this is the briefing — i'm ben bland. our top story: tens of thousands of germans attend vigils for the nine people murdered by a far—right extremist. a life sentence in new zealand for the man who murdered british backpacker grace millane. ira n votes for a new parliament but how many will bother to take part in the election? from a galaxy far, far away to a toyshop near you. how disney builds a baby yoda empire through merchandising.

a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. about this for an impulse an inaccessible first floor property sells for £1 in the uk side like to know, what is worst, almost pointless purchase you've ever made or perhaps your best bargain? let me know. tell us what you think — just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. tens of thousands of people have attended vigils for the victims murdered by a far—right extremist in the german town of hanau. nine people were killed in the shootings on wednesday night. the authorities are treating it as a terror attack. many of those who died were turkish. meanwhile the president of romania has confirmed that a romanian was among those killed. our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau.

the aftermath of what now looks to have been a premeditated racist attack in the quiet german town of hanau, filmed by those watching on in flats above. the suspected gunman‘s target, to shisha bars, cafes for smoking scented tobacco and popular with germany's turkish and kurdish community. it was around ten o'clock when people say the shooter started shooting outside and in the bar and then fled and a mile and a half and ensure those in another bar. nine people were killed and five of those were of turkish origin. eyewitnesses have described the panic during the attack i'm shocked and everybody who ran on the right and on the left, so much panic, panic, panic. police say the government, named as 43—year—old german national tobias r returned to his home, killed his mother and himself. forensic teams have been searching his property and car. investigators are also scrutinising his website

which contained a written manifesto reporting to espouse deeply xenophobic views and painting a picture of a man with deep mental health issues. talking of the state trying to get into his brain. there are big questions now how german authorities can stop right—wing extremism and the rise in the number of attacks. in the past year there has been an assassination of a german politician and an attack on a synagogue in the east of the country and three days ago german police say they dismantled an extremist right—wing cell, and now this incident. the german chancellor at a summit in brussels today spoke of the poison of racism and hatred affecting german society because of the local mp told me here of existing tensions in the town and said extremism that was an issue linked to the growth of populism. we need to put signs, stop signs there and

really set redlines and be far more strict on hate speech. several ethnic minority families living here and told me that they are too afraid to go out tonight, worried that if rats may still exist but many people in hanau are covering too late tributes and flowers too late tributes and flowers to those who lost their lives. a man from new zealand who strangled a british backpacker and hid her body inside a suitcase has been jailed for life. the 28—year—old cannot be named for legal reasons. he was found guilty last year. he had met ms millane via a dating app in december 2018 — on the night before her 22nd birthday. grace's mother, gillian millane, appeared at the hearing at auckland's high court via videolink and addressed the defendant directly, this isjust some of what she said. you walked into our lives and destroyed grace in the pursuit of your own sexual gratification.

now my family will never be the same. so many other innocent people, including your own family, have had their world destroyed. i want you to know i don't think of you, because if i did, that means i care about you and i simply don't. our correspondent shaimaa khalil described what happened in court. what sort of reaction was in court when the sentence was passed? it was a very emotional day in court today. when grace millane's gillian started talking and making her

statement, including addressing the killer as you've just shown it directly, many people were in tears, including the killer himself. this was the most emotional web seen him when he was watching grace's mother directly, he bent his head and looked like he was wiping a tear. other members of grace's family spoke today. have brother declan said that when it grace was killed, mikula did not just take her life it grace was killed, mikula did notjust take her life but also pa rt notjust take her life but also part of hears and he about his mental health being a real issue after his little sister's duff. both the prosecution and the defence made their arguments and then the judge passed the sentence. 17 years without parole in a life sentence, that case that shocked the nation here in new zealand but also devastated grace's family. understand there was some criticism about there was some criticism about the way the defence resented things? that's right. the defence made an argument, their

line was that grace's death was a case of consensual sex gone wrong. there is been a wide criticism of that, online and on social media and the judge today in his remarks address that, saying that despite the criticism, they shouldn't have gone on with that line of defence. the chief police investigated today outside court when he was giving a press c0 nfe re nce court when he was giving a press conference that, that this line basically read victimises the vic in grace and also herfamily. victimises the vic in grace and also her family. it victimises the vic in grace and also herfamily. it makes it very difficult for the victim because it details of her private life are shared widely across the world and her pa rents across the world and her pa re nts ha d across the world and her parents had to sit in day in and day out as well to very intimate and difficult details. back caused some controversy and that is why the judge arrested today his remarks. 0k, thank you very much indeed.

