welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers this is bbc news, the headlines: in north america paul manafort has temperatures a little lower and around the globe. on sunday, so it will feel even my name is mike embley. colder in that wind. our top been jailed after that's your forecast. nearly four years for stories: president trump's former campaign money—laundering, conspiracy and chair is jailed for nearly fraud. he four years for conspiracy, money laundering and fraud, hid millions and must repay more than $24 million to the us government. he earned. britain escalates efforts to secure nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s release effo rts fraud. he hid millions he earned. efforts to free nazanin from an iranian jail, giving the zaghari—ratcliffe — she is dual citizen in aid diplomatic worker but is accused of spying. she protection. has dual el salvador‘s supreme court frees nationality and three women who spent a decade she has behind bars accused of been granted protection. it now breaking becomes a formal legal disputes strict abortion laws. between states. three women we report from greenland jailed where a rise in rainfall means after a decade accused a gloomy outlook of aborting their babies. the women say they for the country's ice have suffered miscarriages sheet. but were convicted of homicide. now on bbc news, disclosure. chris clements investigates

president trump's former campaign the reasons behind scotland's rising chief paul manafort has toll of drugs deaths. been sentenced to 47 months in prison for money laundering, conspiracy and this is the story of fraud. a community in crisis. a much longer sentence had been expected, it turned her into a monster. but he must also repay more than $24 million of a generation addicted to to the us government. special counsel robert mueller and dying from prescription drugs. revealed the crimes as part of his investigation i've been there while into russian interference in the presidential election. in a moment we'll hear folk died in my house. from our correspondent gary o'donoghue who it's the story of the changing face was at the hearing, of substance abuse... but first here's this xanax business, that's really quite new. paul manafort‘s and an unseen trade in deadly defence attorney outside pills, via the internet, straight to the court. as you heard in court today, your door. mr manafort finally got to speak it's drugs like this that for himself. are killing people in scotland, and that's how easy it is to get ahold of it, via facebook. he made clear he accepts responsibility for his conduct. that's incredible. and, i think most tonight, disclosure takes you behind the rising level importantly, what you of drug—related deaths, saw today is the same thing to those trying to stem the tide, that we had said from day one, and to the lives there is absolutely no evidence that paul of those manafort was involved with any who are left collusion with any government official from russia. behind. thank you, everybody. she was just gorgeous, and just 47 months in prison is far less than paul manafort bubbly, and she was the apple could have expected.

prosecutors were pushing for up to 24 years behind bars. but the judge said that kind of sentence would be unwarranted. just before sentence was passed, paul manafort spoke to the court. he was seated in a wheelchair, wearing a green jumpsuit. he said the past two years had been the most of the old ones of his life and he asked the court for compassion. he will have to pay restitution of $24 million and fines of $50,000. next week he will face sentencing in a separate case in the district of columbia, where he could get another ten years in jail. the question now is the extent to which is co—operation, before it broke down with the special counsel robert mueller, how much that will feed into robert mueller's final report on alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign and whether or not mr manafort will get pardoned by the president for the crimes he has committed. professor sahar aziz is chancellor's social justice

scholar and director of the center for security, race and rights at rutgers university law school. she's in new york. i know you are at columbia law school right now, hence the backdrop. just looking at the figures, 34 people, three companies charged by robert mueller. the paul ma nafort charged by robert mueller. the paul manafort cases the only one to go to trial so far. several others have pleaded guilty. what did you make of this? this is an unusually light sentence. i think that the judge clearly had quite a bit of sympathy for paul manafort unknown reasons. many court watches, particularly those who were critical of the appointment process for federal judges in terms of their ideological leanings based on who appointed them, may wonder whether because this was a reagan appointee that he might have more likelihood to be sympathetic, or perhaps the judge thought payment of the $24 million was sufficiently punitive and

