it comes as the white house imposes new sanctions on israeli settlers accused of harrassing and attacking palestinians. we'll be live in washington. also tonight... last summer's uk air traffic control meltdown — now we know what went wrong. rishi sunak says there'll be no general election on may second — the same day as the local elections. at the fashion bible, british vogue, we speak to its first black female editor. and another female first — as anna wells scales all scotland's mountains above 3,000 feet in one winter season. 0n bbc london, skyrocketing service charges are leaving some londoners 0n newsnight at10.30... the government has updated the definition of extremism, but who decides what individuals and groups are extremist, and what if they get it wrong? we'll ask a government mp how it's supposed to work.

good evening. one of the most prominent figures in american politics, the majority leader in the senate, has called for new elections in israel. chuck schumer says prime minister benjamin netanyahu has "lost his way" and accused him of pushing support for israel "to new lows". mr schumer, a democrat, and the highest—ranking jewish official in america, also called for the palestinian authority president, mahmoud abbas, to step down, saying a "new generation of leaders was needed, to work towards peace". all this comes as the us imposed sanctions on three extremist israeli settlers in the occupied west bank, who've been accused of harassing and attacking palestinians. the settler movement is controversial with many countries, including the uk, which sees israel as an occupying power,

and the settlements as illegal. israel disputes this. west bank violence has surged since the start of the gaza war, triggered by hamas�*s attack on israel on october seventh. the us and uk have already imposed financial restrictions on some israeli settlers, as lucy williamson now reports, from zanuta in the southern hebron hills. dog barks. woman screams. yinon levi says he's never been violent towards his palestinian neighbours... shouting. ..that he is the victim of attacks, not the perpetrator. the us and uk governments say different. so does fares, a palestinian shepherd who says he was forced out of his home in a village overlooking levi's farm. translation: some people were afraid of him, but my wife wasn't. _

he told her, "you will get out." and she shouted and swore at him that we won't. he said, "you are dogs and you should all die." then he hit her with his gun. yinon levi established this hilltop farm near hebron three years ago with the financial backing of the state. he's now the target of sanctions by america and the uk. translation: when there is jewish presence, then there _ is no arab presence. we keep a watchful eye on the land, ensuring that no unauthorised construction takes place, keeping the area under jewish ownership. we showed yinon this video of him apparently entering a palestinian village with a gun. he declined to comment. britain said that he and another man used physical aggression, threatened families at gunpoint and destroyed property, as part of a targeted effort to displace palestinian communities. yinon says he didn't.

translation: i'm not worried. this is not against me personally. it's against those who obstruct the creation of a palestinian state. there's no legal process against me here in israel. here, everything's fine. and in the end, the government is on my side. there's been a show of support from some israeli politicians, like the ultra nationalist zvi sukkot, a settler himself. you say it's just a few people. the uk says israel's failure to act has led to an environment of near total impunity for extremist settlers in the west bank. translation: when we have a functioning judicial system | in israel, we don't want our allies to say we'll do the job for you. i if there was evidence against yinon levi, . he would be in israeli prison. who is britain to comel and say we are smarter than israeli security services? new us sanctions today target another farm

belonging to moshe sharvit. his crowdfunding campaign for a synagogue and education centre there now at risk. yinon levi's israeli bank account blocked weeks ago. a far right cabinet minister has raged against the insult to israel's sovereignty. but it will please some of the us president's voters back home. the un says more than 15,000 palestinians were displaced from their homes in the west bank last year, 80% of them after the gaza war began. the sanctions have not led fares to return home. his village of zanuta still stands empty, the levi farm clearly visible on the next hill. settlers point to attacks by palestinians and say they are scared. but it's palestinians who are leaving. lucy williamson, bbc news, south hebron hills.