iranians are voting in an election widely tipped to result in the government remain in power. air told i was not of the first to cast his ballot and urged his citizens to do likewise, saying that voting was a religious duty. it is the first such poll since the us increased sanctions. voters in orion will elect a new parliament this week — make iran, and early indications suggest that turner might be low. this is a problem for the islamic republic which is a lwa ys islamic republic which is always based its legitimacy for what is the will of the people. analysts say this year's election is not representative because moderates and reformers catalase have been a sideline. hardliners are expected to be the big winners. the result of this week's elections could be an indicator of the outcome of next yea r‘s an indicator of the outcome of next year's presidential election. with a hard—line government in charge, any prospect of rapprochement with iran and the us looks bleak. so how do we get here? the us

withdrawal from the nuclear deal meant that sanctions were reimposed which had a massive impact on iran's economy and also strengthened the position of the hardliners who felt indicated in their mistrust of america. even before the sanctions, mismanagement and corruption meant that the country was under huge financial strain. lastly, process broke out after petrol prices doubled overnight and they were brutally suppressed, increasing anger with the government. the us assassination of the iranian general catapulted the country to the brink of war. the iran/ market targeting us soldiers at an iraqi air base. the supreme leader described the strikes as a slap. that slab however had repercussions. —— slap. anticipating a further us response, a iranian passenger plane was mis— identified as a missile and shot down, killing all aboard. it took days for the government to admit error,

sending people back on the street in protest. finally, there is the issue of candidates. or lack thereof. iran's hard—line body, the guardian council, has rejected 20% of applications to stand in the elections, most of whom happen to be reformists or moderates close to the president. with a prospect of a hard—line parliament and a more conservative government, it is likely that tensions with the west will rise. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. meteorologists are warning that more rain across northern england and scotland, could cause more flooding on saturated ground. the environment agency said parts of the pennines and yorkshire were of particular concern. five severe flood warnings, meaning that there is a threat to life, remain in place in parts of herefordshire and worcestershire. british police are to continue questioning a man on suspicion of attempted murder after attacking a man who was praying at london central mosque in regent's park. the victim, who is in his 70s, was taken to hospital and is not in a

life—threatening condition. the portuguese parliament has taken the first step towards legalising euthanasia for terminally ill people. protests were staged outside parliament as the deputies voted on allowing some people to choose to end their lives. the roman catholic church and pro—life groups are demanding any changes to the law be put to a referendum. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has resigned, but will remain as interim leader of fine gael while the country's three main parties battle out deadlocked coalition talks after an inconclusive election. attempts to elect a new prime minister in the irish parliament has ended without agreement. president trump's former adviser roger stone has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for obstructing an investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. he's maintained the case against him was politically motivated. mr trump accused the jury's foreperson of being tainted, and has hinted he may pardon his ally.

the finance ministers and central bankers of the world's 20 biggest economies are getting ready for a major meeting in saudi arabia this weekend — as fears mount over the economic impact of the spread of the new coronavirus. david buik with core spreadsjoins me now. what do you think... what do you think realistically, however powerful these finance ministers and central bankers are, what can actually do to mitigate the economic impact of the virus? whatever he wants is clarity because what we don't know is the domino effect. we know is the domino effect. we know that 75,000 people have been infected and something like over 2250 people have died. had the chinese authorities been a very economical with the truth, were not certain but we hope they have. the problem is when china is now moribund, that is the start of the domino effect and

of spare parts and essential bits of food are not coming into china, leucine the auto industry, fiat, crisis has been badly affected. jaguar land rover worshipping stuff out of suitcases yesterday. we don't know, other areas, suitcases yesterday. we don't know, otherareas, burberry, otherfashion people, mcdonald's, starbucks, all having to close. nikkei, adidas, closing huge numbers of outlets. how much of a domino effect is that going to have? the two interesting pieces of economic indicators that have interested me because when i look at the stock markets, particularly in the united states and it is something now like record levels and up to scratch the back of your head saying, good heavens. because there is a chance that global growth could drop but the two indicators that are interesting are gold. that is at 1627 dollars an ounce, the highest in seven years. when you look at the stock market, it is like, what is the problem. but people are seriously concerned that if we get serious parts of

the world closing down economic activity than you get that domino effect of folding over. what i think the finance minister could ask for is please give us more clarity, particularly relation to china. how much is going to damage are you containing at? please be absolutely transparent with us because from a practical term, u nless because from a practical term, unless you actually know where it is polarised, what actions you can take to deal with it. look at the air industry, it is down by about four point 7% and lost about $30 billion. air france's shared price drops over 7%. my% drop in traffic ‘s from hong kong to place in china. there are signs of anxiety but more clarity would be great otherwise, not sure what they can do. will go through the papers a little bit later, thank you, david. around 70 british citizens who've been confined on board the diamond princess cruise ship injapan following an outbreak of the coronavirusdue to fly home later today. two australians evacuated from the ship have tested positive for the virus after being flown home. health officials say they are mildly ill

