andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who s run 150 consecutive marathons and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the
andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk.
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
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