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welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland, which is sending lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky. let s take you straight to these live pictures from south western iceland as the volcano continues to spew jets of molten lava from a crack in the earth that s now several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot spot, not far from the capital, reykyavik. experts say the eruption could last weeks or maybe even months. this is the moment the volcano erupted late on monday, captured on webcam by the icelandic broadcaster ruv, as smoke and fiery lava lit up the night sky. and look at these pictures, caught by an eyewitness from their phone as they were driving past the volcano. very dramatic indeed. scientists are continuing to monitor the explosion from the air and land. they had predicted an eruption after detecting intense seismic activity over the past few weeks
engagement with students, teachers, families, support staff and communities that rely on our education system. we remain committed to investing £1 billion over the course of this parliament over the course of this parliament over to tackle the poverty related attainment gap. this long term targeted investment improves targeted investment im proves outcomes targeted investment improves outcomes for our children and young people and helps break the cycle of poverty, with recent statistics showing record levels of literacy and numeracy attainment and primary school level and improvement in secondary. as part of this, £130 million of people equity funding will continue to empower head teachers across scotland to invest in the best approaches to improving literacy, numeracy and health and well being of the children and young people in their schools. we will continue to provide £1455 million to councils to maintain teachers in the system and enable councils to offer permanent c
it s been another day of unrelenting chaos for the british prime minister, liz truss, and her government. it was just after ii:00pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of suella bravermann, the home secretary. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public, containing sweeping criticism of the government. there were also angry scenes in the commons, where senior ministers were accused of manhandling tory mps to make sure they backed the government in a test of loyalty. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is that
at the next election. and coming up at 8.30 who are sport s environmental champions? a special programme from the inaugural bbc green sports awards. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who were killed by an explosion at a petrol station in a village in county donegal. the victims include a 39 year old woman and her 13 year old son, and 50 year old man and his five year old daughter. police also confirmed that a man in his 20s remains in hospital in a critical condition. seven other people who were injured in the explosion are still being treated in hospital and remain in a stable condition. our ireland correspondent, chris page has been at the scene. this has been a day when this community has been contemplating the scale of the losses that occurred here in a split second on friday afternoon. as you could see behind me the petrol station where the explosion happened is less busy, they are now just two there are