welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines — guilty verdict. signed by the fall lady. —— forelady. disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh is convicted of murdering his wife and son at a trial in south carolina. a meeting of g20 foreign ministers in delhi ends in acrimony because of bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine. every g20 member and virtually every country period continues to bear the cost of russia's war of aggression. a war that president putin could end tomorrow if he chose to do so.

the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing finds mi5 missed a significant opportunity to take action that might have stopped the attack. we'll look ahead to china's national people's congress — the first since xi jinping extended his grip on power. and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets: scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor. voice-over: live from | our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. in the us, thejury in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son.

prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well—known and wealthy family, carried out the killings in an effort to distract from the fact he had been stealing from the family firm. here's the moment the verdicts were read out in court. guilty verdict. signed by the fall lady, 3—2— 23. we guilty verdict. signed by the fall lady, 3-2- 23.— fall lady, 3-2- 23. we will “ust fall lady, 3-2- 23. we will just renew _ fall lady, 3-2- 23. we will just renew our _ fall lady, 3-2- 23. we will just renew our previouslyl just renew our previously argued _ just renew our previously argued motions for the guilty verdict — argued motions for the guilty verdict and at this point, on the — verdict and at this point, on the grounds, those grounds we would — the grounds, those grounds we would call for a mistrial and set aside _ would call for a mistrial and set aside arguments. by the state response. _ set aside arguments. by the state response. your - set aside arguments. by the l state response. your honour, based on — state response. your honour, based on our _ state response. your honour, based on our previous - state response. your honour, - based on our previous arguments we would submit the case properly went to the jury and verdict was proper with those arguments. verdict was proper with those arguments-— verdict was proper with those arguments. the court found at the end of— arguments. the court found at the end of the _ arguments. the court found at the end of the state's - arguments. the court found at the end of the state's case - the end of the state's case that— the end of the state's case that there _ the end of the state's case that there was _ the end of the state's case that there was sufficient . that there was sufficient evidence _ that there was sufficient evidence to _ that there was sufficient evidence to find - that there was sufficient evidence to find the - that there was sufficient - evidence to find the defendant guilty, — evidence to find the defendant guilty, if— evidence to find the defendant guilty, if the _ evidence to find the defendant guilty, if the evidence - evidence to find the defendant guilty, if the evidence was - guilty, if the evidence was believed _ guilty, if the evidence was believed by— guilty, if the evidence was believed by the _ guilty, if the evidence was believed by the jury. - guilty, if the evidence was - believed by the jury. likewise,

at the — believed by the jury. likewise, at the end _ believed by the jury. likewise, at the end of— believed by the jury. likewise, at the end of the _ believed by the jury. likewise, at the end of the defence's - at the end of the defence's case, — at the end of the defence's case, when _ at the end of the defence's case, when the _ at the end of the defence's case, when the motion - at the end of the defence's| case, when the motion was renewed, _ case, when the motion was renewed, the _ case, when the motion was renewed, the court - case, when the motion was renewed, the court found l case, when the motion was i renewed, the court found that the evidence _ renewed, the court found that the evidence was _ renewed, the court found that the evidence was sufficient. renewed, the court found thati the evidence was sufficient for the evidence was sufficient for the jury— the evidence was sufficient for the jury to _ the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find _ the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find the _ the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find the defendantl the jury to find the defendant guilty— the jury to find the defendant guilty and _ the jury to find the defendant guilty and the _ the jury to find the defendant guilty and the evidence - the jury to find the defendant guilty and the evidence of. guilty and the evidence of guilt— guilty and the evidence of quilt is— guilty and the evidence of guilt is overwhelming - guilty and the evidence of guilt is overwhelming and guilty and the evidence of. guilt is overwhelming and i denied _ guilt is overwhelming and i denied the _ guilt is overwhelming and i denied the motion. - david willis is our correspondent in america. so, we know the verdict, david, but this case has caused an awful lot of headlines. tell us why. this is a case that has captivated the american public. there's been a virtually blanket coverage a bit on us cable tv networks as some people have queued for hours for a seat in the public gallery to watch the proceedings unfold over the course of the last six weeks. of course, the centre of this fascination is a man who is

