at least 300 and hand yourself in. at least 300 --eole and hand yourself in. at least 300 peeple andkenny _ and hand yourself in. at least 300 people andkenny are _ and hand yourself in. at least 300 people andkenny are injured - and hand yourself in. at least 300 people andkenny are injured in . and hand yourself in. at least 300| people andkenny are injured in the gas explosion and witnesses say they felt the ground shake. let's go back to one of our top stories today. the two teenagers who murdered 16—year—old brianna ghey last february have been sentenced to a minimum of 20 and 22 years in prison. eddie ratcliffe and scarlett jenkinson , who are both 16, stabbed her 28 times after luring her to a park near warrington in cheshire. scarlettjenkinson was given the longer of the sentences. let's talk to the former head of the law school at let's talk to the former head of the law school at the let's talk to the former head of the law school at the montford. let's talk to the former head of the law school at the montford. talk let's talk to the former head of the law school at the montford. talk is through the sentences because many may think that for murder a life sentence is obvious but these are young people who have been sentenced and that does complicate things doesn't it? ., �* ,

and that does complicate things doesn't it? . �* , . ., , doesn't it? that's right. the courts have a very — doesn't it? that's right. the courts have a very limited _ doesn't it? that's right. the courts have a very limited sentencing - doesn't it? that's right. the courts i have a very limited sentencing power in relation to murder generally and for 18—year—olds and above there is a mandatory sentence for those who commit murder of life imprisonment. the courts then are charged with setting a tariff. that is a minimum period that somebody would serve in prison following which they can then apply to the parole board for release. they will always be subject to a licence which means they can be recalled. but provided they are no longer a threat to the public they can be considered for release. for those under 18 and children the law is different. children who are convicted of murder are given a sentence known as being detained at his majesty's pleasure. it's the same thing really, it's a life sentence and again there is a

tariff. but the levels or time served the recommendation of the tariff is lower for children to take into account their lesser degree of culpability. in the sentencing remarks the judge referred to the levels of seriousness of the offence and then read off from there the starting point for his sentence. i wanted to ask you about that because for anyone who has been following this tragic story they might have heard the phrase aggravating factors been taught about in court. brianna ghey was transgender, that was given as an aggravating factor, you also mentioned the violent nature of this attack. can you talk to us about what is meant by aggravating factors and how that plays in to the decision thejudge and how that plays in to the decision the judge ultimately has to make. decision the 'udge ultimately has to

make. , . , , make. the sentencing regime is set u . make. the sentencing regime is set u- in uuite make. the sentencing regime is set up in quite a — make. the sentencing regime is set up in quite a strong _ make. the sentencing regime is set up in quite a strong framework - make. the sentencing regime is set up in quite a strong framework setl up in quite a strong framework set out in the sentencing act primarily and what the judge's role is they look first for the starting point for sentencing which is the idea it will reflect the seriousness of the offence so the more serious the offence so the more serious the offence the higher the starting point. and then having fixed the starting point you then look to the individual case and way in aggravating features which will increase the sentence from the starting point or mitigating factors which will decrease the sentence from the starting point. in fact the judge was careful to point out that she wasn't wanting to double count any of the factors involved so her first task was to set the starting point and she spoke in the sentencing remarks about the fact this was a killing would she talked

about initially as a sadistic motivation and she said that in itself is not enough, it needs to be sadistic conduct which takes it to that level of seriousness. on the other factor that can be wading in terms of assessing the starting point is if a murder that is aggravated by hostility, it can be racial or religious hostility or in this case it can be hostility directed to someone who has a transgender identity.— directed to someone who has a transgender identity. thank you very much. let's go to northern ireland now. party leaders and officials are meeting in belfast to discuss the key issues for an incoming government. the northern ireland assembly will sit on saturday to elect a government for the first time in two years after the british parliament agreed to alter

post—brexit trade rules to break a political stalemate. northern ireland is part of the uk with a devolved adminstration, but pro — british unionists are concerned the new arrangements could weaken the link with london. (dtl next) live now to stormont, we can speak to correspondent lewis vaughan—jones. what are we expecting? welcome to belfast. welcome to stormont. in 2a hours' time it will be a momentous moment here for the people of northern ireland. two key reasons. their politicians will be back to work for the first time in two years. the last two years, there has been no power—sharing here in northern ireland so basically civil servants have been running the show. after two years politicians will be back. the second big moment of symbolism tomorrow on saturday will be a new first minister and we will come onto that in a moment. i am on the steps of the storm and building.

