development. within hours, it had found a drw robot in the film 2001. intelligence robot in the film 2001. amazing. so many questions. one of them is, is this something humans could not have done? yes, it is you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main something humans could not have stories this morning. done, possibly they could say had as the man convicted of killing thousands of years. but it took the british backpacker grace millane hours. yes, artificial intelligence in new zealand is sentenced to a minimum of 17 years — is good at doing things quickly once grace's mother describes the family's devastation. it knows what to do. it has to be she died terrified and alone trained by humans. i will give you in a room with you. an analogy. couple of months ago i i will miss my darling grace did a story where artificial until the last breath intelligence was used to read in my body leaves me. mammograms, the work which takes tens of thousands of people many hours for specialist across germany have attended vigils videographers to do, and the to remember the nine victims programme, once it was properly of a shooting in the town of hanau. trained by humans was able to do it more frustration for british in seconds. that is where artificial passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, intelligence has its strength. also as their flight back it continues to learn and get better

to the uk is delayed. so it continues to learn and get better so it will notjust be antibiotics a ban in england on the sale of coal and fresh logs, but potentially there could for burning on open fires and stoves — in an attempt to reduce air pollution. and the winner is, a movie from south korea. what the hail was that all about? donald trump has a dig at the oscars for awarding best picture to parasite, a dark south korean comedy about class struggle and inequality. bejob the fear of be job the fear of geography this and mixing old and young — how the swedes are trying to combat loneliness infection has been huge over recent by bringing generations together. yea rs. infection has been huge over recent years. it is one of the threats people keep saying, it is a major potential global killer. it is a major threat. i filled the document on this then india where the last good morning. resort antibiotics, you can buy them welcome to bbc newsroom live. on the street outside hospitals with no questions asked. it is their the man convicted of killing the british backpacker grace millane in new zealand has been sentenced overuse of antibiotics because bacteria evolve over time so the to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years. more chances they have of trying to

grace millane was murdered on the eve of her 22nd birthday develop resistance, the more they in 2018 while on a date with the man will become ineffective so we need who cannot be named for legal reasons. new antibiotics and safeguard the ones we have. thank you very much before the sentencing, grace's mother gillian gave an emotional victim impact for bringing a good news story, we statement via video link, appreciate it. saying her daughter died "terrified and alone". the sale of coal and some types our correspondent, of wood for wood burners, open fires and stoves will be banned shaima khalil reports. in england from next february, as part of the government's efforts to cut air pollution. on the eve of her 22nd birthday, she instead people will have to buy "smokeless" coal or wood that has been spent a night out with this man. seasoned or dried in kilns. wood—burners and coal fires shortly after these pictures were are the largest source of an air captured, he murdered her. the pollutant which can cause lung killer has been jailed for life of cancer, stroke and asthma. the changes will mean that sales the minimum of 17 years without of bagged house coal will be phased parole. suppression court order out by february 2021, means we still cannot reveal his and the sale of loose coal direct to customers will end by 2023. identity. her mother said that her sales of wet wood daughter would always be her sunshine. she addressed the killer directly via video. saying that he had ripped a hole in her heart. you in small units will also be phased out from february 2021. walked into our lives and destroy the government has said wood burning stoves and coal fires grace. for your own sexual are the largest source of pm2.5 — which are small particles of air

pollution which find their way gratification. she died alone in a into the body's lungs and blood. i heard earlierfrom fatima ibrahim, room with you. i will miss my the co—director of campaign group, green new deal uk. she wants to know how homes will be heated cheaply darling grace until the last breath when the ban is in place. in my body leaves me. the chief people are using coal and wood police investigator criticise the defence for arguing that her death and there is a phase out in place was a case of rough sacks gone but we are asking the government to follow—up with planning on how wrong. —— ref sex gone wrong.“ they will allow people to warm their homes alternative people are going to use that type of fuels in a cheaper way. that is going to mean defence all it actually does is a retrofitting of homes, repeatedly victimized again the allowing people to have warmer homes and spend less money trying to keep them warm. victim. and their family. her mother for those who have coal fires or wood burners, the message for next year said that no sentence the killer god is they can go for these would match a life without her alternatives which are notjust daughter, but the case that shocked better in terms of air the nation and devastated a family pollution but cheaper. is that accurate? has finally come to an end. yes, i was quickly searching on my way here much it would cost and shaimaa khalil has been and they are available, describing the sombre mood at the court in auckland. you could feel the high emotions in that courtroom this announcement is notjust out when the sentence was passed.

it was quite noticeable how many young women attended the of the blue, the government has sentencing today, it was a packed talking about it for awhile, they would bring out a phase—out so there has been time public gallery and i've been told for alternatives to be put on the market. they are cheap. many women have identified b&q, which is not the cheapest with grace millane's case, many told of places, £7.50 for dry wood media here that what so people are not being left happened to her could without options, there are better options. have happened to them, to the government claims its clean air anybody and that they wanted to be strategy is world leading, is that a fair description? there for the final day in court. grace's brother declan was quite i don't think it's a fair emotional and delivered a very description, it's not in line strong and heartfelt with the world health organization message as well. at one point he was in tears recommended levels. and he told the killer that he did not only take her life but you took a part of mine as well and he said i think we need to be he felt helpless doing so much more. because he could not we need to focus on here strategy protect his little sister and that he struggled with his and focus on the big polluters mental health afterwards. which are diesel cars. and putting more investment into public transport, it was really a very, electrifying our railways, very emotive day to day in court. as the judge passed the sentence so there is so much more to do and of course ended that case. it has gripped this nation, many people followed it day in and out until the final day and it is not fair to say

we are world leading when thousands to day of the sentencing. of people died due to air pollution every year. well, as we've been hearing, the defence maintained throughout although they say they are going to half the harm to human health the case that grace's death occurred as a result of so—called because by air pollution by 2030. we hope so but i think this rough sex, something is one step, so much more, this is only one bullet point that was rejected by the jury. in a long list of things they need to do. we do welcome it but that is just earlier we heard from louise perry from the campaign group, so much more that needs to be done. we can't consent to this, now with all the business news. which has collated cases of women killed by men claiming a sex game had gone wrong. hello. some good news from the manufacturing sector today. the group is demanding factory output is at a 10 month that the ‘rough sex‘ defence should be outlawed. high, despite the disruption caused by the new coronavirus. we absolutely acknowledge that more details are emerging of the cost defendants have a right of the new coronavirus outbreak. to give their side of industry leaders say that the story, but they don't car sales in china — the world's biggest market — have a right to be believed. fell 92% in the first and that's what we're so concerned half of this month. about, that we're finding and it's been estimated that airlines will lose almost 24 billion courts and the media and right pounds in sales this year, the way through the criminaljustice causing global demand for air travel system that there's this sort to fall for the first time of credulousness when it comes in more than a decade. to this defence being used, economists at the american where superficially it might investment bankjp morgan have look like maybe this warned that human life as we know it was just an accident. could be threatened but actually, once you look by climate change. in a dramatic report into these cases and start seeing for its clients, the economists said

patterns, it becomes clear that actually this is this there could be "catastrophic is a cynical use of this defence to try and evade justice. so in many of the cases outcomes" unless action is taken. that we've looked at, defendants often have a history hello and good afternoon. of really serious violence the new coronavirus is a consistent against women that the jury theme in the business might not be aware of. news today with concerns weighing on stock market investors we know also of at least and factories here in the uk three cases where killers and elsewhere suffering have used this defence, have then gone on to kill again. from a shortage of parts from china. so we need to see this within a wider pattern of sexual violence against women and girls the airline industry has also been and notjust be naive and think that these accidents do happen. cancelling and rerouting flights and predicting that the outbreak will this year cause the first decline in demand in particular, we're thinking for air travel in a decade. about something like strangulation, airlines in asia are which was, of course, the worst affected. here's our asia business reporter, how grace was killed. we know that actually there's this widespread misperception that it's sarah toms in singapore. very easy to accidentally kill someone, strangulation, that it's something that can be done carelessly. possibly people get this idea the international air transport association came out this morning from looking at film and tv, saying airlines could lose where it's often a very short clip almost 30 billion us dollars that might show someone in revenue this year. iata is also predicting being strangled to death. but actually, we know it the demand for air travel takes a lot of time. could fall for the first it takes a lot of force. time in a decade as a result as the new zealand detective was saying, you know, this is five to ten minutes. of the virus.