let's go to washington and speak to nomia iqbal about the comments from chuck schumer today. 0ne one wonders 0ne wondersjust one wonders just how serious these comments are from chuck schumer, a very senior political figure about benjamin netanyahu apparently losing his way? i benjamin netanyahu apparently losing his wa ? ~ �* , benjamin netanyahu apparently losing hiswa? ~ 3 ._ benjamin netanyahu apparently losing hiswa? ~ �*, ., ., his way? i think it's really hard to overstate just _ his way? i think it's really hard to overstate just how _ his way? i think it's really hard to overstate just how extraordinary l his way? i think it's really hard to i overstate just how extraordinary the comments are by mr schumer. look, there is rising public anger over there is rising public anger over the death toll in gaza. you have progressives within the democratic party who have long called for a ceasefire. you have those who are staunch supporters of israel, and that includes mr schumer, who has embraced israel and his decades long career, but in a speech here at the capitol he said there are four obstacles in the way of peace in israel, gaza and the west bank. he said, number one, hamas and the palestinians that support them,

number two, palestinians that support them, numbertwo, radical palestinians that support them, number two, radical right—wing israelis in government and society, number three, the presidents of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas, and this. the fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists. the reaction has been pretty divisive amongst democrats and republicans. you've also got israel, washington's ambassador in israel saying the comments were unhelpful. in terms of president biden, he has not specifically commented on what mr schumer has said, but the white house did say mr schumer is entitled to his opinions. however, what he said does not represent the administration's position on israel. nomia iqbal, thank you, live on capitol hill. the chaos was extensive.

around three quarters of a million passengers were affected by last august bank holiday's air traffic control meltdown. flights into and out of british airports were badly hit, leaving people stranded all over the world. now a report from the civil aviation authority says the problems were made worse because engineers were on call — but not on site to deal with the mess. here's katy austin. it was the major meltdown that triggered flight chaos on the busy august bank holiday monday, causing misery for nearly 750,000 passengers. we've booked to take the kids to dublin for the day, and just got here and told it's been cancelled. had to fork out nearly £1000 for a hotel for the next four nights. here's how it unfolded. just after 8:30am that morning, nats' automatic system became confused by a flight plan and responded by shutting down. staff now had the process flight plans manually, which takes much longer. four hours of data is kept in the system as a buffer, but the clock was ticking to try and fix it. around 9am, nats engineers contacted a more specialist colleague who was on call remotely

because it was a bank holiday. an hour later, it was decided they should go in. they didn't arrive until around 11:16am. another more senior engineer was also contacted. by lunchtime, delays were mounting up and cancellations had started. queues had built up at airports. here's edinburgh. nats eventually called in the software manufacturer, and six hours after the technical issue had begun, the system could operate normally again. gradually flight restrictions were eased, but that was far from the end of the story. there were mass cancellations. 0ur flight's been rescheduled| for this afternoon, but there's other flights here that have been cancelled going into _ london, so we're just i hoping to get out today. passengers found airports, hotels and crucially alternative flights home had quickly become full. some people ended up stranded abroad for days. easyjet cancelled my flight on monday, and they have booked me to return back on the 8th of september. i am more than 17 weeks pregnant now. they weren't able to book us

anything until thursday morning. a new report says there had been a lack of planning for an incident like this. airlines racked up tens of millions of pounds in costs. they said today nats' basic resilience planning and procedures were wholly inadequate. nats said it had already made improvements. a final report is due later this year. katy austin, bbc news. at least 60 people are reported to have died trying to cross the mediterranean from libya. around 25 people were rescued from the overcrowded inflatable, saying the engine cut out three days into the crossing, leaving them drifting for without food and water. the survivors are being taken to italy. nick beake is in brussels for us. another tragedy, it seems in the mediterranean.— another tragedy, it seems in the mediterranean. yes, some really distressing _ mediterranean. yes, some really distressing details _ mediterranean. yes, some really distressing details here, - mediterranean. yes, some really distressing details here, clive. i mediterranean. yes, some really i distressing details here, clive. the vessel was spotted by a french

charity that tries to rescue people at sea and they released this video in which you see the 25 survivors. they said they had been at sea for a week. they were then taken to a bigger rescue vessel. they were given blankets and other sort of support and it was at this point that they said that during the course of their voyage some 60 of their fellow passengers had actually died from hunger and dehydration along the way, including a baby and her mother. tonight, the survivors are still at sea hoping to be able to make their way to italy. now, i've been talking to the european union's border agency frontex and they've confirmed to me tonight that one of the aircraft on the day that this vessel set off, that they actually spotted a vessel overcrowded with more than 50 people on board. this was within libya's international zone of rescue. frontex are saying they contacted the libyan authorities, the italian authorities and the maltese authorities. if there was some sort

