that's it. take care. welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: families of the victims criticise a us jury for recommending that the gunman who murdered 17 people in the parkland school shooting in florida in 2018 should be spared the death penalty. that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded, and not get the death penalty, what do we have the death penalty for? the us congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol in 2021 votes to subpoena donald trump. the clerk will report the vote.

mr chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes, zero noes. the british chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, cut shorts his visit to washington as pressure mounts on the government to reverse the unfunded tax cuts announced in his mini—budget. jamaican musicians argue art merely reflects life as the regulator bans records that glorify violence, drug use and weapons. when i look at this, it reminds me of me — it is exactly the same as my glasses. and what's in an emoji? we'll tell you about a campaign to stop people who wear glasses being seen as nerds. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. a jury has sentenced a 24—year—old man to life behind bars for carrying out one of the worst school mass shootings in the country's history.

nikolas cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 others in parkland, florida in 2018. families of the victims have reacted angrily as jurors rejected the death penalty. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. what punishment does the murder of 17 people deserve? unlike most other mass shooters, nikolas cruz survived the massacre he created and lived to see a jury answer that question. the jurors have reached a verdict in this case... they rejected the death penalty, giving him life without parole. inside court, the families of the victims showed their disappointment. 0utside, they reacted in fury. i'm disgusted with those jurors. i'm disgusted with the system. that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded

and not give the death penalty — what do we have the death penalty for? cruz was on a mission on valentine's day in 2018. aged 19, he entered the school he'd been expelled from, armed with a legally purchased automatic rifle. in less than six minutes, he destroyed the lives of 1a students and three teachers. the students who survived went on to create march for our lives, a huge gun reform movement with rallies held across the country. last year, cruz pleaded guilty to all murder charges and apologised to the families. i am very sorry for what i did, and i have to live with it every day, and if i were to get a second chance, i would do everything in my power to try to help others. the indictment, murder in the first degree... prosecutors said he was a sociopath who carefully planned the killing. his defence team said he suffered lifelong mental health problems from his mother's abuse of alcohol and drugs while she was

pregnant with him. the jurors accepted that. tony's daughter gina was one of the first to be killed by cruz. 17 beautiful lives were cut short by murder. heinous, preplanned, torturous murder. and the monster that killed them gets to live another day. this case has reignited the debate on capital punishment with some arguing more killing isn't the answer. whilst cruz will get to live, the serial killer will lose his freedom forever. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. tony montalto is president of stand with parkland, the national association of families for safe schools. his 17—year—old daughter gina died in the shooting.

thank you for making the time for us. tell us about gina. what would you like? gina is my forever a 14-year-old _ what would you like? gina is my forever a 14-year-old daughter, | forever a 14—year—old daughter, she was a freshman back in 2018 when she left our home, went to her school, and never returned to her loving family. gina was bright and bubbly, she was kind and compassionate, she was a wonderful daughter and a fantastic sister to her brother. we miss every day. we saw pictures of you there, shaking your head in court. can you tell us how you feel at the moment? i you tell us how you feel at the moment?— moment? i feel... baffled, confused. _ moment? i feel... baffled, confused, angry _ moment? i feel... baffled, confused, angry at - moment? i feel. .. baffled, confused, angry at how- moment? i feel... baffled, confused, angry at how the moment? ifeel... baffled, - confused, angry at how the jury could find each of the factors to have been unanimously

recognised, yet somehow incongruously come up with a mitigate that justifies this shooting of 1a students and three of their teachers at a school. ~ ., ., ., school. we heard earlier from iv seamus. — school. we heard earlier from iv seamus, one _ school. we heard earlier from iv seamus, one of _ school. we heard earlier from iv seamus, one of the - school. we heard earlier from i iv seamus, one of the teachers caught up in the shooting. she says she has lost faith in the justice system. how do you feel about that? i justice system. how do you feel about that?— about that? i am going to say i have lost _ about that? i am going to say i have lost faith _ about that? i am going to say i have lost faith in _ about that? i am going to say i have lost faith in certainly - have lost faith in certainly the jury, have lost faith in certainly thejury, the have lost faith in certainly the jury, the system have lost faith in certainly thejury, the system is have lost faith in certainly the jury, the system is the system. but we all have to come together and start looking out for one another. have to stop looking at each individual as if they stand alone on an island. nikolas cruz�*s actions caused the death of my beautiful daughter, gina, 13 of her classmates and three of her teachers. he wounded another 17