part of a family that, for three generations, has controlled the local prosecutors office there in this part of south carolina. it's a family that made a fortune as well out of a personal liability law practice. this was a man who was known for being able to sway a jury in one way or the other but who also admitted while he was on the stand embezzling money, money that was due to his clients, and which are kept for himself. he said to feed an addiction for prescription painkilling medication.— prescription painkilling medication. , medication. david, stay there, but wejust— medication. david, stay there, but we just want _ medication. david, stay there, but we just want to _ medication. david, stay there, but we just want to bring - medication. david, stay there, but we just want to bring our l but we just want to bring our viewers live pictures from outside the court, where prosecutors are currently speaking. let's take a quick listen to what they're saying. agencywide effort. i cannot underscore that part enough. every time i called, every time i reached up to the lead agent and crichton was asking me we

need something from slade we would reach out to them and they were there, they busted their buts. i can't begin to list every agent and some cannot be lifted for full listed for obvious reasons. some are standing up here tonight and i mentioned their names but we would not be here if it wasn't for... names but we would not be here if it wasn't for. . ._ if it wasn't for... that was prosecutors _ if it wasn't for... that was prosecutors speaking - prosecutors speaking outside the court where a jury has found alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. but what is next now, sentencing is expected shortly?— expected shortly? sentencing ex - ected expected shortly? sentencing expected tomorrow, - expected shortly? sentencing expected tomorrow, 9:30 - expected shortly? sentencingi expected tomorrow, 9:30 am expected shortly? sentencing i expected tomorrow, 9:30 am in the court there in south carolina, and it's widely expected that alex murdaugh will be jailed for life. one interesting fact about this case is that it was based entirely on circumstantial evidence. there was no murder weapon that was paraded in court, there was no dna evidence, evidence of blood on alex murdaugh's clothing, for

example, butjust this claim by the prosecution that alex murdaugh needed to kill his son paul and his wife maggie in order to cover up his financial crimes. . , ., ~ order to cover up his financial crimes. . , ., ,, crimes. david willis, thank you so much for — crimes. david willis, thank you so much for the _ crimes. david willis, thank you so much for the update - crimes. david willis, thank you so much for the update and, i crimes. david willis, thank you i so much for the update and, of course, a lot more on our website to go to bbc .com/ news or you can also go to our up and there is a live page about this court case is well. —— our app. now to india, where a meeting of g20 foreign ministers has ended without a finaljoint statement, due to bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine. it's the first time the us and russian foreign ministers met in public since the invasion, but their exchange has been tense. the us secretary of state antony blinken said the talks were marred by moscow's "unprovoked and unjustified" war. were china to engage in material, lethal,

support for russia's aggression, or were to engage in the systematic evasion of sanctions to help russia, that would be a serious problem for our countries. i made clear that there would be consequences for engaging in those actions. so, i'm not going to detail what they would be but, of course, we have sanctions authorities of various kinds — that would certainly be one of the things that we and others would look at. i say others because this concern that china is considering provided lethal military assistance russia is a shared concern. and many other partners have raised this — and notjust raised this with us but, it is my understanding, have raised it directly with china, including here today in delhi. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov held a meeting with his chinese counterpart qin gang, and russian officials said moscow and beijing had agreed to oppose what they called "western blackmail and threats". here's what mr lavrov

had to say. translation: unfortunately, the declaration on behalf- of all g20 ministers could not be approved. 0ur western colleagues, just as they did a year ago under the indonesian presidency, tried by all means, using various rhetorical statements, to bring to the fore the situation around ukraine — which they, of course, present under the guise of so—called russian aggression. meanwhile, india's prime minister narendra modi called on foreign ministers to put their differences aside and find common ground. it is but natural that your discussions are affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day. we all have our positions and our perspectives on how this tension should

