this is bbc news. our top stories: life in prison for the only survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 islamist attacks in paris, but victims say it's not over for them. nothing satisfying about the verdict and nothing satisfying about the fact that it ends, that we still have our injuries and our traumas and our nightmares and our wounds. the american singer songwriter r—kelly is jailed for 30 years for sexual abuse crimes. the shocking moment a russian missile hit a shopping centre in ukraine, killing at least 18 people. nato members meeting in madrid declare the kremlin a direct threat to their security.

ferdinand �*bongbong' marcos jr, son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos, is set to be sworn in as president of the philippines. and novak djokovic cruises into the third round at wimbledon, but it's the end of the road for britain's andy murray, and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a french court has concluded the country's longest ever trial for the 2015 terror attacks by handing down prison sentences to 20 men. an islamist gang killed 130 people in paris in 2015. they targeted the bataclan concert hall, the national football stadium, bars and restaurants. the only gang member to survive the night, salah abdeslam, was handed a rare whole life sentence.

mark lobel reports. guilty. facing a full life prison term, france's most severe penalty for criminals, the only survivor behind the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in the biggest trial in modern french history following the country's worst peacetime attack. it shook paris to its core in november 2015. as well as those killed, hundreds were injured during horrendous attacks on bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the bataclan music venue. arrested in brussels four months after the attacks, salah abdeslam said he was a soldier of the so—called islamic state group, but later apologised to victims and claimed he decided not to detonate his suicide vest on the night of the attack. but the court accepted evidence that the suicide vest was, infact, defective

and there was no last—minute change of heart. their full life sentence now leaves him only a small chance of parole after 30 years. the court convicted all 20 men put on trial, 19 of them on terrorism charges. the rulings can be appealed. translation: i'm satisfied with the sentence _ and i think that, like many people, it is fair. i don't actually feel too good tonight. nothing satisfying about the verdict and nothing satisfying about the fact that it ends, that we still have our injuries and our traumas and our nightmares and our wounds. as part of this trial, for the last nine months, victims, families of the dead and journalists have been piecing together what happened that deadly night. it is quite really important for us to arrive at the end of this trail, and to be able to somewhere, to quit, a kind of collective tragedy,

to go further in our personal tragedy that we have, to go further and to live without my son, hugo. for france, this has been a chance to come to terms with a national trauma. mark lobel, bbc news. the american singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a us federal court in new york after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55—year—old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex trafficking trial, which took place in september. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik was in court, and she sent this report. r kelly's victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren't valued. this sentence means everything to them. there wasn't a day in my life up until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system

would come through for black and brown girls. i stand here very proud of myjudicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors, and very pleased with the outcome. 30 years did he do this, and 30 years is what he got. i never thought that i would be here to see him be held accountable for the atrocious things that he did to children. i don't know what else to say except that i'm grateful. i'm grateful for today. # i believe i can fly...# his star power was his shield. he used his inner circle to exploit minors, women and men. they all came from varied backgrounds but were similar in their adoration for kelly. 0nce under his control, he required them to follow a degrading set of rules. they had to call him �*daddy�* and they weren't permitted to leave their rooms for any reason without his permission. he also directed every aspect of the sexual abuse with him and others, and recorded many of the instances.

for years, his crimes were an open secret, including his marriage to the late r&b singer aaliyah when she was just 15 years old and he 27. the stories from a documentary called surviving r kelly stunned the public and led to calls to mute his music. chanting mute r kelly! it also shone a light on an industry said to be rife with harassment and abuse. the music industry has just not even begun to have its reckoning. it isn'tjust one person who's, like, a skeevy predator. it's the scaffolding, it's the system, it's the star machine. r kelly's legacy will no longer be defined by his voice. he'll forever be remembered as a sexual predator. nada tawfik, bbc news. lisa bloom is a us attorney and women's rights campaigner. she told me that she agrees with the judge's decision to sentence r kelly to 30 years in prison. thisjudge did not hold back

