this is bbc world news today. our top stories... the democratic senator, elizabeth warren, launches her bid to become the party's candidate for 2020 — promising to champion ordinary, working people. millions and millions and millions of american families are also struggling to survive in a system that has been rigged, rigged by the wealthy and the well—connected. the duke of edinburgh surrenders his driving licencejust weeks after a crash that overturned his car and injured two women. seven jihadists are sentenced to life in prison in tunisia over attacks that killed dozens of people in 2015. and five paintings by adolf hilter went under the hammer today, but failed to sell. we'll be live in the netherlands to find out what went wrong. hello and welcome to world news today.

us senator elizabeth warren has officially launched her bid to become the democratic presidential nominee. shejoins a growing list of democrats keen to take on republican president donald trump in 2020. the massachusetts democrat made the announcement in the working class city of lawrence. here she is speaking a short while ago. the man in the white house is not the cause of what is broken. he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what has gone wrong in america. a product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kick start on everyone else. cheering and applause. the cost of couege cheering and applause. the cost of college has nearly tripled and 40% of americans couldn't find $400 to

cover an emergency. that is millions of hard—working cover an emergency. that is millions of ha rd—working people cover an emergency. that is millions of hard—working people in this country, whose lives would be turned upside down if the transmission fell out of the car or somebody got sick and missed a week at work. the middle—class squeeze is real and millions of pelham —— mica families can barely breathe. it is not right! cheering and applause. chris buckler is in washington. i asked him where elizabeth warren stands on the list of democrat candidates so far. yeah, you heard the message that she has said. very much trying to set herself aside from president trump, who she is presenting as somebody who is wealthy and privileged and essentially the elite and she tried to present herself as someone of the working people. in fact, she even walked onto the stage with that anthem of working women, nine to five playing. it gives you a sense that elizabeth warren is trying to rally the grassroots of ordinary people, choosing that old manufacturing town of lawrence to show again that she was alongside those people truthfully, though, it is a very

wide field at the minute and there isn't really a front runner as things stand. if you take a look at some of the other candidates, kamala harris has had a very good start. she was very accomplished and very articulate in her prime time cnn special, in which she spoke to people who were potential voters. again, corey brooker, he is out on the campaign trail today, he is in iowa and he is speaking there, again trying to get across his message. kirsten gillibrand, amy klobuchar, we expect her to announce her campaign tomorrow, all senators who potentially have a chance at winning that democratic nomination. the other one to mention, of course, though, isjoe biden, the former vice president, who still has not announced whether or not he is prepared to make a run for the presidency in 2020. he could be a leading candidate if he decides to run. but at the moment, there is no front runner and that is why we are seeing all of these democratic candidates

really trying to grab attention. just going back to senator warren, chris, she has been dogged by one issue in particular, this is her claim of having native american heritage. she has been forced to apologise for that. do you think that is going to hurt her chances? i think we have had this antagonistic relationship between her and donald trump. donald trump has referred to her time and time again as pocahontas. he likes to give nicknames to some of his political opponents and this nickname, pocahontas, comes from her claims that she has, in her past, some native american heritage. but how she has used those claims has been really controversial. he, for example, the president encouraged her and challenged her to take a dna test, which she said she would do. that immediately had a response from the cherokee nation saying that that is not how you actually establish tribal citizenship and that that was a bad idea. they have also been critical of how she claimed native american citizenship in the past at university and it gives

you an idea that really she does face a challenge for some of those claims. at the moment, as i say, the field is wide open. the duke of edinburgh has given up his driving licence. prince philip, who is 97, was involved in a crash near the sandringham estate last month in which a woman suffered a broken wrist, two days later norfolk police gave him "suitable words of advice" after he was pictured driving without a seat belt. in a statement released a short while ago, buckingham palace said that "after careful consideration the duke of edinburgh has taken the decision to voluntarily surrender his driving licence." joining me now in the studio is our news correspondent ben ando. did the palace give any more details about this decision? we know it was just over three weeks ago that he was involved in this accident and he was involved in this accident and he

