with vnw it we. with the irishman, the team involved with the irishman, martin scorsese's epic crime drama was just martin scorsese's epic crime drama wasjust behind joker martin scorsese's epic crime drama was just behind joker with ten nominations. what is the matter, partner? it is official, old buddy. ianda partner? it is official, old buddy. i and a has—been. also with ten nominations, quentin tarantino's once upona nominations, quentin tarantino's once upon a time in hollywood, with leonardo dicaprio and bradford bulls nominated. what is encouraging from a diversity point of view is that parasite, a social drama with an all south korean cast, received nominations for best director and best film. lizo mzimba, bbc news. it must be something i said, it is time for the weather but philip avery is not in the studio with me. i will not hold it against you! missing you already, jane! the driver of weather today was always going to be the lowest centred over iceland, but look at the number of

isobars, lots of white lines means lots of wind widely across the northern half of britain, but it is coming from the south and south—west, tapping into mild air in the mid—atla ntic, south—west, tapping into mild air in the mid—atlantic, so temperatures are well above seasonal norm. the wind is a real issue, it has already been disruptive across northern britain, travel has been affected and will continue to be through the rest of the day, particularly the ferries around scotland, there are speed restrictions on some roads closed. so really quite heavy pulses of rain coming into the heart of scotland, the north—east is escaping that. gusts from the western side of england, 40, 50, 60 or perhaps 70 mph and exposure across the final. the other feature of the day as temperatures are widely above seasonal norm, if your name is not on that list, i will show you what the temperatures are likely to be closer to home. we are all in double figures, many into the teens. extraordinary for this time in

january. through the course of the evening and overnight, not a great deal changes other than eventually we dragged a cold front down across the northern half of the british isles, such that the south stays in the relatively mild air, lots of purge, temperatures in double figures for many, a colder regime further north, still binge across northern scotland, snow showers dragging a couple of centimetres of snow, down to 200 or 300 metres. developments in the far west will eventually thicken the cloud to bring rain back close by to the south—west quarter of the british isles, a amount of cloud across england and wales. brighterfor scotla nd england and wales. brighterfor scotland and northern ireland, still blustery, not as windy today, and look at the difference in the temperatures. 11, i2, 13 or six or seven depending on where you are. there will be a low tracking across the heart of the british isles on thursday, but some models have many more isobars, more white lines, more wind, the met office have a yellow

warning about the intensity of that low pressure. that ridge of high pressure come friday gives us the prospect after what could be a wilder day on thursday, we could well see a quieter day across many parts of the british isles. a reminder of our top story... scores of people have been killed in a stampede as iranians flock to the funeral of kasim slimani. the burial has been postponed as the british government continues to edge restraint. if we see a full-blown war, we are concerned that it would be very damaging and the terrorists in particular would be the only winners. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon.

it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. england are being frustrated by south africa as they try to win the second test in cape town. they need just five wickets to win, and got off to a decent start on the final day at newlands, taking three wickets, including the captain faf du plessis and pieter malan who'd dug in on his way to 84. south africa are 225 for 5 chasing an almost impossible 438 to win. england have one more session to ta ke england have one more session to take those five wickets. they are at a tea at the moment. when the commonwealth games are held in birmingham in 2022, a couple of the events could be held thousands of miles away in india. our sports editor dan roan is here. how have things got to this point? what happens next? last year organisers the birmingham 22 decided to exclude shooting and archery from their programme of sports for the event, women's cricket, beach volleyball were preferred as they sought a younger

and more diverse audience and felt shooting wouldn't do much for the west midlands because it would have been staged in surrey. that decision infuriated india because they have a very proud record in that sport. they threatened to boycott birmingham 2022 as a result. that, in turn, greatly worried the british government because they want to this event which by the way will be the costliest a nd event which by the way will be the costliest and biggest sports event britain has hosted since london 2012, a £10 million it will cost, to be an advert for britain post brexit. they hope to secure trade deals and the idea that the commonwealths biggest country, india, might not be there, alarmed them greatly, so they encouraged the commonwealth games federation and applied pressure to find a compromise, a solution to this row and there were crisis talks held a couple of months ago in india and 110w couple of months ago in india and now i understand that the indian government has written a proposal to the federation is adjusting this ground—breaking idea that either new

