am on the campus and t have i am on the campus and the police have breached the perimeter of the encampment and more are poised to go in. a special bbc investigation has uncovered new evidence about the killing of two boys by the israeli army. us pop star olivia rodrigo is forced to postpone some uk shows of her world tour because of issues at manchester's delay—ridden co—op live arena. and the face of a 75,000—year—old neanderthal woman revealed — scientists at cambridge university recreate a sd model from a crushed skull discovered in kurdistan. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in the us where pro—palestinian protestors in an encampment at the ucla campus in california have been told to disperse by police or face arrest. these are live pictures outside the camp, where it's nowjust

after 2am local time. let's hear from our correspondent helena humphrey who is at the ucla campus live for us. police have breached the perimeter of the encampment. more police potentially waiting to go in but this is what they will have to get through, you can see the reinforcements from the barricades as protesters anxiously survey the scene and on the other side we have seen images of protesters with makeshift riot shields, essentially, which police are coming up against. from the images we have seen so far police getting into the perimeter and we do not know if arrests are taking place but clearly that is what the authorities have been telling people, leave orface arrest. there has been a trickle of students or demonstrators, people inside the encampment leaving and ten or 15 minutes ago we heard what

was either a firework or a flash bang, something lighting up the sky momentarily stunning the crowd and there is the sense this operation is under way. and we will continue to monitor the situation and see whether there are arrests. we know there are a number of buses positioned outside the campus potentially for those people who are arrested or refused to leave. the university authorities say the encampment is unlawful so take us through what is happening, the demands of the protesters and what the authorities want to happen? that is riuht. the authorities want to happen? that is right- over— the authorities want to happen? that is right. over the _ the authorities want to happen? twat is right. over the past few hours the calls fired the megaphone and we hear them right now, saying this is illegal, you must leave orface arrest and the counter chanting from the pro—palestinian protesters saying we will not leave, we are stronger together and a good number

of them from the vantage point i managed to get on a hill remain inside at this hour. in terms of their demands, they are numerous, calling for a ceasefire in the war in gaza. calling for there to be no ground operation in gaza but primarily what is rooted in the university protests is the call for the administration to divert from any financial ties with regards to israel. that is something the b05 movement which has been prominent on university campuses in the us for many years, think back to the 70s onwards, the strength of the protest movements, however no university authorities have ever given into those demands, even if they have separated themselves from some groups for example. it remains to be seen what will happen tonight and whether this will be a clearing up the camp and whether it will be a

peaceful clearance of the camp but clearly this is about a deeper conversation right now going on in this country and i don't think that will be quelled here tonight. this rotest will be quelled here tonight. this protest has _ will be quelled here tonight. this protest has been going on for some days at ucla but how much support do you think the protesters have? tt’s you think the protesters have? tt�*s interesting and i think it's important to point out who is in the encampment. among the pro—palestinian protesters we know there are jewish pro—palestinian protesters we know there arejewish people demonstrating with them saying they want an end to the war in gaza, they want an end to the war in gaza, they want an end to the war in gaza, they want a ceasefire and in terms of the support they are getting, that depends on who you ask. talking to the young demonstrators they are emblematic of the younger portion of society, largely dissatisfied with the support of president biden for the support of president biden for the support of israel and the war in gaza and would like things to be carried out in a different way but more broadly across society in the

us, people hold different opinions. some people saying they should not be occupying university property in this way, disrupting plasters in the way they have been. —— disrupting classes. and life here has been disrupted. something protesters say is the point. you disrupted. something protesters say is the oint. ., ., g , is the point. you mentioned jewish students, there _ is the point. you mentioned jewish students, there is _ is the point. you mentioned jewish students, there is a _ is the point. you mentioned jewish students, there is a sense - is the point. you mentioned jewish students, there is a sense from . is the point. you mentioned jewish i students, there is a sense from some groups and people we have heard from in recent days that some of these actions by some there are intimidatory towards jewish people and perhaps even anti—semitic at times? and perhaps even anti-semitic at times? ~ , , ~ , times? absolutely. we were listening very carefully — times? absolutely. we were listening very carefully to _ times? absolutely. we were listening very carefully to the _ times? absolutely. we were listening very carefully to the chanting - times? absolutely. we were listening very carefully to the chanting here - very carefully to the chanting here this evening, there were those calling for free palestine and ones that went beyond that and once that many people would consider to be anti—semitic and university authorities have said everybody needs to feel safe on campus to express their opinions but also to

