destroying property is not a peaceful protest. this is the seen live at the ucla campus were parts of the encampment are still being carried away. scotland is set for a new first minister asjohn swinney is expected to become leader of the snp. a man's charged with murder following the sword attack in london in which a teenage boy was killed. also coming up on the world today... birthday girl, a new image is released of princess charlotte as the young royal turns nine. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc.

president biden has condemned the violence and unrest on university campuses across america during pro—palestinian protests. his remarks come as police in los angeles cleared an encampment at the university of california. after a tense late night standoff, hundreds of riot police fired rubber bullets to dismantle barricades surrounding the encampment. it's the latest flashpoint in an eruption of protest over israel's war against hamas in gaza. officers in riot gear descended on the camp less than 2a hours after it was violently attacked. they tore down wooden barriers around the protest and dragged tents and equipment away. the police used tear gas and some fireworks were thrown by the protesters. this all happened in the very early morning in la in a really tense atmosphere. there were loud bangs and thick smoke as police fired flares and stun grenades. dozens of students have been

detained some reportedly injured. let's ta ke let's take another look at the pictures, live from the ucla campus. a lot carmen now than it was a few hours ago. our understanding is that something in the region of more than 100 students were detained, arrested. —— a lot calmer now. president biden has told demonstrators they have the right to freedom of speech but not to cause chaos. peaceful protest in america. violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. it's against the law when violence occurs. destroying property is not a peaceful protest. it's against the law. vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations. none of this is a peaceful protest. threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. it's against the law. dissent is essential to democracy.

but dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester and their college education. emma vardy was at ucla when the police went in and sent this report. after midnight, the first signs police had begun to execute their operation. chanting: we are not leaving! despite building a makeshift fortress around them, the protesters' barricades were overpowered. we are seeing police now going into one side of the encampment, and it looks like they are starting to tear tents down. it became clear the encampment was unlikely to last the night. hundreds of police formed a ring of steel, while others systematically took ground. a large number of officers are gradually making their way further in, and they are setting off a volley of flash bangs here

to disrupt the crowd as they do it. the deafening police grenades continued for much of the operation. some protesters claimed officers had fired at them with rubber bullets. butjust before dawn, their task was almost complete. in a matter of hours, police have now dismantled and flattened much of this encampment, and the last remaining protesters are now being detained and taken away. it is being reported that more than 100 arrests were made. bbc news, can you give a reaction to what has happened tonight? expected, they're cops. why did you want to be here? are you a student here? no. what do you feel you have achieved with this? president biden says that students have a right to protest but not to break the law. the university hasn't yet commented. by morning, this is what remained of the encampment that occupied

the main quad of ucla for more than a week. police operations across the us have demonstrated that encampments will not be tolerated for long. here, it has disrupted many students' exam week. it may still be some time before this campus returns to normality. emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. the clear continues and most of the encampment at ucla has been dismantled —— dismantled in the last few protesters are being detained and led away. hundred of police are still on on site. in the previous hour, i asked emma to describe the situation at the ucla campus now. the operation continued for several hours leading right up to dawn. police moved in in the early hours of the morning, a massive police operation took place here and systematically, they formed this ring of steel around the encampment, around the campus and then officers moved in at breaking through the barricades and gradually dismantling tents pushing protesters back and making a lot of arrests. it seems

more than 200 arrests were made last night. at the moment, there is still a bit of clean—up operation going on. there are no more protesters left in the encampment itself, but lots of debris and broken tents around. 50 bit of a clean—up operation still to go. there have still been some protesters holding a demonstration at the university, but the encampment, as far as that existed, pretty well dug in, is now gone. you would expect from the police's perspective they would see this as a success because once the operation got under way last night, they had the momentum, they were able to break through the protester�*s barricades and little by little it became clear that encampment was not going to last until the morning. the protest at dozens of universities have posed a challenge to university administrators who are trying to balance the right to free speech with complaints of criminal activity, anti—semitism and hate speech. at the dallas site of the university of texas for example,

