it's not about accepting that dianne's died. i can't do that. you don't think to yourself, i'm going to lose my partner, i'm going lose my wife, i'm going to lose my best friend. you know, the kids are gonna lose their mum. a year ago, ian lost his wife to ovarian cancer, two this is bbc world news today. i'm nancy kacunigra. children lost a mother. our top stories. and her death has left the team here at north west tonight heartbroken. a top us official says a seven—day but we know that sadness truce between the us and the taliban is also shared by you. in afghanistan will begin soon i lost a colleague and a friend. and could lead to american hundreds of thousands of viewers troop withdrawals. lost a familiar face from their living rooms. the english premier league side manchester city are banned tonight, we'll meet fathers, from european football for two daughters, mothers, husbands seasons for breaking financial rules. affected by ovarian cancer, the us department ofjustice is dropping its investigation something which killed my own mum. into the former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe for lying for it to come back so quickly about leaks to the media. and to have spread so quickly, and the who is seeking more information from china about more she can't get out of bed. than 1,700 health workers infected and she's taken so much medication. you know, we've had this whole with the new coronavirus. kitchen full of painkillers. it's devastating to know that with the knowledge, we could have done

something different. we'll be asking why there's hello and welcome to world news today. still a lack of awareness, funding we start with news about afghanistan and research into this deadly where the us says a short—term disease and discovering why in 2020 reduction of violence ovarian cancer shouldn't with the taliban will come into effect in the near future. be a silent killer. the agreement was confirmed at the moment, the survival by the us defence secretary chances for a woman mark esper and if it works, with ovarian cancer are what? it could be followed by more bleak. far—reaching peace talks — and a staggered withdrawal of american forces. the deal was made public at a security conference in munich — god love her! you've made it, sunshine. and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is there. when she was on the radio or on camera, we have been hearing reports now for she was utterly herself. many days coming from the afghan and i think viewers title banned saying they believed a and listenersjust innately know deal was close, that they had that she was sort of the first committed to what is being called person i really met right not a cease—fire, that is too before i went on air at radio one politically loaded and sensitive. when i was terrified. they are calling it a reduction in and she wasjust hilarious.

violence. but these statements which have come from an american, a senior just hit off immediately. american official here attending the munich conference is the first really detailed information we have received on what the process is going to look like and how close it is. the senior american official, the fact that he did not say in public, the fact that he is still very quickly she was pregnant into doing it anonymously indicates there his afternoon posse. we permitted on is still some things to sort out. he himself said it is very close which means there are still some details to finalise and that is also what i your lips or your ability. understand from members of the afg ha n understand from members of the afghan government who are also here. but he did make it clear, they are dianne move to manchester in the early 1990s, catching the eye of cameraman ian hindle. very close, that there would be a when she came along, it was the talk at the studio. seven day reduction in violence by the title band across afghanistan. if the tab and keep their word, that would be the sign of a historic deal between united states government and the afghan taliban. afghan peace in exchange for a phased withdrawal of

us forces, some 15,000 in afghanistan now. that would pave the way for as you mentioned the most crucial talks of all and they would certainly be the most difficult and much doubt about them is talks among afg ha ns much doubt about them is talks among afghans about how to end a war which are afghans about how to end a war which a re afg ha ns afghans about how to end a war which are afghans has gone on for more than four decades. just put into context for us, how significant this stage that has reached today because if we think back to september last year, the talks are getting close and then we had president trump seen the talks are dead. just how significant is what happened today? your comments remind us about how cautious we need to be and how fragile a deal of this nature is because there are so many players. there is the us government, us military, the afghan taliban at the table and they have been negotiating for more than a unit in the gulf state of qatar but the afghan government in kabul is concerned but what kind of a deal is signed.

afg ha ns a re what kind of a deal is signed. afghans are worried and fearful about a deal which they fear is not going to give enough guarantees that the taliban are simply going to take this deal, use it to their advantage and once american forces are out, steel march on the afghan capital of kabul to return to power. and then they're the all around, it russia, pakistan, iran, so many countries which also have interest in afghanistan who want to know what kind of deal it is. last time it was president trump who at the 11th hour, i was in kabul then, the us envoy said that we had a deal in principle but then suddenly it was all gone when president trump suspended the deal and cancelled what was to be a high—profile signing at camp david. we understand that president trump has already given what is called a conditional green and white, they would have really made sure to have disagreement this time before going any further. they have to get all