of official rescue attempt we certainly don't know about it and the thing is these sort of attempted cross things are happening all the time. the united nations said last year 3000 people died trying to cross the mediterranean, the highest figure since 2017, and the thing is the true figures are thought to be much, much higher. the united nations have told us tonight that they fear that this year it could be a record—breaking one for all the wrong reasons. a record-breaking one for all the wrong reasons.— a record-breaking one for all the wrong reasons. indeed, ok, thank ou, nick wrong reasons. indeed, ok, thank you, nick beake, _ wrong reasons. indeed, ok, thank you, nick beake, live _ wrong reasons. indeed, ok, thank you, nick beake, live in _ wrong reasons. indeed, ok, thank you, nick beake, live in brussels. | a 17—year—old boy has admitted killing a schoolgirl, who was stabbed at a bus stop in south london last september. elianne andam, who was 15, was attacked in croydon on her way to school. at the old bailey, the teenager, who can't be named because of his age, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder. the plea was not accepted by prosecutors, and he'll stand trial in november. the government has released a new definition of extremism, which ministers say is to stop the promotion of hatred, violence and intolerance.

it's part of a promise to tackle what ministers say is an "increased threat" to the uk. the new terminology will be used to assess whether groups or organisations are eligible to receive public funding or support. critics, however, argue that freedom of speech and the right to public protest could be affected. here's damian grammaticas. they chant. conflict in the middle east driving polarization here. the government says it's not seeking to stop protests or curb free speech, but it needs to deal with groups whose actions, while lawful, are a threat to democracy. so this isn't a new law. but michael gove will have the power to label groups extremist, cut them off from contact with government or any funding. 0ur definition will not affect gender critical campaigners, those with conservative religious beliefs, trans activists, environmental protest groups. but the government cannot be in a position where, unwittingly or not, we sponsor, subsidise or support in any way

organisations and individuals opposed to the freedoms we hold dear. we need much stronger action to tackle the corrosive forms of hatred that devastate lives and corrode communities. but today's statement does not go far enough. and regardless of how workable and effective this new definition and centre of excellence is, this announcement will not be enough. the new definition, like the old one, says extremists aim to undermine or replace the uk's system of democracy or destroy fundamental rights and freedoms. what it adds is that they promote an ideology based on violence or intolerance, and it can be by creating a permissive environment for others. mr gove named two groups he said promote neo—nazi ideology and three, he claimed, have islamist views. he'll assess them to see if action is needed. i fear that the definition, though well—intentioned, lands in no man's land. not going far enough to tackle

the real extremists. not doing enough to protect the non extremists, those people who are simply expressing contrarian views. 0ne, mend, says its aim is to advocate for muslim communities and tackle islamophobia. are you extremists? we're not at all. we've worked with with police forces. muslim organisations, non—muslim organisations. and we definitely don't fall into the new extremism definition that michael gove has put forward. so if he puts you on this list, you will take him to court? we will. we've already sent legal notice to his department. in north london this evening, a multi—faith gathering to break today's ramadan fast. here they say the government hasn't done enough to consult with communities who have a stake in this. it will divide because it won't create a sense in which everyone is being treated equal. to impose something in this wayjust feels to me to be the,

not the right way to do it, especially at the moment. the government says this is about protecting communities, but controversial, too, is that it'll take just the decision of a minister to put a group on the list, but an expensive high court challenge to get off it. david grammaticus, bbc news in north london. there've been claims the conservative party has received further donations from the businessman frank hester, whose alleged comments about the mp diane abbott have been described by rishi sunak, as "racist" and "wrong . iain watson is at westminster. any response from the conservative party to this?— party to this? yes, but it's a re party to this? yes, but it's a pretty short _ party to this? yes, but it's a pretty short one. _ party to this? yes, but it's a pretty short one. we - party to this? yes, but it's a pretty short one. we asked l party to this? yes, but it's a - pretty short one. we asked about these claims, they gave us a one line statement. it says deplorable donations will be published by the electoral commission in the usual way. what does that mean? we know frank hester gave £10 million to conservatives last year but the

electoral commission hasn't published any political donations for 202a. we won't get that information untiljune but what is running in westminster with a report by tortoise media. they say they can tow the sieves are sitting on an extra wad of cash from mr hester —— conservatives. mr hester himself in a newspaper interview didn't rule out further donations if it would help rishi sunak. talking of him, the prime minister tonight ruled out holding a general election on may two, that's the same day as local elections and seen as the most likely date for any early election. the general election is assumed to be held in the second half of the year but labour and the lib dems are accusing rishi sunak of bottling it.

