welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the american adult film actress, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet. a fire at a shopping centre in siberia has killed nearly a0 people, dozens more are missing. protests erupt across catalonia, after the region's former leader is arrested in germany at the request of spain. a crisis in australian cricket as the scandal over ball tampering sends shock waves through the world of sport. and tech companies versus journalism in the digital age — we report from google‘s headquarters in silicon valley. the adult film actress, stormy daniels, says she has

received threats to keep quiet about an affair she says she had with donald trump. mr trump has denied any relationship with ms daniels. our north america correspondent james cook watched the interview. let's speak to him live in la now. what did she have to say? well, stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen in stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen in 2006 stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen in 2006 in stormy daniels says she had consensual sex with mr trump once and that it happen in 2006 in a hotel room at a golf tournament in nevada. she was 27 years old at the time and he was 60. she said she was not attracted to him but it was consensual and he had offered the place on the tv show, the

apprentice. i am place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not place on the tv show, the apprentice. i am not a place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not a big place on the tv show, the apprentice. i am not a big them, place on the tv show, the apprentice. iam not a big them, she says. she has not been paid for this interview but the motivation has been questioned by top —— victim. she is raising more money, she is appearing for high appearance fees at different venues. people say she is doing this for the money. at different venues. people say she is doing this for the moneyli believe is doing this for the money.” believe without a shadow of a doubt, in my heart— and some people argue at not have one of those — that i was doing the right thing. i turned down a large pay date for multiple ties because one i did not want to kiss and tell and be labelled all the things that i win labelled now. worked for a career very hard and most only i did not want my family and my child exposed to all the things she is being exposed to right

i'iow things she is being exposed to right now because everything that i was afraid of coming out has come out a nyway afraid of coming out has come out anyway and, guess what, i do not have $1 million. you did not even buy me breakfast. that is a reference by president trump to countersue stormy daniels for speaking out, saying they will try to get a million us dollars out of the everytime she breaks this nondisclosure agreement which she has side and is referring to their and which is now trying to get out. she may still legally be bound to it and that could cost her a lot of money but one of the allegations that she is making, as she makes the case that she should not be bound by that agreement, is that she says she was essentially threatened and that happening to thousand 11, at the time when she was trying to sell her

story when a man approached in las vegas. —— 2011. story when a man approached in las vegas. -- 2011. iwas story when a man approached in las vegas. -- 2011. i was at a parking lot go into an infant class with my daughter, i was taking her rout of the back seat, getting all the stuff out, and a guy walked up to me and said, leave donald trump alone and forget the story. he leaned across to my daughter and said a beautiful little girl it would be a shame if something happened to her mum stop you took it as a threat? absolutely. did you see the person again? no, but if i did i would know it right away. you would recognise them? 100%, if you bought in this door right now instantly would recognise in. did you go to the police? no? why? because i was scared. if you want to know more about the

background to the story, just go to oui’ background to the story, just go to our website. i am sure there is more to run with that story and we will bring you any develop will stop around a0 people are thought to have been killed in a fire at a shopping centre in russia. it's feared the death toll could rise with at least 60 more still missing, including many children. 300 fire—fighters were called to tackle the flames, which spread quickly through the building in the siberian city of kemerovo. andrew plant reports. a fire on the fourth floor. this shopping centre surrounded by firefighters searching for survivors, trying to reach upperfloor windows, fighting the smoke billowing outside. the fire started here on sunday. dozens were evacuated, but it was clear dozens more were missing, many of them children. translation: the area of the fire is about 1500 square metres. at this moment, 288 emergency officers are working on site,

as well as 62 units of equipment and an airbourne grouping are taking part in the search and rescue operation. we are taking all necessary measures to extinguish the fire. the shopping centre has a very complex construction. there is a lot of combustible materials. people gathered to stand and stare as the fire unfolded. witnesses said it trapped people on the upper floors, and said some had jumped from windows to try to escape from the flames. an industrial city of more than half a million, it is one of russia's biggest coal producing regions, more than 2000 kilometres east of moscow. already, there are reports the fire began near a cinema and children's entertainment centre. president putin has already sent his condolences to friends and family of the victims. authorities say a criminal investigation will now begin to try to find out what caused the fire.

