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a full round up of the day's news. but first it is time for witness. hello and welcome to witness with me razia iqbal. i am here at the british library to guide you through five extraordinary moments in recent history. told to us by people who were there. we'll hear about a mother who had corporal punishment outlawed in scottish schools. how a racially motivated murder of a bengali man changed london in the 1970s. the first female gazan athlete to lead the palestinian delegation at the olympic games. and the story behind a revolution in childbirth. but we start with an individual

who helped create a fashion industry in the soviet union. under communism, clothes and designs were regulated by the state. but this designer had the urge to break away and create new designs. he became the first soviet designer to start his own haute couture fashion label. translation: what is the point of a fashion designer? is to give people joy. the joy of connecting with beauty, you see. this has been the most important thing in my life. for the ordinary russian in the streets, such styles are a long ways off of. fabrics are ordered only once

in three years to a design from drawing to mass production make takes to year. translation: of soviet factories produced a very basic goals. poorly cut and badly stitched. soviet fashion houses work for clothes factories and every design had to be approved or rejected by a commission of representatives from ministries and other organisations. they had nothing to do with the art of fashion. yet they told artists what to do. myjob was boring. uninspiring. so i left the state fashion industry. ideas were pouring out of me. i got together a group of young people and we began to create our own collection. at the time, the problem was getting hold of enough cloth. there was a shortage of fabric. we used fabric from a state warehouse. the fabric belonged to the state and we got state funding. the tickets are as hard to get and just as expensive

as the bolshoi ballet, it's the fashion show. moscow's latest entertainment and one that can be assured of a full house as long as russia's top designer can be persuaded to put his models through their paces. translation: working with black only is boring. but we didn't have any other colours. so i kept buying black fabric. for the moment, the fashion world regards his work as rather old—fashioned. but then, that is hardly surprising for a man who until a few years ago had to rely on friends to give them hold copies of fashion magazines. translation: in 1989, iwent translation: in 1989, i went to america and got food of new italian fabrics. these were beautiful fabrics. these were beautiful fabrics. and i used them for a high—fashion collection. fabrics. and i used them for a high-fashion collection. in the past few months he's taken his models do new york and paris and the changes

are already beginning to show. see high—fashion is high art. it is the art of creating a costume, a style which reflects its time. high—fashion is still well above the heads of most of his audience. translation: high-fashion reflects the most striking features. 1980s was all about shoulder pads. creating the image of a woman who is more refined, more confident. she is in touch with herself. she is free of male influence. but although his customers are part of the elite, it is hard to imagine the kremlin lies in some of his numbers. —— kremlin lies in some of his numbers. translation: in 1989, i showed my collection in japan, i translation: in 1989, i showed my collection injapan, i was recognised as one of the top five designers in the world. that was an amazing moment. i'm a working man. i push myself

hard. and fashion is what gives me great joy. our next film takes us to scotland. in 1983. corporal punishment in schools was still legal across the uk. but grace campbell objected to the possibility of her children being beaten. and campaigned to get the law changed. recent survey of scottish teenagers show that a third of the boys and one is well with the girls had been belted in one fortnight period. people say that if you don't have kids, you're spoiling them. i say they have to take a long, cold hard look in the mirror. because when you're stripping away, what you're really talking about is hitting another individual. most of scottish secondary school teachers possess one of these thick, leather straps available time. on the largest

teachers union in scotland, maintains that it's an unpleasant necessity in today's's unruly classrooms. corporal punishment in scotla nd classrooms. corporal punishment in scotland was institutionalized. it was really strange that in a country like britain, in the 70s and 80s, corporal punishment will still around. because actually it wasn't in many european countries. the local authorities, local education authorities, had sat down guidance for teachers on what is dressed to use, what was known as a belt was used to hit you on the hand. it's difficult to describe why the belt with such a terrifying thing to look at. but i think it is just because from a very early age, you know, you hear from the other kids, the older kids it's cool about the belt. it is a single use thing. it doesn't have any other legitimate use. it is just for hitting people. that solids for. and so when you see it, ok that is

something to be wary of. my mum had been subjected to corporal punishment when she was in school, and she was absolutely clear she didn't want it for her children. so she tried to seek assurances from local school. to make sure my kids will be belted. she went to the local authority, regional counsel at the time, there were absolutely clear about guidance is that he gets used. she was in touch with the local mp, the counsellors, trying basically to get something done. and eventually it was clear that under scots law at the time, there was no point in trying to go through the courts in scotland. so my mum had no choice. she ended up having to go the european court of human rights and trosper. —— in charles burke. the european court of human rights and trosper. —— in charles burkem didn't do me any harm. and trosper. —— in charles burkem didn't do me any harmlj and trosper. —— in charles burkem didn't do me any harm. i think it should be kept. why is that? because there will be more than a landing