delhi or chandigarh stages of the shooting and archery petitions for birmingham for months before the opening ceremony and the medals won will actually count as part of the official medals tally, so i can't think of another example. it's unprecedented, bound to be controversial, but that's the proposal. how likely is this to come about? very likely, it's going to be decided by the federation next month. they will have to go to their 71 member associations to get their approval, but i think it's seen as the one way in which this very damaging boycott could be averted andi damaging boycott could be averted and i think some will say it's innovative and different, good solution. why not? others will say it's gone too far, it's making an exception because of the political cloud of india and sets a dangerous precedent and is an example of politics meddling with sport. it's going to get people talking certainly. it's fascinating. thank you. i'm sure you will keep us

posted on the next step of that. manchester united have warned that they will eject any fan "visibly or audibly" supporting manchester city in any home area of old trafford during their league cup semi—final tonight. both clubs have agreed to limit the number of tickets available for away fans in both matches as a security measure. but the match isn't a sell out, and there are concerns that city fans could buy tickets in the home ends because they're on general sale. organisers of this month's australian open say they don't expect any delays to the start of the tournament despite the ongoing bush fires. reigning men's champion novak djokovic had suggested that the start could be put back because of the air—quality in melbourne, which has been rated as very unhealthy. tournament officials say the health of fans, players and staff is their priority at all times, and the weather forecast is good. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. let's ta ke you are watching bbc news. let's take a little more of an in—depth

look at some of the main stories here this lunchtime. we start with the increasing tensions between the us and iran. the white house has refused to grant iran's foreign minister a visa to visit the united nations in new york later this week. mohammad javad zarif, seen here on a previous visit, had been expected to speak to the security council about the killing of general soleimani. there's been no official comment yet from either side but washington has previously said it can deny access to the un for security, terrorism and foreign policy reasons. dr zarif has been speaking about the situation. secretary pompeo called on said they didn't have enough time to review my request. although the request had been made in 2019, december 2019. i could have told you this is about the headquarters agreement but for a country which has no resume, america

is different from this regime but for a regime which has no respect for a regime which has no respect for international law, which commits a cts for international law, which commits acts of war crimes. and threatens to commit further war crimes, tackling cultural sites. it's a war crime. i don't expect them to remain committed to anything. my question is what are they afraid of? i didn't expect to engage in any dialogue during this, but it would have provided an opportunity for me to engage with think tanks, journalists. for better understanding. i don't think the united states has chosen the path of de—escalation. talking about de—escalation is different from choosing the path. the united states killed a number of people, important personalities, both iraqi officials

as well as iranian officials, in a foreign territory. that is an act of war. it sent messages, both public as well as private, now that were rude, ignorant, arrogant, and that was an escalation in and of itself. it is threatening the iranian people. i think secretary pompeo is misleading president trump. he believes people were dancing in the streets of tehran and baghdad. even put up a video clip on his twitter account to that effect. now i think he has seen the sea of humanity in iran and in iraq yesterday in three days before. does he not want to admit that he has been misdirecting american foreign policy? we will have much more about the continuing tensions in iran following the assassination after 2p

today. in australia, hundreds of volunteer firefighters have attended the funeral of one of their colleagues, who died while battling bushfires. andrew o'dwyer was killed in new south wales last month when a tree fell in the path of his fire engine. his 19—month—old daughter charlotte was presented with her father's medal for bravery at the service. meanwhile, crews fighting the fires are preparing for conditions to worsen. my colleague lucy hockings sent us this update from wandandian, in new south wales. i'm standing by the princess highway near the town of wandandian, and driving here we came through mile after mile of charred out forest. and we've just had some local firies, some volunteer firemen, pull up to chat with us, and they told us the story of their little local town. on new year's eve a massive fire came through here and at one point they were fighting a fire on four different fronts, and they managed