that's a deliberate effort to really, really harm someone and quite possibly lead to that airlines in asia—pacific and china are suffering most, and see most of the impact. death as well. airlines have been forced to cut it is already the case in that flights in asia and even had in case law and even wales, to suspend routes to china. that it's not possible to use consensus defence when you're talking about really that is because demand has been serious violence. and certainly when you're talking about someone's death. dropping, because people are too but unfortunately, we've been seeing something like gap between what the law says scared to travel to the region after more than 2,000 people have on the books and what is actually being enacted by courts, died from the virus in china. which seems to be to do with an increasing sympathy among iata is estimating that chinese jury members and among the general public towards killers who make this airlines might lose nearly defence, which is all to do 30 billion us dollars in their home with a normalisation and really extreme violence against women market alone and that as part of sex. number could get much worse so we're backing amendments if the virus severely spreads to the domestic abuse bill that have to other markets. so definitely some turbulence been brought by harriet harman ahead for these airlines. and mark garnier, which put that it's not yet available case law into statute. and so i make it crystal clear that consent is absolutely not here in the uk. a defence in these cases. we're also looking to have similar but fans of star wars will be sure to have heard of the mandalorian — legal forms in scotland. a new streaming tv series launching here next month — and we're also hoping and one of its key characters. that the government will stop so—called ‘baby yoda' has become a social media hit since the disney monitoring the use of this defence series launched in the us.

more closely, notjust in cases and now the inevitable toys —— set the government will start to are about to hit the shelves — along with all manner monitor. where women have died, of other merchandise. but also a non—fatal cases. we sent michelle fleury we found over a hundred cases now to the new york toy fair to see of women who've been the victims baby yoda in the fluff. of really serious violence committed to grievous bodily harm. and it's striking that in all of these cases, the mandalorian, disney plus's when women survive this really serious violence and they're able new star wars series, to come to court and give their side has had a big impact on popular culture of the story and every single one thanks to one small of those cases, they reject but central character. the narrative that that their attacker gives. he's been a tv star for months they reject the narrative that they consented to this violence. already, a massive hit on social so when women survive, they're telling us that actually media and now finally they're not consenting to this the child, a.k.a. baby yoda, is available and we want that to be acknowledged. as a toy so you too can live out your memes. an evacuation flight for britons trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan has been delayed by a day. it's just a testament about 70 uk nationals — to the power of social media. the character was introduced who have spent 16 days in november and already it's become in quarantine on the liner — had expected to fly home today. a worldwide phenomenon. given its success, but the british embassy says why keep fans waiting? the flight is "logistically this lucasfilm executive defended complicated" and they will now the lack of official merchandise arrive in the uk tomorrow. last christmas, a move only those showing no signs that may have cost of illness will be able to travel, and they will be go into isolation disney $3 million in sales.

we live in a world where leaks are very for two weeks on their return. difficult to manage so we all agreed we wouldn't release assets on the character until our correspondent, laura bicker is in yokohama where the diamond the show had aired and it worked out. princess is docked. that secrecy created a similar problem when the first star wars what is the mood on board this films came out. back in 1977, there was no product development when the film came out. evening among those who were hoping they ended up shipping to come home today? frustration. we empty boxes to consumers, what was known as an early bird special so there have heard from two of those on is definitely a precedent. board and they both seem very frustrated. they have been in the brands havejumped on board, cabins for 1h days only allowed out and forget getting you hands on this baby yoda, it is already the biggest for one to two minutes each day. and pre—selling funko pop figure of all time. each day they have wondered when they are going! there are going to these companies are hoping the popularity of the mandalorian be more cases, more people being and the child, known by many as baby yoda, will create the next big hit positive. they have watched people in the toy market and that turning up late won't cost leave here and going to the hospital. they have tested negative and they want to go home. over the too much and profits. last few days we have seen hundreds

leave the ship. many taking flights —— in profits. michelle fleury, bbc news. to hong kong, as triad, to the onto the markets now and earlier this week, investors were cheered by data united states and to the eu. but the showing that the number of new cases british people on board have had to of coronavirus was falling wait. within the next few hours they but investors are re—evaluating will be allowed off the ship. they the risks again and there's get the final medical checks, the a sell off under way. temperature ta ken they get the final medical checks, the temperature taken they have a one—to—one interview with a medical it was worth earlier today. —— professional. and then once on the buses they will go to the airport. worse. investors are turning it is not over then. they have to go to safe haven assets such as gold which hit a seven year high into another 1a days quarantine once earlier. they reach the united kingdom and we the publisher, pearson, believe that quarantine centre is is among the big fallers on the ftse being set up now. i know you are in today after it said that sales of college textbooks in the us had dropped by 90% over past eight years, as students look for reading japan, but the other focus in being set up now. i know you are in japan, but the otherfocus in east materials online instead. asia right now other than china is south korea. can you tell us about the £ is back above the $1.29 level the developments there over the last where it went yesterday. 24 the developments there over the last 2a hours? the developments there over the last 24 hours? obviously i'm getting updates as we speak and i have heard that there might be another death,

there is another one in south korea that's all the business news. from someone who has contracted coronavirus. that is under back to you. thank you. investigation right now. over 200 but first the headlines on bbc news... cases have been declared. last week we we re cases have been declared. last week we were looking at 20 cases or so, safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state now they are battling to control an group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's outbreak which centres around a cathedral and a hotel. religious cult, a church where over the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — has spoken powerfully 9000 people are thought to have been of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been in contact with one another. health authorities have spoken to many of jailed fora minimum them. about half of them today and they say around 500 of those they of 17 years for murder. a flight to bring more have spoken to believe they are than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped showing symptoms for coronavirus. i on a cruise ship hit have to caveat that that it does not by the new coronavirus — mean that they have it, we will have has been delayed. to wait for the test results. it is clear that health authorities are taking seriously in south korea. in us president donald trump has criticised the academy awards a city of two and a half million for awarding best picture to a film, because its foreign. people in south korea, he has said parasite, a dark south korean comedy about class struggle please stay at home for now. i am and wealth inequality, hearing that the city itself is like made oscars history as the first a ghost town as people are at home.

film not in english to win best picture. when it comes to military, they it also won awards for best turned around and said that military director, best original screenplay bases are on lockdown after three and best international film, as well as winning soldiers from three different the coveted palm d'or award provinces have come down with the at the the cannes film festival. virus. they have made a plea for but here's what president trump had to say. hospitals. they are worried about by the way, how bad hospitals. they are worried about hospital bed shortages and hoping were the academy award this year? that the military will provide did you see them? booing. hospital beds. the situation in the words of the prime minister is very grave indeed. of the good news is and the winner is a movie that south korea has been prepared for this. for the last few weeks from south korea ? since the outbreak happened, they what the hell was that all about? have had around 10,000 testing kits in place, medical professionals and hospitals are on standby and they have all the quarantine facilities we have enough problems in place. but i think the with south korea with trade and on top of that, they give them seriousness of the situation, they the best movie of the year. thought they had it under control, was it good? they were tracking every single i don't know. let's get gone with the wind, can we person who may have been in contact get gone with the wind back, please? with the virus, this major escalation has taken everyone by sunset boulevard. so many great movies. surprise. laura, thank you so much. the winner is... from south korea. i thought it was best foreign film. best foreign movie. well — let's get an understanding no. of what the passengers can expect did this ever happen before?

well, the film's distributors didn't when they arrive back in the uk. take his comments lying down. they immediately hit back on twitter, joking that the president's anger kharn lambert was quarantined is understandable, at the facility on the wirral for two weeks, and joins me because he can't read. now from lancaster. the film is, of course, subtitled for global audiences. thank you for talking to us. nice to see you out. can you give us a sense loneliness is a problem we often associate with the elderly, of what the passengers on the cruise but in some countries including the uk and the us, the latest research suggests young people are even more at risk. ship will go into? they are going to it's a big issue in sweden too, where it's common to live alone as soon as you leave school. be anxious. they spent 14 days in a more than half of all homes ten box. when they arrived to the have just one occupant. but the southern swedish city of helsingborg is testing a different kind of living, quarantine facility they will get a as maddy savage has warm welcome and from the community been finding out. as well. they are going to be really her film is part of crossing well looked after and they will have divides, a bbc season bringing nothing to worry about. the people together in facilities are... they will need. a fragmented world. talk us through the degree of she's a really fun person isolation that they will endure. as and she teached me a lot about her life. you pointed out they have already so i think is fun.