and fighting and bullying. and so faizi at the time, there were definitely perceived to be troublemaking. the majority in society wanted to keep corporal punishment. the court did rule that beating children against their parent's wishes violated the human rights convention. i'm very pleased with the outcome of the case. and feel that expedient implement the findings will improve the educational environment for both teachers and pupils. when mama got the news of the judgement, teachers and pupils. when mama got the news of thejudgement, there teachers and pupils. when mama got the news of the judgement, there was a lot of spontaneous dancing. and hugging my dad. with ten west of scotla nd hugging my dad. with ten west of scotland family, just isn't a normal thing. and they were really, really pleased. after the law was changed, it was changed a thing just before the start of the school term. and i found it just disappeared the start of the school term. and i found itjust disappeared overnight. it was like it never existed. andrew

campbell, remembering his mother grace. in 1978, and then colleague tex. worker was murdered in london's east end —— a bengali test him worker. the killing of the 55 euros was racially motivated and mobilised the bengali community to act. rafiq recalls what life was like in the east and and the events around the murder. chanting. in 1970, life in east london wasn't very pleasant, due to racial abuse. a recent up report on racial violence in this area described this as an isolated and terrorised community. the victims of an appalling catalogue of violent crime. we had fire put through our letter box. urinating in

oui’ through our letter box. urinating in our letter box. people are fighting to live. spitting, pushing, it was common. it was really frightening. i was in fear all the time. national front is a group of people who a lwa ys front is a group of people who always hates people. chanting. most of them were skinheads. all the message was against immigration. it was thursday 11th of may, it was election day. after work, he was walking to this district through here. to go home. approximately 6pm. and when he got there, i don't know the actual spot, but he was attacked and knifed in his neck. all of a

sudden, we heard sirens from every angle. as we heard sirens... siren. you can hear sirens now. similar sirens from every angle. after a few minutes we had a bengali man had been stabbed to death. we're very angry, we don't know what to do. everyone was shouting. crying. the community finally ignited. the national front is the not the front! the national not the front! we organised a march to the corner. to ten downing st to the prime minister. it was the biggest bengali

led march in the uk. in our message is no more killing. in brick lane, a favourite sunday morning gathering spot for national front supporters, the group of some 200 bengalis sat down in the road to listen to a succession of speakers... after the big march, the nationalfront continued with their activities, so we had to march every sunday after that. and our slogan was "black and white unite" "insight". eventually, the nation front lost their grip. because they know our community is no longerfighting. because they know our community is no longer fighting. we stood firmly. where i am sitting now, this has

been named after him. he will always been named after him. he will always be were membered and we have a memorial there at the back. we come and memorial there at the back. we come a nd flowers memorial there at the back. we come and flowers in his memory. so he is not forgotten. they're in w park. remember you can watch witness every month on the bbc news channel. or you can catch up on all our films along with more than 1000 radio programmes in our online archive. just go to bbc .co .uk/ witness. at the 2001: just go to bbc .co .uk/ witness. at the 2004 athens olympics a young 100 metre runner from the gaza strip became the first woman to lead the palestinian delegation as an opening ceremony. translation: it was my greatest

moment. my name went down in history as the first palestinian woman to carry the palestinian flag at the latics. —— at the olympics. running was a hobby for me. i started as an amateur in school. at school were confined to inside the grounds. when ijoined the national confined to inside the grounds. when i joined the national team confined to inside the grounds. when ijoined the national team and started running on the streets, my conservative society did not look favorability on a palestinian girl running in public. but when i persisted, people accepted me and began to encourage and support me. when i run, ifeel happy, free and

relaxed. all my worries disappear. i prepare for the athens olympics in a stadium in gaza. it had a sandy track. i was then sponsored by a palestinian businessman to go on a training campfora palestinian businessman to go on a training camp for a month on a greek island. in month was not enough for to ta ke island. in month was not enough for to take part in the olympics and get good results. my participation was symbolic. because the situation in gaza does not allow us to prepare properly for medals. it was such a beautiful scene. because as soon as everyone saw the

palestinian flag, they began clapping. but i also felt overwhelmed to find myself on the starting line. you have this feeling inside. but as soon as you get going, you forget about everything. whoever comes last still gets cheers, just like the winner. athens was a start for me. in 2009 i took pa rt was a start for me. in 2009 i took part in the athletics world championship in berlin. i'm still training, but because of the siege i can't go outside of the gaza strip. i cannot compete in international races. i manage with the thanks, thank god, because of my husband's support. he is now mike coach. for

the past four years, no athlete from gaza has been able to take part in any gaza has been able to take part in a ny eve nt gaza has been able to take part in any event outside. a short while ago, there was an invitation to go tojerusalem ago, there was an invitation to go to jerusalem and ramallah ago, there was an invitation to go tojerusalem and ramallah for events. but they were all denied travel permits. allahu akhbar. translation: my advice to other palestinian women is hold on to your dreams, do not give up, do not allow any pressures to defeat you. go for what you love most. for our final story, we had two friends in the late 1970s where a doctor started a childbirth revolution with his new invention the birthing pool. he tells us how it came about. there is

something special about human beings and water. as soon as it is lifted into the air, its lungs start to work normally. crying. the doctor, and a petition, in his maternity use in... the police about women in childbirth. the right place to give birth would be the right ways to make love. in 1962, the way of giving birth was in the same, in a hospital, on a table with plates and stirru ps. but a hospital, on a table with plates and stirrups. but gradually, we reconsider everything. we had

introduced the concept of homelike birthing. a smaller home with no physical medical equipment to help me feel more at home in hospital. i think people have the vision of hospital asa people have the vision of hospital as a place when you come when you're sick or told to die. 1am and a young couple have gerben last or 50 miles to have their first baby here, in an ordinary state hospital in northern france. by by changing the environment we have attracted more women. the men coming from far away. and that is why i became an obstetrician. from 200 births i'm a to 1000 births a year.

