president trump has repeated his threat to shut the us border with mexico unless congress agrees to fund his controversial plan to build a wall between the two countries. the dispute, prompted by illegal immigration, has caused the partial shutdown of the us government. a tourist bus in egypt has been hit by a roadside bomb near the giza pyramids, killing three vietnamese tourists and a local guide. the authorities say 12 other people were injured. two of them are in a critical condition. the british home secretary has declared a "major incident" after a surge in the number of migrants trying to cross the english channel in small boats. 75 people have reached the uk in the past three days and at least 221 people have attempted the crossing since the start of november. three men have been found guilty of murdering five people, including a woman and her two sons, in an explosion at a shop in leicester. the blast destroyed a supermarket and the flat above where

a family lived. the court heard that the men caused the explosion in order to make an insurance claim. this report by our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn contains distressing images from the start. a massive explosion rips through a building, tearing a hole in this city street. people who witnessed it thought a bomb had gone off. but instead, it was caused by a fire, started deliberately to profit from an insurance claim. it destroyed a polish shop and the flat above it. mary ragoobeer, two of her teenage sons, sean and shane, and shane's girlfriend, leah reek, who had arrived just ten minutes before, were spending a sunday evening together at home. all four were killed. the light went out of our world on that terrible night, and it is so difficult to put into words how much we miss leah. she was an amazing, inspirational young lady who was just starting out on her life adventure.

we know leah worshipped shane and they adored each other when they were taken from this world. we are so grateful to the ragoobeer family for making leah so welcome. she loved being there and knowing she was always happy there gives us some comfort. also killed was 22—year—old viktorija ijevleva, who was working in the shop at the time. she'd been conspiring with three men — hawkar hassan, arkan ali and aram kurd. they wanted to claim £300,000 in insurance because the business was failing. this cctv footage shows them buying more than 20 litres of petrol the day before the explosion. they also bought other flammable materials to intensify the fire. the jury heard the three men had deliberately left vi ktorija ijevleva, who was arkan ali's partner, in the shop to die because she knew too much about the scam. they also believed they would get more money if people were killed.

aram kurd ran the polish supermarket. prior to the explosion, he moved the cctv camera outside the shop to obscure the view. here he is at the scene just seconds afterwards. he'd been in the basement when it happened. then, an hour later, talking to police. just go through then how it all come about. the bbc spoke to him the next day, before he was arrested. how are you feeling at the moment? i don't know how to tell you. never i feel how i am now. the three men will be sentenced next month for the murder of five people. a cynically planned fraud with no regard for human life. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news, leicester. now on bbc news, a special programme from this year's 100 women series. el salvador is the worst country in the world for the killing of women and girls on account of their gender. we explore why femicide is such a problem there, and what is being done about it.

this programme contains some language and images you may find disturbing. el salvador is considered one of the world's most violent countries. it has one of the highest homicide rates outside of a war zone. after decades of civil war in the ‘80s and ‘90s, el salvador has been left dominated by gang warfare, extortion rackets and extreme poverty. el salvador has the highest rate of femicide in latin america. and the third highest in the world. every 18 hours one woman here is killed. every three hours one woman is sexually assaulted. he came up to me with a knife and said i'm going to kill you,

i'm going to kill you, you whore. a femicide is a hate crime were a woman or girl is murdered because they are female. i am in el salvador to understand why the violence against women here is so extreme. on april 14 this year, journalist karla turcios was found murdered. her death was highly publicised and marked a tipping point in el salvador. at the time it was the 152nd femicide this year. today that number has grown to over 300 femicides in 2018. unlike most homicides in el salvador which are usually gang—related femicides are often perpetrated by a partner, husband or family member.