of her schoolmates. these things have to be accounted for, and do not have him punished to the fullest extent of the law will encourage others to attack the future of our nation, to attract our students and our teachers at school. ~ ., , . ., school. what message could the 'u have school. what message could the jury have sent? _ school. what message could the jury have sent? the _ school. what message could the jury have sent? the jury - school. what message could the jury have sent? the jury shouldl jury have sent? the 'ury should have sent * jury have sent? the 'ury should have sent the h jury have sent? the jury should have sent the message - jury have sent? the jury should have sent the message saying, j have sent the message saying, these crawl premeditated and heinous acts deserve that you be put to death as punishment. the attack in one of america's schools, an attack on the future of our country should have been punishable by death. he has no mental issues other than being a sociopath. he was able to plan is attack, to execute this attack, to move

fluidly as he stalked the corridors looking for more people to kill. those are just facts, and we are very disappointed that people didn't look at the facts in this case and that they seem to have forgotten what a victim looks like. that is why i am doing this interview with my daughter's picture over my shoulder so that people can know what an innocent victim looks like. know what an innocent victim looks like-— looks like. nikolas cruz did offer an apology _ looks like. nikolas cruz did offer an apology in - looks like. nikolas cruz did offer an apology in court. l looks like. nikolas cruz did i offer an apology in court. that mean anything to you or the otherfamilies? it mean anything to you or the other families?— mean anything to you or the other families? it was a most ridiculous _ other families? it was a most ridiculous thing _ other families? it was a most ridiculous thing i _ other families? it was a most ridiculous thing i have - other families? it was a most ridiculous thing i have ever i ridiculous thing i have ever heard in my life. you can't apologise for taking someone's child. he was having a bad day. he felt that no—one loved him so he decided to go out and murder 17 people? it is unbelievable, and of course we gaveit unbelievable, and of course we gave it no credit whatsoever. tony, i know this, as i said, a very difficult day for you. i am very full you sharing your thoughts with us. thank you for your time. thoughts with us. thank you for your time-— your time. thank you for allowing _ your time. thank you for

allowing me _ your time. thank you for allowing me to - your time. thank you for. allowing me to remember your time. thank you for - allowing me to remember my beautiful daughter, gina. thank ou. staying in the united states. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol building last year has voted unanimously to subpoena the former president donald trump. the vote came at the end of a session in which the committee presented taped evidence from two of donald trump's closest supporters — steve bannon and roger stone — who were openly talking about stealing the election before the vote had even been counted. 0ur north america editor sarah smith has this report. as a violent mob stormed the capitol, trying to stop congress confirming joe biden as president, elected members were rushed to safety, shown here on this previously unseen footage. at the same time, according to witnesses, donald trump was watching the violence on tv from inside the white house

and refusing to tell his supporters to back down. they said somebody was shot. it's just...just horrendous, and all at the instigation of the president of the united states. the committee has heard how the violence inside the capitol was inflamed by a trump tweet accusing his vice president, mike pence, of cowardice for not helping him overturn the election. the impact of that tweet was foreseeable and predictable. it further inflamed the mob, which was chanting, "hang mike pence," and provoked them to even greater violence. the vice president onlyjust escaped the mob, and then worked with democrats to get congress reconvened. the committee say donald trump demonstrated he did have control over this violent crowd when he eventually told his supporters to go home. he says, "go home," — he says, "go home." after months of investigation, this committee believes

it has shown that what happened onjanuary 6 was deliberately orchestrated by donald trump himself as he tried illegally to cling onto power. we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion, and every american is entitled to those answers, so we can act now to protect our republic. so, in a dramatic twist, the committee have voted to subpoena donald trump, himself. let's get some of the day's other news. the head of nato says the alliance will soon provide ukraine with hundreds ofjammers to counteract russian and iranian drones. speaking at the end of a meeting in brussels, jens stoltenberg said nato defence ministers had agreed to increase allied stockpiles of munitions. hundreds of homes in south—east australia have lost power following heavy rain and flash flooding. parts of victoria have received more than double 0ctober�*s usual rainfall in just 2a hours. local media is reporting that some dams have begun overflowing, and certain regions face