that in factjail time was not necessary, oi’ in factjail time was not necessary, or at least not as much alzheimer's the prosecutor had wanted, and well below the guidelines, because he is 69 years old and he is ill. —— as much jail time as the prosecutor had wanted. as he comes into court with that wheelchair he is working the system to make himself appear more vulnerable than perhaps you actually is. he also faces more jail time in this case next week, in washington, dc, where he has good —— pleaded guilty on two conspiracy charges? yes, andi guilty on two conspiracy charges? yes, and i think thejudge in that case, who was appointed by barack obama, i expect he will be less pathetic. one, because he has lied, he has spoken in court in ways she has found to be disrespectful and he has found to be disrespectful and he has pushed upon her. i suspect she may not be as sympathetic to him, particularly because he was caught lying, and in that case it is more about his failure

to report lobbying effort and working with ukraine, whereas the first case that we are speaking of now is more about him failing to pay taxes and hiding money abroad, and so arguably that might seem more of a mundane white—collar fraud case, might seem more of a mundane white—collarfraud case, whereas the other one might be seen as more of a pernicious case, in terms of detecting the political system. briefly, if you could, it is pretty extraordinary, the basic fact, looking past the details for a moment. despite what paul manafort‘s defence attorney said, he has admitted to passing on information toa admitted to passing on information to a business partner widely believed to have ties to russian intelligence. he was living a lavish lifestyle funded by money, about $30 million of it, which effectively laundered. those extraordinary fa cts , laundered. those extraordinary facts, in themselves? absolutely, which is why the sentence is remarkably lenient. again, if the sceptics, they will probably be concerned that perhaps the judge,

because of his political appointment bya because of his political appointment by a republican, because of his political appointment bya republican, might because of his political appointment by a republican, might have seen him oi’ by a republican, might have seen him or humanised him in a way that if he we re or humanised him in a way that if he were a different defendant, particularly if he was a minority defendant, i don't think... inaudible. judges have significant discretion and it will be interesting to see if, for example, the prosecution's attempts to... inaudible. professor, we are having some problems with the sound link. we will leave it there for now. thank you though much indeed. —— thank you very much. britain has escalated efforts to free nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe from an iranian jail. she is an aid worker, but accused of spying. she has dual nationality, and the government has made the unusual move of granting her diplomatic protection. it means the row over her detention becomes a formal legal dispute. she denies any wrongdoing and recently went on hunger strike in protest at her treatment. here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it is extremely rare for the british government to grant

diplomatic protection to any of its citizens. no—one at the foreign office can remember it ever happening before. essentially, what it means is that the british government has decided that the way nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is being treated by iran has not met its international obligations. she has not been given the right medical treatment, or due process in the law courts. and as a result, the british state has decided that it should give full protection to mrs zaghari—ratcliffe. now, what that means is that, instead of this being a consular issue, this is now a formal legal dispute between the british government and the iranian government. in practical terms, that does not mean that iran is now forced to do anything to treat her in a better injail, in tehran, where she is being held since 2016, but what it does mean is now the british government can raise her case more easily in internationalforums, like the united nations, because it is not a consular issue, as i say, it is a formal international dispute between two nations. so the british can look for more allies and try and put more pressure on iran. it does potentially, theoretically, open potential legal avenues — the uk could, in theory, end up trying to sue the iranian regime for compensation,

but officials make it very clear, they are not goingto go down that route, they do not want to get this bogged down in international courts the next two or three years. what they want is to put mores diplomatic pressure on iran, to essentially, say, look, the way you have been treating her is not acceptable, you have to release her soon and that this issue is not going away and the british government is not give up on her. so it's a pretty strong signal. the question now, of course, will be how the iranians respond. do they respond positively or do they double down and say actually no, this is going to worsen relations rather than make things better? let's get some of the day's other news. two islamist militants have been found guilty of an anti—semitic attack that killed four people in brussels in 2014. mehdi nemmouche had opened fire in thejewish museum of the belgian capital with weapons supplied by his accomplice,

