Good evening. A man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day in 2021 has been jailed for 9 years after pleading guilty to treason. Jaswant chail, whos now 21, will initially be kept in custody at broadmoor hospital. He is the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981. Daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. Just a few metres from the queens private apartments, and with his crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment whenJaswant Chail crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Chail was arrested. Seen here moments later, he had used a rope ladder to get into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, iam here 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am here to kill the queen. Wearing this metal mask inspired by his obsessio
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. The heat is being driven by ongoing emissions of gases warming the atmosphere, as well as the Weather Event known as el nino. They say 2023 is now on track to be the warmest on record. Our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here. This sounds very sobering . It is sobering. September was 0. 93 celsius warmer than the average global temperature for the month, so almost a whole degrees celsius, huge margin when you remember it is an average across the whole globe. Normally we would expect variations of a small fraction of a degree between years and it comes after, as you said, the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer on record. July we saw the hottest day, then the hottest week, then the hottest month ever recorded with scientist saying they thought it was almost certainly they thought it w
By new zealand. On newsnight at10 30. The electorates verdict from a crucial scottish bar election will be in soon. What will it tell us about the prospects for labour and the snp . Stand by, your Election Night coverage starts here. Ukraine says at least 51 people, including an eight year old boy, have died in a russian attack on a village in the north east of the country. President zelensky described the attack as an act of russian terror. Ukraines Defence Ministry said there were no Military Targets in the area only civilians. Local Officials Say a cafe and a shop were hit in the village of hroza, south east of kharkiv during a wake for a local resident. There has been intense fighting in the region in recent weeks, with russia attempting to recapture territory it lost last year. Earlier, mr zelensky told a European Summit his country was defending itself against russia to ensure European Security and said if kyiv was not successful, then russia would turn its attention to nato memb
in a film career that spans six decades, sir ridley scott s made some of the biggest blockbusters of all time. he cut his teeth making high profile adverts, like this one for hovis. it was a grand ride back, though. just do a spin and walk backwards there without sliding and falling over. ..before turning his attention to the big screen. the duellists in 1977 was his first film and was set in napoleonic france. his second feature alien made a star of its lead actor sigourney weaver, and opened doors in hollywood for its director. blade runner, thelma and louise, gladiator, black hawk down are just some of the film credits to his name. and now, in his 80s, ridley scott has returned to napoleonic france for his 28th movie, the epic napoleon. don t listen to advice, is that your advice? yes. you can only be your own critic. you can t say, what do you think? that s a disaster. i m the bbc s culture editor, katie razzall, and i sat down with the acclaimed director ahead of t
in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, has denied they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. his comments came after the washington post said that israel, hamas and the united states were close to an agreement on the release of women and children. the united nations secretary general