andrew plant, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: saudi—led coalition forces say they've intercepted seven missiles launched into saudi arabia by yemen's houthi rebels. fragments of the destroyed missiles are reported to have landed in residential areas of the capital riyadh, killing an egyptian national. it comes on the third anniversary of the saudi intervention in yemen's civil war. a 14—yearold girl has been seriously hurt after a group of children were run down by a car in glasgow. police say the car, with two men in it, was driven deliberately at the children and the attack is being treated as attempted murder. egypt's interior ministry says police have killed six militants belonging to the group it says carried out a car bombing in the city of alexandria on saturday. in a statement it said police uncovered a terrorist den and exchanged fire with those inside. two policeman died in the car bomb attack which targeted the city's head of security. he escaped unharmed.

the ousted former leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, is spending the night in prison in germany, after being detained on a european arrest warrant. mr puigdemont is wanted by the spanish authorities for organising an illegal referendum last year on catalan independence. bill hayton reports. on the streets of barcelona, an outpouring of anger over the detention of carles puigdemont. independent activists tried to reach the offices of the spanish central government but were beaten back. the violence prompted this appeal from the regions most senior serving politician. translation: a share with you the feeling of indignation and in this especially unfair situation i call for calm and

responsibility from everyone because responses must be democratic, civic and peaceful as ever from responses must be democratic, civic and peaceful as everfrom catalan. we must not give away at victory to those who do not want democracy. the 110w those who do not want democracy. the now ca rles those who do not want democracy. the now carles puigdemont is being held in this prison in germany. he was arrested as he crossed the border from denmark. ajudge will decide whether he should remain in custody while spain seeks his extradition and that might take two months. his lawyer says that this case is a question of human rights. in spain there is no more democracy. because they put their political opponents in jail, they put their political opponents injail, the they put their political opponents in jail, the elected they put their political opponents injail, the elected people they put their political opponents in jail, the elected people are they put their political opponents injail, the elected people are put in jail. that's a injail, the elected people are put injail. that's a dictatorship. injail, the elected people are put in jail. that's a dictatorship. last year ca rles in jail. that's a dictatorship. last year carles puigdemont organised a referendum on independence for catalonia. that was declared illegal by the central government and he fled into exile. most of his fellow

separatist leaders are also facing charges. but far from ending separatist leaders are also facing charges. but farfrom ending the campaignfor charges. but farfrom ending the campaign for independence, the detention at giving it continued energy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tributes to the man who provided free music education to thousands of children in venezuela's shantytowns. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. i'm so proud of you both. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa

should be excluded from the 1970 competition. chanting streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. woman: wow! this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the american adult film actress, stormy daniels, who claims to have had an affair with donald trump, says she received threats to keep quiet. a fire at a shopping centre in siberia has killed nearly a0 people, dozens more are missing. he was affectionately known

as maestro abreu, venezuela's music visionary jose abreu has died at age 78. his scheme, known as el sistema, provided free music education in venezuela's shantytowns. three days of national mourning have been declared in the country. tiffany sweeney reports. fighting poverty through music — that was the idea behind jose abreu's revolutionary music project, bringing mozart, beethoven, tchaikovsk to the poorest areas of venezuela to make a young generation appreciate them, and escape a life of poverty and crime. el sistema spread across the world, and was used by thousands of students, many from disadvantaged backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the socialist government of former venezuelan leader hugo chavez, becoming one of the country's best—funded social programmes. but maestro abreu told the bbc

in 2009 that he was less interested in politics than in helping young people. i think it is important, because it will spread the ideas which constitute a fundamental project — solidarity, social actions through music, and understanding between peoples. tributes have been paid, including venezuelan president nicolas maduro. translation: we are deeply moved by the passing of maestro abreu. he leaves behind a great legacy of morals, ethics and culture, as expressed through the orchestral system. to the simon bolivar 0rchestra, i pass on my condolences. his students include the musical director of the simon bolivar