nacer bendrer. the archbishop of lyon, one of the most senior figures in the roman catholic church in france, has been given a six—month suspended sentence forfailing to report child sexual abuse. the case was brought privately by a victims' association. cardinal philippe barbarin says he will go to rome to offer pope francis his resignation. president trump's former personal lawyer, michael cohen, has started legal proceedings in new york against the trump organisation. mr cohen, who was sentenced in december to three years in prison accuses the group of failing to reimburse him for nearly $4 million legal fees incurred while working for trump organisation. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau, has defended his handling of a growing controversy, that's already led to two ministerial resignations. he's denied one of his key aides tried to put inappropriate pressure on the thenjustice minister jody wilson—raybould, not to pursue charges against a leading engineering firm, that's accused of corruption. but she maintains she was pressured. nada tawfik reports

from ottawa. he's the golden boy of progressive politics, who outshines other leaders on the international stage. justin trudeau came into power promising to be different — honest, transparent, and inclusive. but now he's facing allegations that his office improperly pressured the former attorney general to shield the engineering firm snc—lavalin from a corruption trial. in a press conference — meant to put the controversy to rest — trudeau defended his government's actions, but admitted mistakes. over the past months, there was an erosion of trust between my office and, specifically, my former principal secretary, and the former minister ofjustice and attorney general. i was not aware of that erosion of trust but, as prime minister and leader of the federal ministry, i should have been. the former attorney general, jody wilson—raybould, contradicted the prime minister's account and accused his office of demoting her, in retaliation for her refusal to strike a deal

that would keep snc—lavalin out of court. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities. he even touted the symbolic appointment ofjody wilson—raybould, who is a prominent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump,

china, and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. el salvador‘s supreme court has freed three women who spent a decade injail after being accused of aborting their babies. the women say they suffered miscarriages but were convicted of aggravated homicide. they were welcomed by well—wishers and activists near the capital san salvador. ramzan karmali has more. after a decade behind bars, alba rodriguez, maria del transito orellana and cinthia rodriguez emerged from prison just outside the capital, san salvador. translation: we feel so happy, so happy. we are grateful to the citizen organisations, the national and international organisations, that have supported us, and we hope the state will also recognise the fact that there are many women inside that are also innocent and hopefully one day they will regain their freedom. the three women were released after the supreme court commuted their original 30—year sentences. since 1998, when abortion was banned in el salvador,

dozens of women accused of aborting their babies have been sent to prison, even in some cases where the women had been victims of rape. campaigners say at least 30 women jailed for abortion have been freed by reviews in the past ten years, but around 20 remain in prison. translation: we want to do this injustice to be recognised. i think the state has a responsibility to put things right for them. the injustice that has been committed is a threat to us all. efforts to decriminalise abortion have been unsuccessful. in 2018 two bills were put forward but never even made it to vote in the legislative assembly. last may, officials from the country's far—right party gained the upper hand, quashing any possibility of relaxing the law. and the incoming president, nayib bukele, has indicated he will only legalise abortion in cases where the pregnancy is a threat

to the mother's life. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: from travelling solo to shunning motherhood, three chinese women talk to us about challenging stereotypes. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then, the soviet union lost an elderly, sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison

in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really — i've never been married before. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump's former campaign chair paul manafort has been jailed for nearly four years for money laundering, fraud, and conspiracy and will have to pay millions in fines and restitution. britain has escalated efforts to secure nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe's release from an iranian jail, making the rare move to grant her diplomatic protection. facebook says it will try to stop the spread of misinformation about vaccines on its

network. it will remove misleading content and disable accounts that continue to violate facebook‘s policies on vaccine information. the company has faced pressure to tackle the problem. outbreaks of measles in the united states and elsewhere were attributed to the growing numbers of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. japan is also fighting the worst measles outbreak in years. louise matsakis is a reporter for the online tech magazine wired. good to talk to you, thank you for your time. other social media platforms, i know pinterest for example gave action in 2014. what has facebook been slow and why is it a now? i think part of the reason it has been slow is unlike pinterest, facebook is larger and there is much more activity on it. pinterest made a decision where they said we are not going to have this content, we