all the way down there you can see that's called prince of wales avenue. the gates at the end a mile away from the steps. the white tents are broadcasting tents and our calcot —— colleagues from bbc northern ireland getting ready for tomorrow. this is the building itself. these rotating doors that all the security personnel are going through, if you go through those doors and to the left is the main assembly chamber and that is where so many significant moments will be taking place this time tomorrow. first of all they will elect a new speaker, that's the firstjob and that will happen. then they get to elect first minister and the deputy. the reason that is so crucial is because sinn fein at the last elections became the largest party and therefore earned the right to become or to hold the post of first minister. unionists in the deputy role. so symbolic big moment for northern ireland. with a couple of

caveats that i should mention. the first one and the main one is the fact the role of first minister and the deputy, although there is a difference in title, they have equal power. so basically nothing can happen without the agreement of both. you need both to sign off but it's still a significant moment. as for the entry for what the administration actually needs to do, you can imagine, politicians have not been here for two years and there is a lot to do. some big public sector pay issues to sort out. almost all areas of politics in all the departments, there is a big entry of things that need to be dealt with. they will require big sums of money as well. so that hard work effectively is expected to start on monday after the powerful symbolism of saturday.

let's turn to a developing story out of kenya — at least three people are now confirmed to have died in a huge gas explosion in the kenyan capital, nairobi. these pictures show the aftermath and the scale of the destruction caused. more than two hundred were injured in the blast which took place just before midnight. a government spokesperson said gas cylinders were being refilled when the fire broke out. the blast happened in a residential area, and firefighters and emergency services have been on the scene. earlier i spoke to our correspondence who gave us the latest. in correspondence who gave us the latest. , ., .,, correspondence who gave us the latest. , ., ., ., latest. in terms of those who are in'ured latest. in terms of those who are injured latest _ latest. in terms of those who are injured latest now— latest. in terms of those who are injured latest now is _ latest. in terms of those who are injured latest now is that - latest. in terms of those who are injured latest now is that the - injured latest now is that the number is closer to 300. the authorities have confirmed 280 people sustained injuries after that incident that occurred yesterday. they are being treated in various hospitals. some of them have been released to go home and rest after recuperating but this is something we continue to monitor. the authorities have called in the area, it's not easy to access it at the

moment and they continue to carry out the investigation. information is continuing to emerge about what happened yesterday and that incident when a lorry carrying gas cylinders at an illegal refilling and storage lpg station burst into is —— flames and those gas cylinders were propelled into the sky into buildings and so forth and the residents who lived around that area which is not the right way to be in terms of a set of because this is an industrial set up in a residential area with then exposed to danger and thatis area with then exposed to danger and that is why you have those numbers you are looking at. in terms of what the regulatory agencies are saying, the regulatory agencies are saying, the energy and petroleum regulatory authority say that three times they have denied this facility a licence to continue to operate. wyatt continues to operate until yesterday is a question we are following closely. an umbrella body of facilities like this, the proprietor of this facility had been arrested

and had been charged in regards to operations at the facility a couple of years back but somehow they were still able to continue. so there are many questions emerging without satisfactory answers from authorities and many are demanding for accountability after what has transpired yesterday. this for accountability after what has transpired yesterday.— transpired yesterday. this is obviously — transpired yesterday. this is obviously a _ transpired yesterday. this is obviously a tragic _ transpired yesterday. this is obviously a tragic story - transpired yesterday. this is obviously a tragic story but i transpired yesterday. this is| obviously a tragic story but is there a feeling that this is just a one off or they are —— or rather concerns for other parts of nairobi? let me show you some of the concerns. they have been previous disasters within nairobi, not natural, but man—made or man influenced. the accountability thereafter has been an issue. people have been charged and the case drags on for a long time and there is no justice after that. there is one question being put out there which is can they be accountability in this particular case? and they also mention that in many neighbourhoods and suburbs and particularly in the what subgroups there are discussions about whether facilities like these are close to where many people live