these last pieces in place and once we have the announcement that the seven days of quiet her to begin, that will be the signal to save the deal is pretty well done and now it is starting. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. manchester city, the reigning champions in the english premier leauge, have been banned from european football competition for two years. the club was given the ban by uefa, the governing body of european football, for breaking financial fair play rules. uefa also fined manchester city $30 million. leaks from an earlier hearing in november suggested that the club's owner, sheikh mansour of abu dhabi, was the real source of much of the money given by manchester city's sponsor the airline, etihad. manchester city is to launch an appeal at the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland. we'll have more on this major story in sport, coming up in a few minutes. the us department ofjustice has decided to drop its criminal investigation of former fbi

deputy director, andrew mccabe, without bringing any charges. mr mccabe was accused of lying about leaks to the media during an investigation into the clinton foundation but has consistently denied the allegations. gary 0'donoghue in washington told me this case has taken quite some time to play out. it has been going on for a couple of yea rs really it has been going on for a couple of years really and enter mccabe who has become someone the president has focused on substantially because he was at the fbi when the fbi decided to investigate potential links between the trump campaign and russia, the president has gone on the attack over mr mccabe on a regular basis particularly as he appears on television nowadays as a pundit. he was fired by president trump's then attorney generaljust days before he was due to retire from the fbi removing his pension rights. and then there was a criminal investigation over hanging

him and now it has been decided by the doj they are not going to prosecute him. considering attorney general william barr's recent comments about president trump tweeting about cases that are ongoing, is this move likely to be seen as ongoing, is this move likely to be seen as perhaps a way for the department ofjustice to distance itself from his opinions?” department ofjustice to distance itself from his opinions? i think thatis itself from his opinions? i think that is tempting in the weight of the william barr also pushing back on the president's tweeting habits and what he says his interference in another recent famous case roger stone another former adviser to the president. however, you have to bear in mind that are the things are going on in the department of justice that the president approves of. for example, his former national security adviser who was forced to resign, his case is now being reviewed by the department of justice just as he was about to be sentenced or next month potentially. and of course when you look at the

roger stone case which we just mention, william barr essentially doing what the president wanted to happen and that is for the sentence that the department was looking forge be substantially reduced. it's a really complex picture and to be honest i don't think many people in washington in this point in time other than those two men know exactly what this sort of dance that is going on between the doj and the white house what precisely it means. ryo donahue is our correspondent in washington. —— gary 0'donoghue. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the un has warned that east africa could be on the verge of a famine if huge swarms of locusts are not brought under control. aerial spraying of pesticides is the most effective way of fighting the swarms but countries in the region do not have the right resources and it can be harmful to other insects needed to help pollinate crops. the prosecution in the trial of the hollywood movie producer harvey weinstein has finished its closing arguments. they told the jury in new york

he had used his status and power to prey on and sexually abuse women. mr weinstein denies all charges, which include rape and sexual assault, and the case continues. turkey has sent more armoured vehicles to idlib province in syria where some of its forces have already clashed with syrian government troops. idlib is the last stronghold of rebels fighting the military of syria's president assad, which is supported by russian forces. the turkish and russian foreign ministers are expected to meet this weekend to discuss the situation. the world health organization has said it needs "critical" information about the infection of 1700 chinese health workers with covid—19. six health workers have already died from the virus.

beijing revealed the scale of infections among doctors and nurses for the first time on friday. it said six health workers had died. the country's national health commision said ‘the psychological pressures are great and the risk of infection is high‘. with me is professor david heymann, former chief of the world health organization's infectious diseases programme. he was the coordinator of the who's sars response in 2003. thank you for speaking to us. you are uniquely placed to talk about this because he led the global response to sarris and i understand you have just come response to sarris and i understand you havejust come back response to sarris and i understand you have just come back from response to sarris and i understand you havejust come back from geneva where you were chairing a media of experts advising world health organization on the response to this virus. first of all, are you alarmed by the numbers of health workers who have been affected in china? yes it is really alarming that so many health workers have been infected because they are actually at great risk to themselves but they also put other patients at risk if they continue to work while they are sick and at the same time they put their families at risk for infection. it is not only that they are sick but they have the possibility of an

invert and lead affecting others. talk to us about the risk that health workers face because they do come into contact with more patients and more people who have the virus, don't they? early on in emerging infections like covid—19 when the disease not recognised as being new, health workers inadvertently get affected, that happens. but then what happens is after that, health workers must begin strong prevention and control measures in hospitals to prevent themselves from getting infected and to prevent other patients from becoming infected from them. there is a by phasing infection of health workers that is very difficult to prevent but later on, infection that should be prevented and is not being prevented because it appears health workers are not using the appropriate measures to prevent infection. what are some of those appropriate measures, what sort of thing so you