go about their studies and jewish students have said not only do they feel uncomfortable in some cases but they feel unsafe but of course emphasising there are otherjewish students including those in the encampment who have been protesting and we see police moving forward behind me now. not exactly sure the location they are going to butjust to let you know on the other side we have more student demonstrators as well. they are allowed to protest, there is not an encampment, it is lawful. but what i think police enforcement up and trying to do is break up really large group so you don't have a situation for you have a large mass of people potentially. making a bottleneck which could be fairly problematic and as they come towards them, you can hear the bearing and the chanting from the crowd which has been going on all evening underscoring this tense

situation which is now essentially a stand—off, as you see, with police. put this into context for us with regards to other demonstrations at universities across the us, more than 1000 arrests in total? we are talkin: than 1000 arrests in total? we are talking about _ than 1000 arrests in total? we are talking about 424 _ than 1000 arrests in total? we are talking about 424 hours, _ than 1000 arrests in total? we are talking about 424 hours, quite - than 1000 arrests in total? we are talking about 424 hours, quite an. talking about 424 hours, quite an extraordinary number. these protests going right from the east coast to the west coast, private schools and public universities as well like ucla, where i am right now and no of learning has been off limits. what started in colombia has been shut down there for the time being, continues to swell and to gain it would appear more support and to give you some historical context, rank about the west coast, the university of birtley which is also in california, this is where the

free speech movement started, we also saw the anti—us involvement in vietnam protests at the end of the 605. these are things that resulted in violent clashes at times. but i think many people say that has been held up as an example of universities being a place for free speech, for debate, for expressing opinion. fast forward to where we are now under same universities are grappling with this question once again. and it's really proving a difficult balancing act i think between first amendment rights and what we are seeing an increasingly polarised country in terms of politics but also allegations of rising anti—semitism and islamophobia. rising anti-semitism and islamophobia.— rising anti-semitism and islamophobia. rising anti-semitism and islamohobia. . ., islamophobia. what have politicians been sa in: islamophobia. what have politicians been saying because _ islamophobia. what have politicians been saying because it _ islamophobia. what have politicians been saying because it has - islamophobia. what have politicians been saying because it has becomel been saying because it has become quite a political hot potato? it quite a political hot potato? tt

absolutely has and i think generally the consensus has been that the statement from the white house has been questioned, why had they been muted and people have said the stance from joe biden on anti—semitism has always been very clear, to condemn it. the united states is the closest ally of israel, it was the first country to call israel upon it sounding but at the same time, we can see what is happening here now. it is something that the president cannot ignore, particularly when he is in an election year, facing off against donald trump and the former president donald trump is said watching the police action on these demonstrators is and i quote a beautiful thing in court. beautifulthing in court. helena, take us through _ beautifulthing in court. helena, take us through what _ beautifulthing in court. helena, take us through what the - beautifulthing in court. helena, take us through what the issues | beautifulthing in court. helena, . take us through what the issues are in terms of the leadership of some of these protests because they have also been called into question about

whether perhaps malign outside influences are infiltrating some of these protests?— influences are infiltrating some of these protests? absolutely. there has been a — these protests? absolutely. there has been a long-running - these protests? absolutely. there has been a long-running question| these protests? absolutely. there - has been a long-running question and has been a long—running question and i think what we saw here last night was the perfect illustration of that. we saw counter demonstrators rushing essentially this area and these barricades which you can see behind me and what essentially happened is these people wearing masks, they were holding 5tick5 happened is these people wearing masks, they were holding sticks and thatis masks, they were holding sticks and that is what you have seen these barricades reinforced by the protesters today. they have been hammering away at them and because of these violent scenes, 15 people ended up injured, people described to me the bloody scenes inside and one person remains in hospital and according to the university, many of these people who were the counter demonstrators, came from outside the university stop i think thatjust underscores what authorities believe to be the risks here. and

