tv BBC News BBC News January 17, 2023 4:00am-4:31am GMT
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a royal rebuff from the duke and duchess of sussex forjeremy clarkson, who apologised in writing for comments he made about meghan in a newspaper column. police in romania say they're widening their investigation into the social media influencer andrew tate who's facing charges of human trafficking and rape. andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novak djokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. you walk back into my life... tributes pour in for the italian movie icon gina lollobrigida who's died at the age of 95.
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. rescuers in nepal have recovered two more bodies from the site of sunday's plane crash. they say they don't expect to find any survivors. 72 people from at least nine countries were on board yeti airlines flight 691. a british man, ryan calum crighton, is one of the latest victims to be named. the plane was on an internal flight from the capital, kathmandu, to the tourist town of pokhara when it crashed just before landing. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from the scene. scattered across the riverbank, fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broken toy, the remnants of a national tragedy. so, you saw the plane
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come down from the sky? yeah, yes. people living near the gorge, like indraprasad sapkota, say they are thankful the plane did not land on their houses close by. translation: i looked at the sky and saw the plane was slowing down. it was shaking. to me, it looked like one of the propellers was not working. now, hundreds of police officers are continuing their work here. they have given up hope on finding any survivors, but now, as they pick through the wreckage, they are trying to find clues to work out how this tragedy happened. today, rescue teams recovered the flight�*s recorder, which they hope will shed more light on what happened. nepal has a history of fatal air tragedies. the mountain terrain and unpredictable weather can be tricky to navigate. outdated aircraft and weak regulation have also been blamed
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for previous accidents. this footage appears to show the flight�*s last moments. it came down just before landing at pokhara airport. officials told the bbc the pilot asked to change runways on approach. after he was given the clear, the plane crashed. 21—year—old nira chha ntyal, a regularflyer with yeti airlines, was onboard the fateful flight. a folk singer, she was on her way to perform at a festival. she was your friend? yes. tonight, herfriends say they are still waiting for her body to be released. translation: she was a very talented artist i and used to sing folk songs. i have no words to describe the loss. as armed police guard the hospital, families wait outside. it has been a painful few days for nepal. this country still wants closure. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, pokhara.
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a former commander with the russian paramilitary wagner group, which russia uses to carry out some of its fighting in ukraine, has deserted and claimed asylum in norway. andrey medvedev, who's 26, crossed the border into norway last friday, where he was detained by border guards. our reporter stephanie prentice has more. we do now have numerous reports confirming that andrey medvedev did cross from russia into norway and that was in a bid to leave the wagner group. his most detailed account came from the human rights group. they say he was under fire, he had to flee, was being chased by dogs. he made it through a metal fence and he was quickly taken to oslo. when there, he was charged with an illegal crossing and given a lawyer that would represent him, and the lawyer has been
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speaking — we can take a quick listen. translation: we don't grant asylum to war criminals, - so it's clear this is a very important assessment and everything must be analysed very carefully. who is he? where's he from? is this is information correct, etc. this is something that is assessed for everyone who seeks asylum in norway, but obviously, in this case it will be assessed particularly thoroughly. he went on to say that mr medvedev did bring evidences — evidence of human rights abuses in ukraine with him, and alleged war crimes, and that he's willing to share that evidence with people investigating human rights abuses in the coming weeks. stephanie, just remind us — who are the wagner group and what's their involvement in the war in ukraine? many viewers will have heard of the group, but even until recently, they existed in a much more shadowy capacity. they are an independent militia and they bolster russian troops in ukraine. their presence in ukraine has increased. some
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sources say around 10% of forces on the ground right now could belong to that group. that lawyer we saw that represents mr medvedev, said he witnesses human rights abuses, war crimes and that is what caused him to need to leave the group, as well as seeing members executed for trying to defect as well. the sound of the group has spoken out unusually and said medvedev did work for the group and said his account is not true of what he said so far, and has labelled him a highly dangerous individual. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least eight people have been shot at a martin luther king jr day celebration in fort pierce. it's on florida's east coast, about 200km or 120 miles north of miami. the st lucie county sheriff's office told the bbc one person is in a critical condition. the uk government says it'll block a law passed in scotland that makes it easier for people to change their legal gender, saying it will conflict with uk—wide equality laws. it's the first time the government in westminster has blocked a bill passed