to save a lot of their little town. so you're hearing quite tragic stories here in australia, but little nuggets where the firefighters have had some success as well, which is so good for morale. and i have to say the cooler weather is a psychological boost for people here too. just to give them a bit of respite from the heat and from the wind, give people a sense that they can recharge, because you are right, in the coming days, the next few days, that hot, windy weather is set to return. so the sense of people being in limbo here is very strong, because they know that with that hot weather, the fires are really going to start up again, and that's a massive concern right across this part of australia. nearly 2,000 homes have now been destroyed by the bushfires. noreen ralston—birchall is 75. she told victoria derbyshire how her house in bateman‘s bay in new south wales was burnt to the ground on new year's eve, and that she's had to be relocated

to a residential complex. well, my home, it burnt to the ground. nothing left. probably all my worldly goods have gone. at 74, you can imagine working all my life, for my home, my children, working hard, now i'm in my 75th year, i think i deserve now some peace and quiet and calm. but this has happened to me. and it is very devastating. you have given us permission to show pictures to our british audience showing what remains of your home, actually.

we can see there your zimmer frame, it is unimaginable for people in this country. it is. i was in the centre for safety. i was hearing stories from other people. giving people cuddles and saying how sorry i was. their homes have gone too, you know. it was just a weird feeling to know that your house has gone. it's gone. that's it. there's just yourself left. i had three animals.

and i got those out. to where we had to stay. where we were evacuated to. and i've got the three animals. i have a rabbit, a cat and dog. they were so good. i sat in the centre with lots of other people all around and the cat in her basket, the rabbit sat in his basket, and they did not move. ijust covered them over and they did not move and my little dog sat on my lap. it was as if they knew something

terrible was happening. that was noreen, who lost her house in those fires on new year's eve. the headlines on bbc news. more than 40 people are killed in a stampede in the crowd attending the funeral of iranian military commander qasem soleimani. a british teenagerfound guilty of lying about being gang—raped in cyprus is given a four—month suspended sentence, meaning she's free to return home. an 18—year—old man admits the manslaughter of pc andrew harper, who was dragged along the road by a van in berkshire last year, but denies murder. the nominations for this year's baftas have been announced this morning.

up for best film, 1917, the irishman, joker, once upon a time in hollywood and parasite. joker tops the list with the most nominations at 11, including best actorforjoaquin phoenix. the irishman and once upon a time in hollywood both have 10 nominations. 1917, directed by sam mendes, is the best performing british film with nine nominations. but there has been criticism. there are no women nominated for best director, for example, and the four main acting categories have only white nominees. earlier, entertainmentjournalist caroline frost came into the studio to give her thoughts on the nominations to my colleague annita mcveigh. joker which only scooped two golden globes this weekend in la, but, clearly, the bafta voting academy have decided that's the one that they most favour. some critics called it the biggest

disappointment of the year. other critics thought it was very surprising and of course it's got that great spine ofjoaquin phoenix's central performance as joker. we should point out, of course, heath ledger won an oscar for the same role 1! years ago. extremely different treatment. i think this is seen as a bit of a breakthrough for that superhero genre. we don't normally see this kind of film critically looked at in such a way. so very interesting that the bafta voters have picked up on it. followed by the irishman. good news for netflix, they haven't lost all their love which they lost in the golden globes. we thought they were going to totally be the juggernaut of the golden globes. didn't happen. they're back in the game with ten nominations. and once upon a time in hollywood, quentin tarantino, still the bad boy that everybody loves. he keeps telling, in a ricky gervais mo, this is his last everfilm. we'll see. we shouldn't forget our welsh boy taron egerton. he picked up the golden globe best actor in a musical or comedy, similar to rami malik last year who then, of course, went on to win the oscar.