with cold—like symptoms. more than 600 passengers have been infected on the ship. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins me now from yokohama in japan. laura, now from yokohama injapan. firstly, we understar these laura, firstly, we understand these british people are due to be flown home, but we are hearing reports of a possible delay to that. any more information? yes, the foreign office has said that that plane will be delayed for several hours. so it will be quite a long wait for the british passengers on board. others within the last few minutes have been allowed to leave. i saw one little girl in a purple jacket who was so filled with glee as she pulled her suitcase behind her. remember, they have been stuck in their cabins for 14 been stuck in their cabins for 1a days, only allowed out for a couple of minutes each day. it has been both frustrating and

an anxious wait for many of them. citizens from the eu will be flown home today. those from the uk will have to spend a further 1a days in quarantine once they have flown home. we know that four britons are currently in hospital, but over 600 people have tested positive for this virus. and as one chapter of coronavirus comes to an end, it is hoped that all of the passengers on the diamond princess will be off by the end of this week, the end of the weekend. there are growing concerns about clusters of coronavirus appearing elsewhere throughout east asia. laura, forgive me if this is a premature question to ask at this stage, what are they going to do with this ship once eve ryo ne to do with this ship once everyone is offered given the scale of the outbreak any virus that has spread throughout it? i spoke to officials from the world health organization is

about this. a number of staff, about this. a number of staff, a number of crew have to stay on. this is like a floating city. so 50—60 crew members will stay aboard the ship. not everybody is going to be off either. those who have had contact with someone who has coronavirus, who has tested positive for the coronavirus they themselves are negative, they themselves are negative, they have to stay on board. so there will be crew and there will be some passengers who have had contact with coronavirus and they will have to stay on board. once all of thatis to stay on board. once all of that is over, which could take some time, the ship will be com pletely some time, the ship will be completely disinfected. now, i believe that there are still discussions about how that is done ongoing. all right, thanks very much. laura bicker in yokohama in japan. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: sports news. including results from the europa league and a look ahead to the dubai tennis open. nine years and 15,000 deaths

after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people. i am terrified of the repercussions on the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new—generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace.

you're watching the briefing. our headlines: a 28—year—old new zealand man, who killed the british backpacker grace millane, has been sentenced to life in prison. thejudge described him as ‘depraved'. about 10,000 people have attended vigils for nine people shot dead by a right wing extremist in the western german town of hanau. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. this is your friday sport briefing with me, ben croucher. it was a busy thursday night in the europa league. busy but unsuccessful for ajax. last season's champions league semi finalist were beaten 2—0 in getafe. arsenal and wolves were both winners. manchester united drew in bruges, whilst inter milan won 3—0 at ludogorets razgrad. christian eriksen's first goal for the club and romelu lukaku gave them the advantage ahead of the last 32 second leg next week. eriksen still has a bit of work to do to fully win over his manager though.

i think he is another player who needs to play. —— today it was the right opportunity for him to play from the start and to play for the whole game and it is ok. he continued to work very hard to prove his physical condition and he has to continue this way. simona halep says she's expecting a tough match when she plays american jennifer brady in the semi final of the dubai tennis championship in friday. it's a repeat of their first round match at the australian open. brady had to qualifyjust to make it into the tournament and has now dumped out two top ten seeds. melbourne finalist garbine muguruza the latest to lose to brady. not long to wait now until the start of the women's t20 world cup. it starts on friday in sydney with host and reigning champions australia taking on india.

the two teams are expected to be there when it comes to handing out the silver wear but with plenty of other nations also fancying their chances, australia's skipper is aware ofjust how competitive it might be. world cups, every team starts on zero points and on any day anything can happen. so we are very aware of what that looks like and we know we need to play extremely well to win each game that we play. it's a great challenge. it's only a good thing for the women's game worldwide that there are a number of teams that can compete and win this fault up. so it will be really exciting. —— world cup. rory mcilroy will tee off on friday handily placed at the wgc mexico championship. he's got the clubhouse lead after the first round with five birdies and an eagle to sit on 6—under par, two shots ahead of the chasing pack. the world number one returned to an old putter for the event and the old faithful as he calls it served him well.