be dissolved. however, as the leading economies of the world, we also have a responsibility toward those who are not in this room. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher has travelled to delhi. this was her assessment. well, we know what the americans say was discussed. mr blinken said he raised three points. he made the point that the us and its is allies would support ukraine till the end of the war. he asked the russians to restart that nuclear arms treaty — newstart, which it had suspended — and also asked for the release of a american detainee, paul whelan. he said it was less than a ten—minute discussion, it was informal, it hadn't been arranged ahead of time but it was the first time the two men had met fa ce—to —fa ce since the war started. moscow really played it down. they said that mr blinken and had asked for the contact

and that it wasn't a proper meeting, it certainly wasn't a negotiation. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least 57 people are known to have perished in the train crash in greece on tuesday. a government minister said austerity during greece's economic crisis in the 2000s contributed to a lack of investment in the railways. rail workers across the country have held a one—day strike, blaming government neglect of the network for the disaster. two men have fired at least ia shots at a supermarket owned by relatives of the footballer lionel messi in his home city of rosario in argentina. security camera images show the two men approaching on a motorbike in the middle of the night and opening fire. a threatening message was left inside the building. shahida raza, a member of the women's national hockey team in pakistan, has been identified as one of 64 people who died on a boat

travelling from turkey. the boat was found wrecked off the coast of italy on sunday. shahida's sister saadia told the bbc she had been trying to reach italy to get medical treatment for her three—year—old son. the wooden boat was thought to be carrying around 200 people. the families of the 22 people who died in the manchester arena bombing say the final report into what happened that night in may 2017 is a "devastating conclusion". the inquiry found that the uk security service, mi5, missed a significant opportunity that might have prevented the attack in the months running up to the bombing at an ariana grande concert. judith moritz reports. 0nly salman abedi detonated the

blong —— bomberjeacle 22 people at manchester arena but others their responsibility, those who radicalised him, up to make the device and the agency has failed to stop him. the aryna enquiry report spells it out starkly, mi5 let him slip through the net. i have found a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realistic possibility but actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have led to actions preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service, in my view, to act swiftly enough. abedi set off his suicide bomb in the foyer at the end of an ariana grande concert. teenagers were leaving, parents were waiting

for their children. the youngest to die was just eight years old. for the families of those who were murdered, the findings are hard to take. all we, as families, have asked for from day one is the truth — acknowledgement of failures. hopefully next time, there won't be as many families going through the utter heartbreak we have had to endure for the last five years, nine months, one week and one day. forgiveness will never be an option for such evil intentions. and those that played any part in the murder of our children will never, ever get forgiveness. from top to bottom, mi5 to the associates of the attacker, we will always believe you all played a part in the murder of our children. tonight, mi5 has said it is profoundly sorry that the security service did not prevent the aryna attack. —— prevent the arena attack. this is didsbury mosque, where the abedis worshipped.

the report found leaders were willfully blind to extremism on the premises. the chairman was described as an unreliable witness. he continued to deny links between extremists and the mosques. i can tell you here and now, there is no place for radicalisation or politics or any evil acts. no—one can be radicalised with a ten—minute sermon. but this is about political meetings. it's about other activities the mosque. i repeat and i hope you have it on, there are no political meetings. i do not care what people say. the inquiry said there was meetings. of course they would say. have they been to the mosque? have they been in 2016, 2017? they heard what they were told. people would sometimes lie. they heard evidence from one of your immams. he is said to be reliable. i stood in the court and i said he was a liar. many of the things he did were not correct. i do not care what he said, but i tell you he lied.