in saying that r kelly used his money and his fame to enslave women, to sexually pray upon minors, boys and girls. he had hundreds of enablers who helped him in this, and he has ruined so many lives. and she felt that 30 years was appropriate and i agree. his lawyers had been pushing for a ten—year sentence and they were citing, for instance, the fact that r kelly himself was abused. do you think there will be an appeal? well, thejudge said that his history of abuse was an explanation, but not an excuse, and i agree with that. yes, his lawyers say that they are going to appeal. that's what lawyers always say when they have a bad day in court. we'll see if they really have any grounds. i don't see any. after the sentencing, we heard there one of the victims say, "there wasn't a day in my life, up until this "moment, that i actually

believe the judicial system "would come through for black and brown girls." i mean, why do you think it took so long for these victims to getjustice? yes, and i represent many girls and women of colour, and they are not believed, and people are not as outraged by sexual abuse against girls and women of colour. you know, these allegations have been coming against r kelly since the 1990s. there was a trial in 2008. he was acquitted in that case. and now he's going face new charges in a couple of months, related to witness tampering, in that 2008 trial. so, he's gotten away with this for a very long time, but ultimately, enough girls and women, and boys, were willing to stand up and testify, and got this conviction, and now 30 years in prison for him. as you say, the crimes that he committed were well documented long before this day of reckoning came, and the judge said this 30—year sentence should stand as a deterrent to him and to other powerful people. does it? is this a sea change? you know, it's a hard question.

i think it's important to point out that metoo is not over. i did a lot of interviews after thejohnny depp case, and people think were saying that it's over and they were having a funeral for metoo. and then just yesterday, ghislaine maxwell, another high—profile person, was sentenced to 20 years in her sex trafficking case. today, r kelly, 30 years. metoo is just getting started and i think we're willing now to go back and revisit these cases, where people have been making allegations for years and years — theyjust were not believed. increasingly now, they are believed and i think that's an important new day in the justice system. so, there is a significant amount of change, but for r kelly himself, are his legal battles over? they're not over. he has another trial coming up in a few months, he has civil cases pending against him. so, he's going to be embroiled in lawsuits and criminal trials for a long time. lisa bloom there for us.

the son of the philippines�* late dictator ferdinand marcos will be sworn in as president shortly. here he is, ferdinand �*bongbong' marcoer, with the outgoing president rodrigo duerte in the grounds of the malacanang palace in manila for the start of the proceedings. bongbong won last month's elections by a landslide, securing the biggest victory since his father was ousted by a popular revolt in 1986 over accusations of widespread corruption and brutality. let's get the latest from our correspondent howard johnson in manila. good to see you. what sort of presidency as he promised? he had promised this idea of unity for the country to bring the north and the self together with his running mate vice president duterte. this morning he met up with rodrigo duterte as a handover ceremony at the

palace with a exchanged pleasantries.— palace with a exchanged pleasantries. palace with a exchanged leasantries. �* ., ., , , pleasantries. both teams spoke with each other. _ pleasantries. both teams spoke with each other. lots _ pleasantries. both teams spoke with each other. lots of - pleasantries. both teams spoke with each other. lots of people| with each other. lots of people believe there will be continuity between the two governments because rodrigo duterte was much political point of view is very aligned with the margos family. it is about law and order, authoritarianism, strong man politics if you will. there is also this idea that the economy has to recover of the back of the pandemic. many people took to marcos positive message of a golden age the economy. is it that happened under his father _ my that happened under his father — my father, ferdinand, the late dictator. they question that because the country was heavily in debt to foreign banks by the time he left office. he was actually forced out in 1986. people are hoping marcos can bring about a post pandemic boom in the economy. we are looking now at some live pictures from that inauguration

