hello. this is bbc world news. the indian embassy in washington has expressed deep concern over the killing of an indian man in kansas, in what is believed to be a racially motivated attack. asa motivated attack. as a vigil is held for the victim, his wife said they had grown anxious about racial hatred after the election of donald trump.” about racial hatred after the election of donald trump. i was so worried. ijust election of donald trump. i was so worried. i just couldn't sleep. election of donald trump. i was so worried. ijust couldn't sleep. i was talking to him and i was like... iamso was talking to him and i was like... i am so worried. the terminal at kuala lumpur airport, where the brother of the north korean leader was murdered using a deadly nerve agent, has been declared safe. the democratic party elects a new chairman. he says the party is facing a new crisis of confidence. and claudio ranieri gets the blues as he bids goodbye to city players,

after he was sacked by the club. hello and welcome. the indian embassy in washington has expressed deep concern of an indian man in kansas. two other men were injured in the shooting. the man died shortly after the attack on wednesday. the suspect, a navy vetera n, wednesday. the suspect, a navy veteran, adam purinton, has been charged with the killing. translation: america for americans. that's the culture that country has

been shifting to. it seems some people are narrowing their minds, which is leading to a lot of hatred. this is dangerous for our country and america. our correspondence joined us from outside the bar where the shooting took place. the couple had both moved from india, here to kansas, and both worked for a tech company, which isn't far from worked for a tech company, which isn't farfrom here. worked for a tech company, which isn't far from here. it was a nice evening on wednesday, so both decided they would come here for a drink after work, something they often did. they've been friends for a long time. through the course of the evening things got very tense after a man approached their table and started talking to them. by the end of the evening both were victims ofa gun end of the evening both were victims of a gun attack in which srinivas was killed. although madasani survived, his leg was injured and he

did tell me more about what happened today. he came up and started pointing fingers. obviously he was sitting closer to srinivas's table. we knew something was wrong. the way he started the conversation and the way he was pointing fingers, that's not something you see every day, so we knew something was wrong. what did he say? he came towards me and said, which country are you from? argue here illegally? now, police are investigating the possible motives, including the possibility that this was a hate crime. other witnesses in the bar have reported that the attacker said" get out of my country". that's what is being investigated at the moment. srinivas

kuchibhotla's wife is performing his last rites in india. i did speak to her yesterday and she told me a little bit about her fears about hate crimes in united states. when the recent elections happened, he was watching it so closely. i was so worried. ijust was watching it so closely. i was so worried. i just couldn't sleep. was watching it so closely. i was so worried. ijust couldn't sleep. i was talking to srinivas and i was like... srinivas, will we be saved in this country, i'm so worried. i think these hate crimes will be more open now. will it be safe for us to go to open now. will it be safe for us to gotoa open now. will it be safe for us to go to a more? will be safe or asked to go to office? i am so worried. i am so to go to office? i am so worried. i am so worried. he hugged me and he said, don't worry, we should be ok. we should be ok. srinivas

kuchibhotla loved america. this was a country that he loved living in, he loved working here. his wife told me he was a really hard work and would lead the —— leave the office late everyday. he was dedicated to this country and she says when she comes back from india she wants to comes back from india she wants to come back to america. she loves this country, despite the concerns she expressed. we are hearing that one indian society in the us is advising internationals not to speak in their local dialect. you've been in kansas for the last couple of days. what are people telling you? i went to an interfaith vigil at a local church, not farfrom i went to an interfaith vigil at a local church, not far from the bar, which has reopened, it reopened at iiam which has reopened, it reopened at 11am on saturday following what happened. but the mood at the interfaith vigil, there were white americans bear in a large number, and many indian americans. many

indian americans i spoke to say they love this area and they think it's a united community and so they aren't concerned about living here specifically, but of course they are devastated about what happened because many people here knew srinivas and alok. a fundraising website set up to pay for the family support of a man has raised more than $500,000 so far. a friend who said up the page describes srinivas as the kindest person and an outstanding human being. moving on. malaysia's security services have swept kuala lumpur airport for toxic chemicals. this is after the half brother of north korea's leader was murdered their 12 days ago. kim jong—nam was killed using one of the world's deadliest nerve agents, called vx. authorities confirmed the airport terminal is

