welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: guilty verdict, signed by the forelady. disgraced lawyer alex murdaugh is convicted of murdering his wife and son at a trial in south carolina. a meeting of 620 foreign ministers in delhi ends in acrimony because of bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing finds mi5 missed a significant opportunity to take action that might have stopped the attack. the netherlands pilots a new scheme that could lead to the full legalisation of cannabis production. and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets: scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor.

a prominent lawyer in the us state of south carolina has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. prosecutors said alex murdaugh wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions of dollars from clients, which he used to fund an expensive drug habit. garry o'donoghue reports. a courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation's imagination. gripped the nation's imauination. ~ , . imagination. minimum sentence for murder... _ imagination. minimum sentence for murder. .. after— imagination. minimum sentence for murder... after nearly - imagination. minimum sentence for murder... after nearly six i for murder... after nearly six weeks of _ for murder... after nearly six weeks of evidence _ for murder... after nearly six weeks of evidence but - for murder... after nearly six weeks of evidence but less i for murder... after nearly six i weeks of evidence but less than three hours of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docket number 2022 — on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs _ on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, _ on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, verdict - on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, verdict is i number 2022 gs 15, verdict is guilty. signed by the foreperson of thejury.

guilty. signed by the foreperson of the jury. foreperson of the “ury. outside the court. h foreperson of the “ury. outside the court, the _ foreperson of the jury. outside the court, the prosecutors - foreperson of the jury. outside the court, the prosecutors said just as had been done. if the court, the prosecutors said just as had been done.- just as had been done. if you do wrong. — just as had been done. if you do wrong. if _ just as had been done. if you do wrong, if you _ just as had been done. if you do wrong, if you break- just as had been done. if you do wrong, if you break the i just as had been done. if you i do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, thenjustice will be done in south carolina. the murdoch national murdaugh family dominated the legal world �*s picturesque part of south carolina. for decades, they held key prosecutor in several counties in the private law firm in almost as powerful as law enforcement itself. it was at this 1700 acre property that the bodies of maggie and paul murdaugh were found brutally murdered almost two years ago. a combination of a series of events that has seen three other separate suspicious deaths connected to the family. three months later, alec murdoch —— murdaugh, accused of killing his wife and son, was also to admit to a botched suicide attempt involving a $10 million insurance claim. charges for which are still pending. during the murder trial, he was adamant he was innocent. trial, he was adamant he was innocent-— innocent. did you take this carner innocent. did you take this

garner any _ innocent. did you take this garner any unlighted - innocent. did you take this garner any unlighted and l innocent. did you take this . garner any unlighted and blow your son's brains out? on any day or any your son's brains out? on any day orany time? your son's brains out? on any day or any time?— your son's brains out? on any day or any time? no, i did not. one conversation... _ day or any time? no, i did not. | one conversation... throughout the trial, they — one conversation... throughout the trial, they said _ one conversation... throughout the trial, they said he _ the trial, they said he committed the murders in an attempt to generate sympathy at attempt to generate sympathy at a time when his life was falling apart. amid allegations he had stolen huge sums from clients partly to fund a drug habit, and four weeks in, he had to admit he had lied about the last time he had seen his wife and son alive.— the last time he had seen his wife and son alive. why did you lie? to the _ wife and son alive. why did you lie? to the last _ wife and son alive. why did you lie? to the last time _ wife and son alive. why did you lie? to the last time he - wife and son alive. why did you lie? to the last time he saw - lie? to the last time he saw maggie and paul? is lie? to the last time he saw maggie and paul?— maggie and paul? is my addiction _ maggie and paul? is my addiction evolved - maggie and paul? is my addiction evolved over. maggie and paul? is my - addiction evolved overtime... addiction evolved over time... i would — addiction evolved over time... i would get in these situations or circumstances where i would -et or circumstances where i would get paranoid, thinking, and it could — get paranoid, thinking, and it could be _ get paranoid, thinking, and it could be anything. that nine, seventh — could be anything. that nine, seventh ofjune, after seventh of june, after

finding... seventh ofjune, after finding... maggie and paul... don't — finding... maggie and paul... don't talk— finding... maggie and paul... don't talk to me or anybody without _ don't talk to me or anybody without that. fits don't talk to me or anybody without that.— without that. as he left the court, without that. as he left the court. he — without that. as he left the court, he mouthed - without that. as he left the court, he mouthed i- without that. as he left the court, he mouthed i love i without that. as he left the i court, he mouthed i love you without that. as he left the - court, he mouthed i love you to his son in the public gallery. we will be sentenced later today and could get anything from 30 years to life without parole. that is not the end of it for alec murdaugh. he still faces dozens of other for financial crimes. investigations into other suspicious deaths letter to the family. —— connected to the family. garry 0'donoghue, bbc news. 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. absolutely, and as gary was saying there, it has captivated the american public to have been watching it on cable television over the last six

