in the last few days. new zealand s jacinda ardern says she feels sad but relieved, after announcing her resignation as prime minister. and, the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s british academy film awards. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:00pm in los angeles where we begin our programme with the news that the hollywood actor alec baldwin is to be charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the cinematographer halyna hutchins who was shot dead on the set of the film, rust. the film s armourer, who was responsible for the weapon, will face the same charge, after a gun that the actor discharged on set was found to contain live ammunition. halyna hutchins family say the charges are warranted and that no one should be above the law. sophie long has the latest from los angeles. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after
yes. so, in summary, what is it? so, what happened was, last month, the scottish parliament, by a pretty big majority, passed this legislation and the legislation, this gender bill, seeks to remove administrative and medical barriers to changing the sex on your birth certificate. that s basically what it does. it s passed the scottish parliament and it was waiting to be given the rubber stamp by the king, royal assent. but, crucially, while the issue of trans rights is devolved to the scottish parliament, the issue of equalities is something that s decided at westminster on behalf of england, scotland and wales and the uk government says, hang on a minute, we think those two clash. and there s a line in the rule book that set up devolution a quarter of a century ago that allows us, they say, to pull this trigger and stop that proposed law becoming law and getting royal assent. that s what they ve done and it s caused one heck of a row. right, well, let s chat a bit more a
james, welcome back to newscast. this week we have three guests. for the price of one. shadow education ministerfor for the price of one. shadow education minister for labour. and the snp deputy leader in the house of commons. find and the snp deputy leader in the house of commons. and we will talk about the house of commons. and we will talk about this the house of commons. and we will talk about this issue - the house of commons. and we will talk about this issue that. will talk about this issue that has dominated our lives. which is this coming together of two very knotty and complex and controversial issues. one of which is the uk constitution, which we ll come to in a minute, but the other of which is this planned law that the scottish government s been working on for a long time around trans rights.
james, welcome back to newscast. this week we have three guests. for the price of one. shadow education ministerfor for the price of one. shadow education minister for labour. and the snp deputy leader in the house of commons. and and the snp deputy leader in the house of commons. and we will talk about the house of commons. and we will talk about this the house of commons. and we will talk about this issue - the house of commons. and we will talk about this issue that. will talk about this issue that has dominated our lives. which is this coming together of two very knotty and complex and controversial issues. one of which is the uk constitution, which we ll come to in a minute, but the other of which is this planned law that the scottish government s been working on for a long time around trans rights.