free from any traces of contamination. the departures hall usually bustling with travellers. at the scene of the crime the security services came kitted out against chemical weapons. we were looking for traces of deadly toxins, including the nerve agent vx, an internationally banned weapon. malaysian authorities announced on friday that it was vx which killed kim jong—nam announced on friday that it was vx which killed kimjong—nam armour and they've been under pressure to assure the public that kuala lumpur‘s second international airport was safe. we confirm number one there is no hazardous material found in ki2. it is free of any form of contamination of hazardous material. thirdly, it is declared a safe zone. the victim, kim jong-nam,

was the exiled elder half brother of the north korean dictator kim jong—un. his alleged assassins to women, one from vietnam, one from indonesia. indonesian diplomats say she had been paid about $90 to take pa rt she had been paid about $90 to take part in what she thought was a reality show prank. she apparently told them she had no idea what she was handling. translation: she only said she was given a kind of oil, like a bee oil. this is the other suspected killer. —— ab oil. the vietnamese government says she also thought she was taking part in a prank. in the real world malaysian authorities are still investigating kim jong—nam's extraordinary murder. the north korean diplomat wanted for questioning is yet to come forward. we can speak now to michael madden, a north korea expert. thank you for being with us. finger

is clearly being pointed at north korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think?m korea. from what you've seen and heard, what do you think? it is no accident that you have north korean operatives in the airport at the same time as the attack occurred and they left the country on a very complicated flight itinerary and went back to the dprk after that. there might be some other evidence that they have, the malaysian authorities are not making this up, considering they have very good diplomatic relations with north korea. with the order have come from the top? there's a very good possibility that it came from the top. we will have to look at that. it appears the organisation involved in the attack against kim jong—nam is the garda command. it reports only to kim jong—un than, but they might have planned this operation and carried out the attack by giving him some level of plausible deniability. he may not have cleared this. but on the other hand south

korean authorities have said that going back to 2011 kim jong—un than had a standing order that kim jong—nam was to be assassinated. had a standing order that kim jong-nam was to be assassinated. the suspects in this, one of them says she thought it was a prank. do you think they could have been duped?” think they could have been duped?” think that's entirely possible. this kind of looks like something that would be on a prank show. if that's the case, what we have is an enormous level of plausible deniability, whereby north korean operatives retained a local foreign people to carry out this attack. and these people are going to be com pletely these people are going to be completely in the dark when they are subjected to interrogation. how common is it for them to use women? that the old honey trap euphemism. north korean have used women in

attacks before. this comes into play backin attacks before. this comes into play back in 1987, with the kll bombing which was carried out by north korean operatives and they later ca ptu red korean operatives and they later captured one of the operatives and she was interrogated. i mean, women will be left suspected in cases like this and that basically softens the target, as it were. thank you very much for being with us. in other news: prosecutors in france have issued preliminary charges against a close associate of the nationalist presidential candidate, marine le pen. frederic chatillon, who runs a company which works for the national front, has been charged with making an illegal loan to the party. the party denies wrongdoing, and ms le pen has called the charges political. a syrian cameraman who worked on the oscar nominated documentary the white helmets has been blocked from travelling to los angeles to attend the ceremony on sunday. khaled khateeb had been issued a visa to enter the usa. officials say they have now

found some "derogatory information"about him. there has been a lavish birthday party for robert mugabe who turned 93 this week. but he is defying calls to resign after nearly four decades. the world's allders head of state said this week that the majority of people feel that there is no acceptable replacement. over the united states. tom perez has been elected as the new national chairman of the us democratic party. he is a former member of president obama's cabinet. the role of chairman is seen as critical, especially now that the republicans hold majorities in both the senate and house of representatives. after his election mr perez addressed party delegates in atla nta. some day they are going to study this era in american history and study it alongside the know nothing movement and will ask the question of all of us,

where were you in 2017? when we had the worst president in the history of the united states, and we will all be able to say, whether you are sitting here, outside, or whether you are looking across america, we will be able to say, the united democratic party led the resistance, ensured that this president was a one term president and elected democrats across this country. the author and journalist jay newton—small is a contributor to time magazine. she told me more about mr perez and why he was selected. tom perez is the establishment pick. he was the cabinet secretary for obama and a dogged campaignerfor hillary clinton. he was up against a