police arrested at least 17 people and removed and encampment. on tuesday, police cleared out demonstrators at columbia university in new york. tom bateman is at a jail in texas where some of the protesters are being held. this is the detention _ protesters are being held. this is the detention facility, _ protesters are being held. this is the detention facility, you - protesters are being held. this is the detention facility, you can . protesters are being held. this is| the detention facility, you can see how the protesters moved from the campus to this particular site. the protesters say that 21 of the demonstrators were detained by the police yesterday. i was just chatting to one here who says that people have been released so far today. they're being held on criminal trespass charges according to the protesters. these are similar seems that we saw in austin, texas earlier this week after protests encampment was pulled away their by the state troopers. with all the protests effectively shift to the jail. here, they have been saying that these are political prisoners. they want them all released and they are accusing the texas authorities

of racism in the way that they targeted this protest. i think it is a clear example of the way in which the attention of the state onto the campus protests in the way it was done yesterday, the way the texas troopers moved in, has effectively both shifted the locations of some of these anti—war protests, but also added to their intensity. but we saw yesterday was a peaceful protest that was broken up with the encampment removed by riot police. that really added to the energy of the protests had after that. it moved on to a different part of the campus and now it has spread here with more attention focused on the state local authorities as he was seeing a shifting dynamics because of the way the authorities here in texas are targeting the protest encampments. asum texas are targeting the protest encampments. texas are targeting the protest encamments. u, , ,., ., encampments. our correspondent tom bateman in texas _ encampments. our correspondent tom bateman in texas there. _ encampments. our correspondent tom bateman in texas there. next,? - the former deputy first minister of scotland, john swinney, could become the country's next first minister.

it's after his main rival for thejob, kate forbes, confirmed that she would not challenge him for the scottish national party leadership. this morning, mr swinney announced his intention to succeed humza yousaf and offered ms forbes a "significant" role in his government. here's mr swinney, announcing his candidacy earlier. my message is crisp and simple. i'm stepping forward to bring the snp together, to deliver economic growth and socialjustice, to deliver the very best future for everyone in a modern, dynamic, diverse scotland. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. i invite everyone in the snp and in our country who wants tojoin me in thatjourney to do so now. thank you very much. applause our scotland political correspondent, david henderson has been following developments at holyrood in edinburgh. people will rendering who, if anyone is going to step forward to seek the

nomination to become snp leader and the next first minister of scotland. because it had not happened then, yet now, we are in a situation where it is, in effect, all over, bar the shouting. john swinney of course has been working away behind—the—scenes over recent days putting together a strong team of supporters in the scottish cabinet here and among senior mps at westminister. then of course he launched at that barn eventin course he launched at that barn event in edinburgh, today launching his campaign setting out why he wanted the topjob. his campaign setting out why he wanted the top job. that seemed to go down pretty well and he was crafty with his tactics as well. because in addition to wife saying he wants of the job, he also said he wanted to reach out to his main rival for the wanted to reach out to his main rivalfor thejob. wanted to reach out to his main rivalforthejob. he wanted to reach out to his main rivalfor thejob. he said he wanted to reach out to his main rival for the job. he said he was impressed by her and he wanted her working with him at the top level of government. immediately he gave her

a reason for not standing. within just a matter of a few hours we got a statement from kate forbes confirming that she supported john swinney, that she would not stand and that she supported his plans to return the snp, in her words, to govern from the written stream. so therefore in effect, he basically had neutralised his opponent and sewn up the leadership all in one day. so it is potentially possible that someone make come forward and challenge them. nominations do not close until monday. so there could be somebody from the snp grassroots who could come forward and say that they are not happened with the prospect of the coronation. that they want a contest instead. it may be a disgruntled backbencher here at holyrood. who knows? will have to wait and see. if by lunchtime on monday there is no one looking to challengejohn swinney monday there is no one looking to challenge john swinney then monday there is no one looking to challengejohn swinney then we see a sequence of events. he would be declared the winner of the contest