so perhaps all bets are not off. he is in this category along with extra—strong competition. leonardo dicaprio for once upon a time in hollywood, also adam driver, similarly nominated for marriage story, and jonathan pryce, another brit, for two popes, another netflix title. good news for a few women, particularly scarlett joha nsson and margot robbie, both picking up two nods each. margot robbie playing against herself unfortunately, both in the same category for bombshell and once upon a time in hollywood, best supporting actress. surely she gets one unless it divides the vote thelma and louise style? similarly, scarlettjohansson might go home with two, because she's in two different categories for marriage story and jojo rabbit. but the story about the women is actually not so positive for many others, because i've seen on twitter this morning "bafta so white" is already trending. this is pointing to a lack of diversity particularly in this category of women, so they are pointing to names like lupita nyongo. where is she? awkwafina, where is she? jennifer lopez. all of these people were nominated at the weekend in the golden globes. no sign of any nominations

on the bafta lists. this morning, amanda berry, the ceo of bafta, was quick to express her disappointment and we do know that she has put what measures she can in place to extend the voting range and to bring new members through so different voices and opinions are expressing themselves when it comes to the awards. they also have schemes to try and support the infrastructure of the film industry as a whole with things like elevate, pushing social mobility to the fore, women particularly as well. black, non—male and pale faces. however i think it's a bit of a red herring to point all the arrows at awards season because clearly these decisions start upstream of that. you have to make films that people want to go and see, so it can't be accused as a box—ticking exercise come the awards season. you want films to be popular, appealing. you want stories to be told all the year through, i think, and then perhaps hopefully we won't be having this conversation. caroline frost talking to us this morning. the baftas are on sunday

the 2nd of february. we will have oui’ the 2nd of february. we will have our usual full coverage from the red carpet that evening here on bbc news. we will turn our attention to something else, shall we? wi—fi enabled litter boxes for cats and a rotating tv specifically designed for use by the tiktok generation. that's just some of the new technology on display at the world's biggest consumer tech showcase in las vegas. it's a chance for aspiring start—ups and established brands to show off their latest gadgets. our reporter zoe kleinmann has been to find out what's creating a buzz. it looks like pork and it's supposed to taste like it too, but this is a new meat—free alternative. the impossible sausage is by the same company who gave us fake burgers last year. it might be veganuary in the uk, but pork is a perennial favourite, particularly in china. is this an attempt to attract a lucrative market of meat eaters? there are a lot of meat eaters in asia and china. we were just there in shanghai serving at ciee, 25,000 versions

of our locally—inspired cuisine, and i think you'll see us eventually be everywhere, every major market where the meat—eater demands great product. there's not an animal in sight in the making of this, but the question is does it past the taste test? well, this is a challenge i'm going to enjoy. here we go. so what i would say about it is it's spicy! what i would say about it is it's got a very light texture. it's sort of lighter than you would expect from something like a pork sausage. apparently it's got half the calories and i think you can sort of feel that. it's definitely less fatty. does it beat the sausage? well, i'm not sure about that. that's just one of the products on display here at the world's largest tech fest, ces in las vegas, where 180,000 people have flocked to see, not just the new tech trends of the year, but of the decade. furniture that moves itself to you. robots to suit your every need.

driverless vehicles of all shapes and sizes. and screens everywhere. screens that are paper—thin, screens that fold, screens that roll up into the ceiling. that one, by the way, could be yours forjust £45,000. ces is always a smorgasbord of the weird, the wonderful and potentially quite useful. what will catch on and what will disappear without even a digital trace, well, ultimately, that's up to the consumer. zoe kleinman, bbc news, las vegas. is it all affordable? that's what i was querying. we will have the weather coming up in the next few minutes. we will take a moment to turn our attention to one other story here this lunchtime, as well. ten years ago, the life of togo footballer kodjovi obilale was turned upside down. injanuary 2010, the then 25—year—old was travelling on a bus to that year's africa cup of nations