april to help others ease the pain of labour. babies are usually born underwater. many women could not wait. they would be at the birthing pool before it is full, not wait. the men objected —— main objective was to break a vicious cycle, and by replacing drugs with old medication, it was a side effect. after being in the womb and more fluid for nine months, the baby emerges happily into the warm water with its life—support system from the mother still intact. singing. i remember the visit we had with this british obstetrician. what do

you think of people? welcome i don't think you for it in our hospital. i find his views about a wonderful mixture of mysticism and science.|j don't think the word mysticism is appropriate. it showed that i try to consider in a scientific language some emotional state. translation: afellay the family atmosphere. very reassuring. he give you confidence in yourself and that what i needed. i'm pleased when i hear women talk in a positive way about the birth of their babies. we have to learn from positive experiences, that is the way forward. doctor michel odent on the

water birth revolution. that is all from witness this month at the british library. we will be back next month with more first—hand accou nts next month with more first—hand a ccou nts of next month with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but now from me and he rest of the witness team, goodbye. hello there. there is a chill in the air. you don't need me to tell you that. how long will it last? certainly the chill will last throughout this weekend. cold and quite windy. there will be some sunshine. there will also be some showers. some of those showers heavy and wintry at times over high ground in the north. the jet stream, strong winds high up in the atmosphere, diving a long way south and exposing

us to this cold air which has come all the way from the arctic. cold enough for some icy stretches perhaps during saturday morning, especially across northern scotland and northern ireland. through the day we will see some sunshine but also showers, wintry showers over hills in northern scotland, showers running down eastern parts of england. some for northern ireland, west wales, the far southwest. we are likely to see some showery rain developing through inland areas of england as we go through the afternoon. you'll notice the strength of the northerly wind. while your temperatures on the thermometer will range between 6—10d, still none too impressive if we add on the strength of that wind, it will feel like this. places like newcastle and aberdeen, well, it will feel like it has barely gone above freezing. as we go through saturday evening, it is going to be cold again. some showers continue. most especially in eastern areas because we are shifting the wind around a little bit. becoming more of a northeasterly. that will feed more showers into eastern parts of sunday. perhaps some showers for the channel islands as well. the further west you are, more in the way of drier weather, some spells of sunshine.

still windy in the south, turning a little lighter further north as temperatures, still no great shakes, nine or 10 degrees. as we go into the start of next week, i want to draw your attention to this. a deep area of low pressure that will be in the western mediterranean giving some really rough weather here. it is eventually going to head in our direction. notjust yet on monday. monday bringing a fair amount of dry weather and a some spells of sunshine, more clouds feeding into eastern parts with the odd shower, a frontal system quite close to northern ireland. i think most places dry and still relatively chilly. as we move out of monday into tuesday, that low that i showed you in the western mediterranean does start to spin its way in our direction. it brings us quite close to some much less cold air. but there is still some chilly air circulating around that low. i think on balance, most of us will stay in the relatively air chilly on tuesday as the low swings its way across eastern parts of the uk, we will see some heavy burst of rain,

perhaps cold enough for some snow over high ground in the north. uncertainty about that. those temperatures really not recovering very much. 7-11d. it looks like by the time we get to wednesday, that rain in the east will have moved away northwards. some showers developing elsewhere. also some dry weather and spells of sunshine. the winds by this stage start to come in from the south. those temperatures will creep upwards. double digits, certainly across large parts of england and wales. we return to the jet stream to look at the forecast for the end of next week. the jet stream moves a little bit further northwards again. we're not talking about a heat wave, but it does at least give us a fighting chance of drawing in some slightly milder air. this weather set up is also quite an unsettled one. we will see areas of low pressure drifting through, perhaps becoming quite slow—moving, feeding bands of rain across the country at times. as we go through the latter part of next week into next weekend, weekend, it looks milder. wet and breezy at times. but there should be some drier

and brighter interludes. that is all for me. by for now. a man is arrested in the united states, after a series of pipe bombs were sent to critics of president trump. 56—year—old cesar sayoc has a number of criminal convictions, and is a registered supporter of the republican party. police seized his vehicle in florida — the fbi explained how the authorities tracked him down. they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an ied that had been sent to congresswoman maxine waters. we have confirmed this fingerprint is that of cesar sayoc. we'll have the latest live from the us. also tonight — businessman sir philip green says he'll lodge a formal complaint against the labour peer who named him in parliament as the man facing allegations of sexual and racist harassment. the fiancee of the journalist jamal khashoggi speaks about her pain following his murder —

and demands justice.