sa nta measures, what sort of thing so you santa governments and countries that this is what you must do if we're going to stop the spread of this virus? each country decides how can best protect its own health workers but usually includes protective materials including a facemask and some kind of a shield over the eyes, the two areas where infection can incurand the two areas where infection can incur and also the hands. and handwashing is important on putting on her ticking off gloves and protective equipment. there are many different measures that can be taken but they must be taken if outbreaks are to stop because hospitals and provide transmission. concerning what you saw with the sars outbreak, how does this compare? there were many health workers also infected in the sars outbreak. the sars outbreak was an infection of industrialised countries where they were using very elaborate techniques to clean out the lungs of people. and as a result they had droplets of water infected with virus that infected many of the hospital workers before they knew

that this was an emerging infection. in china it has many different story. it's a disease where the health workers have not recognised the start and now that are becoming infected or not using the proper prevention measures. professor david hayman, thank you so much for joining us with your insights this evening. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. it has become more and more popular in pakistan. online dating takes off ina in pakistan. online dating takes off in a conservative country. there is mr mandela, mr nelson mandela taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author

ofa salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have fought to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president. because of his considerable value as a stallion, he was kept in a special secure box. he was kept in a special secure box. he was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. they stepped down from the plane a figure in morning for some it was but the second, 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. i'm nancy kacunigra. the latest headlines. a top us official says a seven—day truce between the us and the taliban in afghanistan will begin soon and could lead to american troop withdrawals. uefa has banned manchester city

from european competition for the next two seasons, for breaking financial regulations. the club says it will appeal. ben has all the sport. there is bound to be more of that story in been concert report. there certainly is nancy. we start with that huge news is you're saying. premier league champions manchester city have been banned from european club competition for the next two seasons after being found to have committed "serious breaches" of uefa's club licensing and financial fair play regulations. they have also been fined around £25 million. olly foster is at the etihad stadium. ali. the stakes have never been higherfor stadium. ali. the stakes have never been higher for manchester city. u efa been higher for manchester city. uefa are going back to a previous investigation six years ago and which they find manchester city than for breaking those break even rules, the financial fair play regulations

was that they been fined again at 25 main pounds, 30 million euros, that isa drop main pounds, 30 million euros, that is a drop in the ocean but what is really going to hurt is that from next season and the season after, u efa next season and the season after, uefa say they will be excluded from all european competition and that is the one competition, the champion slake that for all the billions, hundreds of millions put into the skull by the abu dhabi ruling family, that is the one competition they have failed to crack. four premier league titles, for bleak cups as well. but now they set —— they are set for a period in the wilderness. we have paper which are in response from manchester city who we re in response from manchester city who were accused of failing to co—operate with this investigation. they say they are disappointed and not surprised. not surprised because they say this is a flawed process, there have been leaks coming out of u efa there have been leaks coming out of uefa for the last 12 months. they wa nt uefa for the last 12 months. they want a fully impartial independent body to look at the clubs financial

dealings, not uefa who they say are the investigator, thejudge, and the jury. they say that is flawed. but for now they are going to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport. they say they have a very good case and they think that if it is a strong cases well, but you just know that their team of lawyers that are going to throw at this are just out if not more important that the teen they put out on the picture of the coming months. ali foster in manchester, things for joining coming months. ali foster in manchester, things forjoining us. a couple of big games in europe. bruce should dorman can go second in the week. in spain, atletico madrid and full nuncio fighting for champions spots just into the second half. atletico madrid still leading to— one. that one game in the premier league wolves, leicester

city. they are addressing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak was up 1300 people have died from the fibre operate in china with a number of sporting events already affected not just within the country, the tokyo 2020 president says they are not considering cancelling the games which starts on the 24th ofjuly. the ioc are possibly monitoring the spread of the virus. certainly the advice that we have received externally from who is that there is no case for contingency plans for cancelling or moving the games. if you asked me to go through with the ioc and we will work closely with who and we continue also to monitor particularly the chinese who will be coming here. and the... you will find that the chinese team are

mostly out of china now. athletes and officials. there is a dramatic final ball decider. just like the first match, it was another dramatic final ball decider in the second t20 between south africa and england. this time — england came out on top. they posted 2011—7 from their 20 overs in durban with moeen ali's late hitting vital to the total. south africa were always up with the run rate and captain tom curran took two wickets to see england to victory. the final match takes place in centurion on sunday. that is lawyers were for now. thank you very much, ben. climate change looks set to challenge the ways of life of vast numbers of people around the world. rising sea levels and failed harvests present a threat not just to prosperity but to peace as well. that's the message from an international coalition of military officials who say climate change brings "urgent" risks to global security that must be addressed. sherri goodman is from the international military council on climate and security — she's one of the authors