a shortage of sandbags. the royal family of the netherlands has spoken for the first time about the increased security surrounding their eldest daughter, crown princess amalia. the 18—year—old began university this year, but had to move back home because of fears she could be targeted by criminals. the british finance minister, kwasi kwarteng, has cut short his visit to the international monetary fund in washington as pressure mounts on the government to reverse more parts of its tax—cutting mini—budget. these images have just these images havejust come in and of his car departing. mr kwarteng has cancelled several planned meetings in the us and is expected to hold urgent talks with the prime minister and conservative mps on his return to the uk. there's been turmoil in the british markets since the government announced its mini—budget three weeks ago to boost growth. here's our political editor chris mason.

the government finds itself in an almighty mess. we've got 15 minutes. i'm trying to find out what conservative mps say they should do... morning. ..and what ministers say they will do. the chancellor says he's sticking to his plan. 0ur position hasn't changed. i will come up with the medium—term fiscal plan on october 31, as i said earlier in the week, and there'll be more detail then. music on radio plays the mood at westminster is moving every hour. what a rough old evening for liz truss last night. swirls of speculation and intrigue among ministers and backbenchers, with the most senior political figures asking the biggest question — can liz truss survive in the job? the prime minister's been in office for 37 days, and this is the kind of chat you would normally associate with the end—game. a bit like among ourfamily and friends, where we'll say some things in front of everyone, but be more discreet about other stuff, the same goes for politicians.

things said in private don't have as much clout, but when hundreds are unhappy, it matters. i want to read you just a handful of quotes from conservative mps in the last couple of hours. ..said another with real anger. this is about as loyal as backbenchers are sounding in public. the messaging has been poor and the optics have been terrible. it's a new government, they've got time to put it right, as i've said, but not time to waste. conservatives mps agree on one thing — that this is a total mess, but they don't agree on anything else. some have told me, look, you've got to bin all of those tax cuts,

but others say, yeah, but that's what liz truss stands for, and if we bin them, maybe she's finished. some think that's a good idea, others less so. others say what about the help for energy bills, for everyone — maybe it has to be more focused, more targeted at the poor. but that is complicated. some say sack the chancellor, and others say the prime minister has so spectacularly and so efficiently tanked that she has to go. but they can't agree on who'd replace her. i think that changing the leadership would be a disastrously bad idea, notjust politically, but also economically. and we are absolutely going to stay focused on growing the economy. this is a street that oozes two things — power and authority, or at least it usually does. the crux of all of this for liz truss is both of those things are ebbing away, ebbing away to her backbenchers, ebbing away to those volatile financial markets. she is in there trying

to grapple them both back. and the blunt truth is neither will return easily — and they may never do. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. stay with us on bbc news. we just wejust got this we just got this report from washington from faisal islam. faisal islam kwasi kwarteng has left early from all the meetings and has gone back to london unexpectedly. his teams say wants to consult with senior members of government, basically a prime minister and fellow mps about that mini budget. the mini budget that is just going down badly in his own party but is also gone down badly in the financial markets. in fact, today, then i convinced there is going to be

a major u—turn, but a big swathe of that mini budget will never see the light of day. that is now what kwasi kwarteng has to establish. has to sort out quickly what, why? because the bank of england which is helping support funding, those markets the government borrowing, that funding has been pulled at the end of today so really to have a weekend to sort out what they are going to do. are they going to u—turn? how much are they going to u—turn on orare how much are they going to u—turn on or are they going to face the markets next week is a very big stakes, a dramatic return to london for the chancellor of the exchequer. still to come: the teenage girl on an emoji mission to stop people who wear glasses from being portrayed as nerds.