congressman who is a belief the only muslim congressmen left in congress right now. he was endorsed by bernie sanders, who you remember was hillary clinton's firebrand progressive challenge during the primary elections in 2016. and so this really came down to a fight for the democratic party, whether it was going to go to the firebrand progressive like bernie sanders aldermore additional as like hillary clinton stop white how important is this position, especially right in the us? it is actually really important. it waxes and wanes. when the party is in power and control the party is in power and control the congress, for example right now i couldn't even tell you the cherub and national committee is because it isn't important, it was a mini other important republicans out there, but for democrats lost democrats lost power, lost the white house and the

chamber of commerce, this is a very important seat because you become the actual voice of the opposition to the president. so tom perez will now be the main person who comes out swinging against especially in politics against president trump on behalf of the democratic party. tell us behalf of the democratic party. tell us what he hopes to achieve over the next few years. well, he has to rebuild the party that is very much lost in the wilderness. even today, given the results of the election he won very narrowly and a lot of key supporters were very bitter, some of them were crying and shouting and objecting at the results of the race, so this is a party that needs a lot of healing and needs to get together in order to come together and beat donald trump. so his challenge really will be to bring in those progressives, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, another big firebrand in the us, and get them on the same page as the establishment and work together to fight donald trump. to that end he has already

brought in keith ellison, his former rival, as his vice. they plan on working together. they actually switched campaign buttons for the press co nfe re nce switched campaign buttons for the press conference the day after the election and put their arms around each other and said they were a united party. meanwhile, donald trump has tweeted that he will not be attending the white house correspondents' association dinner this year. mr trump is breaking with an annual tradition where the presidentjoins journalists for an evening of humour and goodwill. the president said this. the president has repeatedly accused the media of bias. on friday, several news organisations were banned from a white house press briefing including the bbc, cnn, and new york times. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the sports news. including this. the dream is over.

claudio ranieri says goodbye to the leicester city players after he was sacked by the club. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. every vehicle was greeted as if it was the first in the relief of kuwait and in the city once among the richest in the world, kuwait is can gather freely again. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake

of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: a vigil is held for the victims of a shooting in a kansas bar in which an indian man was killed in what's believed to a racially motivated attack. the terminal at kuala lumpur airport, where the brother of the north korean leader was murdered using deadly nerve agent, has been declared safe. in iraq, troops are pushing deeper into western mosul in their offensive to drive out so—called islamic state from the country's second city. this area of mosul is the last is stronghold in iraq. the militants are surrounded, along with an estimated 750,000 civilians. our correspondent, wyre davies, is at an advanced iraqi military base, where american troops and advisers are a key part of the offensive. this woman is a victim

of islamic state's latest tactic in its desperate bid to avoid defeat in mosul. the 55—year—old mother of seven from the eastern part of the city was hit in a drone strike. her leg shattered. "i was lying on the ground and people were pointing to the sky from where the bomb came", she told me. one of dozens of drone attack victims they've treated at this hospital. this is pretty new for this conflict but also for conflicts all over the world. these mortars can be very effective and the impact on the population really, really brutal. this is video eulogises the use of commercially available drones to drop bombs and grenades. an organisation which governs according to brutal feudal codes, adapting modern technology to lethal effect. drones are yet another threat for government troops now pursuing

fighters from so—called islamic state into the narrow streets of mosul. after days of fierce clashes on the edge of the city. but from a field just to the south, big american guns are helping to sway the battle perhaps decisively in the government's favour. this is an overwhelmingly iraqi military operation but the role of american advisers and troops, so—called boots on the ground, is also critical. us artillery pieces pounding targets in mosul. american commanders are reluctant to divulge too many sensitive details, but say us military support will be decisive. the fight in western mosul would be a tough fight for really any army in the world. so the iraqi army, the iraqi federal police again will face a tough fight. it will be a lot of house—to—house fighting. the enemy is cornered.

they don't have any choice but to fight. a kurdish reporter, shifa gardi was killed today covering the government advance into mosul. a handful of refugees fled in the opposite direction but there are an estimated 750,000 civilians still trapped inside the besieged city. wyre davies, bbc news, northern iraq. sport. rugby. scotland recorded their first six nations victory over wales in ten years following a 29 points to 13 victory at murrayfield. after an opening round victory over ireland, scotland's good form continues despite that narrow defeat to france in round two. we started the championship really well at home against ireland.