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in scotland, and the move's been branded a full—frontal attack on the scottish parliament by the country's first minister, who says they will appeal. thousands of iranians living in europe have demonstrated outside the eu parliament, demanding that iran's revolutionary guard is listed as a terrorist group. they accuse the guards of playing a key role in suppressing antigovernment protests that have occurred across iran since the death in custody of mahsa amini in september. here in the uk, a serving officer in london's metropolitan police has been revealed as one of britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted dozens of rapes and sexual offences over a period of almost 20 years. 48—year—old david carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women, including 2a counts of rape. the force has apologised
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after it emerged he had come to the attention of police over nine alleged incidents. let us go to south america now. the attorney—general�*s office in brazil has filed an indictment against 39 people for their alleged involvement in coup activities related to the storming of brazil's senate building. they haven't yet been named and more charges could still be filed. sofia bettiza reports. he was nowhere to be seen for the past week. but brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro, finally broke his silence. translation: | regret - what happened on january 8. it is unbelievable. unfortunately, people learned, understood what politics is, got to know the political powers and started to value freedom. he was filmed in florida by some of his supporters. he was defensive, but admitted that mistakes were made by his government. translation: i never stopped following - the constitutional
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principles. there are some holes of course. you slip up. who doesn't? "slipping up" is quite the understatement. when these diehard supporters smashed their way into the supreme court, congress and the presidential palace, they burned furniture, destroyed valuable artwork and caused millions of dollars in damages. thousands of them have been arrested. and now, brazil's attorney—general�*s office has filed an indictment against 39 people. the indictment does not name any individuals, but it says that they were among a core group of conspirators who used violence and threats to try to abolish the democratic order in brazil. that is a serious allegation in a country that still remembers the legacy of military rule,
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which only ended in 1985. and with many officials being investigated by the supreme court, including bolsonaro himself, more arrests are likely to happen. sofia bettiza, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: novak djokovic is getting ready to compete in the australian open a year after being banned due to covid. we'll have the latest from melbourne. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first.
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demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him 'the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — - a tide of humanity- that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: no survivors but sunday's fatal plane crash in nepal raises a raft of questions. the pilot allegedly didn't report any problems on the approach.
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a former commander in the russian paramilitary organisation, wagner, has claimed asylum in norway after deserting the mercenary group. police in romania say they're expanding their investigation into the social media influencer andrew tate. they've seized a fleet of luxury cars from mr tate's compound in bucharest, and raided seven more properties. the 36—year—old british—american citizen has been detained as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape — along with his brother. both men deny all the allegations made against them. lucy williamson sent this report from bucharest. weeks after police came for their owner, they returned for his cars. the power of a ferrari paralysed in the grip of a dowdy police truck. whatever the truth about life behind these walls, its secrets are now being scrutinised by investigators. this fleet of luxury cars, the toys of a successful businessman
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or the proceeds of a trafficking ring? bogdan stancu was in charge of security at the tate compound and describes himself as a close friend of the brothers. why everybody comes now and talk and make a lot of statements in front of the media and in front of the police about how bad is andrew tate. you doubt all the women, but you never doubt andrew? i never doubt andrew. why do you doubt all the women and not andrew? because they are young and stupid. very simple. if you're living in the western world, this is probably 40% of the reason i moved to romania... in an online video, andrew tate said he moved to romania in 2017 in part for what he saw as its more lenient approach to sexual assault claims. he and his brother tristan are being held in detention for 30 days while police investigate whether they set up a trafficking operation and forced women to work