and that humza yousaf, the current first minister, because of the king and set down formally. at that point in time, john swinney would seek approvalfrom the in time, john swinney would seek approval from the parliament to in time, john swinney would seek approvalfrom the parliament to be approved as first minister and then would get on with the business of government. i was to take you straight to the georgian capital of the police see. you will be aware protests have been taking place over the last few nights. arnesen is thousands of protesters have blocked a key intersection of the capital city of tblisi. these are ongoing purchase over a law which is making its way through the georgian parliament at the moment. it is known as the foreign agents bill. which basely requires organisations which get more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence. concerns we have heard in the country that this is cutting free speech in the country. we'll have plenty more on that during the programme —— tbilisi.

still to come on the world today. original artwork for the harry potter book up for auction, it's not cheap. and piecing history together to reconstruct a 75 thousand—year—old neanderthal woman around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news.

a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of 14—year—old daniel anjorin in north—east london. daniel was on his way to school when he was fatally stabbed in hainault on tuesday. marcus monzo, who's 36, also faces several other charges including two counts of attempted murder. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. marcus monzo arrived at court in central london with heavy security. the dual brazilian—spanish 36—year—old is accused of murdering

14—year—old daniel anjorin on tuesday in hainault. the court heard more details about what the prosecutor described as horrific offences. at 6:16, a van was driven at speed, knocking over one of the victims. mr monzo is then said to have slashed him with a samurai sword in the neck. 15 minutes later, it's alleged he forced his way into a house where a four—year—old and her parents were sleeping, attacking a man in the bedroom, saying he would cause him harm if "you don't believe in god". it's alleged that then, in the street, he ran up behind daniel anjorin as he walked to school, slashing him in the neck and stabbing him, and then hid in the bushes and attacked a male and female police officer. today, the sister of the man attacked in his home said he was a hero for protecting his wife and child but faced a really long and traumatising recovery.

in court, marcus monzo, wearing a grey tracksuit, was flanked by security officers and held his left hand up against his chest throughout the seven—minute hearing. marcus monzo stood and spoke slowly in court as he gave his name. he is charged with seven offences — murder, two counts of attempted murder, two offences of grievous bodily harm, and possession of a samurai sword. on tuesday, hours after the attack, the police started searching the suspect�*s house in newham in east london. it was really, like, minding his own business, no space for interaction, he was always by himself, no girlfriend, no parties, no anyone, just him. daniel's family described the 14—year—old is a wonderful child, well loved and hard working, and that his death left a gaping wound in the family. a loss felt across the community.

the teenager, just steps from his home when he was killed. lucy manning, bbc news. to the middle east now and a special investigation by the bbc. since the october 7th hamas attacks on israel, the world has been focused on the actions of the israeli military in gaza. the west bank is another section of palestinian territory that has received less attention. it's home to 3 million palestinians and is partially run by the palestinian authority, but there has been an israeli military presence for decades. that military presence has drastically increased since the beginning of the war and violence has been surging. isobel yeung, josh baker and sara obeidat have uncovered new evidence about the killing of two boys by the israeli army. here's isobel yeung. you may find some images in her report distressing.

on the 29th of november last year, 15—year—old basil and eight—year—old adam were killed by israeli forces on a street injenin in the west bank. our team, in collaboration with bbc verify, have been piecing together what happened to them. we've been able to collect cctv footage and mobile phone footage, witness testimony and information about the movements of the military that day, and this has allowed us to create a timeline of those shootings. in the afternoon, a convoy of at least six israeli armoured vehicles were returning from a nearby raid. we've tracked their routes acrossjenin, which took them past the street where basil and adam were. the two boys and around seven friends were out on the street. cctv footage from a shop shows basil in the foreground here, holding something in his right hand and making a movement with it, with his left hand towards him. you can then see him shot and falling backwards. more bullets hit the ground nearby him.