orchestra, the renowned venezuelan conductor gustavo dudamel. he expressed his sadness to his beloved maestro. he was an economist, politician and activist, but it was as an educator through music that maestro abreu pulled thousands of venezuelan children from crime and poverty. his legacy lives on. tiffany sweeney, bbc news. after a week in which the pressure on facebook affected shares in other tech giants too, google has put more money towards its collaboration with the news industry, including trying to combat misinformation and fake news. although google's dominance of online advertising revenue has put many news organisations under pressure, the company says working with them is the key to the future. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports from inside the google campus in silicon valley. for the past decade,

the news business has had a fractious relationship with the internet. many journalists accuse technology firms of having a free ride at their expense. while thousands of reporters have lost theirjobs and publications closed as the old business model collapsed, google has grown dizzyingly rich. many news providers today think of themselves as being at conflict with google. they say this company is gobbling up precious advertising revenues and dominates the means of distribution. but here at google's headquarters, they see things rather differently. they say the open web has democratised news and information, making it near—universally available, and that that's a good thing for all of us. at the top of the company there is frustration at being lumped together with facebook and cast as an enemy of media. 0n the contrary, senior executives argue, while facebook pulls back from the news business, google wants to make friends. what we tell publishers is build

a service that is good for your users and that will be good for the web. if you do that, that will end up correlating with all of the signals we develop, not just today, but for the future. hey, good to see you again. good to see you. crucially, google's official position is that qualityjournalism costs. is it the view of google that information should be free? no, it should be accessible and it should be as readily accessible as we can make it, but obviously it costs money to produce content. so there have to be the appropriate financial underpinnings to support that. qualityjournalism is hard, it's expensive, particularly if you're doing in—depth investigative reporting, so it needs to be sustained. the old mantra that content must be free saw advertising as the principal source of revenue, but as spotify and netflix have shown in their fields too, audiences will pay for content if it's unique, personalised and good enough. the chief executive of the new york times company, who has championed paid content online, welcomes support

with subscriptions but wants google to do more. a lot of the news that's going to be consumed on their platform is free to use. both they and we need to find a way of getting some of the value which is expressed in advertising potential, again flowing back into the production of high quality journalism, and that's the next thing we want to talk to them about. good morning, everybody. the global news initiative launched in new york this week consolidates existing efforts. google's search algorithm will now go further in prioritising high—quality news when a story breaks. the compa ny‘s motivation could be moral, but there's money at stake too. we're really looking forward actually to the feedback we're getting from the new york times, from mark thompson, from so many other players because remember the google news initiative isn't something we just created ourselves, it was a very close collaboration with dozens and dozens if not hundreds of publishers across the world. some publishers feel

they are being offered morsels when google has stolen their lunch. but in that phrase beloved of american journalists, google is certainly reaching out to a news industry that could do with a little help. amol rajan, bbc news. world cricket's governing body says the sport needs to take a hard look at itself after the ball tampering scandal that's engulfed the australian team. the captain, steve smith, has been banned from playing in the final test match in south africa after he admitted knowing about a plan for a team—mate to manipulate the ball in a way that is against the rules of the game. australia's prime minister malcolm turnbull has said he's shocked and disappointed, and there are still questions for the wider leadership of the team. well, that it is bad for the national psyche. i think australians are outraged about this national

team, which they hold in such high esteem, behaving in this way. it's often said to wear the baggy green cap, the cap the test cricketers, australian test cricketers were, is one of the greatest honours any australian can have bestowed on him 01’ australian can have bestowed on him or her. for people wearing the baggy green to be behaving like that is just astonishing. what it's done is its separated the australian cricket tea m its separated the australian cricket team from the australian public and the team has lost the affection and support of the public at this time. alexandra da nson, alexandra danson, the australian high commissioner to the uk. earlier i spoke to australian sports presenter bill woods about how the scandal is affecting the image of cricket in the country and what kind of reaction there's been so far. in this modern era of social media we often have a bandwagon effect on issues like this and certainly a lynch mob mentality isn't uncommon but i was suddenly outraged by the