and you did not turn a blind eye? and we did not turn a blind eye. the report found salman abedi's father ramadam holds significant responsibility for radicalising his son. cani can i ask you a few questions, please? bbc news. there was criticism of the eldest abedi brother, who fled the country in defiance of a court order to appear at the inquiry. the report found that m15 and counterterrorism police each failed to share intelligence. that's something that both organisations say has improved since, allowing our cameras in theirjoint operations centre to illustrate the way they work together. this is the first time that journalists have been allowed inside this building and the obviously tight security prevents us from filming much of what goes on here. but this place is being held up as an example of positive change. it was built in response to the manchester arena bombing and the other terror attacks which happened that year. in five years, since this incident

happened, there's already been an internal inquiry by m15 and 102 recommendations were put in place. the last two are being put in place as we speak. there are no doubt many more changes that will be needed from the report. i will be making absolute sure they are put in place as well. the arena bombing was manchester's darkest day. tonight, its mayor said the country was not prepared for a terror attack like it to happen here and the findings must be used both to protect and respond better in future. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. a couple will appear in court in sussex later after being charged with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a baby were found in a wooded area in sussex. constance marten and mark gordon were arrested on m0nday

after being tracked by police for a number of weeks. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — the teaser in giza: another astonishing find connected to one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so, my heart went bang, bang, bang! - the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens

of the united states and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? oh, it worries me, yes, but . hope — everything'll be all right at the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: disgraced lawyer, alex murdaugh, is convicted of murdering his wife and son at a trial in south carolina. a meeting of g20 foreign ministers in delhi ends in acrimony because of bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine.

in iran, dozens of students from 26 schools, most of whom are girls, are reportedly being treated for poisoning at hospitals after another wave of apparent toxic gas attacks. they've been happening since november but have expanded in scope and scale over the past week. the us says the reports are �*deeply concerning'. tehran says it's appointed a court to investigate. bbc persian's parham ghobadi has the latest. panic at the school gates with an apparent poison gas attack on a primary school. bbc persian has verified the video. it's a school in the iranian capital, tehran, on wednesday. at least 26 schools across the country were attacked on this day alone. hospital wards were full of schoolgirls. the main target of the attacks, they reported the smell of tangerine or rotten fish, then fell, faint, nauseous and collapsed.

"i can't breathe," the girl says, as medics tell her not to be scared. some iranians wonder if the schoolgirls are being singled out as revenge for their role in anti—government protests, which started last september. the bbc has spoken to one 18—year—old student in a north—western city. she says three months ago, girls in her school took off the mandatory headscarf and shouted the main protest slogan: woman life, freedom. then, herschool was attacked on wednesday. we are voicing her interview in english to protect her identity. i saw four girls fainting as we walked into the courtyard. nine ambulances arrived. i still have a headache and nausea ten hours later. most of the teachers insulted us, saying we were pretending. even when students faces were turning red with all the coughing, the religion

teacher told us to put oui’ scarves on. she didn't care. public anger is rising as these poison gas attacks have been taking place since november. people cannot understand how the authorities don't know what kind of gas it is and who's behind it. translation: we have not made any arrests, l but our intelligence services are investigating the matter. chants of death to the child killing regime ring out across tehran at night. it is a sign that parents have little hope the regime will find the real suspects. parham ghobadi, bbc news. to china now, where we're looking ahead to the national people's congress which begins on sunday. it's expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle in a decade as beijing confronts a host of issues at home and abroad.

it comes months after president xi jinping secured a third term as supreme leader, and is the first npc of the chinese communist party's new five—year term. stephen mcdonell has more. the congress, which begins this weekend, will be the culmination of an epic power grab by this country's leader, xijinping. it all started a decade ago, and at this meeting, he'll be appointing these new ministers, these new heads of departments who are completely loyal to him. and it means that the last vestiges of these other factions within the party will no longer be there. everyone will be on team xi. now, on the one hand, that could be a good thing. people will see that. it could mean that everyone's lined up together, they're on the same page, and it means you can get things done. but the danger, of course, is that these will be people who are afraid of giving xijinping the fearless