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online in adult chat rooms. they are also investigating an allegation of rape. both men deny the charges. i've never seen any of them being aggressive. police have identified six women as potential victims, but last week, two of them publicly denied any mistreatment by the tate brothers. translation: i've - never been threatened. if i had been, i wouldn't have been stupid enough to stay in that house. i have a tattoo on my left arm that says 'tate girl', which i got out of respect for them. andrew tate's reputation hangs on this case, but romania's does too. its message — that trafficking claims will be investigated, no matter how rich or famous you are. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. the british television presenter and newspaper columnist, jeremy clarkson, says he has written to the duke and duchess of sussex to apologise over a newspaper column in which he said
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he "hated" meghan. the article, published last year, has since been taken offline by the british newspaper, the sun. our culture and media editor, katie razzall told us more about what he said — and the repercussions. if you remember, there was outrage because he said he wanted to see her paraded naked through the streets and that he wanted excrement thrown at her. more than 25,000 people complained to the press regulator — it is investigating. so today, we had a much more fulsome apology. six pages on instagram in which he reveals that on christmas day he reached out to the duke and duchess to say sorry. far from accepting the apology and in interviews since, prince harry has suggested the column proved the couple's point about press bigotry. mr clarkson today writes, he abhors violence against women, he is not sexist. he also says that amazon and itv were incandescent about what he wrote. of course, he is a popular tv presenter and there is a report in variety today that amazon, the streamer, plans to part company with mr clarkson next year, once the shows, clarkson�*s farm the grand tour,
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that it has already commissioned from him, have aired. my sources do dispute the variety story, but amazon have said it will not comment. the duke and duchess of sussex have issued a statement aboutjeremy clarkson�*s apology and it seems they may not have fully forgiven him. it says: thom geier is an award winning journalist who runs the website culture sauce. he held senior editorial roles at entertainment weekly and the wrap, and joins us now from new york. what kind of conversation are people having about this in the
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us? ~ g , people having about this in the us? ~ g y ., , us? well, jeremy clarkson is not quite _ us? well, jeremy clarkson is not quite the _ us? well, jeremy clarkson is not quite the famous - us? well, jeremy clarkson is| not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved fi-ure in the not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved fi-ure in the us not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved finure in the us that not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved finure in the us that he not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved finure in the us that he is not quite the famous beloved figure in not quite the famous beloved finure in the us that he is in figure in the us that he is in the uk. and does not have the kind of track record here which is why was such a big deal when amazon spent a small fortune to bring him over after the whole dust—up in 2015 with top gear and jeremy clarkson assaulting one of the producers of that show and getting fired from that show. at that point, top gear was airing that show. at that point, top gearwas airing on that show. at that point, top gear was airing on bbc america which is a kind of a low—light cable station here. so it was a huge opportunity to kind of expand his audience, expand his brand, get a expand his audience, expand his brand, geta kind expand his audience, expand his brand, get a kind of nationwide, worldwide audience. what's scler that the show has not really ta ken what's scler that the show has not really taken off. theground tour is not one —— grand tour is not one of the top performing shows for amazon prime. since 2019 they haven't produced a full season. they
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produced a full season. they produced just five episodes the last three years. as you mentioned earlier, have about four more to burn off over the next two years. so this is a kind of, maybe a rationale for parting of the ways in terms of the latest dust—up with the sussexes. i think this is a long time coming. i think they overspent, as many of the streamers did in the late 2010s to try to get top content. and what they found is that it's not been worth the price. we've heard a fair— not been worth the price. we've heard a fair bit _ not been worth the price. we've heard a fair bit from _ not been worth the price. we've heard a fair bit from harry - not been worth the price. we've heard a fair bit from harry and l heard a fair bit from harry and meghan recently and one of the consistent messages from them, when they've had complaints about the way they've been treated, is all they wanted is an apology. and mr clarkson has apologised and yet they still don't seem happy. what's your take on that?— take on that? well, i think that, you _ take on that? well, i think that, you know, _ take on that? well, i think that, you know, it's - take on that? well, i think that, you know, it's one i take on that? well, i think. that, you know, it's one thing to be, to have a kind of one—off mistake and to