weeks, and in some cases, have been queueing from early in the morning in an attempt to get a seatin morning in an attempt to get a seat in the public gallery. alex murdaugh was a man who owned this part of south carolina. he had this legal dynasty, was part of this legal dynasty, was part of this legal dynasty stretching back over three generations, nearly 90 years, when there have been murdaughs taking key positions in legal offices in that part of the world. he was seen, for many years, as completely untouchable, until it all came crashing down around him, particularly starting with those charges of embezzlement, that gary mentioned in his report there, and the theft of millions of dollars from clients that he had represented, that it was said was used to feed at least in part is devotion to prescription painkiller drugs. thejury decided on prescription painkiller drugs. the jury decided on this guilty verdict quite quickly. then}t

verdict quite quickly. they did, and — verdict quite quickly. they did, and the _ verdict quite quickly. they did, and the prosecution l did, and the prosecution throughout this trial didn't present a murder weapon, they didn't present dna evidence directly linking alex murdaugh to the deaths of his wife and 22 son. they relied instead purely on circumstantial evidence, and there was a key piece of evidence introduced into the proceedings about midway through this trial, which undercut alex murdaugh�*s main alibi. it basically confirms that he, contrary to what he had been telling the jury, was present at the murder scene at the time that his son and his wife were killed. that may well have been crucial to the jury reaching that, as you say, very speedy conclusion, less than three hours, guilty on all four charges.- less than three hours, guilty on all four charges. thank you for the update. _ in india, the meeting of g20

foreign ministers has ended without a final joint 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 was tense. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said the talks were marred by moscow's "unprovoked and unjustified" war. while russian officials said moscow and beijing to oppose what they called "western blackmail and threats." 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. we can now speak to ravi agrawal who's editor—in—chief of foreign policy, a global affairs magazine and website. he joins us from new york. thank you for taking the time tojoin us. there thank you for taking the time to join us. there was thank you for taking the time tojoin us. there was nojoint statement. you think india will be disappointed with how the summit has gone? it be disappointed with how the summit has gone?— be disappointed with how the summit has gone? it will quite siml . summit has gone? it will quite simply- india _ summit has gone? it will quite simply. india began _ summit has gone? it will quite simply. india began the - summit has gone? it will quite simply. india began the year i summit has gone? it will quite | simply. india began the year by saying that it was very proud to be holding the g20 presidency, it has for much of the last few months being saying that it will try and be the voice of the global south, trying to convene g20 countries to discuss issues like climate change, reducing debt for poorer countries, but in a sense, india may have been trying to do too much. for quite a while now, india has been walking a tightrope, in a

sense, where it wants to be friends with the united states, but it refuses to even say that the war in ukraine is a war. india because of a long partnership with russia, it relies on russia for arms, it has dramatically increased the amount of crude oil it is purchasing from russia. it used to get 0.2% of its crude from russia before the war. today it is upwards of 20%. given all of these things, india may have been trying to do too much all at once, trying to please all sides, have an a la carte sort of relationship with every country, where it takes the best of what it wants at any time. however, at a time of war, even though india wasn't ready to call russia's war on you equipment of ukraine a war, it may have bitten off more thanit it may have bitten off more than it can chew, and therefore it was left with visit disagreements coming out in the open, but of course that is natural, and it wasn't able to

be the world leader, the keener that it was hoping to be —— convener. that it was hoping to be -- convener-_ that it was hoping to be -- convener. you mention the tightmpe — convener. you mention the tightrope that _ convener. you mention the tightrope that india - convener. you mention the tightrope that india is - convener. you mention the i tightrope that india is working on. do you think they can keep up on. do you think they can keep up this diplomatic balance? the evidence of— up this diplomatic balance? tue: evidence of this up this diplomatic balance? tte: evidence of this week up this diplomatic balance? t'te: evidence of this week suggest that it will be difficult, india is trying to bring all these countries together to bridge gaps, to build bridges. those are difficult things to do when you have so many countries in the g20 that simply don't agree with each other. russia is in the g20, was invited to this meeting. the foreign minister sergei lavrov was there. he was very briefly with the us secretary of state antony blinken. they have very clear, major differences. india can't bridge them necessarily, so this notion that india can convene these meetings, can play all sides, can make good with everyone, it is one thing for india to do that when it is not