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this is bbc world news — the latest headlines: families of the victims have criticised a us jury for recommending that the gunman who murdered 17 people in the parkland school shooting in florida in 2018 — should be spared the death penalty. the us congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol in 2021 votes to subpoena donald trump. now to jamaica where the broadcasting authority has banned music and tv content that glorifies illegal activity, such as drug and gun use, it says to cut down on crime. somejamaican artists have criticised the ban, saying music is a reflection of life, and this move will do little to stop crime, especially as young people listen to music on streaming platforms like spotify and youtube. richard lue is the director of business development at jamaica—based record company vp records. hejoins us now

from connecticut. good to see you, thank you very much for being with us. give us a run through. what has actually been banned? mr; actually been banned? ij�*i understanding actually been banned? m understanding is actually been banned? m1: understanding is that specifically, music with lyrics that celebrate drugs, along with anything that talks about gun violence and scamming and anything that has to do with ill gotten gains.— anything that has to do with ill gotten gains. have you seen an hinu ill gotten gains. have you seen anything like — ill gotten gains. have you seen anything like this _ ill gotten gains. have you seen anything like this before - ill gotten gains. have you seen anything like this before in - anything like this before in jamaica? ~ , ., anything like this before in jamaica?— jamaica? well, you know, growing — jamaica? well, you know, growing up _ jamaica? well, you know, growing up in _ jamaica? well, you know, growing up in jamaica - jamaica? well, you know, - growing up in jamaica myself, growing up injamaica myself, jamaica is a very conservative society. so there has always been self censoring in different departments, different departments, different media houses, so it is a conservative environment. where is there hasn't been outright government earning or outright government earning or

outright censorship, it's an unwritten law to know there is some decency, and it's all relative. some decency, and it's all relative-— relative. broadcasting authorities _ relative. broadcasting authorities in - relative. broadcasting authorities in most. relative. broadcasting - authorities in most countries have some kind of regulations about language that can be used,in about language that can be used, in particular, certain themes and content. surely this is just normal part of a civilised broadcasting society? like i said, as a label that promotes and markets music, we work within regulations of the global industry, so it's quite normal. ~ . , global industry, so it's quite normal. . , ' . global industry, so it's quite normal. ., , , . ., normal. what is the effect of this going — normal. what is the effect of this going to _ normal. what is the effect of this going to be, _ normal. what is the effect of this going to be, do - normal. what is the effect of this going to be, do you - normal. what is the effect of l this going to be, do you think? well, unfortunately, i don't think the objective, personable, let me make it clear that the government has to do some in, all right? but i don't think the objective, which is getting, controlling what young people listen to is ever going to be reached

because commercial broadcasting platforms, as far as young people are concerned, is non—existent. they run to digital distribution and how are you ever going to control that? i think it's focusing on the wrong, don't shoot the messenger. you would have to work on your messaging and how you are going to reach the market lace and get them to listen to or demand a different kind of content. irate listen to or demand a different kind of content.— kind of content. we will leave it there. richard _ kind of content. we will leave it there. richard lue, - kind of content. we will leave | it there. richard lue, director of development at vp records, thank you. are you much of an emoji user in text messages or on social media? millions of them are sent every day — emoji is considered the fastest growing form of language in history based on how quickly it's been adopted and the speed of its evolution. but most emojis representing people don't wear glasses and now one teenage girl

is on a mission to transform the way people who wear glasses are portrayed in emojis. tim muffet has the story. the nerd face emoji. the glasses and the teeth, they've got a weird kind of grin about them that for some reason they've decided to associate with a nerd. why does this say nerd? obviously the glasses. is that fair? no, not really, because not everyone who wears glasses are nerds. one little boost of confidence. it's also annoyed 13—year—old lowri. it's not very nice for somebody who wears glasses, especially if it's their first time wearing glasses, to find an emoji that was a nerd and be like, "0h, now i wear glasses. am i that?" she has glasses and she's really relatable... when it comes to changing attitudes towards glasses, lowri has achieved impressive results. please may you make a disney princess which has glasses... when she was nine, she wrote to disney. i think that would help people to know that they are beautiful no matter what.