in angola when a rebel group opened fire on their convoy. he was shot twice in the back in an attack which resulted in two deaths. victoire eyoum has the details. armed attack. togo is nationalfootball team come under gunfire in angola. at least six players are injured. togo's football team had just driven into angola to contest the africa cup of nations tournament. minutes later, two members of the delegation were shot dead. assistant coach, abalo amelete and stanislas ocloo. translation: i heard a russian gun. when i tried to move, it was as if i was nailed to the seat. i didn't understand it, but when i saw myself, both my stomach and my back were bleeding. during the attack, the reserve

goalkeeper was struck twice. translation: i said, i'm here, help me. i want to see my children. i don't want to die here. i cry out like that without stopping. the attack, which was claimed by a rebel group, took place in the northern angola enclave of cabinda, an oil—rich area where separatists want to be independent. translation: why did they organise the nations cup in angola? when the country had just had three decades of civil war? the attack ended his career and almost his life. still regularly taking painkillers, the 35—year—old still struggles with the fact that cost—cutting meant the delegation travelled through a disputed area by bus and not by plane. obilale is also critical of african football ruling body. although his hospital costs were met by angola, togo handled his repatriation, and in france, treatment

where he lives, much of his ongoing treatment he says he's never been paid any money. we contacted them for comment, but have yet to hear back. after eight different operations, obilale has left his wheelchair to which he was confined for over one year and made the most out of life without football. translation: i've done a lot of things since the attack. i went back to studying, past some exams, worked for five years, wrote a book, and today i'm working on some other projects. i'm happy to have done all this. while he serves a life sentence, not one of the men who ever pulled the trigger has gone to prison. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. hello.

the picture behind me was taken not at dawn, but at mid—morning on the western side of scotland. for that, you have to do see low pressure, a lot of cloud and rain in the circulation. notice the number of isobars, very windy indeed. the one plus on the day perhaps is that it is extraordinarily mild for the time of year. but the wind is a real concern, widely across northern ireland, disrupting travel. a lot of ferries cancelled in scotland. and there are speed restrictions and road closures as well. there you see the extent of the rain into the middle part of the afternoon. away towards the north—eastern corner of scotland, occasionally, glimpses of brightness but the feature of the day is that it is mild, yes, but also very windy indeed. some of the gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour, that's had an effect on travel plans already. even further south, the odd glimpse of sunshine could be ruled

out as the cloud parts, but in other areas, you will get the odd heavier burst of rain. a lot of changes in the evening. doesn't quite completed journey, this weather front, so we have a vestige of mild air across the south, but further north, a much colder feel and the shower is turning wintry, giving a couple of centimetres of snow above 2—300 metres or so. here we are on wednesday, isoba rs in scotland, so gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour. still fairly cloudy down across the south and later on, we see the cloud will thicken across wales and the south—west and the return of some rain. further north, scotland and northern ireland, sunshine, cool blustery day with some sunshine and showers but double figure temperatures win out across the south by thursday. this area of low pressure will track, we suspect, somewhere across the uk but it could be a lot deeper, there could be a lot more lines

on this chart indicating much stronger winds. that's why the met office have issued even at this range a weather warning about the potential strength of winds on thursday, however, friday is going to be acquired today. a cooler day with a better chance of sunshine.

hello, you're watching afternoon live i'm simon mccoy. today at 2... on her way home. the 19—year—old british woman convicted of lying about being raped in cyprus is allowed to fly back to the uk, after receiving a 4 month suspended sentence. we will be following up in relation to some of the issues in the case. scores are killed in a stampede, as iranians flock to the funeral of qasem suleimani, killed by the us. a teenager admits killing newlywed pc andrew harper in berkshire last summer. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. i will keep you up—to—date on the latest from south africa where england are trying to win the second test but the south africans are frustrating at the moment. and india

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