underscores what authorities believe to be the risks here.— to be the risks here. and as we look at these pictures _ to be the risks here. and as we look at these pictures with _ to be the risks here. and as we look at these pictures with the _ to be the risks here. and as we look at these pictures with the stand-off| at these pictures with the stand—off between police and the protesters with concern that this crowds needs to be dispersed, that is what the authorities are calling for, what impact is a topping on ordinary student life?— impact is a topping on ordinary student life? ., ., ., , student life? today for example, the mornin: student life? today for example, the morning after— student life? today for example, the morning after the _ student life? today for example, the morning after the night _ student life? today for example, the morning after the night before, - student life? today for example, the morning after the night before, from j morning after the night before, from what the vice dean had called a night that saw horrific acts of violence, you had students coming to university not knowing that cla55e5 had been cancelled for the day, some saying they had stayed up all night revising for the midterm exams only to find out they had been delayed and we know what we call commencement ceremonies, graduations for example have been scaled back or put on hold and we know at one university valedictorian who is due to give the symbolic speech here in the us was going to become the first muslim woman to do so and was not

able to because of the university believed to be a heightened sense of security risk. so yes, this has put every essence of campus life into question, in some places on hold. but yes, on the other hand, you could say protesting as long also been part of university life as well but certainly, you know, just that regular hub of campus life has been disrupted. regular hub of campus life has been disru ted. ~ regular hub of campus life has been disruted. ~ , ., , , disrupted. when the protesters demand divestment _ disrupted. when the protesters demand divestment from - disrupted. when the protesters demand divestment from israel disrupted. when the protesters - demand divestment from israel and to separate or cut ties with israeli companies for example, how close are at least twice that they are demanding the end? it at least twice that they are demanding the end? at least twice that they are demandin: the end? , , . demanding the end? it depends which university you — demanding the end? it depends which university you are _ demanding the end? it depends which university you are talking _ demanding the end? it depends which university you are talking about, - university you are talking about, which college. but many of these universities have historic long—running link5 universities have historic long—running links but i think in terms of the efficacy of doing that,

probably the impact in terms of the war in gaza actually would be negligible. i think it's fair to say. but what the united states has long seen on campus life is something called the bds movement, 5o something called the bds movement, so to boycott and also to impose sanctions along with divesting as well, that has long been part of campus life but despite discussions with university administrators, that has never fully come to pass here. in any university in the uk. —— in the us. so if it were to happen it would be a turning point.- the us. so if it were to happen it would be a turning point. before we let ou would be a turning point. before we let you go. — would be a turning point. before we let you go, remind _ would be a turning point. before we let you go, remind us _ would be a turning point. before we let you go, remind us of _ would be a turning point. before we let you go, remind us of what - would be a turning point. before we let you go, remind us of what is - let you go, remind us of what is happening there and wipe the stand—off is continuing? tea. happening there and wipe the stand-off is continuing? yes, we had uuite a bit stand-off is continuing? yes, we had quite a bit of — stand-off is continuing? yes, we had quite a bit of action, _ stand-off is continuing? yes, we had quite a bit of action, we _ stand-off is continuing? yes, we had quite a bit of action, we saw- stand-off is continuing? yes, we had quite a bit of action, we saw about i quite a bit of action, we saw about 15 minutes ago with more police coming through with a flash bang in the sky and we understand some