three years later, encanto was released. disney says that lowri's letter helped inspire the character of mirabel, the first disney princess to wear specs. hello, everybody. i'm lowri. now, lowri has a new mission — not to ban the nerd face emoji, but to have the option of adding glasses to others. she's hoping for support from her schoolmates. anyone can submit a proposalfor a new emoji. designs are either approved or rejected by the unicode consortium, a not—for—profit organisation based in california. she's hoping for support from her schoolmates. anyone can submit a proposalfor a new emoji. designs are either approved or rejected by the unicode consortium, a not—for—profit organisation based in california. the nerd face emoji was approved in 2015. lowri has written to the unicode consortium,

i love this one as well. lowri has certainly won over these students at her school. would it make a difference, do you think? yeah, it makes it seem like the emoji is actually being sent by me. it's not representing a nerdy face. it's representing - a smile and happy face. ijust think it will make a big. difference because when i look at this, it actually like reminds me i of me because it's like the exact - same as my glasses. it's got the same frame, it's the same colour. - and i think to send this - to my parents, it will make it seem more like it's from me. this one's my favourite. lowri doesn't know if her letter will have an impact, but if it does, it'll be another very impressive achievement. tim muffett, bbc news, nottingham. just before you go, i want to bring you some pictures from syria were archaeologists of discovered a rare mosaic dating back to the roman euro, at least 1500 years old. they were fine between two houses in syria's al—rastan district. the syria's al-rastan district. the 20 x six metre _ syria's al-rastan district. the 20 x six metre arced - syria's al— rastan district. the 20 x six metre arced act depicts two scenes from a war mentioned in the iliad by

homer. that is it from us by now. you can read me on twitter. i am at @richpreston. from the team in london, see you next time. hello there. as we head towards the weekend, it continues to be quite a messy, eclectic weather story at the moment. this is the situation for friday — this weather front bringing some intense outbreaks of rain through scotland and northern ireland. the same time, we've got this weather front moving through channel coasts. that will just cling onto the south and produce some outbreaks of light drizzle, particularly towards the southeast as we go through the day. the best of the dry weather, wales and northern england, before this weather front starts to spill out of scotland by the middle of the afternoon. behind it, for scotland and northern ireland, brightening up,

a breezy afternoon, sunny spells and noticeably fresher here — 10—13 degrees the high. but in the south—east once again, we'll see those temperatures peaking into the high teens. now, as we move out of friday, we've got more showers starting to push in from the south and west as an area of low pressure moves in. so, cloudier skies here, a milder start to saturday, but where we get some clear slots, those temperatures may well fall away. the jet stream is going to be quite a powerful one over the next few days and it's centred across the uk, and we all know it's the jet stream that drives in areas of low pressure across us. so, as you can see, for the start of the weekend, that low pressure is going to be sitting into the far north—west. it could bring outbreaks of heavy rain to the north and west in particular, so not all of us will see rain through the weekend. 0ne spell of heavy rain moving through northern scotland, sharper showers tucking in behind, but sheltered eastern areas may stay relatively dry and bright throughout the day. and if you dodge those showers, well, you'll still continue to see some warmth — 17—18 degrees once again.

moving out of saturday into sunday, the low is still anchored to the north of scotland. that's where the heaviest of the rain is likely to be, with another front pushing in from the south—west. so, as we go through the day, a relatively dry start, the heavy rain pushing in through south—west england, wales and up along western fringes. so, once again, sheltered eastern areas may stay dry throughout the day, and in the sunshine, still relatively warm for this time of year. i did say it was quite a messy story, but as we go into monday and tuesday, things hopefully will quieten down just a touch. take care.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the families of the victims of one of the worst mass school shootings in the us state of florida have criticised the decision by a jury to spare the gunman the death penalty. relatives say the jury's decision on nikolas cruz sets a bad precedent. the us congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol in 2021 has ordered donald trump to give evidence. the chairman said there was no doubt the former president led an effort to upend american democracy. mr trump has dismissed the hearing as a witch hunt. the british chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has cut short his visit to the international monetary fund in washington as pressure mounts on the uk government to reverse parts of its mini—budget. there's been turmoil in british

markets since the government announced unfunded tax cuts three weeks ago. now on bbc news, panorama: will the nhs care for me? my name is tommyjessop, and i'm an award—winning actor. line of duty. cheering and applause i campaign to improve the rights of people with disabilities. we are not all the same but we all do have hopes and dreams. cheering