was leaving the sandringham estate, it isa was leaving the sandringham estate, it is a t—junction and a busy road and there was a car coming along the road and he pulled out at there was a collision. the duke's car overturned and he was left shaken and the other car had a woman and a nine—month—old baby and another woman who suffered a broken wrist. there was a lot of discussion about whether a 97—year—old man should be driving or not. a few days later he was pictured driving again in the replacement car he had been sent to replacement car he had been sent to replace the one that was damaged and he was not wearing a seat belt and there was much more controversy and discussion. why he has given up his driving licence, it is voluntary, you send it back to the dvla in the uk to return your license with a note saying you're doing it voluntarily. why he has done this is quite possibly that he feels it is the right time to do this, he is 97 yea rs old the right time to do this, he is 97 years old and quite possibly, those words of advice from the police, coupled perhaps from words of advice of his own councillors have possibly

made him do this. does this draw a line under the incident or is there still the possibility that he could be prosecuted? that is a difficult question. the way it works in the uk is that the police will assemble a file of evidence and send it to the crown prosecution service and they will then take a decision on whether to prosecute and that decision is based on two things, first whether there is a realistic chance of conviction and secondly whether it is in the public interest. we know the police have said that file to the police have said that file to the crown prosecution service and they will now be expected to make a decision. the fact that the 97—year—old man has now voluntarily surrendered his license means he will not be driving again and there isa will not be driving again and there is a strong argument to say it would not be in the interest of anyone to prosecute him given that he will not be driving again anyway. people watching in the uk and around the world it may be wondering why at 97 he carried on driving when the royal family has enough staff to drive them wherever they may need to go.

there are two parts to that question, the simple one is because he could. he is very proud of being very independent. he felt he had all his faculties and was able to drive and he had always driven himself and he would carry on driving. what has happened has perhaps caused him to reconsider and that is what we are seeing today. the other aspect, yes, you have people drive you around but if you are the duke and driving around sandringham and this happened close to the estate, he does not wa nt close to the estate, he does not want a lot of fuss or nonsense or have to telephone someone to come around the front so he can get into the car if he was just nipping around the estate and that is quite possibly, this kind of informal driving he felt was something he could easily do. of course, he has clearly changed his mind. thank you. in tunisia state prosecutors have appealed against the acquittal of twenty—seven suspects who stood trial for the 2015 terror attacks. 60 people were killed in those attacks, most of them british. it comes as a court today sentenced seven people to life in prison

for their involvement in the attacks. the first one hit tunis' bardo museum. the second targeted tourists at a beach resort near the town of sousse. bbc world affairs correspondent richard galpin reports. the mass trials here at the courts in tunisia began more than a year ago. now more than a dozen militants have been sentenced to prison, some for life. but many others have been acquitted. gunfire. it was back in 2015 that tourists were targeted in two devastating attacks claimed by so—called islamic state. the attack here in the popular resort of sousse was the most deadly. a lone gunmen armed with a kalashnikov and explosives running along the beach, killing holiday—makers at random and doing the same inside a large, crowded hotel. 38 people, most of them british, were killed. police who were nearby failed to intervene and tell it was too late.

just three months earlier there had been a very similar attack at the national museum in tunis. this time two gunmen rampaging through the building, killing more than 20 tourists and a security guard. following this incident, there were many questions why the tunisian authorities did not do more to ensure holiday—makers would be safe in the country. given the clear threat from islamist militants. as a result, the country's vital tourism industry plummeted and it was only in 2017 that it began to pick up again after security at holiday resorts and other popular areas was improved. richard galpin, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... kurdish forces have launched what they say is their final attack against the so—called islamic state in syria, where an estimated six hundred fighters are holed up in four square