thank you. the result of russia's three—day long presidential election, where polls opened earlier this evening, isn't in doubt. vladimir putin is expected to win, say his critics, because his most serious challengers are either in prison, in exile, or dead. victory would give him a fifth term in office, but what of the country he's ruled for nearly a quarter of a century? steve rosenberg has been to the town of borovsk, south of moscow, and found two very different slants on the state of modern russia. these days, when vladimir 0vchinnikov paints russia, the result is very dark. from a mountain of skulls and a dictator's ambition... to this — russia's war in ukraine likened to stalin's terror. the 86—year—old artist had taken his anti—war message onto the streets of borovsk, graffiti—ing, "stop the war." all these paintings were scrubbed out and vladimir fined twice for discrediting the russian army.

but he continues to speak out against the invasion of ukraine. translation: i believe that this is a crime against the territorial i integrity of a neighbouring country. it's a crime. and if i keep silent about it, it's like i'm condoning it. last month, after the death in prison of opposition leader alexei navalny, vladimir went into town. on this memorial to victims of political oepression, he painted mr navalny�*s face. it was quickly erased. but vladimir has created this navalny portrait at home. translation: where is russia heading? . some say we're on our way more repression. totalitarianism and to full dictatorship.

but there is another picture of russia. 0ne much brighter. the official version. the picture the authorities want russians to see is not of a country that is aggressive abroad and repressive at home, but a russia with a glorious past and a bright future. of heroes and patriots who not only love their country but also their current president. instead of dictatorship, it's devotion to the leader on state tv, and an action man president flying high and on course for an election landslide. mind you, vladimir putin faces no serious challenge. his fiercest critics are in excile or in prison, or in alexei navalny�*s case, dead. it's absolutely impossible to say about our presidential election that this election is fair and free. politician boris nadezhdin was barred from running in the election.

he claims it was because his anti—war message was growing too popular with the public. in russia we have propaganda and we have a myth that everybody in russia supports putin and everybody in russia supports the special military operation. it's really not the fact and my election campaign shows that a lot of people against putin's politics and a lot of people against the special military operation. but he's on the ballot. although when i caught up with the communist candidate nikolai kharitonov, he praised putin. "vladimir putin," he said, "is consolidating the nation for victory." and back in borovsk, many seem to believe that. "i hope putin wins," ludmilla says. "although we do have talented leaders who could run the country in an emergency."

a putin—less russia means an emergency? now that is a picture the kremlin will be more than happy to see painted. steve rosenberg, bbc news, borovsk. from 1920s starlets, to the supermodels of the �*90s, the fashion bible, british vogue has seen it all. now, the glossy magazine has a new boss. chioma nnadi has replaced edward enninful, to be become the first ever black woman to sit in the editor's chair. ahead of her first publication, noor nanji has been to meet her. style, famous faces, outlandish outfits. for decades, vogue and its editors have informed us of the biggest fashion trends. now the british magazine has a new woman in charge determined to make her mark. yeah, his show was one of the best. you're the first woman of colour to hold this post.

what does that mean to you? it's obviously an incredible honour. and i think, thinking about the sort of younger baby chioma, thinking about what she might have thought and i know how meaningful it is for, for younger people to see someone like me, who looks like me, in a position like this. my first childhood memories is just fixating on a pair of shiny shoes, these patent leather shoes, when i was a kid. and ijust remember getting my dad to buy them because my mum wouldn't. and ifeel that getting dressed is one of the mostjoyful things i get to do every day and i like to bring a sense of colour and joy and optimism. chioma spent the last 1a years working at vogue in new york before returning to london, where she grew up. the thing i brought to american vogue was a sense of british style and that eccentricity and that sense of cherry picking from different things. and i think leaving the uk made me realisejust how much of a london girl i was.

i really love this cover image. for her debut issue, nnadi chose to feature the singer fka twigs — a nod to her early days as a musicjournalist. that colour was all over the runways this season. the magazine circulation has remained steady over recent years, but it does still face challenges. vogue has been criticised for being out of touch and for displaying fashion that is unaffordable to most people. what would you say to that? for me, when i open a magazine, that's really what i want to see. and there is obviously a fantasy aspect of fashion, and that's obviously what drew me in, too, as a young person. and how would your colleagues describe you? are you sort of a terrifying, devil wears prada type editor, or are you more easygoing? i hope i'm not terrifying. i would say i'm pretty easygoing, but i also have a really strong sense of what i like. her new chapter starts now as she takes the helm of the industry's fashion bible. nora nanji, bbc news.