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apologise fulsomely for that. but when there is a pattern of offences, as there seems to be in the case here, certainly there are others who have consistently railed against the sustjhs in the past as well —— sussexes in the past as well,ties harder to buy the sincerity of that apology. it's worth in mind, the sustjhs in the states are more popular than they are in the uk. jeremy clarkson is a less—known and less—trusted figure. fine clarkson is a less-known and less-trusted figure.- clarkson is a less-known and less-trusted figure. one of the thins less-trusted figure. one of the things harry — less-trusted figure. one of the things harry said _ less-trusted figure. one of the things harry said he _ less-trusted figure. one of the things harry said he was - things harry said he was disapointed in is the fact the royal family disapointed in is the fact the royalfamily didn't come disapointed in is the fact the royal family didn't come out in support of him and his wife, meghan. do you think that's likely to change? the meghan. do you think that's likely to change?— likely to change? the royal ex-erts likely to change? the royal experts know _ likely to change? the royal experts know better - likely to change? the royal experts know better but i likely to change? the royal experts know better but it| experts know better but it doesn't seem like they're offering a lot of support to the sussexes at the moment. and harry is going to i think struggle to get the family to rally around him on this occasion. rally around him on this occasion-— rally around him on this occasion. ., ~ , ., , . occasion. thank you very much forjoining _ occasion. thank you very much forjoining us- _ occasion. thank you very much forjoining us. appreciate - occasion. thank you very much
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forjoining us. appreciate it. i it's the second day of the australian open in melbourne, and the day that fans of some of tennis's biggest stars have been eagerly awaiting, none more so than fans of novak djokovic who's returning to the competition for the first time since being deported from australia because he wasn't vaccinated against covid—19. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in melbourne, and she gave me this update. all eyes are going to be on the rod laver arena. a lot of action, but really later tonight this is where novak djokovic is going to make his first appearance, play his first match of the australian open 2023. he will be facing spain's roberto carballes baena, in his first return after that drama of last year, him being detained, appearing in court — or challenging the australian government in court — and then deported just before the game. the unvaccinated serbian star split opinion here in australia
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about what happened to him. he thought he was unfairly treated. many people thought that he should have followed the rules. that was last year. this year we have been speaking to tennis fans here in melbourne park and they are saying they are happy to see him back. great to see him back. you've got to let the best players play. it might have been bits. overreacted at the time, now he is here so what was the point of all that? - you know, he is here. very happy. he should never have not been. yeah, i reckon too. really excited. yeah, really, really excited that he is here this year. last year we were kind of waiting to see what was going to happen before we booked tickets, oranything, so, really excited that he is here and we could come overto see him. we'll find out what kind of reception he receives when he walks out onto the court, butjudging from that warm cheer and applause that he received when he came out onto the rod laver arena
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on friday for an exhibition match with nick kyrgios, he's hoping for a similar one. he's saying that while the events of last year will stay with him, he is willing to move on. he's eyeing that 10th title — a record extension here in melbourne park, and of course the all—important 22nd men's title as well — grand slam title that is — a record that is currently held by rafael nadal. shaimaa khalil in melbourne. you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website. the italian actress gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. she was one of the biggest film stars in the world in the 1950s and '60s. wendy urquhart looks back at her life. you came back into my life like a wolf in snake's clothing! gina lollobrigida oozed sex appeal. the camera absolutely loved her, and she was often described