convening, but when it is convening, but when it is convening these countries together, these kinds of differences come out into the open. so we may be in a situation where this year we will see a lot more of that come to the fore as india hosts other meetings to convene the g20 group together leading up to cop27, again, there are very big issues that india is trying to play a leadership role in. and rightly so. this is a good thing. we need leadership from other countries, we need countries in the global south to play a bigger role in major issues, areas of cooperation such as climate change, but again, when you have a world in which there is a war ongoing, when you have a war in which russia is a major priority —— player in the global economy, you add in to the fact that us and china are increasingly at loggerheads, we are entering a world in which those two large economies are beginning to decouple in a sense, well then

all of these problems come out into the open. it is harder to mediate and negotiate, and the tightrope walk that india has been walking for the last two years, it is not quite dogma india the electrical of multi— alignment. itjust becomes much harder to pull off.— harder to pull off. thank you very much — harder to pull off. thank you very much for— harder to pull off. thank you very much for your - harder to pull off. thank you very much for your insight. l very much for your insight. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the netherlands pilots a new scheme that could lead to the full legalisation of cannabis production. 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 bbc news. the latest 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. 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, m15, 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. it was nearly six years ago, but for those caught up in it, the memories are still vivid. start making your way to the city centre, please. the manchester arena attack shattered this city. 22 lives taken, hundreds more broken. 0nly salman abedi detonated the bomb, but others bear responsibility. those who radicalised him, helped him make the device, and the agencies who failed to stop him. the manchester arena inquiry

report spells it out starkly. m15 let abedi 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 that actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have let to action 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. parents were waiting for their children. the youngest to die we just eight years old. liam curry and his girlfriend chloe rutherford were teenage sweethearts. for their parents, and all the families still reeling from loss, the report's 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. m15 to the associates of the attacker. we will always believe that you all played a part in the murder of our children. tonight, the director general of m15 apologised, but would not take questions from journalists. m15 exists to stop atrocities. to all those whose lives were forever changed on that awful night, i am so sorry that m15 did not prevent the attack at the manchester arena.

this is didsbury mosque, where the abedis worshipped. the report found that leaders here were wilfully blind to extremist activity on the premises. its chairman described as an unreliable witness, who downplayed the links between the abedi family and the mosque. he was keeping a low profile outside court, but i put the criticism to him. i don't mean to be disrespectful, we can't see you today. you say you are not turning a blind eye, i can't see. i'm not hiding. 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, about other activities in the mosque. i repeat it again, and i hope you will have it on. there are no political meetings, i do not care what people say. but the inquiry said there were political meetings. of course they would say. have they been in the mosque? have they been in 2016, 2017? they heard what they were told. they heard evidence from one

of your imams, who was said to be reliable. that imam, and i stood in the court and i said that imam is a liar. many things he did were not correct. and you did not turn a blind eye, you say. —— and you did not turn a blind eye, you say. and we did not turn a blind eye. the report found that salman abedi's father holds significant responsibility for radicalising his sons. ismail, bbc news, can i ask you a few questions please? and there was heavy criticism of the eldest abedi brother, ismail. i tracked him down in manchester in 2020, but then he fled the country, in defiance of a court order to appear at the inquiry. the report found that m15 and counter—terrorism police each failed to share intelligence. that is something that both organisations say has improved since, allowing our cameras inside theirjoint operation 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 direct response to the manchester arena bombing and the other terror attacks which happened that year. there's been an internal inquiry by m15 and 104 recommendations were made. 102 have already been put in place, the last two are being put in place as we speak. the arena bombing was manchester's darkest day. tonight, its mayor said the country was simply not prepared for a terror attack like it to happen, and that the inquiry�*s findings must used to protect and respond better in future. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. police have tonight charged constance marten and mark gordon with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a body without in a wooden in sussex.