and i've had the chance to see some discussions in what subgroups and screenshots where people are saying we can identify two to three facilities of a similar nature in our neighbourhood and if anything like this was to happen they would be many injuries as a result of that. it's clear the authorities need to look at the zoning plan once again of nairobi where you have the industrial areas that need to be separated from the residential areas but over time there has been an overlap of this and that is why some feel this should open the eyes of authorities in terms of what they need to do moving forward. around the world and _ need to do moving forward. around the world and across _ need to do moving forward. around the world and across the _ need to do moving forward. around the world and across the uk, - need to do moving forward. around the world and across the uk, this . need to do moving forward. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. i play football every thursday 9pm till ten _ i play football every thursday 9pm till ten u — i play football every thursday 9pm till ten u i— i play football every thursday 9pm till ten p. i scored three goals but i don't _ till ten p. i scored three goals but i don't remember them because towards — i don't remember them because towards the end of the goal —— game i collapsed —

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since russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine — and one of the city's to suffer the most has been kharkiv, in the north—east. many residents have already fled — and those who remain have had to take drastic measures to keep some semblance of normality, including the creation of underground schools. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has this report. russia's war has transformed everything in kharkiv, including childhood. nika hasn't been to kindergarten for two years because of the missile threats. her own neighborhood is shattered. so parts of life in her city are moving underground. alongside the metro platform, there are now classrooms full of children, safe here from any explosions. the staff work hard to make it seem normal. and nika loves every minute. it's the first chance many have had for months just to play together

and be children again. olha talks a lot about kharkiv�*s strength and resilience. but that doesn't stop her being scared for her daughters. translation: it's better underground. it's safe. a child can continue with a more or less normal life in these conditions. the parents won't worry and the enemy won't get us here. that's why life beneath the city surface is expanding. they're building a whole underground school here with plans for several more. it's been dug out of an old sports field. as kharkiv adapts to a war it once thought impossible and now shows no sign of ending. the russian strikes on this city are intensifying. this family can't quite

believe they're alive. we met marina and her mum a few days after a missile destroyed their home. they'd just stepped round the corner when it hit. eight of their neighbours were killed here. ijust found my birth certificate. there are fragments of marina's life scattered among the wreckage. only one document of me, and the one document which says that i am who i am. the day after the missile strike, her father put a flag on top of the ruins. no matter what russia do with us, they can kill us, murder, but we stand and we go on. they call this an unbreakable city. but the difference between life and death can be a matter of moments or metres.

it's not often people can say they have named a new dinosaur. but kyle atkins—weltman now can. he is an anatomy and vertebrate paleontology ph.d. student in the school of biomedical sciences at oklahoma state university center for health sciences. he discovered a new type of dinosaur ...accidentally ....when it was sent to him in the post. he bought some bones for study he was doing for his masters i'm pleased to say that kyle joins me now to tell us more about his discovery. what did we go with for this dinosaur? what did you pick in the end? i dinosaur? what did you pick in the end? ,.~ dinosaur? what did you pick in the end? , w ., ., ., , end? i picked the name... yo means ancient or done, _ end? i picked the name... yo means ancient or done, meal _ end? i picked the name... yo means ancient or done, meal front - end? i picked the name... yo means ancient or done, meal front is - end? i picked the name... yo means ancient or done, meal front is the i ancient or done, meal front is the vein of the genius of the egyptian vulture wishes also commonly

referred to as pharaohs chicken. in finales inferno is from of hell. so it means pharaohs done chicken from hell. , . , it means pharaohs done chicken from hell. , ., , ., ., , hell. tell us a bit more how this happened _ hell. tell us a bit more how this happened because _ hell. tell us a bit more how this happened because you - hell. tell us a bit more how this happened because you are - hell. tell us a bit more how this happened because you are a - hell. tell us a bit more how this - happened because you are a student and you are studying and you ordered some bonds of ebay? it and you are studying and you ordered some bonds of ebay?— some bonds of ebay? it was through the sellers website. _ some bonds of ebay? it was through the sellers website. i _ some bonds of ebay? it was through the sellers website. i basically - the sellers website. i basically needed a particular set of bonds that were not the type of the specimen were species i thought i was —— this new thing was from and i was —— this new thing was from and i was originally not planning on working on this description stuff at all but i got the specimen because i needed to fill out those bonds that were missing and i started describing them and looking at them and noticing some difference. we thought it was a juvenile so we look at how old it was and when we got those slides back that's when it set