area not going to have this content, we are a platform for sharing pictures of furniture orfashion are a platform for sharing pictures of furniture or fashion which is not going to allow it at all but facebook, it has 2 billion users, had to balance free speech and wary of the line between this content but lately there have been facing pressure because as you mentioned the reason measles outbreak in washington state in the us and increased pressure from not only several democratic lawmakers but also from journalists, there has been a lot of investigation about the reach of these anti— vaccination content on the platform.|j the reach of these anti— vaccination content on the platform. i know you have been a de minaur will order you was just facebook was allowing the ads to exist and the groups to exist on the platform, it was taking advertising revenue to promote the post. right, that is important, and it was the same case on youtube as well which also took steps to remove the ads from that, particularly taking money from the groups, it is a problem on amazon as well where anti— vaccination books are for sale and other sorts of products, they are taking a cut of the

sale so there is a serious moral issue, when you are letting people not only share the information but benefiting monetarily from it and i think that was really one of the most important steps that facebook talk, they said we are not going to allow these advertisements anymore. briefly, there is a concept that is new to people, and data void which is made a difference in this case? so the concept of it is there isn't really an incentive to put a vaccine content out there, if you believe in them, it is taken for granted and you will notjoin the facebook group where you discuss vaccines, it is some thing that is established and you believe in the science. were is with anti—vaxxing contender is an incentive to create these groups and the feel of the government is lying to them or whatever so when you look at the information on the look or other platforms like youtube there is much more anti— vaccination content and it is more prominent and it is an issue these platforms have run into because you know the reasons really a hotbed of activity or excitement about vaccines because it is an established

thing, you know, it isn't something you want to talk about or you feel the need to share information about us much. louise, thank you so much. thanks! let's get some of the day's other news. in pakistan, the man who led a campaign to expose one of the country's most notorious so—called ‘honour killings' has been shot dead in the city of abbottabad. afzal kohistani drew attention to the case in 2012, in which a group of women were allegedly killed after being filmed singing a wedding song while two men danced. british and european union negotiators are preparing to work through the weekend to try to break the deadlock over brexit before a crucial vote next tuesday. there are nowjust 22 days to go until the 29th of march — the date britain is due to leave the eu. concerns are growing about the possibility of britain leaving without a deal. eu officials have given the uk until friday to come up with fresh proposals for brexit negotiations. in thailand, a court has ruled that an opposition political party be dissolved for having nominated a member of the thai royal family

as its candidate for prime minister. last month the thai raksa chart opposition party sent shock waves throughout the country when it broke with convention and nominated princess ubolrat as their candidate. the move comes with just more than two weeks before voters head to the polls. a new study finds that rainy weather is becoming more common in greenland. as a result, the ice there is melting, and scientists say they're surprised to find rain falling, even during the long arctic winter. our science editor david shukman reports on what the long—term impact of climate change could be. a torrent of water pouring off the greenland ice sheet. there's so much ice locked away here that if the whole lot melts, the level of the sea around the world would rise by 7m. and then once its level, i will leave it to you to take the measurement. until now, scientists thought the big threat to the ice was from the warm sunshine of summer, but there's now something

else for them to worry about — rain. these pictures were taken at a research camp while rain was falling, and it melts the ice — notjust in the summer, but also in the winter, when the ice should be expanding. a big shock for researchers. it shows us that the ice sheet is becoming vulnerable, even in winter. and that's frightening to see, because you expect there's a huge ice sheet and a lot of ice and if you see the big area, the vastness of the ice sheet, and then you see how vulnerable it becomes, even at times when it should gain mass. the big surprise is that even when greenland should be at its coldest, there can be flows of warm, wet air coming up from the south, and these are happening more frequently. so after five days of clear sky conditions, we have this rain. this scientist, jason box, needed shelter from the rain on the ice sheet, and he says that

global warming will make rainfall more likely in future. there is a simple threshold, you know, the melting point, and when the temperature goes above that, you get rain instead of snow. and so, in a warming climate, it's not rocket science that we're going to have more rain at the expense of snow. two years ago, i saw for myself how the ice of greenland is melting. what happens here has the potential to threaten cities and communities on coastlines everywhere, which is why watching it so closely really matters. david shukman, bbc news. international women's day will be celebrated around the world on friday as people unite to champion the advancement of equality. in china, many companies offer female employees a half—day on international women's day. the bbc spoke to three women about what it means to be a woman i would rather do my own thing and enjoy my own life.