level of outrage and the feeling of betrayal from not only cricket fans but sports fans in general across australia. i think cricket fans particularly, and some have tried to explain their feelings today as this story unfolds in mainstream media, and they see the cricket team as being an exceptional national team. the prime minister himself said that this team was on a pedestal. personally i find that a little surprising these days. i would have thought since lance armstrong all bets were off, but the fact is in this country they still believe the cricket team is exceptional, and as you heard from alexander downer and in your report, the baggy green is held as a very special national icon. so that feeling is still very strong. james knight has been reporting on and writing about australian cricket for more than 25 years, including a couple of biographies of well—known players. hejoins me now from sydney. james, thank you for your time.

cricket as a sport is known for players pushing the envelope, looking for an advantage. the australian team is known for doing that. in that context do you think australia is overreacting a little bit about this incident? in combination with a lot of other things that have happened during this south african series. we've seen a lot of unsavoury incidents throughout the series that pushed us closer to the edge of the cliff and this is the one that's pushed us over. so no, i don't think it's an overreaction, of course ball tampering isn't new to world cricket, it's like the elephant in the room, we know it's done and done ona the room, we know it's done and done on a lot of levels but the way it was done this time was so captivated, it was the australian captain and the so—called leadership group, asking the mostjunior member of the team to do it. it's very... in typical australian fashion, un—australian, it's not how you do

it, make! the incident itself has been widely criticised, but is there a context to it? this particular competition with south africa has been described as ill tempered, there's been a lot of incidents leading up to it, can that explain perhaps some of the behaviour of the australians even though it can't necessarily be excused ? australians even though it can't necessarily be excused? it's an interesting point. ithink necessarily be excused? it's an interesting point. i think the australian cricket team is the team that many australians now love to hate, and that may be strong, but there's a bit of tall poppy syndrome there's a bit of tall poppy syndrome there where we like to bring down there where we like to bring down the most successful players. but importantly i think the australian cricket team is a very good example ofa cricket team is a very good example of a professional team living in a bubble, and they really have a disconnection with the greater public, in this case the australian public, in this case the australian public and on a world scene as well, and they probably believe they camp david in a way that they really don't have to be accountable, but this time they certainly do. it's

been around a day since the incident happened, can you tell us more about the players involved ? happened, can you tell us more about the players involved? we've heard a lot of recriminations but steve smith, bancroft, as players, what are their characters like, what do we know about their past behaviour? there's going to be a lot of mudslinging and some of it will stick. steve smith is an ultra competitive player. his success... his records pics do that, he's one of the most successful batsmen in the world and typical of the australian sporting culture and typically of the australian sporting culture, he wants to win. but no, he's a good person, he's a good bike, what pushed him over the limit, i put it back to being in that bubble again. bancroft, from all reports, he's a junior member of the team, he's finding his way, so there's no skeletons in closets or anything like that, it'sjust there's no skeletons in closets or anything like that, it's just for whatever reason, cometh the hour, cometh the moment and this is what

we're dealing with. can you tell us more about the australian action? we're hearing one legendary cricket commentator seemed to cry on air when talking about this incident. it's been taken very personally in australia. we're talking about the great abc commentatorjim maxwell there and it is woven into our fabric, cricket is woven into our fabric, cricket is woven into our fabric and although we're changing culturally and we've got a more diverse culture in australia now, it still is a very traditional thing to do, to follow the fortunes of the australian cricket team. it's been well said that the captain of the australian cricket team has the second highest profile only behind that of our prime minister, i don't think that's quite right but nevertheless we still embrace the values of what our australian cricket team has done over the yea rs. cricket team has done over the years. but the world is changing, australia is changing along with it, and the behaviours of yesteryear are 110w and the behaviours of yesteryear are now put more so under a microscope and asa