video from another angle shows eight—year—old adam slightly further down that same street from basil. he's shot in the back of his head as he's trying to run away. he also falls — this time forwards — and is then dragged behind a car. we were also able to obtain another crucial video of this incident, which is a nearby boy who was filming on his phone at the time. he was able to capture one of the israeli military vehicles driving by. when this footage is slowed down and enhanced, it shows the driver's door opening. you can see that right here. the driver has a direct view of those boys. they're around 2a metres away from basil and 36 metres away from adam. we know that at least 11 shots were fired from the direction of the armoured vehicle because we examined the bullet strikes at the scene. we've also got hold of copies of basil and adam's medical reports,

and they show us that two bullets struck basil's chest and another one hit adam in the back of his head. now, the exact rules around when soldiers can and can't use lethal force in the west bank are secret, but some of the rules that apply elsewhere are public. guidelines of the israeli defense forces state that the use of lethal force must be a last resort and that it must be proportionate in relation to the danger, suggesting that basil and adam would have needed to pose a serious threat to soldiers. according to all the video evidence that we've examined, eight—year—old adam was not armed when he was shot in the back of his head. the israeli army has said that the suspects had been attempting to hurl explosives towards their forces, which put them in immediate danger. they also shared this annotated picture with us that they say shows an explosive device lying on the ground close to where basil was shot. the object looks consistent with a type of very small pipe bomb that is used in the west bank, but we can't fully

verify the image itself. we've shown our findings to international human rights experts. dr lawrence hill—cawthorne, the co—director of the centre for international law, told us... "the soldiers were in armoured vehicles. "even if there was a threat, they should have driven away "and planned an arrest, rather than defaulting to "apparently indiscriminate, lethal force, which is a violation "of international law." ben saul, the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, has told us that while there may be questions about the use of lethal force in basil's case, the killing of adam, in his view, appears to be a war crime. for viewers in the uk you can watch the full documentary on the iplayer now.

let's turn now to georgia where's there's been growing unrest surrounding a controversial piece of proposed legislation. let's bring you the live pictures from the georgian capital, tbilisi. you can see the cloud has been growing. we are being told by the reuters news agency that thousands of demonstrators have blocked a key intersection as these protests continue. protestors waved georgian and eu flags as they tried to block entrances to the buildings. police fired tear gas and water cannons at the crowds. clearly not happening at the moment, but i think you can see numbers seem to be building. these are pictures from tbilisi, the capital of georgia. let's take a look at the bill in more detail.

under the proposals, non—governmental organisations — known as ngos — and independent media would be required to register as organisations "bearing the interests of a foreign power" — if they receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors. they could be fined up to 25,000 georgian lari which is about 7,500 pounds if they don't share sensitive information and they would be monitored by georgia's justice ministry. at a rally on monday, the ruling georgian dream party's founder, bidzina ivanishvili, defended the bill and lashed out at the west. translation: funding from ngos which are often reproached _ translation: funding from ngos which are often reproached for— translation: funding from ngos which are often reproached for in _ translation: funding from ngos which are often reproached for in seen - translation: funding from ngos which are often reproached for in seen as - are often reproached for in seen as assistance from abroad almost entirely going to strengthen the agent cells and bringing them to power. therefore these funds have

nothing to do with assistance. on the contrary, their only goal is to take away state sovereignty from georgia. protests against the bill began in mid—april, with many georgians concerned that the government's measures diversification of georgia is ongoing. they're trying to establish russian dictator in georgia. unfortunately georgian lawmakers are participating in this policy pursuing policy in the country for years now. pursuing policy in the country for years nova— pursuing policy in the country for ears now. , ., . ., , years now. georgia will not give up whatever from _ years now. georgia will not give up whatever from the _ years now. georgia will not give up whatever from the european - years now. georgia will not give up. whatever from the european course, no russian _ whatever from the european course, no russian direction. this government will not be able to adopt this law _ government will not be able to adopt this law. we government will not be able to adopt this law. ~ u, government will not be able to adopt this law. ~ u, ., _ ., this law. we came here to say no to russian iaw- _ this law. we came here to say no to russian law. we _ this law. we came here to say no to russian law. we want _ this law. we came here to say no to russian law. we want to _ this law. we came here to say no to russian law. we want to be - this law. we came here to say no to russian law. we want to be free - this law. we came here to say no to| russian law. we want to be free and we want to be — russian law. we want to be free and we want to be in— russian law. we want to be free and we want to be in europe. _ un human rights chief has spoken about the issue, and asked georgia to withdraw