in, the world leading expert on dinosaurs said are you sure this is a juvenile because if i wasn't told that previously i would say this is very close to surety animal and that's when it was like, oh my god, this is a new species. your heart skips a beat and the pressure is on. just exhilaration and anxiety both at once. it’s just exhilaration and anxiety both atonce. �*, , just exhilaration and anxiety both atonce. , . , at once. it's absolutely incredible. what have you _ at once. it's absolutely incredible. what have you been _ at once. it's absolutely incredible. what have you been able - at once. it's absolutely incredible. what have you been able to - at once. it's absolutely incredible. what have you been able to learn| what have you been able to learn about your species of dinosaur? do you know what period it was alive or what dinosaurs it would have lived alongside? we what dinosaurs it would have lived alonaside? ~ ~' ., what dinosaurs it would have lived alonaside? ~ ~ ., ., what dinosaurs it would have lived alonaside? ~ ~' ., ., , what dinosaurs it would have lived alonaside? ~ ~ ., ., , alongside? we know that this was from the hell— alongside? we know that this was from the hell creek— alongside? we know that this was from the hell creek formation - alongside? we know that this was l from the hell creek formation which is very famous. it has lived along things like triceratops and runs for

this wreck so all of the big famous wins. so this was a dinosaur that lived alongside some big hitters. this is a pretty phenomenal moment, is this your career made now? i presume you are continuing with your studies. i presume you are continuing with your studies. ., . ., , studies. i am continuing with my studies. i am continuing with my studies and _ studies. i am continuing with my studies and there _ studies. i am continuing with my studies and there is _ studies. i am continuing with my studies and there is that - studies. i am continuing with my| studies and there is that pressure of i've made such a big splash here that it's kind of like when the director and actor stars in the first practically oscar worthy or oscar nominated film and then everything after that gets compared to that. this is ok but it's not as good as the original! aha, to that. this is ok but it's not as good as the original!— good as the original! a high bar certainl . good as the original! a high bar certainly. huge _ good as the original! a high bar certainly. huge congratulationsi good as the original! a high bar. certainly. huge congratulations on your pharaoh done chicken from hell

and thank you for telling us about it. you are watching bbc news. london's metropolitan police. london's metropolitan police say a man has died afterfalling from a height at the tate modern art gallery. in a statement, police say the death is not being treated as suspicious. tate modern says it will be closed for the rest of the day. in 2019, a boy was badly injured after being thrown from a balcony at the same art gallery. the offender was sentenced to at least 15 years in prison. the government is offering £1000 to new nursery workers or those returning to preschool care. as part of a plan to cope with increased demand in england when eligible working parents of all two—year—olds will get 15 hours of free care from april. but some early years leaders say the recruitment effort too late.

now to the social media giant meta, the owner of facebook and instagram and is safe to say that its boss and found a mark zuckerberg is having a better end to this week that how it started. he faced a torrent of criticism when he and other social media bosses went before the us senedd to answer questions about the child safety on their platforms but on thursday meta shares soared after it announced the quarterly profits had tripled year—on—year. and it won even more friends on wall street by declaring its first—ever dividend of 50 cents per share to be paid every quarter. this weekend facebook celebrates its 20th birthday. it all started like this. facebook over facebook as it was then launched from it all started like this. facebook or the facebook, as it was then, launched

from mark zuckerberg's student digs at harvard in 200a. over the years, more and more features have been added and the design slowly tweaked into what it is today. but the impact of the famous blue app was almost instant. and in the last 20 years it's altered society, politics and business in profound ways. here are four ways that facebook has changed our world. one, facebook was a social media game changer. other social networks existed like myspace and bebo. but mark zuckerberg's site really took off. it's less popular than it used to be with young people, but the company insists it is still growing. it's the biggest social network in the world with two billion daily users, the most being in india and the us. two, facebook made the internet political. it was instrumental in movements like the arab spring and has become a key place for campaigning and debate in elections around the world for good and bad. in 2018, facebook agreed with the un report that it said it had failed to prevent its platform from being used to incite offline violence against the rohingya people in myanmar. three, facebook made personal data valuable and less personal. facebook proved that collecting our likes and dislikes is extremely lucrative.