police have been able to enter the perimeter but again taking a look at what they will have to get through in entering that, these reinforced encampments. students have been using what they can and demonstrators inside and we believe there are hundreds inside to reinforce those barricades. so it remains to be seen exactly how authorities go about dismantling them and what they will be met with, will it be peaceful protests as many of these protesters have continued to call for throughout the course of the evening? will there be more of a kind of physical altercation? of course that remains to be seen. but inside we know protesters have kind of makeshift riot shields that we have also seen in images. right now, it has kinda gone quite and that is what has been happening throughout the last couple of that feeling of potentially the quite before the storm here. potentially the quite before the

storm here-— potentially the quite before the storm here. ., ., ., ., ,, storm here. helena, for now, thank ou. we storm here. helena, for now, thank you- we will — storm here. helena, for now, thank you- we will be _ storm here. helena, for now, thank you. we will be back— storm here. helena, for now, thank you. we will be back there - you. we will be back there monitoring developments throughout the hour. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. let's take you back briefly to the university of california. police officers telling pro—palestinian protesters to disperse or face arrest and in some places officers have moved in against protesters with minor clashes and in the past few minutes we have seen police moving information. there has been a large group moving fast across the campus in line and it is unclear if police are planning to raid the encampment but there is quite a bit of movement. since the october 7th attacks, 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 obeidat, 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. on the 29th of november last year, 15 year old basil and eight year old adam were killed by israeli forces. our team have been piecing together what happened. we have been able to collect footage and mobile phone footage, witness testimony and information about the movements of the military that day and that has allowed us to create a timeline of the shootings. in the afternoon a convoy of at least six israeli armoured vehicles was returning from a nearby

raid and we have tracked the route acro55jenin which took them past the street where basil and adam were. the boys and around seven friends were out on the street. cctv footage from a shop shows basil in the foreground holding something in his right hand and making a movement with that with his left hand towards it. you see him shot and falling backwards. more bullets hit the ground nearby. video from another angle shows eight—year—old adam slightly further down the same street from basil and he is shot in the back of his head as he is trying to run away. he also falls this time forwards and is 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 and he was able to capture one of the israeli

military vehicles driving by. when the footage and slow down and enhanced it shows the driver door opening. you can see that right here. the driver has a direct view of the boys. they are around 24 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 have also got hold of copies of basil and adam's medical report and they show two bullets struck the chest of basil and another one hit adam in the back of his head. the exact rules around when soldiers can and cannot use lethal force in the west bank are secret but some of the rules apply elsewhere are public. guidelines of the israeli defence 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 the soldiers. according to all the video evidence that we have examined, eight—year—old adam was not armed when he was shot in the back of his head. the israeli army has said 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 and the object look5 consistent with a type of very small pipe bomb used in the west bank but we cannot fully verify the image itself. we have shown our findings to international human rights experts, doctor lawrence hill cawthrone 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 told us while there may be questions about the use of lethal force in the case a bass of 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. taking him back to california now. our correspondent is there. please bring us the latest. the

our correspondent is there. please bring us the latest.— bring us the latest. the situation is very much _ bring us the latest. the situation is very much in _ bring us the latest. the situation is very much influx, _ bring us the latest. the situation is very much influx, we - bring us the latest. the situation is very much influx, we could i is very much in flux, we could almost over here via the megaphone appear to be a university administrator, whether that was the dean or a president trying to reason with some protesters saying you face arrest when authorities move in or even the potential for injury, trying to appeal for them to leave the encampment. we understand in the past half an hour or so that some police in riot gear were able to enter the perimeter of the encampment and when i say that, you can see behind me again what they are having to get through, the reinforced areas of plywood, barricading themselves in after the scenes of violence we saw from counter demonstrators here last night, something university officials said was a horrific act of violence, 15 people injured and one person still in hospital resulting from that but we have also heard reports and i cannot verify this