kilometers near the iraqi border. at least twenty—thousand people were evacuated from the area. a spokesman for the us—backed syrian democratic forces attack should conlude within days. activist groups outside china are reporting the death of a respected uighur musician in a chinese detention camp. he is believed to have been serving an eight year sentence. a un panel said last year that more than a million ethnic uighurs — including a number of artists and musicians — were being held in detention. the party which put forward a former thai princess for next month's election has withdrawn her candidacy, after her brother, the king, intervened. the thai raksa party, which nominated 0obonrat muhhidon as its candidate, said it accepted the king's command that, according to the spirit of the constitution, she could not run for office, even though she had relinquished her royal title. here in the uk, a company controversially awarded

a multi—million pound deal to ensure ferries would keep crossing the channel in the event of a no—deal brexit has had its contract cancelled by the government. the original deal had attracted widespread criticism after the bbc found that seaborne ferries did not actually have any ships and had never run a ferry service before. our business correspondent rob young reports. preparations have been under way for weeks. dredging started at ramsgate port at the beginning ofjanuary. seaborne freight was due to run regular services to 0stend in belgium in the event of a no—deal brexit. once it got hold of some ships. but the company has now been stripped of its contract. the £14 million deal was controversial from the start. the contract‘s cancellation has intensified the criticism of ministers. we first flagged problems with seaborne freight in april of last year. and we've been tracking it since then both in terms of its attempts to find vessels, which have all failed without exception, largely because this port is very small. the government has

defended the checks it carried out on seaborne. it says the company's main backer, arklow shipping, has pulled out, meaning seaborne could not meet its contractual requirements. it wasn't paid any public money. ferries haven't operated at ramsgate since 2013. the government hopes new services from here could help reduce congestion at dover if there are delays come the end of march. but there is now a big question mark over whether ramsgate will be used if there is a no—deal brexit. the department of transport says it's in advanced talks with other companies to supply freight services, possibly from ramsgate. with less than two months to go until brexit, timing is tight. it is a disappointment. i don't know the commercial reasons why arklow have pulled out. but i want to make sure this port is ready for brexit resilience. however the cash—strapped local authority is considering a cut to the port's funding which might prevent a ferry service

starting in the future. rob young, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: artwork by adolf hitler went under the hammer today — the auction sparked outrage, but none of the paintings sold. we'll be live in the netherlands to find out more. a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. ayatollah khamenei has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british

author of a book which many must say is blasphemous. the people of haiti. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the central block. he was driven when a that the thieves thieves brought with them. they stepped down from a plane the figure in one, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines the us senator elizabeth warren is launching her campaign to be the democratic nominee for president. the duke of edinburgh surrenders his driving licencejust weeks after a crash that overturned his car and injured two women. several thousand yellow vest

demonstrators have been marching in central paris for the thirteenth consecutive saturday. riot police were out in force, closely monitoring the march after violence at previous protests. there have been several low—level confrontations and police have used tear gas. 0ne protestor had his fingers ripped off after he attempted to pick up a rubber pellet grenade and it exploded in his hand. demonstrators are voicing a raft of grievances about the cost of living and the policies of president macron‘s government. they're also demanding more direct democracy. let's hear from some of the protesters. translation: for decades now we have seen our elected representatives have not been working in the interests of the people. they have been working for lobbies and other interests i know they want to transfer sovereignty to brussels and i do not want brussels to decide everything the french have to do. it is not a referendum

story because what does the referendum mean? like the big debate, what does that mean? everyone is talking but what is the point? it is absolutely useless. it is the institutions that are bad at the moment, justice is really borderline and the way instutions work, we need to change the institutions, but that is a big job. when i see poverty in france, when i see the people abandoned by a government and not just this one but for decades, whether it be sarkozy all the others, i say to myself we must act. i do not believe in the polls much anymore. five paintings attributed to adolf hilter went under the hammer today in nuremberg, but failed to sell according to a local newspaper. twenty—six pieces of art were pulled from the sale, earlier this week after suspicions were raised they could be fakes. the auction sparked outrage with the city's mayor condemning the sale, calling it ‘bad taste'. journalist and expert on the market for hilter‘s artworks, bart droog joins me now from the netherlands.