event as marcos jr becomes president of the event as marcoer becomes president of the philippines. the margos family public popularity saw a recent resurgence largely by social media during this election, but from an outside observer, it is quite i suppose confusing given the family history. our popular is he in the philippines? how much support of the have behind him in real terms? we much support of the have behind him in realterms?_ him in realterms? we are seeinu him in realterms? we are seeing pictures _ him in realterms? we are seeing pictures at - him in realterms? we are seeing pictures at the - him in realterms? we are - seeing pictures at the moment from the national library, the national museum rather where marcos will be inaugurated shortly. it is confusing to outsiders, really a way of understanding is this country is was positive and happy, the education standards here are not as good as other global standards in 2018 a study by the oecd standards in 2018 a study by the 0ecd said people here are susceptible to positive messaging, they don't often look beneath the surface of what politicians are promising so there was an idea on

facebook on youtube of what some people believe toxic positivity, it was so good that it couldn't be true, they were offering an idea of gold being handed out, the country would return to happy times economically. all of the things that happen to the corruption, the killings, the political violence, all of that was whitewashed stop critics say potentially marcos as president will now continue that strategy and begin to remove statues in honour of the people who stood up honour of the people who stood up against his father's regime that was put in place in 1972 when the country went under martial law and billions of pounds, billions of dollars of money was spirited away to bank accounts in switzerland and in properties over in manhattan in the usa. ., ., properties over in manhattan in theusa. ., ., the usa. howard johnson in manila, thank— the usa. howard johnson in manila, thank you _ the usa. howard johnson in manila, thank you very - the usa. howard johnson in i manila, thank you very much. we'll stay across that these live pictures coming to you from that inauguration where

ferdinand marcos is becoming president of the philippines after winning a landslide in the elections despite a controversial family history. let's get some of the day's other news. buckingham palace has confirmed that it will not be publishing the results of a review into the handling of allegations that meghan, the duchess of sussex, bullied members of palace staff. the review was prompted by a report in the times, which had claimed that two employees had been driven from theirjobs. lawyers for the duchess have denied the allegations. scientists at a un conference in portugal on the oceans say nearly a quarter of the planet's seabed has now been mapped to a high standard. in the past year alone, an area about the size of europe has been added to sea charts. japan is battling an unprecedented heatwave, and concerns are mounting about a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners going. tokyo recorded temperatures above 35 degreees celsius

on wednesday for a fifth—straight day, making it the worst june heatwave injapan since records began in 1875. the european commission has proposed banning the use of flavoured heated tobacco products because of concerns about their increasing popularity and health effects. the eu health commissioner said nine out of ten lung cancers were caused by tobacco, so the bloc wanted to make smoking as unattractive as possible to protect the health of its citizens and save lives. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: meet the new parks department staff at riverside park in new york — i kid you not! china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge fireworks display was held in the former colony.

the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. i for the first time in 20 years, i russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit - at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. tennis balls thwack cheering and applause. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 3h years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines:

the sole surviving member of the group that carried out the 2015 islamist attacks in paris has been sentenced to life in prison after the biggest trial in french history. a court in new york has jailed the singer r kelly for 30 years for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse women, boys and girls. newly released footage from ukraine has established that a shopping centre in the city of kremenchuk was hit directly by a russian cruise missile. the death toll from monday's strike in the east of the country has risen to at least 18 while more than 30 people are still missing. russia says it doesn't attack civilians and claims the target was an ammunition warehouse. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake reports. the brute force of russia's strike. a cruise missile fired from a plane hundreds of miles away, plunging towards ukrainian families doing their shopping.