myself from the vantage point i am, some officers moved away from the encampment when water bottles were thrown at them but stressing that is not something i was able to see myself but there are multiple reports and what i've seen inside is making something of a war, the demonstrators had these kind of makeshift riot shields, umbrellas and some kind of act of resistance and some kind of act of resistance and throughout the course of the evening, we have been asking them are you going to leave and they have been shaking their heads and some people have been putting up the peace sign and other people chanting saying we are stronger together and we will not leave and another section saying recessed at any cost and we did see some kind of substance drawn from outside the camp at one point. over the course of the night and then we had what appeared to be a flash bang, it could have been a far work, we don't know, about 15 minutes ago and more

movement of officers in this particular area, those officers with riot gear and so on. and so the call is they will be arrested if they do not clear out the encampment but how officers go about that i think remains to be seen. there appears to be some noise, some people have been leaving the encampment, presumably if they decided they did not want to stay any longer and that could be what we are seeing.— what we are seeing. what is the university saying _ what we are seeing. what is the university saying about - what we are seeing. what is the university saying about allowing | what we are seeing. what is the - university saying about allowing the right to protest and protecting the rights of other students? the university _ rights of other students? the university has _ rights of other students? twe: university has said that students have a right to protest but they say they do not have the right to set up what they say is an unlawful encampment and that is the distinction date made so on the site behind me, you've got protesters gathering throughout the course of the evening, peacefully chanting.

but essentially nothing more than that and i have been speaking to the authorities and they have said people can absolutely continue to exercise their right to protest but the university says it will not allow and what the university is facing a federal investigation into is a reported increase since the 7th of october attacks, in incidents of anti—semitism and islamophobia on campus. anti-semitism and islamophobia on camus. ., ~' anti-semitism and islamophobia on camus. ., ~ . anti-semitism and islamophobia on camus. . ~ . campus. thank you. we will continue to keep across _ campus. thank you. we will continue to keep across that _ campus. thank you. we will continue to keep across that story _ campus. thank you. we will continue to keep across that story in _ to keep across that story in california, it is approaching 2:30am and the stand—off between police and protesters continues. stay with us on bbc news. hello again. we have had thousands of thunderstorms across parts of southern england and south wales this morning, they are easing up but even into the afternoon we still could catch one or two sharp showers across the south.

the mist and murk across central and eastern parts of the country pushing towards the north sea, the lion's share of the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland with some showers in northern ireland, the highest temperature is 22 degrees in scotland and east anglia, 21 in liverpool, cooler along the north sea coastline. through this evening and overnight the weather front producing thunder is with us, basically waving north and south. further north, clearer skies but more mist and low cloud coming from the north sea across central and eastern areas but no issues of frost. heading into tomorrow, this is the weather front. eventually it will move northwards during the course of friday, taking cloud and thundery downpours with it. you see the progress it makes, cloudy across england and wales

and the thundering downpours moves northwards, clipping eastern scotland, not all of us will hear the odd rumble of thunder and the lion's share of the sunshine in the north—west and it should brighten up in the south. top temperatures in the sunshine, 21 degrees in western scotland, cooler again along north sea coasts. on saturday, still a fair bit of cloud, still producing some patchy light rain across the northern half of the country, dry in the south until later and we see rain coming in across the far south—west. temperatures down but still western scotland could see 18 degrees. on sunday, this is what is bringing in the rain across the south. an area of low pressure with attending fronts, not much in the way of wind so we start with cloud and patchy rain across parts of scotland. a lot of dry weather, low pressure coming in bringing more rain across southern counties of england, extending potentially into wales.

temperatures 11—17 north to south.

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let's remind ourselves of who he is. he's been involved in politics for a long time, and is scotland's longest serving deputy first minister to date. he also served as leader of the scottish national party between 2000 and 2004, when the party was in opposition. a5 education secretary in 2020, he managed to survive a no—confidence vote over a controversial exam results policy — which the government was forced to u—turn on. a reminder that there is currently no leader of the snp or first minister after humza yousaf, the leader of the snp, resigned on monday following his calling to an end to the power—sharing agreement with the greens and this is mari mccullum. let's listen in. scotland's interests and a cause to which we all dedicate ourselves, so please show your appreciation with that forjohn swinney. applause