had a degree of isolation. what will loneliness is a big issue in sweden it be like in the facility? if they that affects both young and the old. area more than half of all homes have it be like in the facility? if they are a couple, they will be able to stay together in a room. they will just one occupant and it is common to live alone after leaving school. have time. as long as they are sensible in their interactions with i was kind of lonely other people, there will be times when they can interact with others when i was living alone. in communal areas that have pool i worked my eight hours, tables, tvs, sulfides. they will be went home, eat and went again. i got more depressed. an outside courtyard area where they can get fresh air. as long as they i had a very comfortable life are sensible and they don't spend too much time together, to minimise but it was so lonely. risk, they will have freedom to walk there were days when i didn't speak around and get out and about there. when it was you, were you confident to anybody and you get a bit odd. that you were negative and those around you, did that grow over the this block of flats in helsingborg is trying to solve the problem. two weeks you were there? only people under 25 or pensioners can rent it. there is an unusual around you, did that grow over the two weeks you were there ?m around you, did that grow over the two weeks you were there? it did, yes. we were told that over the clause in their contract. they have to spend two

first up to seven days, he would start to show symptoms of the virus, hours a week together. once that period of time passed we it is run by a housing company funded by the city council. grew in increasingly confident that the young people can we would be testing negative in the second week. you mentioned the warm bring to the energy, the know—how in order to manage welcome that they will get. i don't the information flow that know if you have been watching the you have around in the society. pictures coming in from ukraine of we hope that elderly people will bring to the youngsters the not warm welcome that some a little bit of history of how eva cu ees the not warm welcome that some evacuees got there. i mean that kind of scene must things were before. evacuees got there. i mean that kind of scene must concern you evacuees got there. i mean that kind of scene must concern you about the public mood there. yes, it does. i the building is a former retirement home that has been given a revamp. heard about this from a friend last there are loads of shared spaces designed to get people socialising. night. it was very concerning. these you can cook. do arts and crafts. exercise. people are caught up in a very, you or play games together. know, unusual situation, something that happens very rarely. to get that happens very rarely. to get that reaction is a bit beyond what anybody would expect from humanity, really. i hope that people over we have seen that younger there can understand and back down

on their aggression. thank you so as well as elderly people are trying much forjoining us, we wish you all the best. we are going to look at to make contact to each other and succeed. we did not have to do anything. it was exactly what we wanted. two of the tenants who have the best. we are going to look at the situation in ukraine with a little bit more detail. just like made friends are here. thea has helped me very much the situation we are talking about. with my computer and with my tv. ukrainian officials said a fake e—mail claiming to be from the i feel much better. health ministry said that some had contracted the coronavirus. earlier we spoke to our ukrainian correspondent who told us she is a really fun person about the situation. and she has teached me about about her life so i think it is fun. yeah, i do it forfun. staff will have a word with those who do not socialise but so far all the people on board that plane that arrived yesterday and then everyone seems to be making an effort. the passengers on board were taken into this health facility yesterday. there has been a few all of them had according to the ukrainian authorities, small conflicts...

in the washing room, been tested at least twice for the coronavirus before they were allowed to get on board someone took another one's time. that evacuation flight. and that none of them had, a little small conflict according to the test, been infected by the fire is, but that was not good but it does not do much. enough for the villagers. more than 70 tenants i was in the village yesterday. moved in since november. managers hope to open more homes a tense day there as villagers tried to blockade the roads that lead like this in the future. to this health facility to try and stop the evacuees being taken we hope it will also be there for their quarantine period. a saving for the society as it is now, they did because as they are happier, get through in the end. they will be less sick. there were clashes with the riot they will go less to the doctor. police, but the buses didn't get through. those people are now in that facility and they have been joined we really hope it will succeed not by ukraine's health minister who has announced that she is going to be only here in helsingborg but also spending the next two weeks in quarantine with them to try all over sweden and maybe and demonstrate to people in the area that there is nothing in other parts of the world. to fear and that they should not be creating such a fuss maddy savage reporting. about the arrival of these people from china. —— the buses date get through —— the buses were able to get through. got some breaking news coming in. you can find more stories about crossing divides at the bbc website — disregards the case of the west london woman who was charged with a

suicide bomb plot at st. paul's bbc. co. uk/crossingdivides. cathedral. she has pleaded guilty, another story to put a smile on your face. a young manchester united fan admitted plotting to blow herself up who made a bid to stop liverpool winning the title has received a personal reply from jurgen klopp. ina bomb admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on st. paul's cathedral appeared she admitted to daragh curley, from county donegal, preparing an act of terrorism by wrote to the liverpool boss for a school assignment. the 10—year—old asked if it would be asking an undercover officer to possible for liverpool to lose some supply bombs to her. she was games so they would not win the league. klopp wrote back, praising daragh‘s passion, but explaining liverpool could not drop points on his behalf. arrested in october 2019 after being liverpool are on course to win the premier league and have not lost caught in an undercover operation. a league fixture so far this season. we will talk to our reporter at the old bailey about that shortly. the headlines on bbc news... the mother of grace millane — we were right, we were going to the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — stand it but then the teacher liked has spoken powerfully of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been it so much, he is a liverpool jailed fora minimum of 17 years for murder. supporter and he said we should spend it. ithought tens of thousands of people in towns and cities across germany have supporter and he said we should spend it. i thought he was joking but he was not so he got her stamp attended vigils for the nine victims of a far—right extremist who opened fire on two shisha bars. and centre. what was in the lead so?

dearjurgen klopp, minute ms a flight to bring more darroch, i am ten. than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped on a cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus — has been delayed. there'll be no face—off at the weigh—in, ahead of tomorrow night's big fight between tyson fury and deontay wilder. organisers say they don't want to risk a repeat what happened at yesterdays press conference, with the pair shoving each other. as the clock counts down to the heavyweight rematch tomorrow in las vegas, some of the biggest names have been unbeaten here, use since it may. telling our reporter ade ade— oyin who they think will there was a little bit of my brain that thought he might respond and cheated. it was monday night. there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing. i will be back with more on the

tens of thousands of people across germany have attended vigils at royal mail on the stamp. to remember the nine victims of a shooting in the town of hanau (pron: ha—now), near frankfurt. near frankfurt. the gunman — a far—right extremist — opened fire on two shisha bars. wednesday evenings attack is being treated by investigators as an act of terrorism. that the data, thank you for writing the german president frank—walter steinmeier called for unity against hatred, to me. he did not wish me luck or racism and violence. anything but it is always good to hear from anything but it is always good to hearfrom a anything but it is always good to hear from a young football flank. translator mac we stand together, we u nfortu nately hear from a young football flank. unfortunately on this occasion i cannot grant your request. as much stick together. we want to live as you want liverpool to lose, it is together, and we show it again and myjob to do everything i can to again that this is the strongest help liverpool to win as millions of remedy against hatred. thank you very much. people around the world want that to happen so i do not want to let them damien mcguinness down luckily for you, we have lost joins us from berlin. in the past and we will lose them in a mood of shock across germany. yes, the future. brilliant from both of them. thatis a mood of shock across germany. yes, that is right. officials throughout now it's time for a the country, but also there is a sense of fear because the interior look at the weather. minister hasjust been this blustery spell of weather sense of fear because the interior minister has just been talking to condition —— continues. we have the journalists here and told them that

system ploughing in a close northern far right of violence, right wing ireland, southern scotland and north extremism in general is the greatest wales and england. western teas of threat that the country is facing right now. that is why the interior northern ireland, the hills of wales minister has now announced that and the pennines and south and there will be increased security at stations and airports across germany south—west scotland will see between and at other institutions such as 60 and 80 millimetres of rain. there are still ongoing flooding problems masks. that really points to a fear the more rain is not good news. it ofa masks. that really points to a fear of a copy cat attack. what we know is windy elsewhere, especially east of the pennines in south—west about the person who carried out the attack in hanau was that he was scotland. it could cause disruption. looking dated in the north—east of alone and acting on his own, but he scotland. later across southern was inspired by hate speech online england but this evening and by right ring extremists which he tonight, the outbreaks of remote got off the internet. he was very start to move south. it is bands of rain drifting slowly southwards. u nsta ble got off the internet. he was very unstable and the idea of what people turning wet in south england later are saying here is that the in the night. lots of showers political debate in germany which some people in the far right have following on, turning wintry scotla nd following on, turning wintry scotland on the air will turn colder really been coming out with some pretty objectionable rhetoric about here. across england and wales

people of foreign heritage, that is tomorrow, areas of showery rain starting to inspire unstable pushing southwards but the clodius individuals to carry out threats weather across the far side of like this. this is not the first england and the channel islands. it time that we have had such severe will be windy for all but especially far right of violence. there have across northern england, northern been two others just in the past ireland and scotland. the showers nine months. and previously there across scotland will be following as have been some very serious snow, to relatively low levels, significant accumulation levels across high ground. there could be right—wing attacks. now authorities are finally taking it seriously and hazardous travel conditions. a the debate has moved on to where chilly day across the north of the this comes from to what extent the country, in the south we hold onto the milder air. this weatherfront seeds are in the political debate that we are seeing from far right gives concern on sunday night, parties. that is what i wanted to outbreaks of heavy rain, potentially ask you about. i know that the across wales and the midlands and possibly north england. that wet weather should clear away as we go mainstream parties are pointing the through the day on sunday for the drier conditions and spells of finger at the afd parties saying that they should be under sunshine in the afternoon. one or surveillance for some of their language. yes, that is right. the two showers around, temperatures between six and 12 degrees. a lot going on for the weekend. for the afd's language. yes, that is right. the afd‘s position they have condemned first part of monday, this deep area