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as the most beautiful woman in the world. she grew up in the mountain village of subiaco — some a0 miles from rome — with her three sisters, her dad, giovanni, who was a furniture maker, and her mother, giuseppina. when the family moved to rome after world war ii, gina took singing and acting lessons, and was soon starring in italian films. she married milko skofic in 19119, but when she was spotted by hollywood talent scouts, howard hughes took a shine to her and whisked her off to america. he suggested that she divorce milko before she signed a studio contract, and when he got wind of that, he told her to sign or go home — so she went back to italy. gina became a household name in the 1950s after starring in herfirst english—language film, beat the devil, opposite humphrey bogart. a raft of great hollywood roles followed, including trapeze,
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the hunchback of notre dame... i am less afraid of you now. ..solomon and sheba, and women of straw. she courted controversy when she made a documentary about fidel castro in 1975, and rumours of an affair between the two dogged the actress for years. when la lolla finally bid farewell to the silver screen, she turned her talents to photography and sculpture, and exhibitions of her work were held in paris, moscow, and the us. in 2013, she auctioned off her jewellery collection and donated the entire $2.9 million to stem cell therapy. the italian actress gina lollobrigida who's died at the age of 95. there's much more on all those
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stories on the bbc news website. oryou stories on the bbc news website. or you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me. i'm on twitter. please do get in touch. thank you very much for your company. see you next time. goodbye. hello again. i'm sure you'd agree, it's been a very bitter start to the new working week, but there have been some stunning, sunny skies with some snowy scenes around as well — that was overlooking skiddaw, in cumbria earlier on monday. but the other story we've been covering hasn't gone away either — we still have lots of flood warnings in force, the majority across stretches of the severn, the river avon, and for groundwater flooding in the south. and although we'll continue to see
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snow showers across northern and western areas over the next few hours, leading to icy conditions, actually with water still seeping from fields after our recent very wet spell of weather and a widespread sharp frost, temperatures minus three to minus seven widely. well, you can imagine the roads are going to turn very icy heading into tuesday morning, so could be quite dangerous actually underfoot and under—tyre first thing in the morning. and, with temperatures down as low as —10 in scotland, freezing cold start — further snow showers piling in through the day across northwestern areas. so, really, its northern and western areas of scotland across northern ireland, the northwest of both england and wales will be prone to seeing further accumulations of snow. modest hills could see another 5—10cm in places. and after that cold, frosty, icy start to the day, even in the sunshine — which many of us will have a lot of — well, temperatures will struggle to get much above freezing. it will feel pretty bitter. more of that to come on wednesday as well. another cold, frosty, icy start to the day. could see rather more in the way of showers just clipping the east coast of england, and some heavier showers work across northern ireland into parts of wales
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and southwest england — probably hear more of a mixture, a bit of rain, a bit of sleet, a bit of hill snow mixed in, and temperatures just climbing to about 7 in cardiff and plymouth — so signs that temperatures are very slowly starting to tick upwards. by thursday, after a frosty and cold start again, showers will probably become more restricted to the northeast of scotland. otherwise, a lot of dry and sunny weather. but after, again, a freezing cold start to the day, temperatures climb this time to reach highs of maybe 8 towards plymouth. otherwise, about 3—6 pretty widely. if you really don't like the cold weather, well, you'll have to wait till the weekend before we get something a lot milder, as southwesterly winds return across the country. with that, there'll be a lot more in the way of cloud heading into the weekend with a bit of rain around as well. but eventually, temperatures widely will be back into double figures.
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rescuers in nepal have called off the search for any rescuers in nepal have called off the search for any survivors of sunday's plane crash. survivors of sunday's plane crash. the pilot allegedly did not the pilot allegedly did not report any problems when coming report any problems when coming in to land. in to land. 72 people were onboard 72 people were onboard the yeti airlines flight. the yeti airlines flight. all are believed all are believed to have been killed. to have been killed. a former commander in a former commander in the russian paramilitary the russian paramilitary organisation, wagner, organisation, wagner, has claimed asylum in norway, has claimed asylum in norway, after deserting the mercenary group. after deserting the mercenary group. andrey medvedev allegedly fled andrey medvedev allegedly fled after witnessing war crimes in ukraine. after witnessing war crimes in ukraine. it's thought to be the first it's thought to be the first time a member of the group has time a member of the group has defected to the west. defected to the west.
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