and this clip of lewis hamilton has been causing plenty of debate on social media. it's from f1 testing at barcelona, where mercedes have introduced a new steering innovation that could make them even faster? did you spot it? look here again — he pushes the wheel forward on the straight and changes the angle of the wheels to basically make him faster there — then pushes it forward under braking to change the wheels back and improve cornering. ingenious? waste of time? legal? illegal? jury is out. it's led to a few people on social media trying the same thing with the adjustable steering wheel on their cars. a word of advice. don't do it on your commute today whatever you do! that is your friday sport briefing. inafew in a few hours pressing the italian capital will get their first look inside the newly discovered term of rhone's founder, romulus. in brazil

it's time for samba. daniel carnival season begins. iranians elect a new parliament, the first such vote since tensions with the united states. officials in montreal have announced a ban on the use of so—called e—scooters. a pilot scheme saw hundreds of the little vehicles being used across the city, but the authorities say too many people had been breaking the rules. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. they had become an increasingly familiar sight in the modern urban landscape. an environmentally friendly form of transport or a potential menace on the roads? electric or e—scooters can be seen in cities around the world. but one city has had enough. the respect of the by—law is the key for a good success of the project pilot. can you respect it? he said yes. can you take responsibility for respecting the by—law?

he said yes. the data shows it didn't work. montreal isn't the only place that's had second thoughts about e—scooters. in paris, they've seen a number of accidents, although a recent report suggested the scooters might make cities safer. another complaint — people weren't wearing protective headgear or were simply abandoning them in the street. in the odd case they might not be parked correctly. our team's going to go out and make sure that they're put in the right place. montreal is going to keep its shared bicycle scheme, including e—bikes, but for this part of canada, at least, e—scooters will be no more. an experiment in urban transportation disappearing into the distance. tim allman, bbc news. and before we go, if you think the only sound coming out of washington these days is political bickering, think again. the city's mayor has named go—go as the official music of district of columbia. muriel bowser calls it the "heartbeat of the district". so what exactly is go—go?

music plays. very catchy, i think, is the answer to that. it's a combination of funk, salsa, blues, gospel, and other influences, like the dynasty band shown here. the music has deep roots in the city's african—american community, and has most recently been a sound—track for those pushing back against washington's rapid gentrification. britain is a country with a reputation for soaring property prices, but this is a real bargain. this flat sold for just over a dollar. but there is a catch — it's on an upper floor, and there's no access to it. there is no record of anyone ever having used the room and the contents and condition remain a mystery. at the auction the vendor instructed the auctioneer to remove the £100 guide price

just before the auction opened. that's it. business briefing in just a moment. see you soon. hello there. it looks like it will be u nsettled it looks like it will be unsettled to end the week. wet and windy weather at times for some of us. for friday, the prezza chart shows lots of isobars thanks to this nexus to moving on. lots of weather fronts moving across the north of the country —— pressure charts. heavy you persistent rain, western northern ireland, western scotland into north—west england and the noblet of wales. further south it will be drier, brighter interludes at times. it will be a very blustery day in addition to the heavy rain across the north. atrocious conditions, in fa ct. north. atrocious conditions, in fact. use of the pennines and saudi scotland could see gusts of 60 mph which could cause travel disruptions. quite a

while day. temperature wise, 10- 12 while day. temperature wise, 10— 12 degrees, pretty mild for the time of year. it stays wet across northern areas, particularly across western hills as we have through friday night. the rain starts to migrate further southwards to affect much of wales and into south—west england, to the north it turns colder with lots of showers. snow in the hills, but further south it will be mild with temperatures in double digits. through saturday we have that rain early on thanks to this weather front, which should clear from the south that it will be a very windy day, particularly in the north with lots of sunshine and showers. there will be lots of showers. there will be lots of showers across scotland, heavy hail, thunder, snow across the hills, blizzards, may be, early rain clearing from the south to allow for brightness, but further showers pushing into wales and the south—west of england, some heavy. double—figure values in the south were called in the north. another feature moves in with thing to england and wales during saturday night, first thing sunday. very unwelcome rain falling on saturated

ground and areas which have been hit by flooding. that really is bad news. the rain will clear away quickly through sunday morning as guys will tend to brighten up across the whole of the uk. —— skies. it is looking better than part one of the weekend. the showers will be widespread but cool across the board. the settled speu across the board. the settled spell doesn't last long. the next area of low pressure moves infor next area of low pressure moves in for monday. a very deep below with a risk of severe gales across the far north, further rain across western areas. with all the rain and u nsettled areas. with all the rain and unsettled weather to end the week we could be looking at flooding problems being exacerbated. stay tuned to the forecast and had online to see all the warnings.

this is the business briefing. i'm ben bland. finance ministers and central bankers from the world's 20 richest countries to meet this weekend and assess the effects of the coronavirus on the global economy. from a galaxy far, far away to toyshop near you. how disney builds a baby yoda empire through merchandise. and on the markets, global stocks fall because of fears about the economic impact of coronavirus. investors turning instead to safe havens, the us dollar and gold touching their highest level in years.