the violence, but they are saying of low pressure is approaching the that this is simply the act of a west of the uk, very windy in crazed individual. that it has nothing to do with any sort of scotla nd west of the uk, very windy in scotland on monday. there could be significant snow which could cause ideology. all other parties are some disruption. disputing that narrative. they say actually there is more to it than that. we are talking about a far right ideology which has spread among online networks. there also sounds here active in germany. some we re sounds here active in germany. some were targeted just a few days ago in raids. this is more thanjust someone raids. this is more thanjust someone who is psychologically unstable. the allegation towards afd leaders is that when people say things like germany should revisit its history and should really only be open to germans and when people question the idea of having other ethnic groups within the country, that that then leads to the violence that that then leads to the violence that we've seen in hanau and in other places. as you say certain

politicians are calling for special services and for the security services and for the security services to carry out surveillance on the afd. that is unlikely to a plot to blow up st paul's cathedral — happen to be honest. no matter how a woman who supported islamic state admits planning an attack extreme some members actually are on the iconic london landmark. and that has been proven in court safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old cases, this is a big constitutional muslim convert — was arrested during a police step to put a whole party under undercover operation. surveillance. they use branch of the we'll have the latest from the old bailey. afd is already under a certain also this lunchtime: limited surveillance and that was the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker difficult. that branch has been murdered in new zealand — shown to be pretty extreme. it is tells a court her daughter died terrified and alone. unlikely that legally they will be able to put the afd under surveillance, but even the debate i will miss my darling grace that we are having now will probably until the last breath in my body leaves me. start to stigmatize men. is still a a ban in england on the sale of coal and fresh logs — strong party and parts of the for burning on open fires and stoves country. it is an ongoing debate to — in an attempt to cut pollution. what extent the violent has its routes in political rhetoric and england rugby star danny cipriani what can be done to change that. opens up about his struggles

let's return to our breaking news. a female supporter of the islamic state group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh, from hayes in west london, admitted preparing tell us more. this is a very important win. safiyya shaikh is 36 yea rs important win. safiyya shaikh is 36 years old, she was due to go on trial later this year. she was charged with preparing an act of terrorism. this morning she has pleaded guilty admitting all the allegations against her. safiyya shaikh who was born... she converted many years ago. she plotted to blow up many years ago. she plotted to blow up the cathedral and the nearby hotel, that is what she admitted to. it was her one—woman war against disbelievers in the uk. she admitted to the police that she became

radicalised became a believer and sought for a means to attack the uk after encouraging others to carry out attacks around the world. when she did not know was that some of the extremist that she was talking to online were actually undercover officers. she built up a relationship with dose of —— with two of them. and through that relationship she confided in them the plan to leave a bomb in a hotel near st paul's and take another one inside and blow it up underneath the dam hoping to kill as many people as possible. in one message she said i wa nt to possible. in one message she said i want to kill a lot of people, i want to do it in want to kill a lot of people, i want to do itina want to kill a lot of people, i want to do it in a church, christmas or easter would be a good time, kill more people. i always send threats, but i want to make those threats real. this happened over the course of last summer and to understand whether or not she was genuinely a

threat to the uk, the undercover officers had to build evidence of to get evidence of her true intentions. they arranged a meeting with her and at that meeting, she handed over two empty bags to the officer saying that she wanted the bags to be filled with homemade bombs for her to use. she believed that they had contact with bomb makers within the islamic state. that was a critical piece of evidence against her. this isa piece of evidence against her. this is a very important victory. the judge here has remanded her in custody ahead of sentencing on the 11th of may. thank you very much. it is an extraordinary story. communities across the uk are bracing themselves for another weekend of wet weather. parts of north west england experienced more than a month's rainfall yesterday. meanwhile, the met office has issued another yellow weather warning for parts of yorkshire, the north east of england and scotland.

there are five severe flood warnings along the rivers lugg, severn and wye. severe means a risk to life. (ani)in total there are 74 flood warnings across the uk. our correspondent, fiona lamdin has spent the morning in the village of hampton bishop, near hereford, where two severe warnings remain in place. we are on a half lorry, half tractor and that this has helped keep this village open this week. let me just show you around. behind us, these are normally fields, today and all this week they have looked like lakes. they have got swans on them at the moment. the water this week came up of these hedgerows and if you spin the camera around, you will see that the pumps are pumping the water from the fields. it looks like it is taking it over to a river, but this is not a river, they should be another field. and round the corner, it willjoin in the river.

i'm just going to go over tojohn price. john, you are from the fire and rescue service. just tell us what this last week has been like. it has been an enormous scale of operations for the past seven days. across the two counties of herefordshire and worcestershire along with severe flooding affecting our colleagues and partners in shropshire and as well as moving down in south wales and gloucestershire. a huge logistical operation, trying to keep people safe in care homes. yes, there has been a severe risk to life over a number of days was extremely unprecedented high levels. where we are now in the south of herefordshire, the villages here through to the north of worcestershire we have evacuated a number of care homes. we have also managed with the aid of local communities to keep a care home running. without the help of others around us, we would not been able to do that. let me show you around. this is how people have been getting up they've been going up the ladder. they had been riding on the

the bales. the man keeping this going is this man. tell us what you have been doing this week. because of the high clearance i have been able to help those in need to get out of their flooded homes and bring injust out of their flooded homes and bring in just essential supplies, food, bread, milk. and keep the contact going with the community because at some point the floodwater was three to four foot some point the floodwater was three to fourfoot deep. some point the floodwater was three to four foot deep. how many hours have you been driving this? we have done some full daysjust have you been driving this? we have done some full days just to keep everybody keep their dailyjobs going. sow, 11, 12 days, anything to help out and it is all voluntary. to be in touch with people who have been marooned.

the advice very much is stay away from flooded roads. letters talk now to an expert. carl douglas is a fluid dynamicist , who has been looking at the problems which has led to flooding along the river thames over recent years. he joins us from chertsey. i know you build racing boats as well, so you have a double interest in the water and the life on water but what are you concerned about, river mismanagement i understand? yes, indeed. we have spent new money on dredging hours refers to the last 25 years. a change of policy when the environment agency took over the management of many revellers which meant they decided rivers were self dredging. —— rivers. they are because they carved their way through their banks and flood their surroundings. we are accustomed to living on the banks of rivers and

accustomed to having them well managed. you believe that building on the flood plain is one of the problems, alongside climate change, which is creating a greater need, we are dealing with it less well because we are building on flood plains? yes, exactly. it is a tragedy going on in wales and other parts of the country, notjust locally but here on the thames, they built all over the maidenhead flood plain in the late part of the last century. they thought it would stay dry and then came the reins and it did not stay dry so those properties got wet. there was negotiation, shall we see and the mp persuaded the government they should create the government they should create thejubilee the government they should create the jubilee river which is the government they should create thejubilee river which is a major bypass around maidenhead. sudden

flashes of water come down to the flood plain but if you build on a flood plain but if you build on a flood plain but if you build on a flood plain you will get wet from time to time. if you put a bypass so that the flood plain does not fill which has been done, then you flood the people downriver because the water comes through in bigger surges and spills over the banks which is what we have had in 2002 and 2003. in 2014 we were flooded twice here and in many other areas and right now the floods are very close to the door. so what is your message to the environment agency which has responsibility for managing the reverse ? responsibility for managing the reverse? the rivers were made, most of the rivers we live next to where to some extent man—made. we have put infrastructure all around them, the river thames has been a major

highway all the up to oxford and has locks and weirs all the way up. it isa locks and weirs all the way up. it is a man—made river. it used to be a malarial swamp it hundred years ago so now we malarial swamp it hundred years ago so now we have a man—made river we cannot afford to neglect it, any more that we can build a road and not deal with potholes. the problem is the river generates its own potholes, the flow that comes down scours the bed of the river and deposits the detritus in other parts. if you have a car or aircraft, it does not fly so well is aircraft, it does not fly so well is a well streamlined car or aircraft so a well streamlined car or aircraft so river beds need maintaining by smoothing, sometimes by removing deposits, by keeping their banks clear because at the moment on the thames and many other rivers we have lots of outpouring of mature trees

and rashes. when the river rises, you need the full capacity of the channel, not all these things rushing into the water and slowing it down. it is fascinating listening to you. plenty of food for thought —— thought for the environment agency. we hope your butchart stays dry over the weekend. thank you for joining us. thank you so much. the all—important joining us. thank you so much. the all—importa nt weather now. now it's time for a look at the weather. yes, there are a number of weather warnings across the uk. today saw heavy rain. this weather system is across the north but heading out to the atlantic, this weather system is linked to this weather system 3500 miles away, that is for monday's weather which will bring catastrophic conditions in northern regions. more rain and the forecast

today for northern ireland, scotland and wales. further south, a bit drier. ft winds for many of us, especially safety scotland and north—west scotland. gusts of more than 60 mph. temperatures around ten, 12 or 13 celsius. over the weekend, more rainfall is expected on saturday across southern areas of the uk, by sunday some heavy rain likely for england and wales. that will clear away some rain certainly in the forecast. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines. the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — has spoken powerfully of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been jailed fora minimum of seventeen years for murder.

safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state terror group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's cathedral and a hotel. tens of thousands of people in towns and cities across germany have attended vigils for the nine victims of a far—right extremist who opened fire on two shisha bars. a flight to bring more than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped on a cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus — has been delayed. sport now and for a full round up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. good morning. there'll be no face—off at the weigh—in ahead of tomorrow night's big fight — the heavyweight rematch between tyson fury and deontay wilder. organisers don't want to risk a repeat of the scenes at yesterday's news conference, with the pair shoving eachother. as for the fight, one of the sport's

biggest names gave us his thoughts on which way it might go. i think it's going to be an unbelievable fight. if tyson fury comes out there and says he wants to try and not come out in the first couple of rounds, he will try, he is that type of guy to do but if that doesn't work for him he will resort back to boxing and then we will see tyson fury moving around and doing different things and maybe leading with the job different things and maybe leading with thejob a different things and maybe leading with the job a bit more. so different things and maybe leading with thejob a bit more. so it really depends on the strategy of both fighters, being able to devise each boxer and for the boxer to listen, you know, for the guy who wa nts to listen, you know, for the guy who wants to when to be able to do what he needs to do in the ring. it is going to be good. the women's t20 world cup is underway — and 16—year—old shafali verma has hit the first six of

the competition. she made 29, as india reached 132—4. stop england play their first match on sunday against south africa. they've been training in the nets at the waca in perth today. they were the beaten finalists two years ago, and bowler, anya shrubsole has been talking about how hard the task in front of them will be... i think there are probably 56 teams who are in better shout of winning this tournament. we will have to be at our best. we have plenty of world —class at our best. we have plenty of world—class players as well. with 2020 it is about getting on the momentum, that can be a huge thing.

if you get on a run, teams can be ha rd to if you get on a run, teams can be hard to stop. the former uk athletics chairman ed warner says he tried to pursuade mo farah to leave his old coach alberto salazar when suspicions first emerged about the american's conduct. salazar has since been banned for doping violations and whilst there's no suggestion farah did anything wrong, warner has told the bbc he wanted the four time olympic champion to switch coaches five years ago. i personally tried to persuade him to change coach. i met him the day after the beijing world championship ended. met him in team hotel, talked him through the board's thinking at the time around the whole oregon project and his position within it. i had one last go at him saying, are you sure you want to take that risk? he was adamant he wanted to stay with salazar so everything fell into place behind that. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

thank you. the sale of coal and some types of wood for wood burners, open fires and stoves will be banned in england from next february, as part of the government's efforts to cut air pollution. instead people will have to buy "smokeless" coal or wood that has been seasoned or dried in kilns. wood—burners and coal fires are the largest source of an air pollutant which can cause lung cancer, stroke and asthma. the changes will mean that sales of bagged house coal will be phased out by february 2021, and the sale of loose coal direct to customers will end by 2023. sales of wet wood in small units will also be phased out from february 2021. the government has said wood burning stoves and coal fires are the largest source of pm2.5 — which are small particles of air pollution which find their way into the body's lungs and blood. let's speak to fatima ibrahim, the co—director of campaign group, green new deal uk. did you campaign for this change

precisely? i have not campaigned specifically for this but we are asking the government to have a comprehensive plan that tackles air pollution, climate crisis and hue poverty. this issue is key to that. it is an intersection of all of those issues. it is having a cost to our health but interfaces with how—to people keep their homes warm? people are using coal and would end there is a phase out fees but we ask there is a phase out fees but we ask the government to do a follow—up as to how they will allow people to use an alternative way of heating their homes which will mean a retrofitting of homes allowing people to have warmer homes and spending less money trying to keep warm. for those who have coal fires or with partners, the message for next year is the can go for these alternatives which are not just better in go for these alternatives which are notjust better in terms of air

pollution but also cheaper? yes, thatis pollution but also cheaper? yes, that is accurate. i was quickly searching on my way here how much would cause and they are available, this announcement is notjust out of the blue, the government has talked about it for a while. there has been time for alternatives to put —— to be put on the market. they are cheap. b&q is not the cheapest of places but they have 7p 54 with, but there are better options for people to keep them warm. the government claims that strategy is world leading, is it? it is not in line with the world health organization recommended levels so we need to do more. the air

pollution strategy to say we are world leading when so many people die every yearfrom world leading when so many people die every year from air pollution. we hope to get to targets by 2030? we hope to get to targets by 2030? we hope to get to targets by 2030? we hope so. this isjust one point point on a long list of things we need to do but there is so much more that needs to be done. thank you very much forjoining us. us president donald trump has hit out at the academy awards for awarding best picture to a film, because its foreign. parasite, a dark south korean comedy about class struggle and wealth inequality, made oscars history as the first film not in english to win best picture. it also won awards for best director, best original screenplay and best international film, as well as winning the coveted palm d'or award at the the cannes film festival. but here's what president trump had to say. by the way, how bad were the academy award this year? did you see them? booing.

and the winner is a movie from south korea ? what the hell was that all about? we have enough problems with south korea with trade and on top of that, they give them the best movie of the year. was it good? i don't know. let's get gone with the wind, can we get gone with the wind back, please? sunset boulevard. so many great movies. the winner is... from south korea. i thought it was best foreign film. best foreign movie. no. did this ever happen before? that's the view from president trump but the distributors of the film hit back on twitterjoking that his anger is understandable because he cannot read. the film is of course subtitled for global audiences. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc

news... the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — has spoken powerfully of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been jailed fora minimum of seventeen years for murder. safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state terror group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's cathedral and a hotel. a flight to bring more than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped on a cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus — has been delayed. it's the business news. some good news from the manufacturing sector today. factory output is at a 10 month high, despite the disruption caused by the new coronavirus. more details are emerging of the cost of the new coronavirus outbreak. industry leaders say that car sales in china — the world's biggest market —

fell 92% in the first half of this month. and it's been estimated that airlines will lose almost £24 billion in sales this year, causing global demand for air travel to fall for the first time in more than a decade. economists at the american investment bankjp morgan have warned that human life as we know it could be threatened by climate change. in a dramatic report for its clients, the economists said there could be "catastrophic outcomes" unless action is taken. hello and good morning. let's start some new information about the state of the uk economy. first the good news: we've had a series of highly watched surveys published today. we call them pmis, they're surveys of purchasing managers in different industrial sectors. for manufacturing, the industry's leaders report back that things are growing even more healthily in february compared with last month — with factory output

at a ten month high— despite the problems to supply chains caused by the coronavirus. the survey for the services looked a little worse for this month versus last, but the pm! says it is still expanding. but we've also had new figures on the government's finances which shows that the surplus of cash that the government usually has injanuary — because that's when many tax bills are paid — was more than £2bn lower than last year. let's try to make sense of those numbers now with ruth gregory is senior uk economist at capital economics. focusing on manufacturing — what do you think is behind the growing optimism? the service provider clear signal that the economy has marked a turning point after the decisive election result which reduced uncertainty and brought the end of a no—deal brexit on 31st ofjanuary. there was our growth at the start of the year after stagnation in 2019 so

pretty positive signs on the domestic front but that is more evidence of global risk following the coronavirus outbreak with manufacturers warning that that has hit their export sales and lead to difficulties in sourcing components from abroad. plenty of problems from the coronavirus but these figures look good, is that because towards the end of last year following brexit uncertainty, manufacturing growth came to a standstill, is this a bounce back from that? it is. things are looking much more positive. things improved at the start of the year due to reduced uncertainty regarding brexit. but manufacturing number is not perhaps as good as it looks, given it was boosted by longer supplier delivery times which normally we'd expect to give higher demand but suppliers may struggle to meet orders but in fact