the body of a newborn was found after a major two—day search. the couple will appear in court on friday. duncan kennedy has been following the story. news of the charges came as local people gathered tonight near where the baby's remains were found. a community brought together in sorrow over the loss of a young life. it was amid the garden sheds and plants of this nearby allotment that police made their discovery after a two day search. this afternoon, senior officers brought their own tributes in memory of the child, who they say may have died some time ago. we are truly devastated by the outcome and we know this emotion is being felt here in brighton and across the country today. based on our inquiries we've carried out so far, we believe, sadly, the baby may have been dead for some time before they were found. tonight, constance marten and mark gordon were charged with gross negligence manslaughter. they were also charged

with concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course ofjustice. the two had been missing since early january and were sighted in various locations around the country. they were arrested on monday and have been in custody since. the police say they're incredibly grateful for all the support they are getting during their investigation, and say there's been an outpouring of public sympathy for the baby. the organisers of tonight's vigil say they wanted to give people the chance to show their love and pay their respects amid a police investigation that will continue here for several more days. 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 1950s with the art blakey's jazz messengers. hejoined miles davis's second great quintet in the 1960s

and later co—founded the jazz fusion band weather report. he also appeared on 10 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. now, the dutch authorities have announced a pilot scheme to license the growing of cannabis. it'll be launched in two cities in the south of the country. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. the netherlands is famous — or notorious, depending on your point of view — for its coffee shops. they are places where you can get hold of and consume certain types of drugs. although it is legal to buy cannabis here, it is technically illegal for the coffee shop owner to get hold of their supply — which can make life complicated. it is very shady territory —

the back door. and i don't see it as criminal — that is what you see in the newspaper — because mostly it is nice people we buy the cannabis from, but still, i don't know how it's grown. it is shady. in recent years, the dutch government has tried to impose some restrictions on these places, making them less open to tourists, for instance. but ministers also want to normalise the business, break the connection between coffee shops and drug gangs, and ensure a better quality product is sold. for me, it wouldn't matter that much, because nine out of ten times i get it from people i know who grow it themselves, but if you are getting it from a coffee shop, then yeah, it would be better to have it legalised, so you know where it is coming from. for now, the licensing scheme is confined to

two cities, bleda and tilburg, but the plan is to expand it across the country and make every coffee shop a safer and more satisfying experience. now to something being called the most important discovery of the century. archaeologists in egypt have used cosmic ray technology to uncover a new layer to the largest of the great pyramids. stephanie prentice reports: the big reveal. a cavernous structure tunnelled deep inside the great pyramid of giza. a hidden and inaccessible passage close to the entrance to one of the wonders of the world. graduation is given to a team of scientists as they reveal the fruits of seven years of labour. they have been using advanced radiography for detection and collecting images ijy detection and collecting images by feeding a minuscule endoscope, a due with a camera on it, into tiny gaps in the pyramids stones. the discovery pyramid's stones. the discovery of a hidden tunnel is a revelation, not only because it allows greater insight into the workings of ancient egypt and how they achieved such feats of archaeology, but also because of what may be inside. it is

archaeology, but also because of what may be inside.- of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. _ of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it _ of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it has - of what may be inside. it is a bill for nothing. it has a - bill 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 is a great discovery. it could be built to hide treasures.— hide treasures. the largest - ramid hide treasures. the largest pyramid of _ hide treasures. the largest pyramid of gezer _ hide treasures. the largest pyramid of gezer is - hide treasures. the largest pyramid of gezer is also i hide treasures. the largest - pyramid of gezer is also known as the great pyramid of king khufu. an ancient egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty. —— giza. historical account of them are rare and conflicting so the of a burial chamber could write or even open up a new page in the history books. now, the next step for the team is to use their tech to travel 4500 is to use their tech to travel a500 years back in time and get even more answers. including crucially what or who could lie at the end of this tunnel. stephanie prentice, bbc news.

and that is an exciting new discovery. that is all for now. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lmmisztak. 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a prominent lawyer in america has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. alex murdaugh was convicted of shooting the pair at theirfamily property in south carolina injune 2021. prosecutors said he wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions of dollars from clients. in india, the meeting of g20 foreign ministers has ended without a final joint statement due to bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine. it's the first time the us and russian foreign ministers have met in public since the invasion, but their exchange was tense. the head of britain's domestic intelligence service has made an unprecedented public apology for m15's failure to prevent a terrorist attack

in manchester in 2017. ken mccallum's expression of "deep regret" came after an official report found that the suicide attack that killed 22 people might have been avoided. now on bbc news, panorama. this is claire, she's pregnant and about to go undercover... are you ready? ..investigating crisis pregnancy advice centres. if you feel like it's getting too much, just leave. hi, it's lissa and ella. there are dozens of these centres in the uk claiming to provide support with unplanned pregnancies. we reveal evidence some centres are giving misleading advice.