18—year—old daria has been looking for her mum ever since. larissa, a cleaner, was at work in an electronics shop. translation: i am so composed, not because i don't feel _ anything, but because i need to support my relatives. that's how it's easier for me, but what i feel is emptiness. many more families have been searching in desperation. four days before the strike, shopping centre management told staff it would no longer be evacuated during air raid alerts. there's now a criminal investigation into that decision. it's obvious that many people simply didn't stand a chance. the operation here is now moving to dismantling the remainder of the building. the impact on families here in kremenchuk will be felt

for months and years to come. but you've got to remember that russia continues to kill civilians across this country. at least five people were killed this morning in this strike on a residential block in mykolaiv. but from elsewhere in the same southern city, russia was releasing this footage, claiming it had destroyed a training base forforeign fighters. russia says that it doesn't hit civilian targets. russia says it doesn't kill civilians. what do you say to that? translation: i know what the truth - is, but i think it won't matter because this won't return my mother to me, it won't return children to hundreds of other parents. the uk's ministry of defence says it's possible russia's missile was intended to hit another target nearby, but it didn't. and moscow is prepared to live

with the consequences. nick beake, bbc news, kremenchuk. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a "direct threat" to their security and said that ukraine can count on nato's support for as long as it takes. those words at the leaders' summit in madrid mark a significant beefing up of nato's approach. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries as finland and sweden, two previously neutral countries, have been cleared for membership. the nato secretary general reaffirmed that russia is europe's biggest threat. nato leaders have just taken decisions to transform and strengthen our alliance at this pivotal time for our security. president putin's war against ukraine has shattered peace in europe. and has created the biggest security crisis in europe

since the second world war. nato has responded with strength and unity. from the summit in madrid, kasia madera. jens stoltenberg really wanted to show a united nato and that is certainly what he got with the strategic concept. for the first time, they are talking about russia as a risk. what russia has done in ukraine has galvanised these nato nations to come together and the alliances offer support to ukraine with the bolstering of troops and for the first time since the end of the cold war, there will be a permanent us presence in an eastern european country, in poland. the polish president very much welcoming that, saying they will feel much more secure knowing that the us presence will be there. and of course we have the addition of two new countries joining and therefore automaticallyjust increasing, doubling the border between nato and russia.

so, if president putin with his launch of a war on ukraine had wanted to stop nato enlargement, well, he got exactly the opposite. wednesday was day 3 at wimbledon, and a disappointing one for the uk's emma raducanu who was knocked out. 0n the men's side, crowd favourite andy murray is out too while the number one seed novak djokovic cruised through to round three. here's our sport correspondent chethan patak. as the sun sets on day three at wimbledon, novak djokovic, the defending champion, is a very happy man after sailing through to the third round of these championships with a straight—sets win over australia's tha nasi kokkinakis. djokovic looking much like his old self on the grass of centre court. kokkinkakis causing him few problems, compared with the one

we saw on monday where he struggled at times. djokovic far more pleased on wednesday after his win, saying that he feels much more like his old self as he moved up the gears. djokovic targeting all sorts of history at this year's wimbledon. looking for his fourth consecutive title and seventh wimbledon crown. it will be 21 grand slams. all the more important to him because if he wins this major, it will be one behind rafael nadal, knowing novak djokovic that he may not get to play at the us open and the australian open because of his covid status. in the women's draw, there was disappointment for the home favourite, emma raducanu, the us 0pen champion who gave us that stratospheric success last year at flushing meadows. since then, she's been plagued by injury problems. she'd gone out the second round at the australian open and french open. the same has now happened at wimbledon. she was beaten in straight

sets by carolina garcia who was aggressive from the start. raducanu couldn't quite cope, but this is a natural part of her development. she continues to get to grips with life on the tennis tour. for some players, like pete sampras and djokovic, it was three years between their first grand slam and second. raducanu is in no rush. she'll be the stronger for this experience in the end. the men's and women's draw their opening up here. anett kontaveit, the number two seed has gone out and the men's draw, and caspar ruud, the third seed out, too. we've got rafael nadal on thursday to look forward to and iga switatek and coco gauff. there was a wave of confusion in new york on wednesday when a herd of goats arrived in the city. but they were not on the loose, they were there to work, as wendy urquhart reports.