it was due to the fall and supply due to the coronavirus supply chain issue so perhaps not as good as that looks but the big picture is we have seen a looks but the big picture is we have seen a turning point in the economy than the election. letters look at government borrowing figures. normally january is a bonanza of tax receipts for the government but the surplus the government had with northernmost year, what you make of that? the january figures were perhaps disappointing overall, the government does run a surplus in january normally but the figures show a deterioration can parent to a year ago. but we have a new government with new ideas, and it is determined to an end is a big fiscal boost in the budget next month so we don't think these figures will really change it thinking very much thank you very much forjoining as

today. what do you think this is? no it's not crossrail. no, not the channel tunnel. this is the new super sewer that's being built beneath london which this week reaches the halfway stage of construction. the thames tideway tunnel is the biggest overhalf of london's sewer system since victorian times. and if you thought his job was glamorous, we sent ben thompson underground to see it while it's still reasonably clean. welcome to the support, designed to stop sewage flowing into the river tenth. welcome to the project manager. this is a huge site. we are deep underground, this is west london, our tunnel machine is three

kilometres down there towards acton. this is one of six machines we have on the project. you are at the halfway point, you still have a lot of work to do but how confident you will finish on time and on budget? really confident, we're five years then, we have for my years to go. we will finish this project in 2024 and the impact on repairs is still within the lines we talked about. thank you very much. this project, £5 billion will be paid for by lp is in london but let mmeetthhii am glad iam here in london but let mmeetthhii am glad i am here while it is new. imagine what will be flooding through here infour what will be flooding through here in four years time. apologies for the quality of the microphone down and that superstar. —— super sewer.

coronavirus is the dominant theme on markets again today. earlier this week, investors were cheered by data showing that the number of new cases of the virus was falling but investors are re—evaluating the risks again and there's a sell off under way. this is despite that upbeat economic data i was talking about earlier and similar figures for germany. the publisher, pearson, is among the big fallers on the ftse today after it said that sales of college textbooks in the us had dropped by 90% over past eight years, as students look for reading materials online instead. the £ is back above the $1.29 level where it went yesterday. that's all the business news. thank you. actorjune brown says she has left eastenders, after 35 years of playing chain—smoking albert square favourite, dot cotton. she arrived on the square shortly after the soap began in 1985, and apart from a break between 1993 and 1997, has been part of the main cast ever since. june says she has departed

the programme "for good" but eastenders say the door remains open for her to return. let's speak to tv critic and broadcaster, toby earle. i , tell us more about her role and the story thread she has led through the story thread she has led through the series. i think she is a two east enters icon, chain—smoking, hanging out at the laundrette to watch other people's laundry unwilling to share her dirty laundry in public was very much the heart of the square. also lent heavily on her registered beliefs while being a tremendous gossip. —— religious beliefs. she would be there with a shopping bag full of pebbles instead of do not through the first stone but she was also the moral heart of

the square. they developed the character by giving her son who was a proper villain. so you had all the goodness she believed in, all the faith and values but her son rejected that which caused great friction between them on the square. it feels she is leaving of her own volition, she believes she is not given me to enough storylines to get 30 into. no one wants to sit on the bench so it is interesting so she has decided to leave of her own volition. —— to get her teeth into. do you think it is to this storyline out her? this is the problem, they are trying to establish a brand—new set of individuals, using someone

like dot cotton, you use the correct its origin. the history of the show has moved on a bed. no doubt they are trying to give other people more spectacular storylines. i do not think to... perhaps i am speaking out of turn but i do not think she would be the one lifting people to safety from the boat which is continuing to sink across eastenders this week. we have not really heard from her since january. what about how well the show itself is doing. there are critics who say numbers are in decline because it is not providing storylines, notjust for her but for all its audiences that are engaging? it still does decent numbers, not the numbers that isted but still quite good numbers. it still engages with the younger audiences. the bbc believe in it or

they would not be making such a thing about its 35th anniversary this week and the spectacular episodes, the crews on their river thames. they have gone with it with their cinematography to give it a film quality. soaps are struggling to keep up with the competition in terms of drama, certainly people expect a bit more nowadays but whether it will go on for another 35 years... perhaps next year people will be talking about when eastenders used to be on, it will seem a eastenders used to be on, it will seem a long time ago. it is always ha rd seem a long time ago. it is always hard when people playing characters get elderly, both actor and character, to think how to end it is difficult? obviously she felt she had not been given the character to

have a strong storyline to give her a farewell procession but do not forget, into thousand eight, she had an episode to herself in which she recorded a message to her ailing partner. —— in 2008. that was the first time in a soap characters spoke to themselves for an entire half—hour. that shows you everything about the quality jean half—hour. that shows you everything about the qualityjean brown brought to the show and the respect she was held in by the writers and the creative team at eastenders. that gives you the idea of what a quality character and actor she is. they can write her a fine finale, let's hope. she has already got high on cannabis ones, where else can you go with her now? i do not know, go away and think of something. thank you, we have to go.

now it's time for a look at the weather. yes, more rain and the forecast, i said likea yes, more rain and the forecast, i said like a broken record. if i show you the atlantic, that's where the front console the way through, 2500 miles away to this area of low pressure on the eastern seaboard and then on monday especially towards the east of the pennines and west scotland. gusts of 60 mph. maximum temperatures ten or 11 celsius. into the weekend, maureen is expected, when she showers towards the north. on sunday headed in for england and

wales and that will clearly # you're watching bbc newsroom live. it's midday and these are the main stories this morning... safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state terror group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's cathedral and a hotel. as the man convicted of killing the british backpacker grace millane in new zealand is sentenced to a minimum of 17 years — grace's mother describes the family's devastation. she died terrified and alone in a room with you. i will miss my darling grace until the last breath in my body leaves me. more frustration for british passengers stranded on a quarantined cruise ship injapan, as their flight back to the uk is delayed.

a ban in england on the sale of coal and fresh logs, for burning on open fires and stoves — in an attempt to reduce air pollution. and the winner is, a movie from south korea. what the hail was that all about? donald trump has a dig at the oscars for awarding best picture to parasite, a dark south korean comedy about class struggle and inequality. and — playing the generation game — how the swedes are trying to combat loneliness by bringing the old and the young together. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. rein carrie gracie. a female supporter of the banned islamic state terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in a bomb attack on st paul's

cathedral. safiyya shaikh, a 36—year—old muslim convert from hayes in west london, was arrested in an undercover operation. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani is outside the old bailey. it is an extraordinary story. tell us it is an extraordinary story. tell us about it. yes this is an extraordinary victory for counterterrorism officers here. this is all about effectively and undercover operation to catch someone undercover operation to catch someone who they clearly had concerns about going back a few yea rs. concerns about going back a few years. this 36—year—old woman, safiyya shaikh, who was born michelle ramstein, over the course ofa number of michelle ramstein, over the course of a number of years, there had been concerns growing about her. she had stopped attending mosques where she lived because people expected her to be in extremist. over a course of two months last summer she began

confiding in a number of undercover officers online through an encrypted chat messages. she believe the officers were supporters of the islamic state militant group and she told them that she wanted to carry out an attack in the uk. she had spent some time encouraging others to do so online. as she got into the detailed it became clear that she had a particular target in mind. she shared tart hm pictures of the st. paul's cathedral. she said she wa nted paul's cathedral. she said she wanted to go in and kill as many people as possible possibly at christmas or easter it. it was very clear of her intention. the case, had it gone to trial, had she not pleaded guilty this morning, would have heard that part of her preparations she had travelled into central london, booked a hotel, where it is believed she wanted to plant a second device. she went into st. paul's cathedral and carried out

reconnaissance. officers knew that she had effectively videoed the security arrangement and possible locations for a bomb to be planted and in one conversation with those officers she said she wanted to put the bomb under the dome and kill as many people as possible. this trial had been due to go ahead later in the spring, she has pleaded guilty today as a special plea hearing. so the proceedings have ended. one of the proceedings have ended. one of the senior terrorism judges remanded her in custody clearly because of the danger she poses to society and says that she will be sentenced on the 11th of may. a very serious case indeed. dominic, thank you very much for the update. the man convicted of killing the british backpacker grace millane in new zealand has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years. grace millane was murdered on the eve of her 22nd birthday in 2018 while on a date with the man — who cannot be named for legal reasons.

before the sentencing, grace's mother gillian gave an emotional victim impact statement via video link, saying her daughter died ‘terrified and alone'. our correspondent, shaima khalil reports. on the eve of her 22nd birthday, grace millane spent a night out with this man but shortly after these pictures were captured, he murdered her. the killer has been jailed for life with a minimum of 17 years without parole. a suppression court order means we still cannot reveal his identity. grace's mother gillian said her daughter would always be her sunshine. she addressed the killer direct via video link, saying he'd ripped a hole in her heart. you walked into our lives and destroyed grace in the pursuit of your own sexual gratification. she died terrified and alone in a room with you.