and frank advice that he needs to hear. and it could mean that the entire leadership structure is operating within a kind of echo chamber and that this crushes innovation, which really hurts the economy. now, this year, of course, the chinese economy is going to initially take off very quickly, but it is coming off a low base. and the danger is that it reaches a certain point, it starts to plateau, and that that could last for years to come. so analysts will be looking at this congress and seeing who gets appointed to these roles. will they be prepared to tell it like it is to xijinping? and what will that mean for the future of china? one of the greatestjazz saxophonists of all time, wayne shorter has died in los angeles. he was 89. wayne shorter was a well—known figure in the jazz circuit

in the late 19505 with the art blakey�*s jazz messengers. hejoined miles davis's second great quintet in the 1960's and later co—founded the jazz fusion band weather report. he also appeared on ten joni mitchell albums and collaborated with rock musicians such as carlos santana and steely dan. during his long career he was awarded 11 grammys and a lifetime achievement award. let's end the programme in egypt, where officials have revealed the discovery of long corridor inside the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, the great pyramid of giza. the pyramid, which is about 11 miles from the centre of cairo, is also known as khufu's pyramid for its builder, a phaoroh who reigned during 2000 bc. this is the corridor, you can see it looks a bit like a chamber, was found

by the scan pyramids project, speaking earlier to the bbc, egyptologist dr kathleen martinez told us why this discovery is so monumental. i think it's one of the most exciting discoveries in this year. and it can bring great, great news about many, many things of the pyramid that we don't know. the turnout itself will it's only very promising when we discover a tunnel because it's a huge man effort and it's not built for nothing. it has a reason. it could be leading to a tomb. it could be built as a process of building the pyramids. and we don't know much about the construction of the pyramids. so it's a great discovery. it could be built to hide treasures. so there is a lot of promising discoveries connected to the discovery of this tunnel. the discovery of a tunnel

is leading to somewhere and that imagine what we will be for the world. the discovery of the tomb of king khufu. it will be a wonderful and incredible discovery. thanks for watching newsday. hello again. the main difference in the weather we had on thursday from place to place was around how much cloud we saw. the best of the day sunshine was across wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. really was a glorious day. but further north we had extensive cloud coming in off the north sea, the thickest cloud for eastern scotland and north east england. and that brought us notjust grey skies, but actually outbreaks of light rain on and off. for much of the day, it turned out to be quite damp. now, over recent hours, we've been detecting some of this light rain still affecting parts of southern scotland, north—east england, but i think there's a tendency for the weather to become a bit drier here over the next few

hours as that damp weather works its way westwards across northern ireland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud, and where we keep the cloudy skies overnight, temperatures frost free. the frost limited to the clearest spots, west wales, south west england and into the north west of scotland. now, as we start friday, there will be a lot of cloud around, a damp start for northern ireland, for example. the cloud coming through across south east england, very thin, it's only 300 metres thick, so it might thin and break to give some sunny spells. there's a lot of cloud set to come through across northern england. so, if you see some sunshine here, it's going to be quite late in the afternoon. should see some breaks for western wales, parts of south—west england and north—west scotland with some sunny spells from time to time. now, through the weekend we'll start to get some thicker cloud coming in across the country, and with that we're looking at some patches of light rain developing. here's the weather picture for saturday, it's an east—west split. eastern areas having the thickest cloud, you might get a few spots of rain falling from that, particularly close to the north sea coast, but in western areas it's dry with the best of the cloud breaks and some sunny spells.

temperatures not changing too much and we'll still have that fairly cool breeze with us. the second half of the weekend, on sunday, the cloud certainly thickens up significantly and we'll start to see patchy outbreaks of rain developing quite widely across the country, but nothing particularly heavy. now into next week, we've got a big change in the weather patterns on the way. northerly winds are set to dive southwards from the north pole, dragging with it much colder air, a return to widespread frost, and for some of us, the snow on the way as well. now, the first place to see potentially disruptive snow monday will be across northern scotland, where the snow, combined with strong winds, will bring drifting and pretty poor conditions over higher routes. through the rest of the week the risk of snow extends southwards.

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