good to have you with us. some of these pieces were expected to fetch up to 45,000 euros so why were there no buyers? they were frightened away by the police and security forces. i guess. and because of all the news, that all these and oil paintings and drawings be fakes. there were suspicions about the authenticity of even some of the ones that went up for auction, aside from the 26 that we re for auction, aside from the 26 that were pooled earlier in the way? not only suspicions, there was hard evidence, all these watercolours we re evidence, all these watercolours were fa kes evidence, all these watercolours were fakes and even sees more than the 26 a few days ago and when they seize them, they also seized 37 which were stored in his auction house. it is quite a niche thing to

go and bid for, why would people wa nt to go and bid for, why would people want to buy them? who would be after a piece by adolf hitler? museum directors, artist, businessman, collectors of historical items, even holocaust survivors. basically people with no brains and too much money. that is putting it rather pithily. there are a lot of paintings that are purported to be by hitler that are actually fake? somewhere between 500 and a couple of thousand. which is ridiculous money, especially, as you know, that after the second world war, only 30 something survived. what do you think should be done with these kinds of art pieces? they should be stored in a museum, that would be a

nice place for them. thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. holly hamilton has all the sport. hello. we start with football where liverpool responded to back—to—back draws and falling behind manchester city at the summit of the premier league by beating bournemouth (00v) 3—0 at anfield. jurgen klopp said he wanted his side to be convincing and they could have won by more. sadio mane, georginio winaldum and mo salah with the goals. city can overtake liverpool tomorrow if they beat chelsea. for us we wanted to show reaction. 0nly for us we wanted to show reaction. only in the performances we had and it is ourjob to not only come through somehow, we want to convince, we want to really perform and today we did that. we had

outstanding football moments on the pitch and i think our first goal, the second ball with the set piece, that was nice. manchester united have moved into the top four of the premier league following a convincing 3—nil win at fulham. it was a 10th victory in 11 games under caretaker manager 0le gunnar solskjaer. fulham remain in serious trouble and seven points from safety. elsewhere there were wins for arsenal, cardiff and watford whilst west ham were held to a draw by crystal palace thanks to wilfried zaha's strike. in the late kick off, burnley beat brighton 3—1 to climb out of the relegation zone and up to 15th. gareth bale scored his 100th real madrid goal as they beat atletico in the madrid derby to overtake their rivals into second place in la liga. casemiro and sergio ramos were also on the scoresheet as real secured their fifth league win in a row which means they sit second for the first time since september, above atletico, and just five points behind barcelona. meanwhile paris saint—germain will have concerns over the fitness of edinson cavani after he came off injured during their 1—

nil win over bordeaux. after opening the scoring from the penalty spot, cavani left the pitch just before half—time holding his thigh. it could make him a doubt for psg's champions league showdown with manchester united this tuesday. a week on from their defeat to england in dublin last week. defending champions ireland travelled to edinburgh to put their campaign back on track.. the grand slam champions went behind early on, but tries from conor murray and jacob stockdale put the visitors ahead. sam johnson went over for the hosts to narrow the gap at the break, for his first international try. but an inch—perfect pass from joe carberry allowed keith earls to finished things off and seal the win for joe schmidt's side. wales, meanwhile, top the table after an unconvincing 26—15 win over italy in rome. wales had made ten changes to their side to replicate what it might be like at the world cup later this year.