i will miss my darling grace until the last breath in my body leaves me. the chief police investigator criticised the defence for arguing the grace's death was an argument of rough sex gone wrong. strangling someone for 5—10 minutes until they die is not rough sex. if people are going to use that type of defence, all it actually does is repeatedly victimises the victim. and the victim's family. grace's mother said no sentence the killer got would match a life without her daughter but the case that has gripped the nation and destroy the family has finally come to an end. shaima khalil, bbc news. well, as we've been hearing, the defence maintained throughout the case that grace's death occurred as a result of so—called rough sex, something that was rejected by the jury. earlier we heard from louise perry from the campaign group, we can't consent to this,

which has collated cases of women killed by men claiming a sex game had gone wrong. they're demanding that the "rough sex" defence should be outlawed. we absolutely acknowledge that defendants have a right to give their side of the story, but they don't have a right to be believed. and that's what we're so concerned about, that we're finding courts and the media and right the way through the criminaljustice system that there's this sort of credulousness when it comes to this defence being used, where superficially it might look like maybe this was just an accident. but actually, once you look into these cases and start seeing patterns, it becomes clear that actually this is this is a cynical use of this defence to try and evade justice. so in many of the cases that we've looked at, defendants often have a history of really serious violence against women that the jury might not be aware of. we know also of at least three cases where killers have used this defence, have then gone on to kill again. so we need to see this within a wider pattern of sexual violence against women and girls and notjust be naive and think that these accidents do happen.

in particular, we're thinking about something like strangulation, which was, of course, how grace was killed. we know that actually there's this widespread misperception that it's very easy to accidentally kill someone, strangulation, that it's something that can be done carelessly. possibly people get this idea from looking at film and tv, where it's often a very short clip that might show someone being strangled to death. but actually, we know it takes a lot of time. it takes a lot of force. as the new zealand detective was saying, you know, this is five to ten minutes. that's a deliberate effort to really, really harm someone and quite possibly lead to that death as well. it is already the case in that in case law and even wales, that it's not possible to use consensus defence when you're talking about really serious violence. and certainly when you're talking about someone's death. but unfortunately, we've been seeing something like gap between what the law says on the books and what is actually being enacted by courts, which seems to do with an increasing sympathy among jury members and among the general public towards killers who make this

defence, which is all to do with a normalisation and really extreme violence against women as part of sex. so we're backing amendments to the domestic abuse bill that have been brought by harriet harman and mark garnier, which put that case law into statute. and so i make it crystal clear that consent is absolutely not a defence in these cases. we're also looking to have similar legal forms in scotland. and we're also hoping that the government will start monitoring the use of this defence more closely, notjust in cases where women have died, but also a non—fatal cases. we found over a hundred cases now of women who've been the victims of really serious violence committed to grievous bodily harm. and they cannot have also made this defence in court. and it's striking that in all of these cases, when women survive this really serious violence and they're able to come to court and give their side of the story and every single one

of those cases, they reject the narrative that that their attacker gives. they reject the narrative that they consented to this violence. so when women survive, they're telling us that actually they're not consenting to this and we want that to be acknowledged. an evacuation flight for britons trapped on a coronavirus—hit cruise ship injapan has been further delayed. about 70 uk nationals — who have spent 16 days in quarantine on the liner — had expected to fly home today. but the british embassy says the flight is "logistically complicated" and they will now arrive in the uk tomorrow. only those showing no signs of illness will be able to travel, and they will be go into isolation for two weeks on their return. let's get the latest now with our correspondent laura bicker who's with the ship injapan. a lot of frustration i imagine. yes, from passengers who thought the ordeal was over. they have spent two weeks in these tiny cabins looking out onto the port wondering when they will get off. they have managed

one or two minutes a day outside. each day the anxiety has increased because the number of coronavirus cases seem because the number of coronavirus cases seem to because the number of coronavirus cases seem to also because the number of coronavirus cases seem to also increased. there is over 600 people who have been confirmed with the virus after being on the ship. the ordeal is nearly over. within the next few hours, we believe that british passengers who are one of the last to leave will be allowed off this cruise ship and they will get theirfinal allowed off this cruise ship and they will get their final health checks. they would get a temperature check, a one—to—one chat with a doctor where they go through any possible symptoms and then they will be taken to the airport. the flight will leave early in the morning arriving in the uk. when you are not standing beside a cruise ship and be on site you are based in south korea and over the last 24, 36 hours, south korea was turned into a coronavirus problem. it has become increasingly concerning the

situation in south korea. we have just heard that within the last hour, a second patient has died, she was being transferred to a hospital for further treatment after her condition deteriorated, that is in a south of the country and she died on arrival. we know that the mayor there, the fourth—largest city in south korea of 2.5 million people, has urged people to stay in door. all military bases has been locked down after three soldiers from three different provinces contracted coronavirus. the outbreak seems to centre around one fringe church, but it has1.5 centre around one fringe church, but it has 1.5 million members. —— it has half a million members. when it comes to speaking to them certainly that health authorities have interviewed almost half of them and they say that they have been told that around 500 of them are believed

to have symptoms of the virus. i have to caveat that by saying that does not mean that they have the virus, they have not tested positive, but it shows you the seriousness of the situation and the numbers involved. absolutely, terrifying. laura, thank you so much. we will get more later. dozens of protesters in a ukrainian town have attacked buses carrying evacuees from china. the evacuees were brought to the local hospital in order to be held in quarantine. ukrainian officials said a fake email claiming to be from the health ministry falsely said some evacuees had contracted the virus. earlier i spoke to our ukrainian correspondent jonah fisher who told us about the situation there. all the people on board that plane that arrived yesterday and then the passengers on board were taken into this health facility yesterday. all of them had according to the ukrainian authorities, been tested at least twice for the coronavirus before they were allowed to get on board

that evacuation flight. and that none of them had, according to the test, been infected by the fire is, but that was not good enough for the villagers. i was in the village yesterday. a tense day there as villagers tried to blockade the roads that lead to this health facility to try and stop the evacuees being taken there for their quarantine period. as it is now, they did get through in the end. there were clashes with the riot police, but the buses did get through. those people are now in that facility and they have been joined by ukraine's health minister who has announced that she is going to be spending the next two weeks in quarantine with them to try and demonstrate to people in the area that there is nothing to fear and that they should not be creating such a fuss about the arrival of these people from china. the headlines on bbc news... safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's

cathedral and a hotel. the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — has spoken powerfully of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been jailed fora minimum of 17 years for murder. a flight to bring more than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped on a cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus — has been delayed. sport now, here's katie. ahead of tomorrow's night big fight, there will not be a face—off at the way and this is because organisers do not want a risk, a repeat of what happened at the press conference yesterday but the pair shoving each other. as the clot comes down, the former champion lennox lewis told us

who he is backing to win the fight. i think it is going to be an unbelievable fight. if tyson furey comes out there and says he wants to knock him out in the first couple of rounds, he will probably try. he is that type of guy to do that. but if that type of guy to do that. but if that does not work for him, that he was hm will resort back to his boxing. may be he will lead with a jaba bit boxing. may be he will lead with a jab a bit more. it really depends on the strategy of both fighters being able to advise each boxer and for the boxer to listen. for the guy that wants to win, to be able to do what he needs to do what he needs to do in the ring. is going to be good. cricket, defending champions australia of the t20. india made 132-4.

australia of the t20. india made 132—4. four tickets were taken. they fell 17 runs short of the target, australia. the former athletics chairman tried to persuade him to leave his old coach. salazar has since been banned for doping violations. there is no suggestion that pharaoh did anything wrong, but he has told the bbc that he wanted the four—time olympic champions to switch coaches five years ago.|j personally tried to persuade him to change coach. i met him the day after the beijing world championships ended. i met him in the team hotel, talk him through the board's thinking at the around the oregon project and his position within it. i had one marked go saying are you sure you want to say? and he said he did. everything fell into place behind that. that is all the support for now. i will have more for you in the next hour.