now put more so under a microscope and as a result we are not perhaps as tolerant of them as we should be, and that really has lit the wick for quite an extraordinary reaction in australia right now across all the media, it is wall to wall... in my time following cricket in australia, i have not seen a reaction quite like this and that goes back to the underarm incident with the chapel brothers way back nearly a0 years ago, this is a quite extraordinary moment. very briefly, we have very little time left, what is going to satisfy the fans, what has to happen to smith and bancroft?” the fans, what has to happen to smith and bancroft? i think there will be a bit of sympathy for bancroft, smith has to go and i think a lot of pressure has to be placed on the top of the australian cricket administration, james sutherland, because he's allowed a lot to slip through. james night, cricket rider in sydney, thanks very much at. sorry to cut your off but we've run out of time. —— james knight,

to cut your off but we've run out of time. ——james knight, cricket writer in sydney, thanks very much. hello once again. i hope at least at some point during the course of the weekend you managed to get to see some sunshine, because it may well be in the forthcoming week that that is in short supply for some areas, especially the northern parts of scotland. all of us will notice it turning a little bit colder, because initially there's some warmth to be had, especially across the problems outhern half of the british isles. but, as i move you through to around about wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. we've tapped into some cold air yet again from scandinavia, for the northern half of britain. to the problems outh, well, there's an incursion of milder air, relatively, from the atlantic. but it comes at something of a price, and some of you start paying that as early as monday afternoon, because the cloud and rain begin to push in towards northern ireland, the west of wales, down into the problems outh—west of england. elsewhere, after a chilly old start, the temperatures pick up quite nicely — ten, 11, 12, 13, something of that order. but that may well be the last that you see of those,

because from monday night on into tuesday, so we push this low pressure closer to the british isles. that in turn pushes this weather front ever further towards the north and the east. does the rain get away from the eastern side of england during the course of the day? well, it's a pretty close call, and it's certainly there to be had across the eastern side of scotland, where it's going to be really quite chilly. the last of any semblance of warmth is there to be had across the problems outhern counties of both england and wales. from tuesday on into wednesday, that weather front is stuck across northern parts of scotland. the cold air flooding in, remember, from scandinavia. so we'll see, particularly on the hills, the grampians, the problems nowfall totals really beginning to mount up. in the problems outh, it willjust push some areas of cloud and rain ever further towards the east, and following on behind, we've got a bright and blustery day. some of the problems howers really quite sharp, maybe a wee bit of hail in there, as well, as we see the first signs of that colder condition just beginning to seep its way into the problems southern half of britain. and then, from wednesday

on into thursday, that weather front is still there across the eastern side of scotland, so the problems nowjust keeps on coming to the higher ground. and by this stage, things may well be cooling off enough just to drag some of that snow to a slightly lower level. further south, a bit of a lull in proceedings, and then we'lljust push another area of low pressure in, with its attendant cloud, and some sharp bursts of rain as well. and at this stage, it really will feel cold and miserable, across the eastern side of scotland particularly. further south, temperatures just about getting to around about ten or 11 degrees, and just in time for the easter weekend, low pressure is very much the dominant feature. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: the adult film actress, stormy daniels, says she was threatened to keep quiet about a sexual relationship she says she had with donald trump. in an interview with the american network cbs, ms daniels has described having unprotected sex with mr trump in 2006.

mr trump has denied any relationship with ms daniels. at least 37 people have died in a fire that tore through a shopping centre in the siberian city of kemerovo. dozens are still missing, with many of those caught up in the fire feared to be children. russian media say the fire started in one of the cinema halls. the ousted former leader of catalonia, carles puigdemont, is spending the night in prison in germany, after being detained on a european arrest warrant. his detention brought thousands of people onto the streets of catalonia to demand his release. now on bbc news, time to look back at the week in parliament.