it is though their 11th straight win, equalling their all time record it isa it is a win and that is it. pat yourselves on the back, you just equalled a welsh record and you have got to enjoy that moment. you know. an international moment, everything is not just about an international moment, everything is notjust about being perfect and italy made it tough for us today. england have found some steel in their batting at last in the carribbean, recovering from yet another wobble on the opening day of the final test against west indies in st lucia. (gfx ) after losing keatonjennings early, rory burns, joe denly and joe root all struggled. jos buttler and ben stokes though have put on 0ver a hundred for the fifth wicket in st lucia. buttler is unbeaten on 53, stokes on 54 and has just been

reprieved off a no ball too. you can follow it closely on the bbc sport website. and just before i go great britain are into the fedcup world group ii play—offs — afterjohanna konta beat aleksandra krunic in her rubber... that's all the sport for now. thank you. london zoo officials say they're devastated following the death of an endangered tiger, who was killed by what was hoped to be her ‘perfect mate.‘ helen mulroy reports. the endangered imagine tiger daggers we re the endangered imagine tiger daggers were to meet as part of a europe—wide breeding programme. despite being housed in neighbouring enclosures for ten days, in an effort to get them accustomed to one another, their first meeting effort to get them accustomed to one another, theirfirst meeting on friday did not go to plan. the long—time resident of the tiger enclosure which he mayjust be able to glimpse over my shoulder, was killed yesterday after being introduced to a new male mate from denmark. 0ne animal rights charity said the incident was a result of

trying to artificially create a bond between animals. london zoo disagrees. it is important that we move them around the zoos as part of the diversity that we need to ensure the diversity that we need to ensure the population is healthy. we are not trying to create an artificial bond, we are trying to create the best environment for our tigers and preserve their future. the zoo could not confirm there would be a specific investigation into the incident, but with just 300 sumatran tigers left in the wild, many are 110w tigers left in the wild, many are now questioning the viability of attempting to breed these critically endangered animals in captivity. helen mulroy, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of my team on twitter. there is more on the stories online whenever you want to read them. that is bbc world news today. for me at the time, that is it. goodbye. the weather is coming

down after storm erik. still pretty blustery across the north—east of the uk, the winds here will continue to ease as we go through the evening and the overnight period. sunday is going to be a mixed bag, we've got both rain and sunshine on the way. now, right now, this is west of the americas right now across the north sea, but this area of cloud is drifting in, bringing fresher rain towards south—western areas and southern areas of the uk. this is another area of whether that will be sweeping through. no real windy weather here, just rain on and off through the night. it looks like eastern scotland and the north—east of england, clear spells for you here tonight, so a touch of frost, but in the south, it will be a lot milder, five, six, 7 degrees, that sort of thing. then tomorrow, the low pressure that will bring us a damp start to the day will eventually pull away from the south and the weather will improve, before showers once again return from another weather front coming in from the north. so there is that mixed bag tomorrow.

you can see one weather system pulls away here and this is the area over here, there is this tail end of storm erik, just a few showers moving into northern ireland. notice how, in the middle of the afternoon, the weather improves across england, but by the time we get to sunset, i think the showers here will once again be sweeping across the sort of central swathe of the uk. the north west of england, through yorkshire, into the midlands and down into the south—east as well. here is that whether front moving through during the course of sunday evening into monday and then, finally, finally, something that we are looking forward to, i think, high pressure starts to build, pushing away the weather fronts away towards the northern climes into the north atlantic and from the south, the weather starts to improve. so, monday is looking very promising across the uk. temperatures will be around double figures, just about in the south, double figures in the north, but sunshine pretty much throughout the length and breadth of the country and with the jet stream swirling away to the north of us, in fact, between scotland and iceland we get into this milder stream of air. the high—pressure builds

across the uk, that the weather will be settling and you can see the colours there, that indicates slightly milder weather heading our way. so for the week ahead, a lot of dry weather around with some milder days. the nights might be chilly, some mist and fog around at times, too. this is bbc world news, the headlines. seven men have been sentenced to life in prison for terrorist attacks in tunisia that left nearly 60 people dead. in all, 51 suspects went on trial for the attacks in 2015, which were claimed by the islamic state group. american senator elizabeth warren has formally announced that she will run for the democratic nomination in next year's presidential election. at an event in massachusetts she said she would stand up for those left behind by the trump administration. prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has given up his driving licence after being involved in a car crash outside the sandringham estate injanuary. buckingham palace say that he surrendered his