the draft law. separately, an eu official called the bill �*unacceptable'. we of course condemned the violence in the streets of tbilisi. our president has been very clear. there are concerning developments in terms of legislation. the law that is passed on transparency on second reading, as it stands, is unacceptable and will create very serious obstacles for the eu accession path. we will kee a for the eu accession path. we will keep a view _ for the eu accession path. we will keep a view on — for the eu accession path. we will keep a view on those _ for the eu accession path. we will keep a view on those live - for the eu accession path. we will keep a view on those live pictures| keep a view on those live pictures there from georgia. just before we 90, there from georgia. just before we go, can i bring you a very quick picture of rinse of charlotte. can we see quickly? oh we can't. we will shave in the next half—hour. stay with us on bbc news. —— show it. hello there. good evening. it was stormy last night across the south, around 4,000 lightning strikes recorded, and still the potential for more thunderstorms overnight tonight and throughout the day

tomorrow for some. once again, the best of the warmth and the sunshine for western areas of scotland. overnight tonight, we've still got that waving front across england and wales, lots of cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. watch out for some heavy, thundery showers pushing into lincolnshire in yorkshire by the time we get to tomorrow morning, perhaps. still with that onshore breeze for north sea—facing coasts, a misty start to the day. plenty of cloud here. and it's a frost—free start to the day tomorrow, of course, as well. now, through friday, we're going to see our waving front slowly push its way a little further northwards, introducing cooler—feeling conditions across the far south coast. but to start with, through the morning, there'll be outbreaks of rain. watch out for these thunderstorms tracking further northwards and westwards through the day, into north—west england, perhaps parts of northern ireland as well. it's a bright start to the day here, but it will cloud over through the afternoon. again, still that onshore breeze — cloudier, coolerfor north sea —facing coasts. a huge drop in temperature for east anglia between thursday and friday. highest temperatures, best of the sunshine across western areas of scotland once again, 21 or 22 degrees. now, as we head through saturday,

our front continues to push further northwards across scotland and northern ireland, so this is where we're likely to see more cloud across the north as we head through saturday. watch out for some showers as well. and i wouldn't totally rule out the possibility of some further showers across the south—east of england. perhaps the best of the sunshine will tend to be across northern england. temperatures more or less the seasonal average. and on saturday night into sunday, we start to see this area of low pressure roll in from the south—west, so possibly the focus for the showers, the cloud will tend to be out towards the south and the west, gradually pushing further northwards and eastwards through the day. so, again, more sunshine for northern england, perhaps more showers and cloud across northern scotland into northern ireland. but it's important not to take the graphics too literally at this stage through the bank holiday weekend, because they're still likely to change. it's a very messy picture all in all. what we do know is that there will be some sunshine at times and, of course, the sun fairly strong at this time of year,

so it will feel warm in the best of that, but expect to see more wet weather, showers and longer spells of rain, too. bye— bye.

this is the world today from bbc news. the headlines: president biden condemns the violence at protests against the war in gaza sweeping

universities across america. violent protest is not protected. peaceful protest is. it's against the law when violence occurs. destroying property is not a peaceful protest. this is the scene live at the ucla campus, where you can see tents still being cleared away. could magic mushrooms be an effective treatment against depression? we'll take a look at the latest study. recreating a face from the past — meet the woman who lived 75,000 years ago. we return to our main story this hour, where hundreds of police officers massed on the campus of the university of california in los angeles after issuing pro—palestinian protestors in an encampment with an order to disperse or face arrest. outside the camp, large crowds of students gathered to show their support.

demonstrations against the war in gaza are continuing