translation: i hope all chinese women can learn to enjoy the pleasures of sex. i have no interest in having a baby. the main stereotype of girls in china is that you are ready to get married, and second, it's kind of normal if you go to college, but don't go too far. like, if you ended up studying at phd, people will say you will be an old virgin and nobody will marry you because you are too intelligent, too knowledgeable. this is in luang prabang in laos. and this is a picture i took in pyongyang in north korea. a female solo traveller in china, especially for a lot of men, is not acceptable. some people would comment on my blog, saying, if a girl is travelling around the world by herself she is just a "human sofa" because everyone is sitting on her.

i want to be who i am, not what society wants me to be. translation: my company is the first online sex resource for women in china and we teach them how to enjoy their sexual relationships. china's sex education makes people here think sex is vulgar. there is barely any reliable sex information here for adults, and i want my company to fill that void. the first thing we teach is that women's bodies are their own. you should study it, use it and learn how to pleasure yourself. some have said we have opened a new world for them, that we are like a beacon of light, giving women their confidence. translation: the situation in

china is that your mother will say, or your mother—in—law, you know, "women must have children." such stereotypes are objectifying us to be like machines. a woman's value should not lie in giving birth. currently is a prime time for my career. i never want to have a baby, not now or in the future. i am considering having an endometrial ablation. it is a very good way to avoid getting pregnant. i also hope a future partner would consider a vasectomy. voices from modern china on international women's day. just a reminder of the main news, president trump ‘s former campaign chair paul ma nafort trump ‘s former campaign chair paul manafort has been for four years for conspiracy, money laundering, and will have to pay millions in fines and restitution, if faced another jail term in and restitution, if faced another jailterm ina and restitution, if faced another jail term in a separate case in washington, dc next week. he has pleaded guilty on to make conspiracy charges. that is all for now. thank you for watching.

hello. if you thought thursday was windy, get used to it. very blustery weather on the way all the way through the weekend into next week. unsettled too, wet at times. a bit of a lull as we begin friday. frosty, but sunny for many of us, clouding over with rain later. here's the satellite picture. this area of low pressure has brought the windy weather, the wet weather in places on thursday. a bit of a gap between weather systems. we are in that gap as friday begins, but it's a cold gap. you can see the blue showing up where temperatures will be at their lowest as friday starts. widespread frost around, scraping the ice off the car. misty in places. lots of sunshine for most of us at the start of the day. already a bit of wet weather into the western isles. we can see more cloud pushing across the uk during the morning and then further outbreaks of rain spreading from west to east as the day goes on. increasingly light and patchy as it does so. notjust rain, the hills of scotland

north of the central belt will see a bit of snow as well. it will not be as windy thursday, though it is still breezy out there. temperatures mostly around 7—11 degrees. a bit of snowfall also into shetland before that system begins to clear away, and as we go into friday night, still showers pushing into the north—west of the uk on that breeze. wintry on the hills. not going to be as cold as friday morning, by the time we're all up and about on saturday for the start of the weekend, but it is going to be an unsettled one, with low pressure close by all the time. the atlantic is in charge of the weather, pushing in disturbances occasionally. at the very least that means we will be getting some showers, carried on strong to gale—force winds, so that will make it feel quite cold, even though temperatures will not be too far from average. some wet weather at times, notjust rain but snow, especially on hills, but also some sunshine occasionally too. the best of the sunshine will be across the east and south—east of the country on saturday.

showers already to the north—west will push further east during the day and it'll be a windy day once again. we can expect gusts fairly widely around 40—50 miles an hour, which will make it feel colder than these temperatures might suggest. some of these showers might merge to give longer spells of wet weather at times. plenty of showers coming in during sunday and there is a more wintry component to these showers, so we could well see sleet or hail to lower levels out of these as well. again, it's going to be windy. these are average speeds, but gusts will be around 40—50 miles an hour once again. temperatures a little lower on sunday, so it will feel even colder in that wind. that's your forecast.