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.
part in the world health organization and other things were taiwan could make a very valued contribution. british farmers fear their harvests will fail as a heatwave and drought conditions have a devastating impact on the agriculture industry. # walking in the air.# and the author and illustrator raymond briggs best known for the children s book the snowman has died at the age of 88. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the former us president, donald trump, has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family s business practices, at a hearing in new york. mr trump described the inquiry by the state s attorney general, letitia james, as a witch hunt. she s investigating whether the trump organization tried to acquire loans and avoid taxes by misleading the authorities. mr trump s deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedented search at his florida home as part of a separate investi
if you wish to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in the cabinet? please, raise your hands. not a single hand raised. we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck. nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck tie the knot. hello and welcome. britain s first extreme heat warning has come into effect with parts of southern england expected to reach a0 celsius later today for the first time. the government says it s treating the unprecedented red alert as a national emergency. western europe is experiencing its second fierce heatwave in recent weeks, causing wildfires and mass evacuations in several countries. mark lobel reports. almost a week on, the wildfires in the south west of france continue to spread. more than 14,000 continue to spread. more than 1a,000 people have been evacuated as two forest fires and golf over 11,000 hectares of land. the development are no
gina lollobrigida has died aged 95. she was one of the biggest film stars in the world in the 1950s and 60s. in later life she forged a successful career as a photographer and sculptor, snapping fidel castro and salvador dali. wendy urqhuart looks back at her life. you came back into my life like a wolf in snake s clothing! gina lollobrigida oozed sex appeal. the camera absolutely loved her, and she was often described as the most beautiful woman in the world. she grew up in the mountain village of subiaco some a0 miles from rome with her three sisters, her dad, giovanni, who was a furniture maker, and her mother, giuseppina. when the family moved to rome after world war ii, gina took singing and acting lessons, and was soon staring in italian films. she married milko skofic in 19119, but when she was spotted by hollywood talent scouts, howard hughes took a shine to her