children aged three and eight being attacked with a corrosive substance which we now confirmed to be an alkaline. in the vicinity was at 35 year old male called abdul ezedi and he left the scene, but the injuries to the female and children they are in a stable condition but we are just they are in a stable condition but we arejust monitoring, they are in a stable condition but we are just monitoring, but they don t seem to be life threatening, but at this time they could be life changing. that mail was last seen in the north london area, and if you see him, there will be some images circulated later today, if you see him, i plead to not approach and. he is. call at 999. he has significant injuries to the right side of his face. the significant injuries to the right side of his face. significant injuries to the right side of his face. the bbc has also soken to side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the local side of h
absolutely clear that the scottish government remains committed to supporting and empowering the lgbtqi plus community, including trans people. we will continue to build on our work across government to strengthen this. we work closely with the lgbtqi plus stakeholder group to ensure the voices of those with the experience helps improve outcomes for these communities. we are also delivering the non binary equality action plan to improve conditions for non brenktey community in scotland and the plan includes actions on their way, such as meaningfully including non binary people in decision making. are committed to consulting on an into conversion practices for both sexual orientation and gender identity detailed proposals for legislative change will be published in the new year for the conversion practices which aim to change or suppress a person s sexual orientation or gender identity are destructive acts which violate human rights. we remain committed to our work with nhs sc
increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from substantial to severe , meaning an attack is considered highly likely. humza yousaf is confirmed as scotland s first minister, becoming the first person from an ethnic minority background in the role. hello and welcome. we start this hour in france, where another day of co ordinated, nationwide protests is very much under way, as unions continue to oppose president macron s pension reforms. over a million people took part in similar protests in the last week. we have seen extraordinary scenes again out on the streets. let s go to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield. immediately behind you, looking slightly quieter than the last time we spoke, but very much give us a sense of what has been going on and in different parts of the country of course as well. course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinerary course as well. yeah, we re at the end of the itinera
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex
welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s just arrived in the irish capital dublin. earlier he made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement in belfast 25 years after it was signed. he was greeted on the tarmac at dublin airport by the irish taoieseach leo varadkar. the pair then left in a motorcade, heading for co louth after the bad weather halted plans for the president to travel by helicopter. it s been a busy, busy day for the us president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. the president will not be visiting stormont is currently not functioning since the democratic unit is party withdrew support in post brexit trading arrangements. the president acknowledged differences but said he hoped to power sharing would resume. i differences but said he hoped to power-sharing would re