east will burn back towards the coast. we could still see some showers coming out of that. they front in the west, continuing to fade and die. and through the day, the cloud will build and then we'll see some rain and some showers arriving from the south. temperatures extending from 11 in the north to 19 in the south. now, moving on through the rest of the week, we have our front, if you remember, coming up from the continent. this is it on thursday, draped across some central and southern parts of the country. and it's going to have still some rain in it. that pulls away, leaving quite a bit of cloud for a time. and we'll see further showers develop along that line through the course of the afternoon. some of them could be heavy and thundery. move north, we've got brighter skies, some sunshine, but still some low cloud, mist and murk coming in from the north sea, plaguing the north sea coastline. and with the onshore breeze, it will feel cooler here. so our front is still with us during the course of friday. if anything, it's moving

a little bit further north. it will brighten up to the south of it, but there'll still be some showers. the north of scotland faring quite nicely on friday and temperatures 11 to about 16 degrees, but locally in the west, 20.

the whole family will be hoping for a glimpse of summer. this is bbc news. the headlines... a man is arrested after at least four people are reported to have been stabbed

at hainault in north—east london. what next for scotland ? we'll have a live debate, looking at the runners and riders to replace humza yousaf as first minister. our correspondent witnesses first—hand a confrontation between chinese and filipino coastguard ships in the disputed south china sea. a leaked document — obtained by the bbc — suggests an iranian teenager, who vanished during anti—government protests, was sexually assaulted and killed by security forces. and king charles returns to public engagements today with a visit to a cancer treatment centre. more now on one of our top stories — what's next for scotland?