elon musk�*s spacex company has successfully tested a rocket in space as it aims to make a reusable craft for taking people to the moon. the starship rocket broke up as it headed back to earth, but that hasn't stopped the mission from being declared a success, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. new objectives that'll eventually get us to that glorious, rapid, reusable future... twice before, starship blew upjust minutes after launch. was this going to be third time lucky? so far, so good. we are feeling the rumble. we are seeing 33 out of 33 raptor engines ignited. and now the critical part, where it blew up before — the successful separation of the upper and lower sections. 0k, we got a starship on its way to space and a booster on the way back to the gulf. oh, man, i need a moment to pick my jaw up from the floor because - these views are just stunning.

and here's a view of the lower section falling back to earth. but then, communication is lost. and acquisition of signal, we'll see if we can get some other video... but back in space, it's all going fine, and the upper section begins reentry into the earth's atmosphere. this is where the earth's atmosphere is doing the work to slow us down. its heat shield red—hot, until its signal is lost. again, this is the furthest and fastest that _ starship has ever flown. but overall, it's been a good day for the flight team. looks like success today. they haven't managed to bring the booster back, but that's, i think, a readily solvable problem with a few more trials. and it looks like the starship activities in orbit have gone very well. things keep going wrong because spacex is testing brand—new technologies, but each time, they get a little bit further. starship is absolutely enormous.

it's 120 metres tall — that's nearly 400 feet. the rocket has two main parts. at the bottom is the super—heavy booster, which is incredibly powerful with its 33 engines. on top is a spacecraft, which can carry cargo or a crew of an astonishing 100 people. and what makes it really special is that in theory, both parts are reusable. the eventual aim is to build a spacecraft able to send astronauts back to the moon... ..and maybe one day take them to mars. pallab ghosh, bbc news. a mountaineerfrom inverness, has become the first woman to reach the top of all of scotland's 282 mountains, in one winter season, that are higher than 3000 feet. they're known as munros, and anna wells, took 83 days to complete what is called

the winter munro round, finishing on cairngorm. last night on cairngorm mountain, surrounded by friends and family, i completed my goal of climbing all 282 munros in a single winter season. i finished a week early, matching the 83—day record set by martin moran in 1985. vlog: cheering the combination of total euphoria, sleep deprivation and extreme wind made it a surreal moment i will neverforget. in my longest day, i climbed ten munros in 19 hours and 64 kilometres. vlog: it's absolutely freezing! laughter i got every variety of winter weather, and ten named storms hit the uk during the first month. i had many moments where i was alone in the dark, deep in the mountains, battling through blizzards and wading through snow. but i also had many glorious, sunny days, skipping along snowy ridgelines and laughing with friends, witnessing breathtaking sunrises and sunsets that will stay in my memory forever.

people have been asking me how i found the determination to keep going day after day. but to be honest, i woke up almost every day feeling excited to go into the mountains and i feel like i've just had the best three months of my life. some amazing pictures. an amazing job. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz. it didn't rain for how much. a bit of a mixed bag.— of a mixed bag. today the temperature _ of a mixed bag. today the temperature in _ of a mixed bag. today the temperature in the - of a mixed bag. today the - temperature in the south-east, in temperature in the south—east, in london, reached 18 celsius. but it wasn't the case everywhere. in the lowlands of scotland it was raining and about 5 degrees. what's in store for tomorrow? rain at times, some bright spells, if you are popping out, i would take a brolly, you might need it. the forecast through the night, extensive cloud and rain

across scotland, heavy rain through the lake district and through the morning, heavy showers reaching southern parts of the uk but really mild first thing. 11 degrees in london, double figures for liverpool, scotland cooler. low pressure is crossing the country during friday so that means rising air, cloud building, some of the coal producing hefty showers, there could even be some cracks of thunder. further north, thicker cloud, more persistent rain but notice the winds, they are coming in from the north so temperatures of only 7 degrees in aberdeen, 10 degrees in the lowlands of scotland but in yorkshire southwards, temperatures in the mid—teens. early saturday, perhaps for an early run, a touch of frost in one or two spots. saturday, a little bit of a question as to how quickly that rain will reach eastern parts but your best bet for sunshine is across

scotland. aberdeen fresh but sunny. the