soon after karla turcios‘ death the president declared a national crisis due to the high number of femicides and extreme violence against women. karla's body was found on the same day she went missing. it was on the side of the road in a rural area two hours north—west of san salvador. detective ronaldy lizano was the first to arrive on the scene. when her body was found the prosecutor was contacted immediately to work on the case. ana specialises in homicides

in el salvador and works in gender courts for cases specific to women. the prosecutor starting looking at indicators of coercive control in karla and mario's relationship. by april 26, with overwhelming evidence, prosecutors pressed charges against mario for aggravated femicide. when he was arrested he was in the middle of giving a tv interview about his missing wife to american channel. detectives gathered footage from 19 cctv cameras of mario's car on the same highway where the body had been found in the day she went missing. also, their mobile phones were tracked together and her phone was later abandoned on that same stretch of highway. in order to understand el salvador today we need to look to its recent past. less than 30 years ago el salvador

was ravaged by one of the worst civil wars in modern history. 75,000 people died, many disappeared and women were brutally raped and murdered. the us backed military did most

of the killing here and to this day el salvador‘s national hospital is often the first point of call for domestic violence cases. the doctors here on the front line and they see the scale of brutality daily. dr zulma mendez treats many patients who live in vulnerable situations. today she going to visit one of her patients who lives in a gang—run area and cannot come to see her at the hospital. to protect her we have hidden her identity. as soon as we met she told us

about a fight she had had with her current partner. translation: as he had a lot to drink he hit his head one day and he grabbed me by the neck. he pulled my hair and shouted at me. when he hit me, i wanted to escape, but he locked me in the house. he took my phone away and broke it. i don't have a phone now because he broke it. because he says that if he goes to jail one day because of me i will be killed or my son will be killed. he is my first child, i don't know. he has threatened my family. the hospital was the place i trusted. while i was at the hospital we heard of a young 17—year—old girl who had just been brought in. she had been attacked by her partner with a machete. he had cut off her hands and the top of her head. her mother had also been critically injured as she stepped in to protect her daughter. i spoke to dr fuentes

is a psychologist who has treated her since the attack. in this country where violence is part of the fabric of everyday life only 6% of women who have been sexually abused or physically assaulted actually file a report to police. and only 7% of femicide case resulted in a conviction according to the un. impunity thrives here especially when it comes to femicide cases. prior to karla's death, these women were also victims

of femicides this year. their cases are still unresolved with no conviction. karla's death was different with mounting pressure, the prosecutor and detectives worked hard on the case together evidence that pointed the finger at her partner who is still awaiting trial. the fact that an arrest was made in her case so quickly was exceptional and certainly not the norm. when mario was arrested he was brought to la esperanza prison. mario is awaiting trial here on charges of aggravated femicide for allegedly killing his partner karla. he denies he is responsible

for her death and his case will be heard in january. mario's account of what happened was confusing to follow. despite declaring himself innocent he said he thinks he will be there for the rest of his life as he says he is being prosecuted in order to secure a quick conviction for karla's killing. in may this year after karla's death the president of el salvador announced a new strategy to prevent violence against women. part of that strategy is to encourage more women to train as police officers to respond to domestic abuse cases. ijoined monica who was working the patrol. the tragedy of karla's death marked

a moment of truth in el salvador. since the death and new unit tackles violence against women and a chief prosecutor has been appointed on all femicide cases. in september the un announced a 50 million euros contribution to it and to combat femicide in latin america. within ten days in el salvadorfive women were violently killed. that's in addition to the 320 other femicides this year. for karla's grieving relatives her

death is still very recent. they're waiting for the trial of mario with the hope thatjustice will be served. hello, here comes your forecast for the rest of this year. for many of us the rest of this year. for many of us not too much will change over the next few days. a lot of dry weather around, mild weather, too, for the north of the uk, particularly scotland, there will be some wind and rain at times. certainly not all the time. saturday morning starts off with rain across northern areas.

much of that look away, patchy rain working for the south as well. generally speaking, there will be cloud around through the day. a windy start. winds easing through the afternoon, as things brighten up from the north. it is cool as the day wears on across northern areas, it stays mild in the south. through saturday night, more cloud and patchy rain from the west, affecting the northern half of the uk, particular scotland, but northern ireland and northern england. it will be misty, murky, and milder towards the south—west. looking further ahead into sunday, really cloudy. a similar story for new year's eve. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the world. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: president trump threatens to close the us—mexico border, unless congress agrees to fund his wall. a roadside bomb has killed four people and injured 12 others on a tourist bus near the giza pyramids in egypt. the rising number of

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