of a report presented at the munich security conference on this topic. thank you very much for speaking to us. thank you very much for speaking to us. this report is really the first global assessment and comprehensive overview of climate related security risks. tell us about some of the biggest risks you have identified. thank you very much, it is a pleasure to be here with you. some of the biggest risks we have identified are in water and water insecurity aggravated by climate change. whether it is a sea—level rise along our coastal or increasing drought and visa help and in many equatorial regions, driving food and water security for millions around the world which is an underlying factor and a cascading risk in global conflicts as we see them evolving today from syria starting over a decade ago, the prolonged

droughts which fed into that greatest conflict of the modern era. we see this happening now across the say hell with increasing mind gratian, we see this across much of central america as well. —— etihad with an increase in migration. we call this a health... you say that these risks could become catastrophic in the next two decades. what exactly does that mean, what are we talking about here, where talk about a refugee crisis, lands becoming submerged, just explain them to us? we are talking about three types of risk. one is the global migration risk with decreasing food and water security and parts of the planet essentially becoming uninhabitable either because they are too hot or we will lose various coastal regions from sea level rise, storm surge,

and coastal inundation, and coastal accommodation of coastal erosion, and seeming intrusion. in areas that are islands in the pacific that will become uninhabitable even in our lifetimes. —— celine intrusion. the second types of risks will be from extreme weather events that cause extreme weather events that cause extreme national disasters that put people at risk from unexpected be stronger storms, less predictable, and that is another type of risk that we face globally. and then the third is the cascading risk of the changing arctic which is melting at twice the rate and warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet. and retreating sea ice and collapsing permafrost and warming temperatures not only is the arctic opening for commerce and increase

human activity, but there is also the black swan risk of a brick off of the greenland ice sheet or parts of the greenland ice sheet or parts of ice in antarctica that could blend —— send global sea levels rising. very high within a matter of two decades. definitely something that we will continue to keep an eye on. thank you very much sherri goodman. you are welcome. it's valentine's day, and online dating has become something a little bit more positive now. a huge part of our lives. but in the conservative pakistani society, it's a relatively new concept . a matchmaking forum on facebook called "skip the rishta" or matchmaking aunty has built up nearly 3,000 members in less than a year. and that's where aisha and ahad, met after years of matchmaking efforts by their families. shumaila khan from the bbc urdu service has spoken to the couple. music.

translation: wood so many times matchmakers came to meet me and then got up and wept for some sometimes they're happy with me for some but later they said that i was not right for them, i was fed up. translation: usually the girl would come, bring the tea, and parade in friend if you like some sort of cattle. i really don't like it. we met to this online form, skip the matchmaking ante and started talking, for someone and then in real life. then we arranged a meeting of ourfamilies. then in real life. then we arranged a meeting of our families. she was the eighth girl i talked to. my interests and hobbies were somewhere and many other things just interests and hobbies were somewhere and many other thingsjust match. on out and many other thingsjust match. on our first date, it was actually

after our engagement. translation: i wanted to make sure he came from a good well educated family. i was also frank about myself. like i love animals. i even posted in my profile on facebook that i bring my cats along with me everywhere. the clear advantage of this and similar online groups is that members are able to talk to each other directly on their own. i think that a profile should not be excessively lengthy but it should be reflecting your personality and what kind of person you are. other details can always be exchanged by calling and talking to each other. i'm the only daughter and he is also the only child so we... we got much for a families... we only wanted a simple marriage ceremony but it was a proper one with all those traditional receptions and other rituals.

that his offer world news today, stay with us here in bbc news. —— thatis stay with us here in bbc news. —— that is all for world news today. hello there. there is likely to be some impacts from storm dennis this weekend from heavy rain and also strong winds as a number of warnings in force of rain and wind but also amber warnings across scotland, northern, southern, western england and wales. this is the weather fronts which brought a band of rain across the uk for friday. this behind me is a storm dennis which will arrive on saturday. overnight it looks quite damp from that weather front across the death —— southeast now. more wet weather pushes up from the south west as well with increasing temperatures. but... storm dennis showing up clearly on the pressure chart, lots

of isobars clearly on the pressure chart, lots of isoba rs right clearly on the pressure chart, lots of isobars right across the uk. very active weather fronts which will bring this heavy and persistent rain for severe force winds from in places particular southern western coast, the heavy rain piling in over the hills. very disturbed weather over the next few days. head online to check all the latest weather warnings. at ten o'clock reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. first a year on from the death of bbc presenter dianne oxberry, her friend and colleague annabel tiffin investigates 00:27:28,406 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 ovarian cancer.