facebook�*s parent company, meta, is an advertising giant and takes the lion's share of global digital ad money alongside google. but it's also proven what can go wrong with all that data collection. facebook has been fined hundreds of millions of dollars multiple times for mishandling our data, most famously in the cambridge analytica scandal. four, facebook kick started meta's dominance. with the success of facebook, mark zuckerberg built an empire. he bought companies like whatsapp, instagram, oculus and helped them grow. meta says that more than three billion people use at least one of their products every day. this dominance has arguably not come from innovation, but eitherfrom buying rivals or copying their ideas. the app's disappearing stories feature, for example, copied snapchat. instagram reels is the company's answer to tiktok and threads is an attempt to replace twitter. and now with the company pushing heavily into a! and the metaverse, who knows what the future holds?

after five days roaming the highlands eating nuts form birdfeeders a missing japanese macacque monkey has been recaptured. tonight he's back at the scottish highland wildlife park near aviemore. here's iain macinnes. this was the moment honshu's highland adventure came to an end. the mischievous macaque, who'd been on the run, finally captured after five days. it was an early morning call on the monkey hotline that led to a day of drama. we've managed to recover the monkey. he'd been spotted in this garden just a few miles from the highland wildlife park. the macaque was just right at the window looking in at me. and what did he look like — did he look happy? eh, he looked a little bit sad. he wasn't worried, i don't think, but looked a little bit sad out there.

these guys don't realise what is to have a little pal has caused but i'm sure they will give him a good welcome back now he is done monkeying around. absolutely brilliant. that's it from me for the time being. i will be back in a few moments but now look at the weather. hello. the weekend is looking mild for most of us but it's often going to be cloudy, very blustery and on top of that sin reign in the forecast as well. heaviest of which is expected across western and north—western scotland. let's have a look at the satellite picture from the last couple of days and you can see big swells and patterns in the clouds, big storms moving from the north atlantic across the norwegian sea. we have been slamming scandinavia especially norway. this is the jet stream. the air is relatively mild across the southern half of the uk this evening and

overnight. bits and pieces of rain. to the north of thatjust about cold enough for a touch of frost in the highlands but glasgow will be seven and belfast nine and look how mild it is in the morning across england and. double figures. the forecast for saturday, high—pressure to the south and some nasty lows across the norwegian sea and a lot of isobars and those strong west to south—westerly winds. i think it's going to be quite blustery and relatively cool across scotland. temperatures will be around about 7 degrees. relatively cool compared to the south where it will be as high as 1a degrees. often cloudy with dribs and drabs of rain. how about the six nations, spots of rain possible for a time and relatively mild but blustery. here is the forecast on sunday. another weather front moves in and again mild south—westerly wind across the southern half of the uk but further

north this weather front will be responsible for that heavy rain across western and north—western scotland particularly sunday night into monday and in fact the met office warns widely across that part of scotland could be around 50 millimetres or perhaps as much as 100 to 150 millimetres. very blustery as well. south of that you can see on monday is generallyjust cloudy with spots of rain from time to time and a bit of sunshine towards the east is certainly not impossible. the outlook through next week, there is an indication that it could be called. initially i think reaching northern parts of the uk from thursday onwards.

live from london. this is bbc news. here in the uk, the teenagers who killed 16—year—old brianna ghey have each been sentenced to life in prison. eddie ratcliffe and scarlett jenkinson, both 16, killed brianna ghey in 2023 in a park in cheshire in the north west of england. the bodies of the three american soldiers killed in a drone strike will be repatriated today. the us said it will strike a number of iranian targets in syria and iraq. a nationwide manhunt to find the man accused of throwing corrosive liquid at a mother and her two daughters.

hello, i'm rich preston, welcome to verified live, here on bbc news. we start in the uk, and the case 16—year—old brianna ghey, who was murdered last year by two children her own age. in a highly unusual move, thejudge in the case has lifted the usual anonymity given to young people, allowing brianna's killers to be named. scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe, both 16, have been sentenced to life in prison with minimum terms of 22 and 20 years respectively, for the murder of brianna, who was transgender. she was stabbed 28 times in broad daylight in february last year in cheshire in the north west of england. in the days following her murder, candlelit vigils were held across the uk for brianna, many organised by the members of the transgender community. nick garnett reports. a warning awarning — a warning — you may find son of —— some of his report distracting.

scarlettjenkinson and eddie ratcliffe,