we believe we can do something with this group. we have come today and recovered to be a very good side. they are very good teams, but we are going on to england for the next game. we work very hard and we genuinely believe we can win games. jonny sexton returned from injury to guide ireland to a victory. he kicked 11 points in his first match in the severed a hamstring playing for leinster. there was a paddy jackson penalty. claudio ranieri said goodbye to his staff and players after being sacked on thursday. he left the club one point above the relegation zone despite leading them to the title last season leading them to the title last season in the premier league. they

sit at the bottom three after results went against them on saturday. more on that soon. tonight, jamie vardy saturday. more on that soon. tonight, jamie va rdy released saturday. more on that soon. tonight, jamie vardy released a response. he said on social media claudio ranieri will always have my com plete claudio ranieri will always have my complete respect. what we achieved together and as a team was impossible. he believed in me and i could hear my gratitude. there is speculation i was involved in his dismissal and this is completely untrue, unfounded, and hurtful. the only thing we are guilty of as a tea m only thing we are guilty of as a team is underachieving, which we all acknowledge in the dressing room and publicly. we will do our best to rectify it. chelsea are 11 points clear after beating swansea. says fabregas scored the first. there we re fabregas scored the first. there were two late goals from pedro. diego costa sealed the win. we showed great character to start the second half and created a chance

with hazard. then there was one across the bar. i think we deserved across the bar. i think we deserved a lot to win the game. now it is important to continue in this way. winning the 29 points to be champions, it is important to know that we have to do that, for me, my players, and the fans. we will continue with great focus on great concentration. chelsea will be hard to stop. they will go into the relegation zone. sam allardyce's side are out of the bottom three after a 1—0 win against middlesbrough. van arnholt with the goal. it is a great victory and hopefully we can move on. we had a big influence on the players because we could get a lot of work into the players in all aspects of their

game. i think today they made a lot of very good decisions. they coped with the pressure very, very well.l much—needed win for crystal palace. the rest of the results of the day. sunderland are rooted to the bottom of the table after losing 2—0 to everton. hull city and burnley drew. watford and west ham drew 1—1. and thatis watford and west ham drew 1—1. and that is all of the sport for now. back to you. thank you. you can get in touch with me through twitter. i am at alpa patel. you can get plenty more on the website. thank you for being with us for me and the team. stay tuned at the top of the hour because coming up next is lebo diseko. goodbye for now, though. hello. a very changeable weather

pattern in the few days to come. colder to start the week. mild weather ahead of us for sunday. this was the rain on saturday. behind me is the next named storm racing in off the atlantic. that is storm ewan. it was named by the irish met service for the expected consequences. it will bring wet and windy weather in the north of the uk and heavy rain to be between the two weather systems, general mildness. further west, already the rain and wind is gathering. that will be a feature for northern ireland in scotla nd feature for northern ireland in scotland for the morning onwards. elsewhere, dry weather for a time. as well as rain, cold it. we have talked about that. snow to come. brightness will fade. some more rain to come back across northern ireland. a showery afternoon.

england and wales, the dry part of the day is in the morning. damp and grey with hill fog in central and eastern areas. some dryness but then the clouds will gather as the day goes on. the wind strengthens and pushes the rain into the north and east. gales in the irish sea. possibly severe fort knox wales, north—west england, northern ireland, and scotland is well. 70 must power on the coast and 50—60 inland. a notch down on doris. the rain in the west. dental and eastern areas, clouding up but largely dry. just cloudy. mild still at 11—12, well above where it should be at this time of year. staying dry for england against italy at twickenham in the six nations. some drizzle in the airat in the six nations. some drizzle in the air at the end. you can see it coming at the east border. much colder air will come across the country with some snow. even towards

the west country, the mountains of wales, the moors, and the lower levels of. icy to start monday morning. that is one of the main hazards. lively showers. hale and thunder thrown in. cold air will ta ke thunder thrown in. cold air will take a while to reach southern and eastern areas. it is with us through monday and tuesday and into wednesday. that northerly winds also bringing potential for some very windy weather on, say, tuesday. monitoring that as always. through the middle of the week it stays pretty cold. stay up—to—date on the forecasts. the latest headlines from bbc news: police are investigating the motive behind the shooting encounters. one line of enquiry is that it was a possible hate crime. a man from india was shot and killed and another was wounded. relations security officials have declared the airport terminal in kuala lumpur,

where the half brother of the north korean leader, was murdered, is safe. they were looking for presence of the deadly nerve agent vx. democratic party delegates have elected tom perez as the new chairman of the party. he faces the task of uniting the party. resident drop says he would attend this year's white house correspondence to enough. —— president trump. this comes amid deteriorations between some media outlets and the white house. now on bbc news, it's reporters.