tens of thousands of people across germany have attended vigils to remember the nine victims of a shooting in the town of hanau near frankfurt. the gunman — a far—right extremist — opened fire on two shisha bars. wednesday evenings attack is being treated by investigators as an act of terrorism. the german president frank—walter steinmeier called for unity against hatred, racism and violence. translation: we stand together, we stick together, we want to live together and we show it again and again that this is the strongest remedy against hatred. thank you very much. earlier i spoke to our berlin correspondent, damien mcguinness who described the current mood across germany. there is a sense of fear because the interior minister has just been talking to journalists here and told them that far right of violence, right wing extremism in general is the greatest threat that the country is facing

right now. that is why the interior minister has now announced that there will be increased security at stations and airports across germany and at other institutions such as mosques. that really points to a fear of a copycat attack. what we know about the person who carried out the attacks in hanau was that he was alone and acting on his own, but he was inspired by hate speech online by right ring extremists which he got off the internet. he was very unstable and the idea or what people are saying here is that the political debate in germany which some people in the far right have really been coming out with some pretty objectionable rhetoric about people of foreign heritage, that is starting to inspire unstable individuals to carry out threats like this. this is not the first time that we have had such severe far right of violence. there have been two others just

in the past nine months. and previously there have been some very serious right—wing attacks. now authorities are finally taking it seriously and the debate has moved on to where this comes from to what extent the seeds are in the political debate that we are seeing from far right parties. that is what i wanted to ask you about. i know that the mainstream parties are pointing the finger at the afd parties saying that they should be under surveillance for some of their language. yes, that is right. the afd‘s position they have condemned the violence, but they are saying that this is simply the act of a crazed individual. that it has nothing to do with any sort of ideology. all other parties are disputing that narrative. they say actually there

is more to it than that. we are talking about a far right ideology which has spread among online networks. there also cells here active in germany. some were targeted just a few days ago in raids. people were arrested. this is more than just people were arrested. this is more thanjust someone people were arrested. this is more than just someone who is psychologically unstable, although that attacker was. the allegation towards afd leaders is when people say things like germany should revisit its history and showed really germany should only be open to germans and when people question the idea of having other ethnic groups within a country that that then leads to the violence that we saw in hanau and and other incidents. so as you say what certain politicians are calling for is that special services and security services to carry out surveillance on the afd, that is

unlikely to happen to be honest. no matter how extreme some members of the afd actually are and that has been proven in court cases, this is a big constitutional step to put a whole party under surveillance. the youth branch is already under a limited surveillance. that was difficult and that branch has been shown to be pretty extreme. it is unlikely that legally you would be able to put the afd under surveillance, but even the debate that we are having right now will probably start to stigmatize the afd in certain segments of the population. on the other hand, it is still a strong party and parts of the country. it is an ongoing debate to what extent the violence has its routes in political rhetoric and what can be done to change that. police are continuing to question a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing inside a london mosque. the victim, in his 70s, was injured in an attack at london central mosque, near regent's park. he was taken to hospital

by paramedics and discharged this morning. police are not treating the attack as terror—related. after hero tyler and the baby were pronounced dead at the scene. the driver of the hospital were —— another driver was ta ken to hospital. police are asking for anyone with information to come forward. communities across the uk are bracing themselves for another weekend of wet weather. parts of north west england experienced almost a month's rainfall in the past two days. meanwhile, the met office has issued another yellow weather warning for parts of yorkshire, the north east of england and scotland. our correspondent, fiona lamdin has spent the morning in the village of hampton bishop, near hereford, where the last two severe warnings remain in place.

we are on a half truck, half tractor and that this has helped keep this village open this week. let me just show you around. behind us, these are normally fields, today and all this week they have looked like lakes. they have got swans on them at the moment. the water this week came up of these hedgerows and if you spin the camera around, you will see that the pumps are pumping the water from the fields. it looks like it is taking it over to a river, but this is not a river, they should be another field. and round the corner, it willjoin in the river lugg. i'm just going to go over tojohn price. john, you are from the fire and rescue service. just tell us what this last week has been like. it has been an enormous scale of operations for the past seven days. across the two counties of herefordshire and worcestershire along with severe flooding affecting our colleagues and partners in shropshire

and as well as moving down in south wales and gloucestershire. a huge logistical operation, trying to keep people safe in care homes. yes, there has been a severe risk to life over a number of days was extremely unprecedented high river levels. where we are now in the south of herefordshire, the villages here through to the north of worcestershire we have evacuated a number of care homes. we have also managed with the aid of local communities to keep a care home running. without the help of others around us, we would not been able to do that. let me show you around. this is how people have been getting up they've been going up the ladder. they had been riding on the the bales. the man keeping this going is this man. you are normally an apple grower. tell us what you have been doing this week. because of the high clearance i have been able to help those in need

to get out of their flooded homes and bring injust essential supplies, food, bread, milk. and keep the contact going with the community because at some point the floodwater was three to four foot deep. how many hours have you been driving this? we have done some full days just to keep everybody keep their dailyjobs going. sow, 11, 12 days, anything to help out and it is all voluntary. to be in touch with people who have been marooned. an amazing community spirited here. we have been told that there is more rain coming this week. the advice is to stay away from flooded roads. let's turn to another part of the country that is suffering. the river taff in wales reached its highest level in 40 years, and left many parts

of cardiff underwater. danny rees is the owner of cardiff boat which has suspended services between cardiff bay and the city centre. hejoins us now. would have the last few days been like? a horrible situation. our boat is in perfect condition, but we are still waiting inspection. it looks like there is going to be some substantial work going on. how will that affect you? we still be able to operate? our main business is from the bay to the centre centre —— city centre. they should have been a really good weekend for us, but we have had to cancel bookings and refu nd have had to cancel bookings and refund people. it isjust have had to cancel bookings and refund people. it is just not a good situation. it is awful that it is not like something we can deal with. it is something that is totally out of our hands, so we have no

timescale as to how long this is going to take. i was in cardiff the other day and i was down near you. i know what we are talking about. for those of the audience who have not been there, how many passengers are you serving on a daily basis or when there is a big event in town? the largest number, we had three consecutive days at one point where we carried over a thousand passenger. in five days we carried over 5000. during the course of the year we carry thousands and thousands. it is a significant business. what are your prospects and those who work for you? at the moment we are waiting on information. there has been a partial assessment done on one of the docs and the main one that we use as far as i know it has not been assessed at all. is there any help

that you feel you should be getting but you are currently not?|j that you feel you should be getting but you are currently not? i really feel for everyone who has been affected by the flooding. we have sort of lost our business for the moment, but for anyone who has lost their homes, i think that is far worse. any help that we could get would be grateful for. we wish you all the very best and thank you for sparing the time in the midst of this to talk to us. the government has been under pressure and the prime minister has been accused of being out of touch. his flood minister has just been talking about this. she has dismissed those criticisms and said that he is in constant touch and she was on a visit to taunton when she said that we have a wonderful

network which swings into operation whenever there are floods and eve ryo ne whenever there are floods and everyone is feeding in. of the funding... the pm has to agree that we can do that funding and then we enable people to access the funds. we are turning to a story that is just breaking. the price of a first—class stamp is going to go out. she is going to go from 70p to 76p and the price of a second class is going to go to 65p. that is according to the royal mail. i don't actually have a date from which those prices will come in. that is the direction of travel. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. good afternoon, rain and is forecast, strong winds as well and

forecast, strong winds as well and for some of us on snow as we head through the weekend, especially over scotland. there is a lot going on, you can see a lot of rain piling in on the radar picture in northern ireland, south—west scotland, north wales. these idiocy a lot of rain in the afternoon. open society scotland, the pennines but drier further south. these pulses available jet southward evening, wintry showers across scotland, is not over high ground here overnight. chilly but milder downside. fans of showery rain jetting southwards. northern ireland and scotland having a nexus sunshine and showers. the level snow in scotland and with windy conditions, there will be blood over the mountains. some 80 stretches as well which could meet

for hazardous travelling. it stretches. but milder fathers day.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines. safiyya amira shaikh — a supporter of the islamic state group, has pleaded guilty at the old bailey to plotting to bomb st paul's cathedral and a hotel. the mother of grace millane — the british backpacker strangled in new zealand in 2018 — has spoken powerfully of the family's devastation. a 28—year—old man has been jailed fora minimum of 17 years for murder. a flight to bring more than 70 british people back home from japan — after they were trapped on a cruise ship hit by the new coronavirus — has been delayed. sales of the two most polluting fuels used in homes — fresh logs and coal —

are to be phased out in england to help cut air pollution. is on the from south korea, what the hell was that all about? donald trump has a dig at the oscars for awarding best picture to parasite, a dark south korean comedy about class struggle and wealth inequality. scientists in the united states say they have used artificial intelligence to discover a powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous bacteria. researchers at mit trained an algorithm to identify compounds unlike existing antibiotics. they then made it search through more than six thousand compounds under investigation for treating various human diseases. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, is with us in the studio.

very positive story, artificial intelligence involves training a computer, they did this by creating an algorithm, a programme which would get the artificial intelligence to learn what to look for, combines effective against bacteria. once they this, they sent this computer this on thousands of job discovery compounds that were in development. within hours, it had 01:35:30,971 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 found a drug