three, two, one! it didn't take long for word to get out and as excitement grew new law —— new york made a beeline for the park to see cuteness overload in action. park to see cuteness overload in action-— park to see cuteness overload in action. we came down from washington — in action. we came down from washington heights _ in action. we came down from washington heights to - in action. we came down from washington heights to see - washington heights to see the goats it's the running of the goats. goats it's the running of the oats. :: goats it's the running of the mats, ii , goats it's the running of the ioats, ii , goats it's the running of the oats. :: , goats. 20 goats were let loose in a bid to _ goats. 20 goats were let loose in a bid to get _ goats. 20 goats were let loose in a bid to get in _ goats. 20 goats were let loose in a bid to get in to _ goats. 20 goats were let loose in a bid to get in to uproot - in a bid to get in to uproot invasive plants like poison ivy and the people who usually have to work on the steep riverbank no doubt more than happy to give up their precarious balancing act.— give up their precarious balancing act. give up their precarious balancin act. , ., balancing act. the goats are really helping. _ balancing act. the goats are really helping, an _ balancing act. the goats are really helping, an enormous balancing act. the goats are i really helping, an enormous in all seriousness a lot of fun but a fantastic investment by the conservancy to improve the park. the conservancy to improve the ark. , . ., ., ., the conservancy to improve the ark. , ., ., ~ park. they come from a park in rhinebeck _ park. they come from a park in rhinebeck but _ park. they come from a park in rhinebeck but only _ park. they come from a park in rhinebeck but only for - park. they come from a park in rhinebeck but only for will - park. they come from a park in rhinebeck but only for will say | rhinebeck but only for will say —— mixed over the sum up with two acres of park to get through they have definitely got plenty to munch on. wendy urquhart, bbc news.

delightful to see. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @kacungira. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. a few more showery days lie ahead for most of us. sunny spells, yes, but also some heavy and perhaps thundery downpours. and some more persistent rain for some of us to start thursday in association with this frontal system drifting its way northwards — a soggy start for parts of scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures as we start the day generally between 10—13 degrees, but let's zoom in on northern ireland because for some eastern parts, especially around county antrim and county down, we can see some very heavy rain through the morning rush hour with the potential for surface water and spray, some poor travelling conditions. also outbreaks of rain across parts of scotland, especially up towards the east and the northeast. a drier start for some western areas. for england and wales, many places start the day dry, but we will see showers popping up,

some of those heavy, thundery and quite slow—moving as well with light winds. all the while, the rain across northern ireland and scotland drifts up towards the northern isles. we may see this area of cloud and rainjust grazing into the east of kent, perhaps coastal parts of suffolk and norfolk through the afternoon. temperatures north to south, 16—21 degrees — no great shakes for this time of year. as we go through thursday evening, overnight as well, we will see some showers continuing across parts of wales and england. most other places staying dry, although there will be some rain grazing into eastern scotland by the end of the night. those are the overnight lows — most of us holding up in double digits. so, quite a complex weather picture to take us into friday. this weather system grazing northeastern parts of the uk, this one will bring cloud and rain later into northern ireland. and in between, yes, we'll see some sunshine, but again, we'll see some showers, some heavy, some thundery. a bit more of a breeze at this stage, so the showers should move through a little more quickly. 15—22 degrees, top temperatures for friday afternoon. into saturday, another belt of heavy, showery rain working

its way eastwards through the day, some sunny spells in between. again, relatively breezy, and again, those temperatures in the mid—to—high teens, the low 20s for some of us. but as we move through sunday and into the start of next week, we do see this area of high pressure trying, slowly but surely, to take more control of our weather. so, the showers should become fewer and further between as we head through the weekend and into next week. for some of us, it is set to turn a little bit warmer as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the sole survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 attacks in paris has been found guilty of terrorism and murder after one of the biggest trials in french history. salah abdeslam was sentenced to life in prison. 130 people were killed in the french capital. the american singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing women, boys and girls. prosecutors called the grammy winner a prolific sexual predator who showed a callous disregard for his victims. his lawyers say they will appeal. nato members meeting in madrid have declared the kremlin a direct threat to their security. they also said ukraine could rely on the military alliance for

as long as it takes in its fight against russia.